Multiple Sclerosis Expert Witnesses in Rhode Island

This highly qualified expert has been a registered nurse for over 35 years. She has worked as a rehabilitation and intravenous nurse in both the hospital and home health care setting in OH. She has been a certified life care planner and case manager for 15 years and a certified nurse life care planner for over 5 years. She is also a certified brain injury specialist by the Brain Injury Association of America. She is a member of several professional organizations including the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners, where she previously served in many roles including President and Secretary. She currently owns a medical consultancy firm in MA, through which she creates life care plans for patients with spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, and other chronic disabilities. She also prepares Medicare set-aside cost projections for worker's compensation and litigation settlements.

This qualified expert received his BS from The University of Northern Colorado and his MD from The Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. He graduated with the highest honors from medical school and residency. He is board certified in Neurology and is a current fellow in neuroimmunology at several prestigious hospitals in Boston. He has authored over twenty peer-reviewed articles, ten book chapters and given many presentations on various topics in neurology.

This highly qualified expert has over 10 years of experience working as a respiratory therapist. She earned her AS in respiratory care from North Essex Community College and her BA in healthcare management from Northeastern University. She went on to complete an MS in healthcare administration from Southern New Hampshire University. She is a licensed respiratory care practitioner and a registered respiratory therapist. She holds several certifications and is an active member of the American Association of Respiratory Care. This expert formerly has worked as a respiratory therapist at several locations including Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital, Lowell General Hospital, Winchester Hospital, and Anna Jacques Hospital. She is currently a respiratory therapist and service line care manager in the hospital setting in Massachusetts.

This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience in pediatric neurology. He earned his BS neurobiology from the University of California, Davis and his MD and PhD in anatomy and neurobiology at Boston University. He completed his internship, his residency in pediatrics, and his fellowship in pediatric neurology at the Children's National Medical Center. This expert is board certified in neurology with a subspecialty in child neurology and is active in his field as a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Child Neurology Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He formerly served as a clinical instructor of child neurology at Boston University. Currently, he is an assistant professor of child neurology and the director of the childhood movement disorders program at a major university in Massachusetts.

This highly qualified expert has over 25 years of experience in hospice care, home health care, acute care, and assisted living healthcare management. She also possesses extensive knowledge of federal and state regulations pertaining to hospice and home health care and has developed and implemented policies pertaining to fall risk prevention. She obtained her BS in nursing from Rutgers University before receiving her MS in management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Today, this expert is certified as a professional in healthcare quality and as a senior advisor and board-certified patient advocate. She is also a licensed registered nurse. She is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Aging & Disability Commission and the Society of Certified Senior Advisors. She previously served as the director of the hospice program at Franciscan Hospice & Home Care, Regional Hospice, and Farmington Valley VNA. She also worked as an administrator at Advanced Home Health Care, Inc., as a manager of nursing and hospice services at Farmington Valley VNA Inc., and as the director of operations at Beacon Hospice Incorporated. Most recently, this expert was the performance improver educator at Masonicare Home Health & Hospice Inc., the nursing supervisor of rehabilitation and long-term care at Genesis Health Care Inc., and the director of home care and hospice care nursing at Brightstar Care. She is currently an assistant administrator at a home care agency and a nurse supervisor at a rehabilitation and long-term care facility in Connecticut.

This expert is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at an Ivy League medical school. He is Clinical Director of one of the largest and best known MS centers in the world. He is neurology clerkship director at a top tier hospital. In this role he supervises the education of Harvard medical students. He currently serves as chair of a Professors of Neurology education subcommittee and sits on the American Academy of Neurology’s Undergraduate Education Subcommittee. He also co-directs the multiple sclerosis fellowship program at a major MS center. This expert received his AB from the University of Chicago in 1993 in the Biological Sciences with a specialization in Neurosciences, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his MD at Loyola University. He completed medical internship at Mt. Auburn hospital and neurology residency at Tufts. He was a post-doctoral research fellow in the neuroimaging of multiple sclerosis under the guidance of Rohit Bakshi, MD He has authored or co-authored over twenty scholarly works. He co-edits a best selling textbook in the Multiple Sclerosis field.

This double board certified expert obtained her MD from McGill University. She then went on to complete her internship at Beth Israel Deaconess and her residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. She then completed two fellowships, one in interventional neuroradiology at Notre Dame Hospital and one in vascular neurology and neurocritical care at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is a fellow of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology and has served on multiple committees. She has published 155+ peer-reviewed journal articles, abstracts, book chapters, and electronic publications. She has lectured multiple times nationally. She is currently an Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology at a major medical center. She is also the director of interventional neurology and neuroradiology as well as the program director for endovascular surgical neuroradiology at a major university medical center.