Cardiac Surgery Expert Witnesses in South Dakota

This highly qualified expert earned his MD from Harvard Medical school and completed his internship and residency at Johns Hopkins in general surgery. This expert then went on to complete a residency at Stanford University in cardiothoracic surgery, and completed his research fellowship at Baylor. Additionally, this expert is active within his field as a member of numerous societies including The Thoracic Surgery Residents Association, The American Medical Association, The American Association of Medical Colleges, and The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. This expert has published 24 peer-reviewed journal articles along with 5 book chapter and 1 book. Formerly this expert was the assistant to the chief medical officer at a regional medical center in TX and was a cardiovascular surgeon at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Currently, this expert is an assistant professor of surgery at a world renowned hospital.

This highly experienced, triple board certified Professor of Medicine completed two Fellowships (in Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology). He is a member of multiple professional societies including the American Heart Association and the American Medical Association. He has received many awards and honors throughout his career, including the American Heart Association's Young Investigator Award several times. This expert serves a reviewer for several highly regarded medical journals including Circulation, Clinical Cardiology and the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. His research projects have attracted tens of millions of dollars in funding from the National Institute of Health. In addition to his academic and clinical pursuits, this expert is an innovator and a patent holder for lower extremity compression devices, systems and methods to enhance circulation. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and authored seven textbook chapters. He lectures as a guest speaker at various events around the country and is widely recognized as a thought leader amongst his peers.

This expert is board certified in internal medicine with sub-specialties in cardiology, electrophysiology and cardiac pacers. After completing his BS at Carleton College, this expert went on to receive his MD from the University of Arizona. This expert finished his internship and residency in internal medicine from New York University. He then went on to finish two prestigious fellowships in cardiology and electrophysiology at the University of Iowa and the University of Alabama. Formerly, this expert has held roles as the director of clinical research at Loyola University Medical Center, and as a professor of medicine and the director of cardiac electrophysiology at the University of Iowa. Currently, this expert serves as a professor emeritus of medicine at a top IA university medical center and as a staff physician at a major midwest medical center.