Trauma Expert Witnesses in New Mexico

This qualified nursing expert earned her ADN from Eastern Oklahoma State College and her BSN from East Central University. She is a board certified emergency nurse and certified in advanced cardiac life support and basic life support. She is also a certified adult and adolescent sexual assault nurse examiner. This expert as published four for the Emergency Nurses Association where she is also a member. She holds additional memberships with the International Association of Forensic Nursing and the American Nurses Association. She has served formerly as a flight nurse for Eagle Med Air Medical Service and as a trauma nurse at OU Medical Center. Currently, this expert works as an emergency department educator and staff nurse at an acute general care hospital in Oklahoma.

This highly qualified expert is triple board certified in pain management, anesthesiology, and emergency medicine. He received his BA in biology from The University of Texas at Austin and his MD from Texas Tech University School of Medicine. He completed one residency in emergency medicine at The University of Texas at Austin and another in anesthesiology at John Sealy Hospital. Afterwards, this expert went on to finish a prestigious fellowship in interventional pain management at Texas A&M Health Science Center. Additionally, he holds a certification in advanced cardiac life support. He is a member of various professional organizations, including the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and The American Academy of Pain Medicine. Currently, this expert is an attending physician at a TX orthopedic surgical institute and an adjunct assistant clinical professor of anesthesiology at a TX medical school.

This highly qualified pharmacist has extensive experience in her field. She is a board certified critical care pharmacist and received her AAS in chemistry, then her BA in chemistry from the University of Washington, and her Pharm.D from the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. This expert is a licensed pharmacist in TX and WA and is certified by the Washington State Pharmacy Association in immunizations, and in basic life support and pediatric advanced life support. Formerly, she has served as a pharmacist at Kelley-Ross Pharmacy and the MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital. Additionally, this expert has held the role of clinical pharmacist at Woodland Heights Hospital. Currently, she is a clinical pharmacist at a TX hospital.

This highly qualified expert has nearly 10 years of experience in the field of pediatric critical care medicine. He received his BS in general science from Fort Hays State University before earning his MD from the University of Kansas. He then completed a pediatric residency and a pediatric critical care fellowship at the University of Texas. This expert is board-certified in pediatric critical care. He is active in his field as a member of several organizations, including the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American Board of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is also involved in research, having authored several peer-reviewed publications and presented at several conferences. He has formerly served as a pediatric critical care and sedation attending physician at Sunrise Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center, as well as an assistant professor of clinical and translational sciences at the University of Oklahoma. Currently, this expert serves as an adjunct clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at an osteopathic medical school and as an attending physician in the pediatric critical care and sedation department at a children's hospital in Oklahoma.

This highly qualified expert has extensive experience in the field of emergency medicine. He received his BS in forensic science before earning his DO from Oklahoma State University. He subsequently completed an emergency medicine residency at Texas A&M University and a leadership and advocacy fellowship at Texas College of Emergency Physicians. This expert is board-certified in emergency medicine and emergency medical services. He is active in his field as a member of several organizations including that National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians and American College of Emergency Physicians. He is also involved in research, having authored multiple publications. His notable former positions include medical director of emergency medical services for the Skiatook and Collinsville fire departments, EMS and disaster medicine director for Emergency Medicine Physicians of Tulsa, and medical director for the Emergency Medical Task Force-2 for the Texas Department of State Health Services. Currently, this expert serves as the medical officer of the disaster medical assistance team for a government health department, medical director of an air medical transport company, an emergency physician for an emergency medicine consulting company, and a clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine for a distinguished medical school in Texas.

This expert has extensive experience as an orthopedic spine surgery physician assistant, focusing on areas such as spinal stenosis, cervical herniated discs, cervical myelopathy, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, degenerative lumbar spondylosis, spinal trauma, lumbar herniated discs, and kyphosis. She received her BS in biological sciences from Cornell University before earning her MS from Rutgers University. She is a certified physician assistant and communication facilitator thorugh the American Academy of Healthcare. This expert is active in her field as a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the North American Spine Society and as a researcher in orthopaedic spine surgery, having authored several publications. She has formerly served as a physician assistant for New Jersey Brain and Spine. Currently, this expert is a physician assistant for an orthopedic spine surgery center in Texas, as well as clinical preceptor for orthopaedic spine surgery at a teaching hospital in Texas.

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 has over 45 years of experience in nursing, focusing on surgical nursing and post-surgery recovery. She earned her BS in nursing at Pan American University, her MS in public health nursing at the University of Texas Brownsville, and her EdD with a focus in health science education at the University of Houston. She has held numerous positions in various facilities across Texas with a consistent focus on surgical nursing and nurse education. She recently transitioned from clinical work to a consulting role. In her current position as a nurse consultant, she consults and presents on topics related to surgery recovery and pain management for patients following surgery.

This qualified expert has over 14 years of experience in clinical emergency medicine and over 7 years of administrative experience. She received her BA in biology and her MA in nutritional science at the University of Texas at Austin before earning her MD at the University of Texas Health Science Center. She subsequently completed an emergency medicine residency at Allegheny General Hospital. This expert is board-certified in emergency medicine and is active in her field as a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians. She has formerly served as a clinical services specialist for Promed Clinical Systems, an emergency medicine physician at Uniontown Hospital, and the medical director for both Cedar Park Regional Medical Center and Cedar Park's freestanding emergency department. Currently, this expert serves as a physician for multiple medical centers in Texas and is both the chief of staff and the medical director of integrated acute care for one of these medical centers.

