Iowa Expert Witnesses

This expert is highly qualified in the field of physical education, physical training, and exercise. With over 40 years of experience in the field, this expert has served as a university department chair, led K-12 health and physical education for the State of Iowa, and inspired an Army physical readiness training paradigm shift that remains unchallenged today.

This highly qualified expert has over 25 years of experience in food service consulting with over 15 years of experience in foodservice distribution and operations management. He holds an A.A. in Foodservice Management from Iowa State University. A member of both the Foodservice Consultants Society International and the Construction Specifications Institute, he has published a book on food services operations and is a past President of the FCSI World-Wide Board. He also worked as Managing Director for a restaurant buying group that consisted of over 350 member restaurants. He currently works as President for a foodservice management consulting company.

This fellowship trained doctor has a wide breadth of knowledge in the field of child abuse pediatrics. She received her medical degree from Ege University Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice for 31 years. She holds two board certifications, and is currently working on a parental education program to prevent shaken impact syndrome and the development of online training material on child abuse and neglect for medical trainees at the University of Iowa as well as the implementation of trauma informed care. She is an expert on severe physical abuse, criminal neglect, and Munchausen by Proxy among other areas of chidl abuse and neglect.

This board certified ophthalmologist earned his MD at Baylor College of Medicine and completed fellowship training in both molecular ophthalmology and oculoplastic surgery. He is a member of numerous prestigious societies in the ophthalmology space, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Ophthalmalic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is currently an associate professor of oculoplastic, orbit, and oncology service in the department of ophthalmology and visual sciences at a top university medical center in the Midwest.

This extremely qualified, board-certified dentist is among the nation's leading experts in the field of endodontics, and has authored numerous publications and major textbooks on the subject. He has also been appointed to Chair positions within endodontics departments across the country. This expert has entered a state of retirement; he still teaches and performs clinical work but at a lower capacity than in the past. He has served as an expert witness on a number of cases, both for the defendant and for the plaintiff.

A certified leisure professional and playground safety inspector, this expert is also a nationally acknowledged expert in the area of playground safety. She has made presentations both nationally and internationally on playground design and safety, and is the author /co author of over 150 articles on playgrounds and children’s play. This expert has held numerous leadership and committee assignments in national professional organizations, including the American Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance and the National Recreation and Park Association.

This highly qualified expert is a board-certified pediatrician with over 10 years of experience in general pediatrics, including both outpatient and inpatient services. She received her BS in integrated life sciences from Kent State University and her MD from Northeast Ohio Medical University. She then completed her residency in pediatrics at Michigan State University. This expert is active in the field of pediatrics as a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and as a public speaker on various topics in children's health and medicine.

This expert is board certified in internal medicine with sub-specialties in cardiology, electrophysiology and cardiac pacers. After completing his BS at Carleton College, this expert went on to receive his MD from the University of Arizona. This expert finished his internship and residency in internal medicine from New York University. He then went on to finish two prestigious fellowships in cardiology and electrophysiology at the University of Iowa and the University of Alabama. Formerly, this expert has held roles as the director of clinical research at Loyola University Medical Center, and as a professor of medicine and the director of cardiac electrophysiology at the University of Iowa. Currently, this expert serves as a professor emeritus of medicine at a top IA university medical center and as a staff physician at a major midwest medical center.

This expert has over 35 years of experience in parking design and planning. He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a BA in construction management. He is a member of the National Parking Association and the International Parking Institute. He was formerly a parking consultant with the planning division of the Allright Corporation before becoming vice president of parking for Allright. He also served as a senior parking consultant for International Parking Design. Currently, he is a partner at a parking design group and splits his time between California and Iowa.

This highly qualified transportation safety and compliance expert has been involved with trucking logistics for over 30 years. He earned a BS in history and political science from Vanderbilt University and an MS in personnel management from Troy State University. He is certified in homeland security and is a certified director of safety by the North American Transportation Management Institute. Formerly, this expert served as a logistics director and personnel manager for Wal-Mart, a corporate manager of DOT and fleet safety with Georgia Pacific Corporation, and the vice president of safety and compliance with Unisource Worldwide Inc. He went on to become a manager of safety and regulatory compliance at XATA Corporation before opening Haffenden Consulting where he was the owner and proprietor.Most recently, he served as the vice president of safety at CRST International before moving to his current role as a compliance strategy officer at a trucking logistics company in Iowa.

This highly qualified mechanical engineer has been in his field for more than 35 years, with demonstrated experience in structures and materials, process control technology, and the power industry. He earned his MS in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University and his EMBA from Southern Methodist University. He is a fellow and member of both the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the International Society of Automation and a registered professional engineer in Iowa. He holds 11 patents related to control valve design and maintenance and has published a book and several technical articles on control design, installation, and maintenance. He worked with Fisher for over 15 years in various roles, as a product engineer, a nuclear liaison engineer, a senior project engineer, and finally as vice president of global nuclear business. This expert is currently a consultant at an independent mechanical engineering company.

This highly-qualified expert in statistical analysis has nearly 20 years of experience in his field. After earning his BS in mathematics from the State University of New York, Albany, he went to complete his MS and PhD in statistics at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. In his early career, he served as the lead statistical analyst and statistical consultant in the psychiatry department of the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He also served as an associate professor of statistics at Dordt University and as chairperson for the institution's statistics and computer science department. This expert is highly active in research and scholarship in his field, with over 30 funded grants, countless peer-reviewed publications, and several textbooks and chapters. Currently, this expert is the director of research and scholarship, a professor of statistics, and the division leader for mathematics and physical sciences at a private liberal arts university in Iowa. He teaches courses in applied statistical models, financial mathematics, actuarial life contingencies, and financial economics, among others.