Community Hospital Expert Witnesses

Temecula, California

Emergency Medicine, Risk Management - Medical Education, Quality Improvement, Risk, STEMI, Stroke, Morbidity and Mortality, Airway, EMS, Spanish, community hospital

I have been in practice as an Emergency Medicine physician for 14 years now. I actively work full-time at a STEMI and stroke receiving community hospital. I am also core faculty for the UHS SoCal MEC residency program, actively teaching the next generation of Emergency Medicine doctors the standard of care. This involves performing bedside teaching, leading research projects, giving a wide-variety of lectures, and recruitment and interviews. I am the director of the morbidity and mortality lecture series, leading didactic sessions monthly and providing medico-legal risk evaluations. I present specific cases and topics on how to improve care, how to avoid documentation disasters, and how to make system-wide changes to improve practice management, patient outcome, and patient experience. I am also the Co-director of the Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee for Temecula Valley Hospital and the chairman of the Multidisciplinary Case Review Committee, which is a joint genera...

Atlanta, Georgia

Emergency Medicine - incarcerated, jail, prison, arrest, trauma, residents, residency, supervisor, police, medical director, department chair, level 1, tertiary care center, opiate, gun shot, EMS, emergency medical services, misdiagnosis, medical board, community hospital

Dr. Eliot Blum is a board-certified emergency medicine physician with over 14 years of experience managing a broad spectrum of urgent and emergent medical conditions. He is a Diplomate and Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, a Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, and an Assistant Professor at the Emory University School of Medicine at Grady Memorial Hospital. Additionally, he serves as a certified expert witness for the Florida Department of Health and consults as a peer reviewer for the Georgia Composite Medical Board. He is actively involved in professional organizations such as the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, the American Medical Association, and the Medical Association of Georgia. His medical licensure has spanned multiple states, including Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Hawaii. Dr. Blum earned his medical degree from the Tel Aviv University – Sackler School of Medicine (American Program) in 2011, followed by residency ...