Burn Injury Expert Witnesses in Pennsylvania

This qualified expert of Pediatric Plastic Surgery obtained her BA in Biology cum laude from Harvard College and her MD in Medicine from Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. She completed her internship and Residency in General Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, her Residency in Plastic Surgery at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and her Fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. She is Board Certified in Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Pediatrics and is a member of multiple Plastic Surgery Medical Associations. She has 60+ Publications focused on Plastic Surgery Research and is an Associate Professor of Plastics Surgery for a Medical University in the East.

This expert is the Division Chief of Hand in the Department of Plastic Surgery. He is also the Program Director of the Plastic Surgery component of the Plastic Surgery Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship, as well as intimately involved with the Hand Transplantation Program at a major PA Medical Center. He has trained in Plastic Surgery at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. He completed fellowships in Hand and Upper Extremity surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Thomas Jefferson University/Philadelphia Hand Center. Prior to coming on as the Division Chief of Hand Surgery, he was part of the teaching faculty at Allegheny General Hospital Department of Orthopaedics, where he treated of all types of complex hand, wrist, and elbow fractures, ligament, and tendon injuries. Over the past few years, he has had the opportunity to develop an adult peripheral nerve and post traumatic brachial plexus injury practice, through which he has been able to employ the latest in nerve repair and transfer techniques, as well as tendon transfer techniques. These patients will be evaluated at the new Center for Nerve Disorder at a major PA Medical Center, opening this fall. He plays a very active role in the VCA (vascularized composite allotransplantation) lab and also has an interest in peripheral nerve research. Among his many clinical interests, he is involved with clinical outcome studies regarding hand transplant patients.

This board-certified expert in Opthalmology and Oculoplastic Surgery currently serves at multiple hospitals in the Philadelphia area. He has had multiple publications and presentations in the field of ophthalmology and has received research grants on surgical techniques.

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 board-certified ophthalmologist specializes in orbital and oculofacial plastic surgery, including orbital decompression, face lifting and contouring, and endonasal skull base surgery. He earned his BS in biology from the University of Texas, Arlington and his MD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He then went on to complete his post-graduate medical training with an internal medicine internship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, an ophthalmology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and an orbital and oculofacial plastic surgery fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has authored 9 publications and given 16 presentations on topics in his field. He currently holds positions as an attending orbital and oculoplastics surgeon at an eye hospital, an ophthalmologist at a hospital and medical center, and a clinical professor of ophthalmology at a medical school, all located in Pennsylvania.