Bedsore Expert Witnesses in Delaware

This board certified expert has been a registered professional nurse for over 30 years; with 19 years of experience as a nurse practitioner and 10 years as a wound care specialist. She is currently the Director of the Post-Master's Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at a university medical center, where she also serves as an Assistant Professor.

This expert is the Medical Director of the Center for Advanced Wound Care at an academic medical center in New Jersey. She started her career in wound care after completing residencies in Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and fellowships at UCSF in Trauma and Burns/Wound Healing and in Surgical Critical Care at Johns Hopkins University. She served as an expert panel member for the National Institute of Health to write guidelines for the treatment of pressure ulcers and venous ulcers. Her research concerns the role of oxygen and lactate in the biochemistry of tissue repair. She is an active member of the Pressure Ulcer Standards Group, the Venous Ulcer Standards Group and the Arterial Ulcer Standards Group of the Wound Healing Society and Wound Healing Foundation.

Healthcare consulting and management executive with thirty-six years of progressively responsible experience in assisting community hospitals, multi-hospital systems, academic medical and research centers, nursing homes and assisted living facilities, managed care organizations and large physician entities achieve strategic business objectives. Extensive involvement in complex healthcare-related litigation pertaining to identification of breach of standards of care in the operation of hospitals, nursing homes and ambulatory care environments, negligent hiring, physician credentialing in both hospital and managed care organizations, interpretation of JCAHO standards, hospital and medical staff bylaws, third party billing disputes, administrative and billing compliance, managed care contracting, economic analysis related to enterprise value and fair market value compensation analyses. Consistent proven ability to conceptualize, analyze and implement effective approaches and solutions to enhance strategic position, operational effectiveness and financial results of healthcare organizations. Regional and national consulting experience includes market planning, product line initiatives, operations improvement, business valuations, medical staff development, hospital-physician joint ventures, healthcare system reorganization, group practice formation, third party contract review and negotiation, physician and hospital business office issues.

This qualified expert has nearly 25 years of experience in nursing. She earned her AS in applied science from Luzerne County Community College and completed a 120-hour nursing home administrator's course at Penn State University. She is licensed as a registered nurse and a nursing home administrator. She has been a registered nurse for several different units at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, including orthopedics, ER/ICU, and subacute and medical-surgical care. She was also a critical care nurse for Saint Catherine's Medical Center and a nurse supervisor for Genesis Healthcare. For the past 7 years, this expert has served as a nursing services director for several healthcare facilities such as Spang Crest, Golden Living Center, and Genesis Health Care. Currently, she serves as the director of nursing services and center nurse executive for a healthcare center in Pennsylvania.

This expert has over 40 years of clinical experience, with a focus on wound care medicine. He completed his undergraduate work at Fairfield University and received his MD from Albany Medical College. He is board certified in wound medicine and is an active member of his field both clinically and academically. He frequently publishes and presents on topics related to wound care medicine, and is a founding member of the American Board of Wound Medicine and Surgery, where he is currently the President-Elect. Formerly, he served as Medical Director at the Wound Care Institute & Research Center and the Wound Care Center at Lenoir Hospital. Currently, he serves as a board member for a wound care foundation and is the President of a consulting group offering his expertise in wound care to other physicians.

This highly-qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in internal medicine and nearly 15 years of experience with nursing home care. She received her BS in biology from Xavier University of New Orleans before earning her MD from the University of Maryland and completing her internal medicine residency at Temple University. This expert is board-certified in internal medicine and certified in medical direction by the American Medical Directors Association. She is active in her field as a member of the American Medical Directors Association and the American College of Physicians. Upon finishing her residency program, she was a physician and partner with Benner, Mulshine, and Seay for 9 years. She then transitioned to working in nursing home care, serving as a physician and medical director for numerous nursing and rehabilitation centers, including Brightview Assisted Living in Catonsville, FutureCare Pineview, and Frederick Villa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. For her work, she was awarded the Medical Director of the Year award by the Maryland Medical Directors Association. Currently, this expert serves as the medical director for a home healthcare service and multiple nursing & rehabilitation centers in Maryland.

This expert is a board certified internal medicine doctor who has been working as an attending physician in a nursing home for over 30 years. He has extensive experience in dealing with patients who are at higher risk for falls.

This board certified expert earned a BS and MD from State University of New York at Stony Brook. Residency and fellowship training were completed at State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn and St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, respectively. He has extensive surgical experience working as an Attending Surgeon in different surgical practices.