Claudication Expert Witnesses

Los Angeles, California

Vascular Surgery, Wound Care - limb salvage, vascular injury, limb ischemia, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolus, aortic aneurysm repair, vascular trauma, hemodialysis access, wound care, non healing wounds, endovascular, amputation, gangrene, PAD, claudication, rest pain, carotid artery surgery, leg bypass surgery

Board certified, private practice Vascular Surgeon with 20 years experience in the medicolegal field. I have been in practice since 2002 in Vascular Surgery with extensive experience in open surgery and endovascular interventions done in the hospital, ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and office based lab (OBL). I have expertise in limb salvage and wound care for diabetic foot wounds, arterial related gangrene and venous disease as well as dialysis access and vascular trauma. Training: Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, New York 1991-1995, Alpha Omega Alpha General Surgery internship and residency 1995 - 2000: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center Fellowship in Vascular / Endovascular Surgery 2000-2002: Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York

San Diego, California

Vascular Surgery - Peripheral arterial disease, claudication, limb ischemia, atherectomy, thrombolysis, arterial bypass, aortic aneurysm, stent graft, vascular trauma, vessel injury, hemodialysis access, peripheral angiogram, mesenteric ischemia, venous reflux, carotid, cerebrovascular disease, amputation, ultrasound

Lily Johnston, MD, MPH is board-certified in Vascular as well as General Surgery with 9 years of experience operating on adult patients in Virginia, Minnesota, and California. She specializes in operating on blood vessels in the neck and body including aortic and other aneurysms; aortic dissections; peripheral arterial disease in the arms and legs; carotid artery and cerebrovascular disease; renal and mesenteric vascular disease; venous or vein disease; connecting vessels for hemodialysis access; exposing and protecting blood vessels for spine surgery; vascular trauma or injury, and assistance with tumor resection when blood vessels are involved. Dr. Johnston received her BA (summa cum laude) from Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa followed by her MD from the University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA) where she received an award for Academic Excellence. After a residency in General Surgery at the University of Virginia (Charlotte...

Boston, Massachusetts

Vascular Surgery - aortic aneurysm, vascular injury, carotid stenosis, peripheral artery disease, limb ischemia, vascular trauma, amputation, gangrene, claudication, lower extremity bypass, endovascular intervention, angioplasty, stenting, endovascular aneurysm repair, transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR)

I am a board-certified vascular surgeon practicing at both a large academic medical center and a smaller community hospital in the Boston area. My clinical practice spans all aspects of vascular surgery including arterial and venous disease, open vascular surgical procedures and endovascular interventions, and medical management and surveillance of non-operative vascular disease. Procedures performed include carotid endarterectomy, carotid stenting, thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, endovascular aneurysm repair, lower extremity bypass, peripheral endovascular interventions including balloon angioplasty and stenting, endovenous ablation, sclerotherapy, and phlebectomy.

Linn Creek, Missouri

Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease - Chest pain, angina, coronary artery, heart failure, heart attack, vascular medicine, claudication, stent, atherectomy, pacemaker, ICD, sudden death, nuclear cardiology, atrial fibrillation, cardiac arrest, PTCA, Angioplasty, echocardiography, shortness of breath, arrhythmias

* Dr. McDermott is an experienced Interventional and general cardiologist with over 25 yrs clinical practice in Interventional cardiology, endovascular medicine and critical limb ischemia, general cardiology, echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, pacemaker implantation, implantable defibrillators (ICD) including biventricular devices, and leadless pacemakers. Dr. McDermott has particular interests in the management of complex and high risk patients with a wide spectrum of cardiovascular disease. * He is committed to ongoing education in these areas of interest. * Dr. McDermott has board certifications in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular disease, subspecialty Interventional Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac pacing, and physician interpretation vascular ultrasound. * Dr. McDermott is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention. He is currently licensed in Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas, ...

Richmond, Virginia

Vascular Surgery, Interventional & Vascular Radiology - vascular surgery, hemodialysis access, hemodialysis interventions, critical limb ischemia, deep vein thrombosis, vascular duplex laboratory, limb amputation, aortic aneurysm, claudication, venous insufficiency, venous disease, arterial disease, lymphedema, endovascular interventions, 3D Printing

Dr. Michael Amendola is a practicing vascular surgeon at the Central Virginia VA Health Care System (CVVHS) in Richmond, Virginia. He serves as the Division Chief of Vascular Surgery and the Head of The Vascular Duplex Laboratory. Dr. Amendola earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Chemistry from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He then worked as a Research Associate for Merck and Company in Rahway, New Jersey, utilizing computer-aided rational drug design. Following this, he conducted funded research in the Department of Genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (VCU-SOM) in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Amendola completed medical school at VCU-SOM in 2002, followed by a general surgery residency and vascular surgery fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in Richmond, Virginia. He practiced privately in Georgia for two years before returning to VCU-SOM and CVVHS in 2011. Dr. Amendola is a full-time surgeon ...