Clinical Informatics Expert Witnesses

Spanish Fort, Alabama

Emergency Medicine, Information Technology - Clinical Informatics, General Emergency Medicine, Chest Pain/MI/ACS, Stroke, Trauma, Emergent Dermatologic Diagnosis, Pregnancy Complications, Orthopedics

Dual board certified in Emergency Medicine and Clinical Informatics with twenty years post-residency clinical experience. I presently hold licenses in GA, AL, and FL and am currently practicing Emergency Medicine clinically. I also obtained my MBA from UMass-Amherst. I have practiced at facilities holding all trauma level designations (I-III) and various sized facilities ranging from 10,000 annual volume up to over 100,000 annual volume. I also held a prior senior level (VP) position as a Chief Medical Information Officer and was in charge of implementing Epic in 28 physicians practices and a large hospital. Please feel free to call, text, or email me and I will respond as quickly as possible. (Call and text preferable.)

Yuma, Arizona

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence - Healthcare Technology, AI enabled clinical systems, Clinical Workflow, Cybersecurity, Interoperability, Clinical Informatics, IT Standards of Care, Protocol Adherence, Technology Infrastructure, High Reliability, EMR, Epic, IT Governance, HIPAA Regulatory Compliance, Data Integrity, EHR, Cerner, Decision Support, Audit Trail

Dr. Marc Chasin is a physician and healthcare technology executive with more than two decades of experience advising and leading healthcare organizations through complex technology, regulatory, and operational challenges. He currently serves as a Chief Digital & Information Officer. He has led both large multi-hospital health systems and small rural hospitals in implementing and governing enterprise healthcare technology, including electronic health record (EHR) systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, cybersecurity programs, and data governance initiatives. In this executive role, the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) report directly to Dr. Chasin, reflecting his comprehensive oversight of clinical, technical, and security operations. His expertise includes assessing AI-enabled clinical systems and protocol adherence, as well as analyzing HIPAA...

Kailua, Hawaii

Emergency Medicine, Health Informatics - Emergency Medicine, Health Informatics, Clinical Informatics, Medical Records, Electronic Health Records, EHR, EMR, Alert Fatigue, Clinical Documentation, Quality Improvement

Dr. Baker is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Clinical Informatics. Clinical practice includes more than 30 years of emergency medicine. He was in the first group of physicians to become board certified in clinical informatics. He is on faculty at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and teaches a graduate level course in Health Informatics. He Is the Medical Informatics Director at his primary hospital and a past Chief-of-Staff. He coordinates the emergency department informatics committee for a four-hospital system and assisted with the Epic implementation for all four hospitals. He is licensed in Hawaii and California. He trained at Harbor - UCLA Medical Center and worked in California prior to moving to Hawaii. He has recent informatics training through Oregon Health and Science University.

Brooklyn, New York

Neurology, Artificial Intelligence - Vascular Neurology (Stroke), Medical Informatics, Clinical Informatics, Telehealth, Digital Health, Teleneurology, AI

Dr. Benjamin Kummer is a board-certified neurologist with fellowship training in vascular neurology and clinical informatics. He has more than a decade of experience in acute and outpatient neurological care and serves as Director for Clinical Informatics in Neurology at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. Dr. Kummer’s clinical work spans the full spectrum of cerebrovascular disease, including ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, TIA, reperfusion therapy decision-making, post-stroke complications, and neurological disability assessment. He has treated and evaluated thousands of stroke and general neurology patients across high-volume academic hospitals, neuro-ICUs, and emergency departments. A recognized leader in clinical informatics, Dr. Kummer oversees enterprise-level neurology data strategy, EHR integration, HL7/FHIR workflows, clinical decision support, digital health implementation, and quality/safety initiatives. He serves as the data steward for EEG, neu...

Nashville, Tennessee

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Hospitalist - Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Cardiac Care, Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric Sedation, ECMO, Cardiac Arrest, Respiratory Failure, Resuscitation, Post-Operative Care, Clinical Informatics, Opioid Management, Ventricular Assist Device (VAD), Heart Transplant

Dr. Barbara-Jo Achuff is a dual board-certified physician in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Informatics with over 25 years of clinical experience in high-acuity medical environments. She currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Her distinguished career includes tenure at three of the nation's top-tier pediatric institutions: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Texas Children’s Hospital, and Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Dr. Achuff completed an advanced fellowship in Cardiac Intensive Care and specializes in the management of complex congenital heart disease, post-operative cardiac care, and mechanical circulatory support, including ECMO. She is a recognized leader in medication safety and sedation stewardship, having served as a leader on Sedation Oversight Committees for over a decade and published NIH-funded research on opioid weaning and analg...

Roanoke, Virginia

Cardiovascular Disease - Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging, Stress Testing, Surgical Clearance, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CT, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Atrial Fibrillation, Anticoagulation (Blood Thinners), Cardiac Arrest, Clinical Informatics, Information Technology, Echocardiogram, Endocarditis

Dr. Schumaecker provides medical-legal consulting and expert witness services in the fields of diagnostic and clinical cardiology. He is Chief of Cardiology and Associate Professor of Medicine at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. He has over 15 years of experience in clinical practice and teaching in an academic setting. An experienced public speaker, he is able to explain complex medical concepts in a simple and articulate manner. He has won several teaching awards throughout his career. Dr. Schumaecker holds five post-secondary diplomas including degrees in medicine, biology, music, information technology and business administration. He also holds five medical board certifications including cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, cardiac computed tomography and clinical informatics. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and has served on committees for both of these professional societies.