Correctional Healthcare Expert Witnesses

Correctional Healthcare, Internal Medicine - Medical oncology, prisons, jails, ICE, immigration detention facilities, deliberate indifference, cancer treatment in prison, end of life care in prison, chronic disease management in prison, general inmate health care, correctional medical director, triage, delayed diagnosis, delayed treatment

Experienced Correctional Medicine Physician and Consultant. Double Board Certified (Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology), with additional areas of expertise in HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and coccidioidomycosis. Educated at Barnard College of Columbia University and and Baylor College of Medicine. Founder/former CEO of nonprofit HIV/AIDS organization and and founder of FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center) for underserved populations. Skilled expert witness with extensive experience in records review, report writing, and deposition/trial testimony. Award winning writer and public speaker. Licensed in California and Indiana. Plaintiff and defense cases accepted. CV upon request.

Correctional Healthcare, Family Medicine - Correctional Medicine, Expert Witness Testimony, NCCHC Standards of Care, Provider Training, Medical Malpractice, Board-certified, Wrongful Death, Substance Use Treatment in Prisons, Utilization Review, Correctional Policies and Procedures, Delay in Diagnosis or Treatment, 8th & 14th Amendments, Jail/Prison Healthcare

I am a board-certified family medicine physician with over two decades of experience in correctional healthcare, a field I have worked in since 2000. Throughout my career, I have provided care in a wide variety of jail and prison settings nationwide and have held medical licenses in 17 states. I currently maintain active licensure in Illinois, Missouri, Texas, and New Mexico. My clinical expertise includes the management of acute and chronic illnesses, treatment of patients with substance use disorders, and the delivery of both emergent and infirmary care. As a primary care physician, I am committed to addressing the holistic needs of my patients and ensuring seamless continuity of care, particularly during discharge planning. My leadership roles have included site physician, medical director for male prison facilities, and jail physician. I also served as Assistant Corporate Medical Director and later as Corporate Medical Director for Advanced Correctional Healthcare. In 2012, I j...

Correctional Healthcare, Jails & Prisons - Correctional Medicine, Corrections, Prison, Jail, Deliberate indifference, chronic disease management in prison, Consent decree in corrections, inmate healthcare, Certified Correctional Healthcare Professional, Experienced Physician, Prison Medicine, Cruel/Unusual Punishment in Prisons, ACA, NCCHC

Dr. Emil A. Dameff, M.D., CCHP – Correctional Medicine Expert Witness & Consultant With over 32 years of experience in correctional healthcare, I serve as a trusted expert witness in litigation involving inmate medical care, jail and prison healthcare systems, and correctional medical negligence. My expertise spans the full spectrum of correctional medicine, including direct patient care in jail and prison settings, inpatient management in secure facilities, and administrative oversight of statewide and national correctional healthcare programs. I launched my career as a Staff Physician and Co-Clinical Coordinator at the North Florida Reception Center under the Florida Department of Corrections. Since then, I have served in high-level roles including On-Site Medical Director, Regional Medical Executive, and Corporate Medical Affairs Director. These roles have involved policy development, health system oversight, peer review, and compliance with standards set by the NCCHC, ACA, CMA, ...

Dragoon, Arizona

Forensic Psychology, Psychology - Criminal Forensic Evaluations, Correctional Suicide, Violation of Correctional Standards, Psychological Autopsy, Violence Risk Assessment, Psychosexual Risk Assessment, Psychopathy, Incarceration Trauma, Anger Management, Correctional Mental Healthcare, Isolation Harm, Jails & Prisons, Correctional Healthcare, jail suicide

Dr. Loftis is a Certified Correctional Health Professional- Mental Health, a designation governed by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. She has over twenty years of experience in correctional health care, having provided training on suicide prevention in custody, correctional standards and correctional programs review. She has conducted numerous psychological autopsies, civil commitment and risk of violence evaluations, sexual violence and recidivism assessments for the correctional community. Dr. Loftis became Designated Forensic Psychologist in Massachusetts, having trained at state hospitals, correctional institutions and rural clinics. She has provided the courts with Competency to Stand Trial, Criminal Responsibility and Drug and Alcohol Evaluations. Dr. Loftis has evaluated several thousands of persons convicted of sex offenses and violent offenders seeking parole or pardons in the state of Nevada. She has also consulted on topics such as rapist typologies,...

PACIFIC GROVE, California

Correctional Healthcare, Family Medicine - family medicine, correctional healthcare, correctional cedicine, standard of care, standards, Jail medicine, prison medicine, indifference, physician, malpractice, doctor

Dr. Posson has worked as a private primary care physician for over 30 years and in the correctional medicine setting for 12 years. Dr. Posson has familiarity with the community standard of care, and the standards for healthcare delivery in prisons and jails as developed by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. Dr. Posson has experience in medical peer review, supervision, and professional practice evaluation of primary care physicians. Dr. Posson is Board Certified in Family Medicine with a subspecialty of Correctional Medicine. Dr. Posson is a Certified Correctional Health Care Professional by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Family Medicine, Correctional Healthcare - Correctional Healthcare, Correctional Medicine, Primary Care, Family Medicine, medical chart review

Dr. Tiona graduated medical school in 1992 and completed her family medicine residency in 1995. After separating from the USAF in January 1998, she spent the next six years in community medicine before embarking on a career in correctional medicine beginning in June 2004. As part of her duties while employed as the chief medical officer for the Colorado Department of Corrections from 2015 to 2017, she began serving as expert witness for a variety of correctional healthcare cases. After leaving the CDOC, she has continued to practice in the correctional healthcare field as a telemedicine physician for a private prison company, as well as expanding her practice as an expert witness for correctional healthcare-related litigation.

