Hospital Administration Expert Witnesses in California

This expert has been in the practice of psychiatry since 1981, and has vast experience in psychoanalysis, general psychiatry, consultation liaison psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry, partial hospitalization psychiatry, intensive outpatient psychiatry, and outpatient psychiatry. He has worked with every patient population and every type of psychopathology. This expert is recognized as an expert psychiatric witness and has extensive experience developing numerous treatment units for children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric populations, and serving in a Medical Director capacity for those centers. He co-founded Paradym Health Systems, Inc., a psychiatric hospital management company that manged nine psych units throughout the gulf south. His work has always included direct patient care and directing multi-disciplinary treatment teams in institutional settings. This expert is now the co-founder and medical director of a treatment center that provides residential, intensive outpatient, and sober living services for addictive disorders.

This highly qualified expert is board certified in emergency medicine. He received his medical degree from the State University of New York, Syracuse. He completed his medical internship at Scripps Mercy hospital and residency at UC San Diego where he also completed a two year hospital administrative fellowship. He also holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from University of California, Irvine. He has served as Senior Medical Officer, Healthcare Reform at Tri-City hospital and Medical Director for Volunteers of America. He has received numerous awards for educational excellence and has authored papers on administration, reducing wait times in emergency rooms and substance abuse. He is currently an Emergency Medicine Physician at a Veteran's Affairs hospital in CA as well as the Chief Medical Officer of a Sheriff's Detention Services Bureau which includes 7 jails in CA.

This highly qualified expert has years of experience in healthcare management and consulting. He received his MPH and DrPH degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a co-founder of Operation Access and the Alliance for Global Clinical Training. He has published 175+ journal articles and co-edited three books. He is a former senior vice president of healthcare industry practice at Aon Consulting and former executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Alta Bates Corporation. He is also the former director of Stanford University Hospital and Clinics and the former executive director of Emory University Hospital. He has held faculty appointments at Harvard, UCLA, Stanford, Emory and the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, he is the president of a Healthcare Group in California. He has served as an expert witness in over two dozen states and Washington, D.C.

This expert is the founder and president of a California-based physician and healthcare executive search firm. She is widely recognized as an established thought leader in physician recruitment, and has been asked to speak about healthcare staffing nationally. She graduated from California State University in Sacramento, CA, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. She previously held various leadership positions at search firms in San Francisco. She co-founded the Society of Professionals in Healthcare, and is an active member of the American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery, The IPA Association of America, the Medical Group Management Association, rural health associations, advanced practitioner and technologist associations, and professional groups for recruitment and staffing.

This highly qualified emergency medicine expert has over 25 years of experience in his field. He completed his BS in biology from the University of California at Irvine and his MD from the University of California at San Francisco. After finishing his internship at Highland Hospital, this expert went on to complete his emergency medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati. He is boarded by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and holds additional certifications in advanced cardiopulmonary life support and pediatric advanced life support. He is a member of various professional organizations, including the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Formerly, this expert has served as the chief medical officer at PPI, as a physician consultant at Eclipsys, as a staff physician at The Permanente Medical Group, and as an adjunct clinical professor at the University of California at Davis medical school. Currently, he is a physician for a CA sheriff's department, the chief medical officer at a healthcare staffing agency, a staff emergency medicine physician at a CA health center and a self-employed consultant.

This highly-qualified double board-certified expert has over 35 years of experience as a neurosurgeon. He has been staff neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Systems. He is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (CIME). He completed an internship in general surgery at Maimonides Medical Center affiliated with the State University of New York, and a residency in neurological surgery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the California Association of Neurological Surgeons. Throughout his career, this expert has received various awards for his work, including America's Top Surgeons Award and a Distinguished Scholar Award. He has presented at academic conferences, and has authored scientific articles. Currently, this expert has a neurosurgery private practice in California.

This highly qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in hospital administration and management, with his work focusing on hospital performance and quality assurance, hospital and clinic valuation, hospital accreditation, hospital planning and development, and hospital trusteeship. He received his BA in sociology and Spanish from Elmira College before earning his MA in healthcare administration from George Washington University. He also completed a senior executive program at the National Health Care Management Center through the University of Pennsylvania. This expert is active in his field as a member of the Palomar Health District and the Hospital Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties. Throughout his career, he has held a number of roles, most notably as the assistant director of hospital management at Saginaw General Hospital, chief operating officer of Saginaw Osteopathic Hospital, chief executive officer of Grand Traverse Regional Health Systems, and a partner at CyberMed International and Advanced Healthcare Systems. He also served as a professor at both Chapman University and National University, teaching courses in hospital administration and healthcare finance. Currently, this expert serves as a consultant for a healthcare appraisal company in California, as well as a hospital accreditation surveyor for a healthcare facility accreditation company.

This highly-expert has 15 years of experience as an anesthesiologist, with extensive experience in hospital administration, acute pain management, and perioperative evaluations, as well as general, regional, and neuraxial anesthesia for infants, children, and adults. He earned both his BS in microbiology and molecular genetics and MD from UCLA before going on to complete a pediatric internship at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. He subsequently completed an anesthesiology residency at Stanford University and a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. This expert is board-certified in anesthesiology with a subspecialty in pediatric anesthesiology. He also holds certifications in pediatric advanced life support and advanced cardiac life support. He has formerly served as a per diem anesthesiologist and sub-chief of pediatric anesthesia for Kaiser Permanente, as well as the founder and CEO of Dignified Housing Inc. Currently, this expert serves as a pediatric anesthesiologist for a major healthcare system, a pediatric dental anesthesiologist for a mobile anesthesia service in California, and a per diem anesthesiologist for an anesthesiology medical group in California.

This board-certified diagnostic radiologist specializes in abdominal and pelvic imaging and mammography. He earned his BS from the University of California, Davis and his MD from Stanford University, followed by training at UCSF and the University of Utah, including a fellowship in abdominal imaging. He is widely published, active on hospital quality and cancer committees, and currently practices with a California medical group.

This expert has over 25 years of experience in healthcare administration with the majority of his experience focused on eldercare and senior living facilities. He has managed facilities ranging from 75 to 269 beds, in settings ranging from critical care to long term care including cardiology, orthopedics, rehabilitation services, dementia care, and assisted living. This expert is a licensed nursing home administrator and a certified residential care facility for the elderly administrator. Currently, he is the administrator of a skilled nursing facility with nearly 200 beds in California.

This extremely qualified Cardiac Electrophysiology expert received his medical education from some of the most highly regarded institutions in the country. He is triple board certified and fellowship trained in Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is a fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society, American College of Cardiology, and American Heart Association. This expert is highly active in the research community with his projects attracting millions of dollars in grants. He has published extensively on the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation and frequently lectures throughout the country as an authority on the subject. This expert has authored over 100 publications and has a long history of serving as an expert in malpractice and civil cases, representing patients, physicians, hospitals, and health care systems.

This qualified expert has 20 years of healthcare management including health services, managed care, and insurance operations. He holds both a B.A. in Psychology and a M.S. in Health Services Administration from the State University of New York in Stony Brook. Elected as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, he previously worked in executive management positions for Preferred Health Network and Employers Health Network, implementing and overseeing HMO development. He also worked as COO of the Arkansas Foundation fro Medical Care, a quality improvement organization. He currently works as Principal of a healthcare management consulting firm.