Emergency Room Expert Witnesses in Florida

This expert is a highly qualified Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner. She received her BS in Nursing from the University of Florida and her MS in Nursing as a Pediatric NP from Duke University, with an additional post-master’s certificate in pediatric critical care from Duke University. She is a certified Primary Pediatric Care and Acute Pediatric Care Nurse Practitioner. She has published 2 peer-reviewed articles and a 70 chapter handbook. She has formerly held several positions in the PICU at top children's hospitals around the country. She is currently a Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner at a university-affiliated children's hospital.

This highly-qualified expert has over 25 years of experience with emergency nursing and forensic nursing. She completed her nurse training at Foothills Hospital School of Nursing in Calgary and later earned her BS in criminal justice at Kaplan University. She is a registered nurse and a certified forensic nurse and forensic consultant. She is active in her field as a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners and the Academy of Forensic Nursing. She spent many years as a staff nurse and charge nurse in the emergency room at several hospitals including Midland Memorial Hospital, Odessa Regional Hospital, and Scenic Mountain Medical Center. She has also formerly served as a legal nurse consultant at OEM Advisor LLC and Davies, McFarland & Carroll, P.C. This expert currently serves as a legal nurse consultant at medico-legal consulting company in Florida.

This highly-qualified expert has 25 years of experience as a surgeon and is actively involved in acute care surgery which includes trauma, surgical critical care (ICU), and emergency general surgery. He earned his BS in biological sciences and chemistry from the University of California at Irvine and his MD from the University of California at San Francisco. He subsequently completed a general surgery residency at UCLA and a fellowship in critical care and trauma at the University of Miami. This expert is board-certified in general surgery, surgical critical care, and neurologic critical care. He is active in his field as a member of several organizations, such as the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the Association of Academic Surgeons. Throughout his career, he has held a variety of distinguished roles, including the medical director of the trauma intensive care unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital, the chief of surgical services at Jackson South Community Hospital, and the trauma medical director at both Northside Hospital and Osceola Regional Medical Center. Currently, this expert is based in Florida where he serves as an associate professor of surgery at a university and as a trauma surgeon at a medical center.

This highly qualified and double board certified pulmonologist has advanced training in pulmonary and critical care. Currently, he is a Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow at the University of Illinois and is board certified in Pulmonary Medicine and Internal Medicine. He completed residency training in internal medicine at George Washington University, a fellowship training in pediatric sleep medicine and neuroscience, and a fellowship training in infectious diseases at the University of Louisville. He earned his MD at the Qazvin University of Medical Science and MPH at the University of Tehran in Iran. This expert is a member of a number of professional organizations and is a frequently invited guest speaker at major pulmonary conferences. He has authored 80+ publications and sits on the editorial board and serves as a reviewer for numerous peer reviewed journals. Prior to his fellowship in pulmonary and critical care, this expert held several senior positions abroad in the pulmonary field. He served as the Head of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Infections Unit, Department of Medicine, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Director of Internal Medicine Internship Program, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, and Assistant Professor of Medicine National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

This highly qualified expert is board certified in surgical critical care and has been practicing for 12+ years. He completed his residency training in general surgery and his fellowship training in trauma and surgical critical care at the University of Miami. He also concluded a NIH research training fellowship at the University of Texas. He is a fellow at the American College of Surgeons and a member of various other professional associations, including the American Burn Association and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He has published 35+ peer-reviewed journal articles and lectures both nationally and internationally. Currently, he is a trauma and burn surgeon and a professor of critical surgery at a major university, where he also directs the surgical residency training program. Additionally, he is the director of a major injury research center.

This expert has 25 years of experience in his field. He received his ASN from Polk Community College and is a certified CCRN. He has practiced in all disciplines of critical care and is active in his field as a member of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Formerly, he worked at Winter Haven Hospital in a variety of roles including as a registered nurse in the cardiovascular intensive care unit, and as the unit manager of both the medical and cardiovascular intensive care units. Currently, he serves as a registered nurse at a health system in Florida.