Difficult Airway Expert Witnesses

Difficult airway expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on difficult airway. The difficult airway expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Medical Management, Nurse, Nurse Anesthetist, Pain Management - Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Pharmacology- Clinical, and Radiology.

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Keith J Chamberlin, MD MBA FASA

Award-Winning Anesthesiologist-Fmr. Chief of Staff

Chamberlin Health, Inc.

SAN RAFAEL, California
Anesthesiology, Medical Management - Central Line, Difficult Airway, Anesthesia Positioning, Capnography, Pre-operative Anesthesia, Ambulatory Surgery, Laryngospasm, Propofol, PACU, Nurse Anesthetist, Colonoscopy, Intubation, Difficult airway, local anesthetic systemic toxicity, post anesthesia discharge, prone position, NORA (Non-OR anesthesia sites), ASA 3 and 4
Award-winning anesthesiologist in active clinical practice. Georgetown educated. Former Dartmouth Faculty. Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Extensive administrative experience including quality, safety, policies and procedures and credentialling. Former Hospital Chief of Staff. Former CEO of multiple medical groups and an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Decorated United States Army veteran. Experienced expert witness at both deposition and trial.
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Divya Chander, MD, PhD

D. Chander LLC

San Francisco, California
Anesthesiology - difficult airway, intubation, brain injury / brain damage, hypoxia, hypotension, residual paralysis, narcotics, oversedation, aspiration, PACU, neurosurgical anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, awareness under anesthesia, brain monitoring, ENT anesthesia, Intraoperative visual loss, drug errors
Dr. Chander is a board certified anesthesiologist and neuroscientist (PhD). She served on the Stanford Anesthesiology faculty for 8 years. At Stanford, her areas of expertise and teaching included general surgery, neurosurgical, ENT/head & neck, orthopedic, and obstetric anesthesia. She has extensive experience with propofol sedation and total IV anesthesia, +/- brain monitoring, and difficult airway. She has trained residents in the OR, on labor & delivery, and through didactic teaching. Over the past several years, Dr. Chander continues to practice anesthesia at several Bay Area hospitals (including a level 1 trauma center). Dr. Chander has also co-founded 2 companies in the healthcare space, in neuro-ICU diagnostics, and creating a platform for integration for public health data. She served on a NASA task force for COVID19, and a global pandemic resilience task force, which she co-chaired and directed. In 2020, she was appointed a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council. Dr. Chan...
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Justin Black, MD

Anesthesiology Expert Witness | Airway & Sedation

District Of Columbia
Anesthesiology - General anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Airway management, Difficult airway, Nerve block / injury, Standard of care, Acute pain, Recovery room, Awareness, Ultrasound, Aspiration, Medical malpractice, Monitored Anesthesia Care - MA, Conscious sedation, Epidural, Spinal, Obstetric anesthesia, Oversedation, Oxygen desaturation, Hypoxia
Board-certified anesthesiologist and expert witness specializing in medical malpractice case review involving perioperative care, airway management, and sedation-related complications and perioperative events. Active in full-time clinical practice across Maryland and Washington, D.C., with ongoing involvement in standard of care analysis, causation, and anesthetic decision-making across diverse surgical and procedural settings. With more than 15 years of clinical experience, he practices across general anesthesiology, including ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, and perioperative pain management. His experience includes both solo practice and medical direction models, with extensive involvement in supervising certified registered nurse anesthetists. In addition to clinical practice, he served as Interim Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia at a community hospital in Baltimore, MD, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Communicates complex anesthesia issu...
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Douglas R Thompson

Department Chair - Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Jacksonville, Florida
Pediatric Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology - Craniosynostosis, Difficult airway, Neonatal Anesthesia
Award winning Board-certified anesthesiologist with subspecialty certification in pediatric anesthesiology and over 17 years of clinical experience. I currently serve as the Chair of Anesthesiology, where I oversee clinical operations, quality, staffing and serious event reviews. I also serve as an oral board examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology, where I help assess the competency, judgment, and qualifications of physicians seeking board certification. In addition, I have experience in graduate medical education, having served as both a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship director and an anesthesiology residency program director.
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Zuhdija Puric, CAA

Anesthesia Expert Witness | CAA

Zudo Anesthesia

Florida
Anesthesiology - Positioning, Drug errors, cardiac anesthesia, obstetric, transplant, Anesthesia Care Team expert, local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST), hypoxic brain injury, intubation, hypoxia, aspiration, difficult airway, PACU, dental injury, awareness, recall, cardiac arrest, residual paralysis, cardiac arrest, myocardial ischemia
Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant (CAA) providing independent, objective expert analysis in anesthesia-related medical malpractice and professional liability matters. I assist attorneys with case screening, medical record review, and standard-of-care analysis involving perioperative anesthesia care across a range of clinical environments, including high-acuity tertiary and academic medical centers. My expert review commonly addresses allegations involving: • Anesthesia standard of care (general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, MAC) • Airway management failures, hypoxia, and perioperative respiratory events • Intraoperative monitoring, physiologic trends, and timely clinical response • Preoperative evaluation, risk stratification, and anesthetic planning • Anesthesia care team supervision, delegation, and communication breakdowns • Post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) management and recovery-phase complications • Anesthesia documentation accuracy, completeness, and anesthesia record...
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Alex Zajac, MD

