Blood Transfusion Expert Witnesses in Alabama

This expert has over 15 years of experience as an emergency medicine physician. He earned his BS in mechanical engineering from the United States Military Academy and his MD from the University of Mississippi before subsequently completing his residency in emergency medicine at the Morristown Memorial Hospital and his fellowship in critical care medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is board certified in emergency medicine and is active in his field as a member of the American College of Emergency Medicine. Before transitioning to the medical field, this expert served in the army for 5 years and spent 6 years working for Swayze and Church as a mechanical engineer. He then went on to work at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, serving as the assistant medical director of critical care transport, an associate professor of emergency medicine, the director of the critical care fellowship, and an attending physician in the surgical intensive care unit. He has also served as the medical director for Pegasus Emergency Group, the regional medical director of the East region for AlignMD, and the medical director of the emergency department at Blount Memorial Hospital. Currently, this expert serves as the co-medical director of the emergency team at a medical school in Alabama and as an attending physician of emergency medicine for a health system in Mississippi.

This expert is Board Certified in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Pathology, completing Fellowships in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT and Transfusion Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and the American Society of Hematology, and has 50 publications in the field of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. She is a former Assistant Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics at Emory University, and currently is the Medical Director of Blood and Tissue Services, along with being an Associate Professor of both Pathology and Pediatrics at a top medical university.

This expert has over 42 years of experience as a nurse. She received her B.A. in Communications and Journalism from Georgia State University and her A.S.N. in Nursing from Fairmont State University. Her past positions have included working at Emory University, Piedmont Hospital and Northlake Medical Center. Her experience includes caring for patients in a critical care setting, an open heart unit, a respiratory ICU, a medical surgical department, and a emergency department. A member of both the Critical Care Medical Professionals and Wound Care Professionals, she currently serves as a Staff Nurse for the intensive care unit, progressive care unit, and emergency department at a hospital in Georgia.

This board certified expert has been practicing for over a decade. He earned a combined M.D.-Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University prior to completing a residency in Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Seattle Children's Hospital. He holds membership in a multitude of prestigious medical organizations such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, while he serves as a manuscript reviewer for over 10 medical journals, including "Cancer", "Frontiers in Pediatric Oncology", and "Annals of Oncology". Currently, this expert is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at a major medical university, where he also serves as the Director of the Pediatric Sarcoma Program, the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program, and the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program.

This highly qualified, triple board certified doctor completed his medical school at the American University of Beirut (AUB). He subsequently joined the internal medicine residency program at Wayne State University. After completion of the residency, he joined the hematology oncology fellowship program at the Karmanos Cancer Institute, also at Wayne State University. He then joined faculty as an Assistant Professor in the area of GI oncology. During this time, he was involved in translational research focused on pancreatic cancer. Immediately following his time at Wayne state, this doctor moved to his current position at a GA university as the director of the GI Oncology program . He is designated as a Distinguished Cancer Scholar by the Georgia Cancer Coalition. He is also currently the medical director of the Clinical Trials Office, where his mission relies on translational projects related to gastrointestinal malignancies, specifically pancreatic and colorectal cancer, to bring observations derived from invitro models of cancer cell growth to the clinic. He has over 150 peer reviewed publications, and is the lead clinical investigator on at least eight trials focused on the evaluation of novel treatments in patients with early stage or advanced cancer.

This highly qualified and dual fellowship trained expert earned his BS from Stanford University and his MD from University of Tennessee College of Medicine. After completing his general surgery residency, he went on to train under two fellowships. The first fellowship was in surgical critical care at Stanford and the second was at Vanderbilt in advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery. As a result, this expert is a highly skilled physician board certified in general surgery. A recipient of the "5 Star Excellent Award" for his talent in patient care, this expert has been highly successful in the academic and clinical realm. He has authored over 10 book chapters and delivered over 25 invited lectures and presentations. Formerly, he held a teaching position as Instructor of Surgery in Vanderbilt's prestigious surgery department. Currently, he is Assistant Professor of Surgery at a top tier medical school.

This highly qualified expert is a registered nurse and holds several certifications relating to her work in pediatric nursing. She earned her BSN from Kennesaw State University and completed an internship in the GI unit at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. She is certified in CPR, pediatric advanced life support, pediatric fundamental critical care support, trauma nursing, pediatric nursing, continuous renal replacement therapy, and continuous veno-venous hemofiltration. She is active in her field, having volunteered at a summer camp for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and assisting with the training of oncoming caregivers for young adults with SMA muscular dystrophy. She was formerly a staff nurse in the GI and endocrine unit at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. This expert currently serves as clinical level 4 nurse and pediatric ICU nurse at a children's hospital in Georgia.

This nursing expert earned her BS in nursing at the University of North Georgia and is a licensed, registered nurse. In addition, she has certifications in pediatric advanced life support, critical care, and basic life support. She has formerly served as a registered nurse in special care and the PICU at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. She is currently a doctorate student of nursing anesthesia at a university in Georgia.

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.