Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Expert Witnesses

Aurora, Colorado

Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Surgery - Pain Management, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiology, Critical Care Nursing

Michelle Edwards, MS, APRN, AGACNP-BC, ALNC is a board-certified Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and medical expert witness with extensive experience in critical care and ICU-level practice. Her background includes management of complex, high-acuity patients involving sepsis, respiratory failure, cardiogenic shock, postoperative complications, neurological injury, and hospital-acquired conditions. In her current role in spine and pain management, Ms. Edwards evaluates and manages patients with acute and chronic pain conditions, including cases arising from personal injury and workers’ compensation matters. She provides objective expert analysis on ICU and post-acute standards of care, nursing and advanced practice provider decision-making, documentation, breach, and causation, and conducts comprehensive medical record reviews to support medical malpractice and serious injury litigation. Areas of Expertise • Critical care and ICU standards of care • Nursing and ad...

Richmond , Virginia

Otolaryngology, Nurse Practitioner - ENT Nurse Practitioner, Otolaryngology Nurse Practitioner, Facial Surgery Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner, Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Tinnitus, Hearing loss, Ear

Jonathan D. Pender, ACNP is a board-certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner licensed in Virginia and Johns Hopkins–trained. Since 2014, he has practiced in both otolaryngology (ENT) and urgent/emergency care, with a clinical focus in otology, including disorders of hearing and balance. He currently works full-time at Richmond ENT, where he specializes in the evaluation and management of hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, chronic ear disease, and middle ear pathology. He also provides emergency care several days per month at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, an ACS-verified Level II Trauma Center. Mr. Pender has completed over 50 independent medical evaluations (IMEs), both locally and internationally and offers expert consultation and medical record review in the fields of ENT, emergency medicine, and primary care. He provides standard of care opinions for nurse practitioners and physician assistants in both outpatient and acute care settings. His ENT experience includes hearing loss, tinn...