Arterial Disease Expert Witnesses

Columbus, Ohio

Interventional & Vascular Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology - medical communication, standard of care, vascular access, bleeding, embolization, vascular ultrasound, IVC filter, kyphoplasty, anticoagulation, biopsy, indications, prostate embolization, clot, diagnostic error, delay in diagnosis, medical imaging, imaging interpretation, arterial disease, radiology

I am a fellowship-trained, board certified physician in diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology with over 9 years of practice. I practice in an academic setting at The Ohio State University Medical Center in which I teach other physicians the techniques, rationale and standards of care in both diagnostic and interventional radiology. I work on the national level in the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and the American College of Radiology (ACR). My experience as a consultant and expert witness began in 2020. Since then I have and continue to opine on the standards of care, evaluate cases for merit, perform blind reviews, provide second opinions, depose and give in court testimony on diagnostic radiology cases and/or interventional cases for both the plaintiff and defense. Your client has their trust in you. And with me, we work together to fulfill that trust. I communicate clearly to non-medical people about medical events and/or radiological findings. That b...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Interventional & Vascular Radiology, Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology, pain management, embolization procedures, Interventional Radiology, Interventional oncology, prostate artery embolization, Thromboembolic disease, complex IVC filter retrieval, arterial disease, percutaneous biopsies, drainage procedures, Pulmonary embolism/ DVT interventions

David L. Smoger, MD, MA, DABR is a board-certified Interventional and Diagnostic Radiologist with more than 17 years of clinical experience and over a decade of medical-legal consulting experience. Dr. Smoger currently serves as Chairman of Radiology at Redeemer Health / Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center and remains in active full-time clinical practice specializing in vascular and interventional radiology. He is also Section Chief of Interventional Radiology at Radiology Affiliates Imaging and Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Smoger’s clinical expertise includes complex interventional radiology procedures involving thromboembolic disease, arterial disease, interventional oncology, pulmonary embolism intervention, DVT intervention, prostate artery embolization, embolization procedures, percutaneous biopsies, drainage procedures, pain management procedures, and complex IVC filter retrieval. He is r...

Richmond, Virginia

Vascular Surgery, Interventional & Vascular Radiology - vascular surgery, arterial line trauma, hand ischemia, compartment syndrome, deep vein thrombosis, access site bleeding, limb amputation, aortic surgery, claudication, venous insufficiency, venous disease, arterial disease, lymphedema, endovascular interventions, hemodialysis access, critical limb ischemia, limb salvage, wound care

Dr. Michael Amendola is a practicing vascular surgeon at the Central Virginia VA Health Care System in Richmond Virginia. He serves as the Division Chief of Vascular Surgery and the Clinical Director of The Vascular Duplex Laboratory. He graduated from the College of William and Mary with a Bachelor of Science as well as a Master’s of Chemistry in 1995. In 2002, Dr. Amendola received his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Dr. Amendola completed his general surgery residency at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in 2007 and his Vascular Surgery fellowship at the same facility in 2009. He is board certified in vascular and general surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He was selected in 2024 to be an American Board of Surgery certifying examinator in vascular surgery. Dr. Amendola is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as the Society for Vascular Surgery. Dr. Amendola is a Professor of Surgery at Virginia Commonwea...