Advance Care Planning Expert Witnesses

Phoenix, Arizona

Legal Medicine, Hospital Administration - Clinical Ethics, Disability Law, Goal-Concordant Care, Mental Healthcare Power of Attorney, Medical Ethics, Hospital Policy Development, Advance Care Planning, Bioethics, Conflict Mediation, Living Wills, Health Law, Mediation, Health Care/Medical Power of Attorney, Elder Law, Dispute Resolution, Guardianship and Conservatorship

Jonathan D. Craig-Mendes, JD, DMSc(c), MBA, HEC-C, is a fellowship-trained and ASBH-certified Clinical Ethics Consultant currently practicing in Phoenix, AZ. Mr. Craig-Mendes' experience as a Clinical Ethics practitioner has seen his involvement in thousands of ethically-complex patient cases, addressing issues across the gamut of medical and social patient presentations. Mr. Craig-Mendes is frequently consulted to offer recommendations on the ethical appropriateness of treatment plans. He additionally becomes involved in cases where patients lack surrogate decision-makers, especially when this fact leaves hospitals and medical providers with no choice but to make decisions on behalf of the patient with little guidance on the patient's healthcare desires. Prior to his full-time work as a solo-practitioner Clinical Ethicist, Mr. Craig-Mendes attended specialized Post-Doctoral Fellowship training in the practice of clinical ethics consultation, which he completed at Wellstar Health S...

West Simsbury, Connecticut

Hospice and Palliative Care - Hospice Compliance, Hospice Documentation, Hospice Audits, Hospice Eligibility, GIP Hospice, General Inpatient Hospice, Life Expectancy, Prognostication, Palliative Medicine, Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning, Complex Symptom Management

Dr. Ross Albert has thirteen years of experience as a Hospice Medical Director, currently the National Medical Director of a multi-state hospice agency, with the prior 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. Dr. Albert has practiced hospice and palliative care extensively in the inpatient and community settings. He has expertise in hospice utilization, compliance and audit reviews, end-of-life ...