This expert has almost a decade of experience as a physician assistant. He earned his BS in electrical engineering from SUNY at Buffalo and his MS in clinical medicine sciences from Barry University. He is a licensed physician assistant in the state of Texas and is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Academy of Physician Assistants. He previously served as an internal medicine physician assistant at First Texas Hospital, as a physician assistant at 1st Class Urgent Care Center, and as a physician assistant in the emergency room at PrimeCare Emergency Center. This expert is currently a physician assistant in the division of critical care and pulmonology at a hospital in Texas.

This expert is a certified life care planner and nurse consultant with clinical background in nursing, orthopedics, rehabilitation and critical care medicine. She has extensive background in evaluation of complex and long term needs of clients who have suffered catastrophic injuries. She holds expertise in health care quality and risk management, health care administration, and regulatory compliance. She has been a certified life care planner since 2010.

This board certified general surgeon has been practicing medicine for over 20 years. Fellowship trained at one of the nation's top hospitals, this expert is both a General Surgeon, Surgical Intensivist and an Associate Professor of Surgery, making her highly qualified to review the standard of care provided to the plaintiff.

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 with a specialization in Neurocritical Care. He received his Master's degree from Saint Louis University and completed his internship training at both the Patna Medical College Hospital in India and Westlake Hospital. He pursued residency training at the University of Florida and completed fellowship training at Washington University. He has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for the Neurocritical Care Journal. Currently, he serves as an assistant professor of stroke and neurocritical care at a prominent Missouri university.

This highly qualified psychiatric pharmacology expert received a BS in Bacteriology from the Univeristy of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and earned his doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.) at the University of Southern California (USC). He had a National Institute of Mental Health (NMH) training fellowship in Psychiatric Pharmacy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, and was recruited to join the faculty of the highly-ranked The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. He is Board Certified in Psychiatric Pharmacy (BCPP) by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties. He serves on the Board of Directors for the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists Foundation and is a founding member of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP). During his 37 years career, this expert has provided clinical care and education in a variety of settings and treatment roles. He teaches didactic and experiential courses for Pharm.D. students and graduate courses for MS and PhD post-Pharm.D. students. He authored and successfully discussed with members of the Texas Legislature the creation of a clinical research unit at San Antonio State Hospital (SASH) that was funded by the Texas Legislature and jointly governed by the UT Austin College of Pharmacy, UT Health Science Center San Antonio Department of Psychiatry and SASH. This expert continues to publish scholarly articles and is regularly invited to do scholarly and lay presentations around the country on a variety of pharmacy and mental health related topics. He was the Senior Founding Editor for a major mental health publication. He edited Psychopharmacology Update newsletter from 1998-2002, and edited two editions of a compendium based upon this newsletter, Psychopharmacology Desktop Reference, published by Manisses Communications Group in 1999 and 2002. He has received several awards reflecting his accomplishments as a clinician, teacher, and researcher.

This highly qualified expert is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He received his MD from Texas Tech School of Medicine. His post-doctoral education continued at the University of Florida at Jacksonville where he developed a passion for Minimally Invasive Surgery. Following residency he entered private practice in Palm Coast, Florida where his interests expanded to include robotic surgery until his return to Texas as an Associate Professor to help rebuild and expand the Department of Surgery. His area of interest focuses on minimally invasive foregut and colorectal surgery.

This actively practicing hospitalist earned a BS in Chemistry from Tulane University, an MS in Chemical Engineering from MIT, and an MD from Baylor College of Medicine. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a fellow in the American College of Physicians. This expert is currently a hospitalist at a medical facility in Texas.

This expert is extremely well qualified in the field of Craniofacial Plastic Surgery. He received his MD from Yale University School of Medicine and an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Washington. He completed residencies in Head & Neck Surgery and Plastic Surgery at the University of Washington and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine before completing a Head and Neck Reconstruction and Skull Base Surgery fellowship at the University of Oviedo in Spain. He is very well published in his field with over 90 peer-reviewed articles, 19 book chapters, and 2 books in his field. He has held multiple academic roles at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Colorado teaching Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Otolaryngology. He is currently Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Director of Craniofacial Microsurgery and Trauma at a major university, and he is the Director of Cleft and Craniofacial Center and Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery at a university-affiliated children's hospital.

This highly qualified expert received her BA in Psychology and her MS in Clinical Social Work from the University of Texas-Pan American. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and she is a certified Family Trauma Professional, Suicide Prevention Counselor and Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). This expert previously worked as Supervisor II for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Here, she led and supervised a unit of caseworkers responsible for providing adult protective services to victims of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. She provided case management supervision and interacted routinely with the Texas Department of Family Services' clients, organizations' representatives, and the public. This expert then went on to work as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and as Executive Director of the Family Crisis Center of the Rio Grande Valley. She managed and lead the social services agency and provided individual and group mental health therapy and case management supervision. This expert is currently an Adjunct Professor of Social Work at two universities in Texas and she is a Psychotherapist at a women's emotional wellness center.

This highly qualified board certified expert earned her BA from University of Maryland and her MD from Ben Gurion Medical School for International Health in collaboration with Columbia University. She then completed her residency in emergency medicine and pediatrics at Indiana University. This expert is board certified in both pediatrics and emergency medicine and certified in advanced cardiac, pediatric, advanced trauma, and basic life support. She is a member of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Emergency Physicians. She has published multiple times in American Academy of Emergency Medicine. Formerly, she served as the pediatric emergency medicine curriculum director at Carolinas Medical Center and an assistant professor of emergency and pediatric emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Currently, she is an adjunct professor of wilderness medicine at a leading Colorado medical school and as a pediatric emergency physician at a Colorado multi-specialty physician group.