Aortic Dissection Expert Witnesses in Mississippi

This highly qualified expert received his M.D. from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine. He then went on to complete a Residency in General Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is Fellowship trained in Thoracic Surgery and Complex Cardiovascular Surgery and board certified / recertified in Adult Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery. He is a member / fellow of several local and National specialty organizations, including the Surgical Association of Louisiana, Louisiana State Medical Society, The Society of Thoracic Surgery, The American College of Chest Physicians, The Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, and The American College of Surgeons and American Board of Thoeacic Surgery. He has published 15+ peer reviewed articles in professional journals. He is currently a professor of Surgery (Thoracic and Cardiovascular) at a top ranked university.

This double board certified, distinguished Professor of Thoracic Surgery is Fellow of both the American College of Surgery and the American College of Chest Physicians. He is a member of multiple professionals societies including the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery. This expert serves as a reviewer for multiple medical publications such as the Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He also sits on the scientific Editorial Board for the journal Thoracic Cancer and has published 35 peer-reviewed journal articles. He has received countless honors throughout his career and has been named on numerous Top Doctor lists. He is frequently invited to lecture as a guest speaker both nationally and internationally.

This highly credentialed biomedical engineer has significant experience in the design and development of cardiothoracic medical devices. He earned his Master's degree from Georgia Tech and the Emory University School of Medicine; After six years of industry experience he returned to academia and obtained the PhD from the University of Aarhus in Denmark. Then at the Aarhus University Hospital he achieved the Doctor Medicinae (DrMed) degree, which denotes medical research expertise above and beyond a PhD. He is an active member of several scholarly societies in the biomedical field and is a regular reviewer of the Annals of Biomedical Engineering, the Journal of Surgical Research, and Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. He currently serves on the biomedical engineering faculty of a major Southern university.

This expert has over 30 years of experience as a perfusionist. He earned his BA in general science, zoology, chemistry, and physics from the University of Iowa and his BS in perfusion technology from the University of Texas-Houston. He is board certified in cardiovascular perfusion. He is active in his field as a member of the American Academy of Cardiovascular Perfusion and the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology. This expert is also highly involved in research, having presented numerous scientific presentations and lectures and authored scientific articles and several perfusion clinical and quality improvement policies and procedures. He previously served as a clinical perfusionist for California Heart-Lung Perfusion and Psicor, the director and chief perfusionist of adult and pediatric perfusion at USC, and as the chief of pediatric perfusion at both Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego and Vanderbilt University. This expert is currently a pediatric perfusionist at a children's hospital in Ohio.

This Tennessee-based expert received his AS in nursing from Motlow State Community College, his BSN from the University of Tennessee, and his MS in family nursing from Austin Peay State University. This expert is a licensed registered nurse and is certified in both ACLS and BLS. Formerly, he served as a registered cardiac telemetry nurse at Saint Thomas West Hospital, a travel nurse at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital, and a registered nurse in the cardiovascular intensive care unit at Saint Thomas West Hospital. He currently serves as a family nurse practitioner in the electrophysiology and cardiology unit at a hospital in Tennessee.