Family Nurse Practitioner Expert Witnesses

Otolaryngology, Nurse Practitioner - Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer, ENT, Otolaryngology, Surgery, Family Nurse Practitioner

Jacqueline Dibble FNP-BC, I Worked as an RN for four years in Surgical Oncology as a floor nurse caring for patients post surgery after urological, endocrine, liver/pancreatic, and ENT surgeries. For the last 8 years I have worked as an APRN in Head and Neck Cancer Surgery. Experience in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck surgery on the inpatient and outpatient setting and operating room. I have treated a wide variety of otolaryngology patients (Benign and cancer). I am currently still practicing at Yale New Haven Hospital/Smilow Cancer Center.

Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine - precepting, Family Nurse Practitioner, cardiology, heart failure, COPD, pulmonary, infectious diseases, pre op evaluations, transition to care, social determinants of health, telemedicine, thyroid disease, behavioral health, neurological, advanced practice, orthopedic, MRSA, cancer screenings

As a Family Nurse Practitioner, Top Delaware Nurse, Advanced Practice Director, Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and President of the Delaware Coalition of Nurse Practitioners, I have the skillset to provide consultation, depositions, and expert witness services. With 25 years of primary care, urgent care, and orthopedic experience, I deliver care to primary and urgent care patients and precept medical, NP, PA, PT, And OT students. As an Assistant Professor, I taught undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral nursing courses while maintaining a clinical practice. As an international, national, and regional presenter, author, journal reviewer, and former editor, I am well-versed in recognizing the standard of care, the importance of communication and evidence-informed documentation, and the impact of Full Practice Authority on practice. My medical legal experience includes advance practice case reviews and depositions in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Mic...

Nurse Practitioner, Nurse - Family Nurse Practitioner, Gastrointestinal, Primary Care, HIPPA, Registered Nurse, Administering Medications, Wound Care, Standard of Care, Collaborative Care, Level 1 Emergency Room Trauma, Endoscopy, Chronic Comorbidities, Perioperative

Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner licensed in GA, SC and NC. Experience in a diverse array of healthcare environments including level one emergency trauma center, elementary school nursing, gastrointestinal endoscopy suite and perioperative services. Available for records review, case analysis disposition, depositions and court testimonies.

Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine - Registered Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics, Primary Care, Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, Telemed, Telemetry, Triage, Adults, All ages, Consulting, Standards of Care

Kellie Breaux is a Registered Nurse, board certified Family Nurse Practitioner, and member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). She has 18 years of experience in adult and pediatric nursing in various settings including: inpatient telemetry, step down ICU/progressive care units, emergency department and fast track/urgent care areas. Actively practicing in primary care pediatrics as a nurse practitioner. Experienced charge nurse, and clinical preceptor with emphasis on practicing evidence-based medicine and following standards of care. She is excellent at communication, she is detail-oriented, thorough, professional, efficient and responsive. Active licenses in Idaho and Washington.

Nurse Practitioner, Family Medicine - retail health, acute care, telemedicine, telehealth, administration, virtual, nurse practitioner, nurse, leadership, legal nurse consultant, advanced practice provider, Family Nurse Practitioner

Allison Thorn is a board certified Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Nurses Credentialing Center with over 20 years of diverse nursing and nurse practitioner experience. She is currently practicing in acute care (in-person and telemedicine) and administration in a large multi-regional health system. Her nursing and NP background includes labor and delivery, orthopedics and sports medicine, family medicine, acute care, chronic care management, rural health, retail health, leadership, administration, and telemedicine. She was most recently part of a team that built a new telemedicine service for the hospital system and is now the Director of the department. She has active licenses in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Montana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. She has earned a Masters of Science in Nursing as well as a Masters in Health Administration degrees and has successfully completed all of the American Associate...

Nurse Practitioner, Family Medicine - Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, Solo coverage, Telemedicine , CCRN, APP supervision, Onboarding, Intubation, Sedation, Central lines

Certified family nurse practitioner and emergency nurse practitioner with over 20 years of healthcare experience. 12+ years of experience as a nurse practitioner in emergency medicine, inpatient medicine and primary care. Mrs Topham practices in a wide range of settings including management of chronic diseases in primary care, acutely decompensated illness in the hospital, acute illness in urgent care and the emergency department. Mrs Topham’s emergency department experience includes Level II trauma center, stroke center, and solo-coverage in critical access facilities. She remains certified in advanced cardiac life support, pediatric advanced life support, basic life support, advanced trauma life support and additional education pertaining to difficult airway management. She was responsible for onboarding and training all new nurse practitioners and physician assistants for over 3 years. She assisted with the development and implementation of a rural advanced practice provider resi...

Nurse Practitioner, Family Medicine - Expert Witness Testimony, Standard of Care, Case Merit, Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care, Family Practice, Family Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics/Adult/Geriatrics, NP, Urgent Care, Immediate Care Center, Personal Injury, General Nursing Practice, Legal Nurse Consultant

Lisa Colasurdo is a board certified Family Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of experience. She earned her Bachelors Degree in Nursing from Clemson University and her Masters Degree in Nursing from the University of South Carolina School of Nursing. Ms. Colasurdo is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She has been providing expert witness services for both plaintiff and defense cases since 2016. Lisa Colasurdo graduated from Clemson University with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She began her nursing career as a floor nurse on a step-down unit. She then transitioned to working in the Surgery/Endoscopy Department as well as in the Emergency Department. Ms. Colasurdo earned her Masters Degree from the University of South Carolina School of Nursing in 2000. After completing her Masters, she became a Nursing Instructor at Lander University from 2000-2001, teaching Medical-Surgical and Critical Care Nursing courses. I...