Advance Care Planning Expert Witnesses

Alamo, California

Hospitalist, Nursing Homes - Hospitalist, Med-Legal, Advance Care Planning, Polypharmacy, SNF medical director, Expert Witness, Transitions of Care, Hospital Leadership, Hospice, Chart review, Quality and Safety, Discharge Planning, Palliative, Standard of care, Root Cause Analysis, Nursing home care, Long-term care, End-of-life care, Infection Control, Geriatrics

Board-certified physician with experience in hospice, hospital leadership, medical director for SNFs, and hospitalist medicine. Available for medico-legal review, expert opinion, and testimony across acute care, long-term care, palliative/hospice, and systems-of-care matters. Have worked as a QME for several years.

West Simsbury, Connecticut

Hospice and Palliative Care, Life Care Planning - GIP Hospice, General Inpatient Hospice, Palliative Medicine, Complex Symptom Management, Pain Management, Advance Care Planning, Life Expectancy, Prognostication

Dr. Ross Albert has twelve years of experience as a Hospice Medical Director, with the last 6 years as the System Hospice and Palliative Care Medical Director of a statewide home hospice and palliative care team. He has four years of experience as the Chief of Palliative Medicine at a large tertiary care hospital, managing inpatient consultations, goals of care discussions and complex symptom management. He is board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Family Practice, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and of the American Academy of Family Practice. He is nationally recognized for excellence in end-of-life care, awarded the Hastings Foundation Cuniff-Dixon Award in 2016. He serves on the faculty for the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Department of Medicine and the Frank H. Netter School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Albert has practiced hospice and palliative care extensively in the inpatient and c...