Breastfeeding Expert Witnesses

Sandy Hook, Connecticut

Pediatrics - Board Certified Pediatrician, Lyme tick disease, Newborn, Development, Behavior, Asthma, ADHD, Pediatrics, Sexual / Child Abuse / Neglect, Vaccines, Custody, Meningitis Serious Bacterial Infections, Trauma, SIDS, RSV, GERD, dehydration, breastfeeding, weight loss, jaundice

Richard Auerbach, MD has been a general pediatrician and assistant professor of pediatrics since 1998. He completed a chief residency and hospitalist year following training at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. He remains active on staff at Danbury Hospital / Western CT Health Network. As an Associate Professor of clinical pediatrics through the Universities of CT and VT, and Ross University, he has taught countless medical students and residents, as well as participating in weekly CME activities. Recently, he and his wife, Julia Auerbach, MD JD, established MD Consult Services. The goal of this endeavor is to provide comprehensive medical opinions for case reviews and legal proceedings in the areas of Pediatrics (Richard) and Family Medicine (Julia). Both are Board certified in their respective fields and highly regarded in the communities in which they work. MDConsult Services has provided numerous comprehensive case reviews for attorneys. Both physicians are available fo...

Sebastian , Florida

Pediatrics - Newborn, Infant, Children, Teenager, Adolescent, Primary Care, Newborn Nursery, Standard of Care, Billing and Coding, Newborn Discharge, Behavior, ADHD, Asthma, Vaccines, Child Abuse, Immunizations, RSV, GERD, Breastfeeding, Medication Errors

Dr. Kimberly Graziano is a Board Certified Pediatrician serving children from birth to 18. Dr. Graziano founded Pelican Pediatrics of Sebastian, Florida in 2005 and continues to serve the east central coast of Florida in active clinical practice. She is highly regarded in her community and is on staff at Sebastian River Medical Center. She practices evidence based medicine and is skilled at diagnostic dilemmas. Dr. Graziano understands current standards of care and provides opinions based solely on facts. She does work for both plaintiff and defense. She also is a Peer Reviewer for the State of Florida Department of Health. Dr. Graziano completed her training at the Ohio State University Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She enjoys teaching and considers expert witness work another opportunity to do so.

Atlanta, Georgia

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - Birth Injury, Neonatal Jaundice, Newborn Infection, Breastfeeding, Newborn Congenital Anomoly, Newborn Cardiac Anomaly, Newborn Critical Care, Well Infant Care, Infant Resuscitation

Rae Gordon is a Neonatologist in active clinical practice since 2007. She is the senior partner in a private neonatology practice in the Atlanta, Georgia area that employs more than 20 physicians and advanced practice nurses and was established in 1982. Dr Gordon completed her fellowship in Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine and residency in Pediatrics at New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned her MD at McGill Faculty of Medicine in Montreal, Quebec, and a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive and Linguistic Science at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She is expert in all aspects of care of the well and ill newborn including birth injury, newborn resuscitation, feeding and breastfeeding, newborn jaundice, newborn congenital and early onset infection, early presentation of genetic, metabolic, and cardiac disease, and all aspects of care of the well and ill newborn.

KAUFMAN, Texas

Speech-Language Pathology - SWALLOWING, SWALLOWING DISORDERS, INFANT, NICU, ICU, ASPIRATION, VOCAL FOLDS, SWALLOW STUDY, FEES, HYPOXIA, ANOXIA, CHOKE, STROKE, INTUBATION, DYSPHAGIA, ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA, ASPHYIXATION, MOTHER/BABY, BREASTFEEDING, BOTTLE FEEDING

Casey Lewis is a medical Speech-Language Pathologist, Certified Neonatal Therapist, Certified Lactation Counselor, & Endoscopist. She owns and operates TexScope LLC, a Texas based mobile swallowing diagnostic company that specializes in Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing. TexScope partners with critical access hospitals, acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities and private practices, serving as their swallowing diagnostic expert. She is a respected expert in the field of Speech-Language Pathology and specializes in swallowing disorders across the lifespan. She is an active expert witness and is a sought-out speaker and educator both in the US and across the world. She is the creator of NICU Oral Feeding Algorithm, which aids medical teams in clinically navigating oral feeding decision-making within the NICU space. Casey has been an invited speaker at 14 universities across the USA, and has presented research at the local level,...

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Midwife, Nurse - Nurse-Midwife, Nurse-Midwifery, Midwife, Obstetrical Nursing, Breastfeeding, Fetal Monitoring, Lactation, Contraception, Birth Injury, HIE, L&D Nurse, Labor and Delivery, Perineal Lacerations, Shoulder Dystocia, Obstetric Triage, Infant feeding, Postpartum, Midwifery, Nursing, NEC

Georgetown University Trained RN and Nurse-Midwife/Nurse Practitioner After my last deposition, the senior attorney said, "you knocked it out of the park!" If you are seeking an expert witness who makes your case a priority, respects your deadlines and responds to your questions day or night look no further. Having attended hundreds of births as a CNM, (and raised 3 strong-willed children) I am unshakable on the witness stand, yet juries find me relatable. Strong experience with deposition and testimony on subjects including: Shoulder Dystocia, Fetal Monitoring, Birth Center Complications, HIE, and Labor Management. Currently employed as hospitalist CNM for large regional health system. Additionally I have: Practiced in a free-standing birth center Been an AWHONN instructor in fetal monitoring Taught Neonatal Resuscitation Served as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for OB Served on Maternal Mortality Committee for State of Maryland Served as lead for obstetric policy and proced...