Thoracic Surgery Expert Witnesses in Wisconsin

This Board Certified Critical Care physician has been practicing medicine for over 15 years, receiving his Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine from the University of Michigan Medical Center. He is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and has over 20 publications in the field of Critical Care. He is the former Associate Chair of Internal Medicine at Wayne State University and the former Associate Division Head of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Research at the Henry Ford Health System. Currently, he is the Division Head of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, and the Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at a Michigan-based health system university.

This expert is the head of the Section of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery and the Co-Director of the Congenital Heart Center, at his university. His major clinical interests are in complex congenital heart defect repair. His research interests are in clinical and translational research and are supported by his role as the Co-Founder of the Michigan Congenital Heart Outcomes Research and Discovery (M-CHORD) program. He is the study chair of a 15-center randomized trial comparing techniques for the Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the first multi-institutional prospective trial ever performed in congenital heart surgery. He is also the Program Director for his university's Congenital Cardiac Surgery Residency.

This highly qualified expert is board certified and Fellowship trained in Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine. He is widely published with 150+ journal articles, book chapters, and abstracts and is award winning for his performance as both a clinician and an educator, including 'america's best doctors'. He is an invited lecturer and presenter for professional conferences located all over the world and is a reviewer and editor for numerous professional publications. He currently serves as Chief for the Pulmonary & Critical Care section at a major cancer center, a Medical Director of the medical intensive care unit at a major hospital, and Professor at a research-based University.

This board-certified and experienced expert earned his MD from Wayne State University. He then went on to complete an Internship at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, as well as two Residencies in General and Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery from Wayne State University. He is active in his field as a member of several professional organizations, such as the American College of Cardiology and the , Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Formerly, he was a Clinical Instructor and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Wayne State University, and is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at a regional medical university, as well as an Attending Surgeon at six regional medical centers.

This highly qualified expert earned his MD from Harvard Medical school and completed his internship and residency at Johns Hopkins in general surgery. This expert then went on to complete a residency at Stanford University in cardiothoracic surgery, and completed his research fellowship at Baylor. Additionally, this expert is active within his field as a member of numerous societies including The Thoracic Surgery Residents Association, The American Medical Association, The American Association of Medical Colleges, and The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. This expert has published 24 peer-reviewed journal articles along with 5 book chapter and 1 book. Formerly this expert was the assistant to the chief medical officer at a regional medical center in TX and was a cardiovascular surgeon at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Currently, this expert is an assistant professor of surgery at a world renowned hospital.