Advanced Directives Expert Witnesses
Advanced directives expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on advanced directives. The advanced directives expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Care, Internal Medicine, and Nursing Homes.
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Janice Makela, M.D.
MD with 20 years of Geriatrics/Hospice experience
Oak Park, Illinois
Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Care
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nursing home, hospice, internal medicine, elder abuse, geriatric care, Opioids , assisted living, palliative care, advanced directives, skilled nursing facilities , Medical Marijuana, dementia, wound care, elder LGBT rights, cannabis, home care, long term care facilities, medical ethics, falls, mental competency
I am physician with 20 years' experience. Triple board certified in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and hospice and palliative care. I also have expertise in cannabis medicine. I taught geriatric fellows at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center for over a decade. I was also the medical director of a veteran's hospital SNF unit. At the VA, I was also chair of the "falls committee." In addition, I worked as a hospice and palliative care physician for a decade. I was a medical director at a geriatric value-based care clinic. I have experience in a variety of different healthcare system including academic medicine, VA healthcare systems, hospices, and value-based care healthcare, I have worked in many different settings including nursing homes, assisted living centers, clinics, home care, in-patient hospices, and hospitals. Expertise includes elder abuse, medical ethics, nursing home/assisted living care, dementia care, mental competency, elder LGBT rights, e...
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Sheila Trugman, MD
Family Doctor-Geriatrics/Nursing Home Care
Tree of Life Healthcare Associates
Worcester, Massachusetts
Geriatrics, Nursing Homes
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Geriatrics, Pain Control at end-of-life, Assisted Livings, Long-term Care, Wound Care, Dementia, Hospice & Palliative Care, Advanced Directives, Delirium, End of Life Care, adult family medicine
Board certified in Family Medicine
Certificate of Added Qualifications in Hospice and Palliative Care
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Sandra L Frellsen, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, HMDC
Experienced Hospice and Palliative Physician
Sandra Frellsen MD, PLLC
Austin, Texas
Hospice and Palliative Care, Internal Medicine
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End of life, Serious illness, Chronic illness, End-of-life decision making, Goals of care documentation, Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine, Hospice, Medical decision-making, Clinical decision-making, Advanced Directives, Advance Directives, General Inpatient Hospice, GIP Hospice, Complex symptom management, Surrogate decision
I have been practicing as a Board-certified Internal Medicine physician since 2001 and as a Board-Certified Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician since 2008. I practiced hospital-based palliative medicine in an urban teaching hospital prior to transitioning to work as a community-based hospice physician. I have worked as a Hospice Medical Director since 2020 and have been involved in multiple quality improvement projects and audits. I oversee multiple physicians and nurse practitioners and make hospice visits in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and private residences. I continue to participate in Maintenance of Certification for my primary and secondary board certifications. I am also board certified as a Hospice Medical Director by the Hospice Medical Director Certification Board. I am a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. I am also the site director for the Dell Medical School Hospice a...