Bioethics 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...

Oceanside, California

Geriatrics, Nursing Homes - Nursing Home - Skilled Nursing Facility, Hospice - End-of-Life Care, Palliative Care, Home Health, Assisted Living, Regulatory, Decubitus, Pressure Ulcers, Falls, Dementia - Alzheimer's, Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Care - HMO, Life Care Planning, Personal Injury, Family Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Bioethics

Experienced Expert, 250+ depositions, 25+ trials. Speedy and Objective Records Reviews (plaintiff/defense); Standard of Care, Causation and Damages Opinions, including Life Expectancy and Future Care Costs, Regulatory Actions; Comprehensive Report Writing. References Available on Request. In clinical practice of post-acute and long-term care medicine, Geriatrics & Hospice in San Diego area since 1992; Chief Medical Officer, Bio-Pacific Admin Services (nursing facility management company); Chief Medical Officer, Beecan Health; Delegate, AMA and California Medical Association House of Delegates; Chair, CMA Council on Ethical, Legal & Judicial Affairs; Chair, CMA Administrative Medicine Delegation; Clinical Faculty UCSD School of Medicine and Family Medicine Dept., Affiliate Faculty, California State University's Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care (San Marcos), Past President of CALTCM, Past President of PALTmed (Post-Acute & Long-Term Care Medical Association, previously ...

Centennial, Colorado

Hospitalist, Hospice and Palliative Care - Clinical ethics, Medical ethics, Hospital medicine, Internal Medicine, Palliative medicine, Hospice, End of life care, Power of attorney, Surrogate decision making, MOST, POLST, MOLST, Advance Directives, CPR directive, organ procurement, organ donation, Medicolegal, Organizational ethics, bioethics

Practicing high quality adult hospital medicine and inpatient palliative and hospice medicine in high-volume academic urban teaching hospitals since 2010, including the care of incarcerated adult patients. Medical Director of Colorado Works for International Physicians - pre-residency clinical training program for international medical graduates seeking to do primary care residency in the United States. Board certified through ABIM in Internal Medicine since 2009. Founding member the Division of Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Denver Health and Hospital Authority. Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Pending dissertation in Healthcare Ethics on moral formation of physicians Performing clinical ethics consultations in academic hospitals since 2011, covering a range of topics including but not limited to capacity/competency, informed consent, withdrawal of life sustaining treatment and end-of-life-care (including medical aid in dying-MA...

Parker, Colorado

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics - Bioethics, Patient advocate, Parental rights, Physician Advisor, Medical Ethics

Monique Robles MD, MS, is a board-certified physician, specializing in both pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. She received her Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas. She completed a pediatric residency, chief residency, and pediatric critical care fellowship at Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, Texas (2001-2008). Dr. Robles has served in many pediatric centers throughout the country, providing medical, surgical, cardiac, and trauma care. Dr. Robles received a Certificate in Health Care Ethics from the National Catholic Bioethics Center and completed a Master of Science degree in Bioethics in 2018 at the University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota. She is an unwavering advocate for the dignity of the patient. Dr. Robles is available for case reviews, consultations, and expert testimony.