Medical Expert Witnesses in Arizona

This highly-qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in nursing and life care planning. She earned her BA in psychology and BSN at Mount Saint Mary College before earning her MSN from the University of Texas at Austin and her DNP from Northern Arizona University. She is certified as a nurse practitioner, an advanced forensic nurse, an emergency nurse, and a nurse life care planner. She is active in her field as a member of several organizations, including the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners. She has formerly served as a nurse practitioner at several hospitals and medical practices, among these being North Shore University Hospital, Parkway Medical, and Reynoso MD Medical Center. Currently, this expert is a nurse practitioner for a health clinic in Arizona.

This expert is board-certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and is engaged in full time clinical practice in a community Emergency Department. He has published extensively in his field, and holds an emergency medical patent. Finally, he has also been named among America's Top Emergency Medicine Doctors for several years running.

This highly qualified expert is a board certified neurologist who has been practicing for 7+ years. He received his DO degree from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed both his internship and residency training at the University of Utah. He obtained a master's degree in clinical investigation and concluded his fellowship training in movement disorders at the University of Rochester. He is a member of numerous professional associations, including the American Academy of Neurology and the American Medical Association. He has published 30+ chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles and serves as a reviewer for 12+ medical journals. He is a former assistant professor and movement disorders chief at a major university. He is also a current movement disorders director, neurologist and researcher with a leading healthcare system in Arizona.

This highly experienced physician is board certified in Occupational Medicine, Aerospace Medicine, and Hyperbaric Medicine. Frequently performing independent medical examinations, he is certified in the evaluation of disability and in the assessment of impairment ratings. He is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and the several Wound Care Organizations. In addition to his clinical duties as a staff physician at numerous hospitals, he has significant experience working for the military and insurance vendors for peer review and utilization review. He was a consultant to the Surgeon General on Hyperbaric Medicine and has over 50 peer reviewed publications. Licensed in Iowa, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Virginia.

This expert is highly qualified and board certified. He obtained a Bachelors of Arts degree from Duke University and pursued a Doctorate in Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia. He completed an Internship in General Surgery at Temple University Hospital and a residency in General Surgery at the same institution. He further sub-specialized in General Surgical Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is heavily involved in research and has published over 10 books and non-peer reviewed articles, over 98 publications, and more than 100 abstracts. He has been an invited lecturer more than 135 times. He is constantly contributing to his field by teaching, and is currently serving as a Professor of Surgery at a major medical university. This is in addition to his clinical work at various leading medical centers.

This qualified expert witness obtained her associate’s in applied sciences degree in nursing from the Community College of Philidelphia University and is licensed as a registered nurse in both Arizona and Ohio. Formerly, she was the director of nursing of the Occupational Medicine Center of Muskingum County. Currently, she operates her own private practice as a legal nurse consultant and life care planner.

This highly-qualified expert has nearly 25 years of experience in neurological surgery. He has extensive experience in brain and spine care, traumatic brain injury, and sports-related spinal injuries. He received his BS in psychobiology and psychology at McGill University before earning his MD from the University of Louisville. He completed a general surgery and critical care residency at Phoenix Integrated Surgical before completing a neurological surgery residency at Barrow Neurological Institute, specializing in skull base, vascular neurosurgery, and complex spinal surgery. He subsequently completed a neurosurgery research fellowship at the University of Cincinnati. This expert is board-certified in neurological surgery and is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners. He is active in his field as a member of several organizations, including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He is also involved in research, having authored several publications and presented at a multitude of neurosurgery conferences. He has formerly served as the chief of neurosurgery at Tuscon Medical Center, Northwest Medical Center, and Eldorado Hospital. Currently, this expert serves as a staff neurosurgeon for one of Arizona's largest neurological institute programs.

This expert earned in psychiatry earned his BS from the University of Arizona and his MD from the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He then completed a residency in general psychiatry at Mayo Clinic as well as a prestigious fellowship in forensic psychiatry at Cleveland Medical Center of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. This expert is board certified in psychiatry and is an active member of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and the Arizona Psychiatric Society. He is currently an instructor of psychiatry and psychology at an academic medical center and an attending psychiatrist at an integrated health system in Arizona, where he treats civilly committed patients and medically ill patients with comorbid psychiatric illnesses.

This highly qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience in the field of dialysis nursing. She earned her BSN from the University of Central Florida. She is a licensed registered nurse and a certified nephrology nurse who specializes in acute care, chronic, peritoneal, and home hemodialysis. This expert began her career as an evening charge nurse for the Alzheimer's unit at Woodbriar Skilled Nursing Facility before serving as an acute registered nurse at hospitals in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida. She then began working for Melbourne Kidney Center, serving as a relief nurse manager, a peritoneal dialysis and home manager, and the clinic manager. She has also served as the center director for Renal Advantage, the clinic specialty coordinator for St. Vincent's Hospital, the the regional vice president of operations for the western region of American Renal Associates. Most recently, this expert served as the facility administrator for US Renal Care and currently serves as the project manager, where she has duties as both a registered nurse and an administrator, at a renal care facility in Arizona.