Gait Expert Witnesses in Connecticut

This highly qualified resistance training specialist - personal trainer and educator currently serves as president, director of education and resistance training exercise biomechanics instructor for a nationally accredited personal training certification organization. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a a number of professional organizations. This expert has presented nationally for AAPTE, IDEA Health and Fitness Association and the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (NYS AHPERD) and guest speaks for colleges and universities in the area of resistance training and exercise biomechanics. This expert has created a two-year, nine hundred hour, Personal Trainer Exercise Science and Sports Medicine curriculum, approved by the New York State Department of Education for high school juniors and seniors. This expert is an active contributor to industry publications and educational textbooks. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Science and Human Development, and a New York State Professional Teaching Certification.

This expert has over a decade of experience as a physician assistant in the field of emergency medicine. He earned his BS from Gordon College and his MPA from Northeastern University. He is a certified physician assistant and a member of the Society of Emergency Medicine of Physician Assistants. He previously served as a physician assistant at Melrose-Wakefield Emergency Department, as an adjunct faculty member in the Northeastern University Physician Assistant Program, and as an adjunct faculty member in the kinesiology department at Gordon College. This expert is currently a physician assistant in the emergency department at a community hospital and prominent hospital in Massachusetts, a chief advanced practice clinician in the emergency department at two hospitals, and a member of adjunct faculty a private university.

This highly qualified expert of Physical Therapy finished Allied Health major at SUNY Stony Brook and obtained his BS in Physical Therapy and his MA in Ergonomics and Biomechanics from New York University and his DPT in Physical Therapy from Temple University. He is Board Certified as a Physical Therapist, an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, and an Ergonomic Associate. He is also certified as an Industrial Ergonomist. He is a member of a couple of Physical Therapy and Ergonomic associations and has 20+ publications focused on Physical Therapy research. He is currently a President at a private consulting firm, The owner of his own Private Practice, an Assistant Clinical Professor and the Director of the Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Program for a Top Tier Medical University.

This expert has provided consulting services in accident reconstruction, biomechanics, EDR/ECM data retrieval, forensic vehicle examinations, product safety, system safety, and human factors engineering for over 25 years. He has full accreditation as a Traffic Accident Reconstructionist [ACTAR 738]; is a Certified Professional Ergonomist [N. 017]; is a specialist in using PC Crash computer simulation for the purposes of accident reconstruction; has specialized training and certification in Crash Data Retrieval Systems [both passenger vehicle EDRs and Transport Heavy Truck ECMs]; and is a licensed Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator. He has conducted over 3000 technical accident investigations and reconstructions, and has qualified to testify in courts in both Canada and the U.S. He is currently a Principal Associate for an accredited Accident Investigation and Reconstruction firm, which has offices throughout the northeast: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Ontario,Canada.