Pediatric Surgery Expert Witnesses in Illinois

This expert is board certified in pediatrics. Trained at top universities, his commitment to pediatric clinical care began during his internship years. Since then, he has served as the director of a pediatric outpatient clinic, authored numerous peer-reviewed publications on the subject of pediatric care and completed over 20 grant funded pediatrics research projects. Currently serving as professor and physician leader at a top medical university.

This highly qualified expert is double board certified in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. He is Fellowship trained in Surgical Critical Care from one of the nation's top medical schools and holds membership in multiple prestigious medical organizations such as the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He is a Fellow of the highly regarded American College of Surgeons. He has been widely published in journals such as the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Clinics of North America. He is frequently invited to lecture as a guest speaker at engagements both nationally and internationally. He is an innovator in his field and holds a patent for a novel treatment for sepsis. Additionally, he leads a basic science laboratory studying the immune consequences of traumatic brain injury and has been funded by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Shock Society, The Central Surgical Association, and the American College of Surgeons. Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Trauma and Critical Care at a major medical university on a tenure track.

This expert has been the Chief of Pediatrics at the Chicago Shriners Hospitals for Children since 1981, the Medical Director of the Spinal Cord Injury program since its inception in 1983, and in 2005 became the Assistant Chief of Staff, Medicine. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University and an MD from University of Illinois. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the Subspecialty of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine. He is the immediate Past-President of the American Spinal Injury Association and Past-Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine, as well as Past President of the Chicago Pediatric Society and the American Paraplegia Society. He is a Certified Life Care Planner. This expert has authored over 135 peer-reviewed journal articles, nearly 22 book chapters, and 356 presentations or posters and 20 instructional courses at national and international meetings. He is a Co-Editor of the newest textbook on SCI: Spinal Cord Injury in the Child and Young Adult.

This expert is a pediatric emergency medicine doctor who primarily practices in Illinois and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area. He received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 2003 and has been in practice since then.

This highly qualified Wound Care specialist received his medical degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. He went on to complete a Residency in General Surgery. This expert is board certified in Wound Care by the American Board of Wound Management. He is a member of several highly regarded professional organizations including the American Board of Wound Management and the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care. He is currently an independent contractor for a Wound Care group with whom he enjoys physician privileges at over 20 long term care facilities. Over the past 5 plus years, he has documented over 40,000 patient encounters in the field of wound care. In addition to the treatment of wounds, he is experienced in the standards of care in the long term care setting, offloading for prevention of wounds and the relationship between nursing and physicians in regards to patients with wounds.

This highly qualified board certified expert earned a BA cum laude from Hamline University and DO from the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center. Residency and fellowship training were completed at Madigan Army Medical Center and University of California- San Francisco, respectively. He is a member of several surgical societies and committees dedicated to the improvement of patient outcomes and the quality of post graduate medical education. He is an editor and reviewer for several widely referenced medical and surgical journals. Currently, he is a tenured Professor of Urology, the Director for Laparoscopy and Endourology at a university affiliated medical center.

This expert gained her MD at St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy and completed her internship in pediatrics and residency in pediatric neurology at St. Petersburg Pediatric Clinic #33 and St. Petersburg Academy of Postgraduate Education. She completed additional residencies in pediatrics and general and child neurology at SUNY Brooklyn and a fellowship in neurophysiology at Loyola University Medical Center. She is board certified in neurology with a special certification in child neurology and in epilepsy. Currently, she is an adult and pediatric neurologist in her own private practice. Formerly, she served as an adult and pediatric neurologist in a number of private practices and hospitals in Illinois.

This expert is a highly qualified expert and is a board certified General Surgeon. He received his BA in Literatures in English from Brown University and his MD from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He completed his residency in General Surgery at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University before completing his fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic and Gastrointestinal Surgery with the Oregon Health Sciences University. This expert is is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, and the Chicago Surgical Society. He is currently a Partner and Bariatric and Gastrointestinal Surgeon at a university-affiliated surgical center as well as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery.

This qualified expert received his BA in economics from Rutgers University and earned his MD from St. George's University. He completed two residencies: one in general surgery at Albert Einstein Medical Center and one in internal medicine at West Suburban Medical Center. This expert is board-certified in internal medicine. He has formerly served as a moonlighter hospitalist for North Shore Hospital System, as well as a locums physician hospitalist for both St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital and Fort Smith Mercy Hospital. Currently, this expert is a partner and hospitalist for a private practice based in Illinois.

This highly qualified expert has over 25 years of experience in pediatrics. He received his BA in American studies from Yale University before earning his MD from Ohio State University. He then completed a pediatric residency at Nationwide Children's. He has also completed a quality improvement essentials certificate program at Nationwide Children's and training as an improvement advisor through the Institute of Healthcare Improvement. This expert is board-certified in pediatrics and active in his field as a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In the academic setting, he has previously served as a clinical assistant professor and assistant professor of pediatrics at Ohio State University, as well as associate chair of quality in the pediatrics department at Northwestern University. In the clinical setting, he has formerly served as the associate director of pediatric education in the community setting and the medical director of both utilization management and the Navigate My Care program at Nationwide Children's, the associate chief medical officer of the Center for Excellence at Ann & Robert H. Lurie's Children's Hospital of Chicago, and the president of Central Ohio Primary Care. Currently, this expert serves as an associate professor of pediatrics at a prestigious university in Illinois.