Port St. Joe, Florida

Correctional Healthcare, Nurse Practitioner - Correctional Healthcare, ACA Standards, Affidavit of Merit, Affidavit of Meritorious Defense, Deliberate Indifference, Depositions - Live and Remote Video, Federal Rule 26 Expert Report, Medical Negligence, NCCHC Standards, Standard of Care, Testimony at Panel Hearing, Wrongful Death, NP, RN, LPN

Providing professional services in correctional healthcare legal proceedings. Specializing in nurse and nurse practitioner standard of care determination. Experience testifying: NP, CNS, PA, RN, LPN, CNA, MA and EMT practice. 200+ Recent Plaintiff and Defendant cases regarding: ACA Standards Affidavit of Merit (25+) Affidavit of Meritorious Defense Deliberate Indifference Depositions- Live & Remote (37+) Federal Rule 26 Report - Multiple States (50+) Medical Negligence NCCHC Standards Panel Hearing Testimony Preliminary Report Preliminary Opinion Pre-Settlement Review Pre-Suit Affidavit Regulatory Scope of Service Standard of Care Trial Testimony (Federal) Wrongful Death Death- Cancer, Cervical Injury- Cancer, Skin Death- Cancer, Skin Death- Cardiac Injury- Compartment Syndrome Death- Dehydration Injury- Diabetes Injury- Gastrointestinal Death- Gastrointestinal, Ileus Death- Gastrointestinal, Thrombosis Death- Gastrointestinal, Effusion Death- Hepatic Injury- Hepatitis C Inj...

Chicago, Illinois

Correctional Healthcare, Occupational Medicine - Correctional healthcare, Jail medical, Prison medical, Inmate medical, Institutional healthcare systems, Medical neglect, Deliberate indifference, Wrongful death, Medical malpractice, Standard of care, Accreditation, Certification, Medical malpractice, Quality improvement, ICE detention, Juvenile detention, Incarceration

Brent R. Gibson, MD, MPH is a board-certified physician and nationally recognized expert in correctional and institutional healthcare quality, governance, and systems performance. He specializes in the analysis of serious adverse events, in-custody deaths, medical neglect, and organizational failures in jail, prison, and other custodial healthcare settings. Dr. Gibson is the founder and principal of Avocet Enterprises LLC, a healthcare consulting firm focused on quality, risk, and governance in high-risk institutional environments. He previously served in senior leadership roles with the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), where he was directly involved in accreditation, quality improvement, standards development, and system-level performance evaluation across hundreds of correctional healthcare systems in the United States. His work focuses on evaluating healthcare delivery not only at the level of individual clinical decisions, but also at the level of polic...

St. Charles, Minnesota

Nutrition, Food - Food Allergy, Refeeding Syndrome, Diabetes, Malnutrition, Foodborne Illness, Dietitian, Wound Care, Thiamine, Jails, Hunger Strike, Food Safety, Dysphagia, Clinical Nutrition, Long Term Care, Correctional Healthcare, Nursing Homes, Wernicke Encephalopathy, Pressure Ulcer, Dietician, Prisons

Dr. Holliday has been a registered dietitian nutritionist for 19 years. For the past 16 of those years Dr. Holliday has helped to enhance the nutrition care of the United States largest correctional system and has served as the Chief of Nutrition and Dietetics for the Federal Bureau of Prisons since 2013. In 2021, he was selected by the U.S. Surgeon General to serve as on the 10th ever Chief Dietitian Officer for the United States Public Health Service (USPHS). Dr. Holliday has extensive experience and knowledge working with government senior executive staff and attorneys on in-depth nutrition and dietetic matters and providing foreign and domestic intergovernmental legal and budgetary communications including, Senatorial, Congressional, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, and Office of the President responses. Dr. Holliday has numerous peer-reviewed publications, extensive international and national public speaking experience, and experience consulting with pr...

Las Vegas, Nevada

Nurse, Medical Management - geriatrics, pediatrics, nursing homes, long term care, home health, home care, fall prevention, ICU, intensive care unit, psychiatric care, correctional healthcare, pressure sores & ulcers, wound care, skilled nursing facility, director of nursing, tracheostomy, hemodialysis

Award-winning nurse leader. Broadly experienced including: director of nursing at skilled nursing facility, wound care certified, pediatric homecare, director of nursing at an acute care hospital, acute care travel nurse, correctional nurse, and ICU nurse. Experience in psychiatric-geriatric care, ICU, medical-surgical, neurology, psychiatric and post-operative units.

Nashville, Tennessee

Internal Medicine, Nephrology - Correctional Healthcare, Nephrology, Hospital standard of care, Nursing Home, hospital negligence, Corrections, medication toxicity, delayed diagnosis, sepsis management, Delayed Treatment, Internal Medicine, Medication Errors, Jail, documentation error, hospital errors, Dialysis Care, iCU Complications, prison, Delayed Diagnosis

Emory University trained Board Certified Internal Medicine and Nephrology Physician | Former Dialysis Medical Director and Associate Medical Director for Tennessee Department of Correction| 30+ Years Clinical Experience | Expert in Dialysis Care, Kidney Failure, Hospital Standard of Care, and Correctional Healthcare. Seasoned Expert Witness Available for medical record review, expert reports, deposition, and trial testimony. Orville C. Campbell, MD, MBA is a board-certified Internal Medicine and Nephrology physician with more than 30 years of healthcare experience and over two decades of dialysis medical director leadership. His work spans clinical care, healthcare systems oversight, quality assurance, mortality review, utilization management, and risk management in complex healthcare environments. Dr. Campbell has served in physician leadership roles for nationally recognized healthcare organizations including DaVita Kidney Care, Centurion Health, Corizon Health, the Tennessee D...