Pediatric/Adult Anesthesiology Expert Witness

A to Z Expert Witness Services, LLC

Wellington, Florida
Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology - General Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia, Neonatal Anesthesia, Regional Anesthesia, Obstetric Anesthesia, Hypoxic Brain Injury, Cardiac Arrest, Difficult Airway, Lost Airway, Hypoxia, Spine Surgery, Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC), Sedation, Medication Errors, Nerve Injury, Positioning
Award-winning dual board-certified anesthesiologist and pediatric anesthesiologist who trained at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Licensed in the state of Florida and works full-time as an anesthesiologist/pediatric anesthesiologist at St. Mary’s Medical Center and Palm Beach International Surgery Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Extensive experience with medical direction; supervising certified registered nurse anesthetists and certified anesthesiologist assistants as well as solo practice. Multiple publications and grand rounds presentations. Dr. Zajac serves as a medical expert witness in the fields of anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology. Dr. Zajac can opine on standard of care and medical malpractice for either plaintiff or defense counsel and is adept in providing his expert opinion on events that occur during the perioperative time period. Unblemished record and highly responsive to emails and phone cal...
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Caitlin Maus, CRNA, APRN, MS

CRNA Anesthesia Expert/Level 1 Trauma High Risk OB

Audible Lightning LLC

Plantation, Florida
Nurse Anesthetist, Nurse - General Anesthsia, Cardiac, Regional Anesthesia, Thoracic, Monitored Anesthesia Care, Bariatric surgery, Total IV Anesthesia, Outpatient Anesthesia, High risk OB, Gynecological surgery, Trauma, Robotic surgery, Neurosurgery, Difficult airway, Orthopedic surgery, Head and Neck surgery, Interventional Radiology, Transplant surgery
I am a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with over a decade of clinical anesthesia practice in high-acuity settings. My background includes extensive experience at a Level 1 trauma center, high-risk obstetrics, outpatient surgery centers, orthopedic procedures, urologic surgery, and complex perioperative patient management. Throughout my career, I have provided anesthesia care for a broad range of surgical patients while maintaining a strong focus on patient safety, risk reduction, and adherence to established standards of care. My expertise includes the evaluation of anesthesia-related complications, airway management, perioperative decision-making, medication administration, physiologic monitoring, documentation standards, informed consent issues, and compliance with accepted anesthesia practices. I am experienced in assessing cases involving surgical and procedural sedation, general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, obstet...
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Miguel Rodriguez, MD, MS, D.ABA

Anesthesiologist, Chief of Staff, Army Vet

Lake Mary, Florida
Anesthesiology - anesthesiologist, cardiac anesthesia, TEE, perioperative, hemodynamics, trauma anesthesia, difficult airway, PACU, respiratory arrest, opioid events, neuroanesthesia, vascular anesthesia, OB anesthesia, Wrongful death, locum tenens, contract dispute, credentialing, peer review, hospital administration, standard of care
Dr. Miguel Rodriguez is a Board-Certified Cardiac Anesthesiologist and current hospital Credentials Chair, Immediate Past Chief of Staff, Perioperative Director, and Medical Director of Anesthesia with over fifteen years of high-acuity clinical experience. He is actively practicing while concurrently managing complex perioperative operations, policy development, and medical governance. This provides a unique, dual-perspective expertise combining active, on-the-ground patient care with executive-level oversight of credentialing, peer review, and systemic standards of care. Dr. Rodriguez routinely provides anesthesia for high-acuity cases, including cardiac surgery, Level I trauma, neurosurgery, vascular procedures, obstetrics, and ambulatory surgery. His core clinical expertise covers the most frequently litigated areas of anesthesia: difficult airway management, hemodynamic crisis response, PACU respiratory complications, and postoperative opioid/sedation events. In his executive ...
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Zuhdija Puric, CAA

Anesthesia Expert Witness | CAA

Zudo Anesthesia

Georgia
Anesthesiology - Positioning, Drug errors, cardiac anesthesia, obstetric, transplant, Anesthesia Care Team expert, local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST), hypoxic brain injury, intubation, hypoxia, aspiration, difficult airway, PACU, dental injury, awareness, recall, cardiac arrest, residual paralysis, cardiac arrest, myocardial ischemia
Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant (CAA) providing independent, objective expert analysis in anesthesia-related medical malpractice and professional liability matters. I assist attorneys with case screening, medical record review, and standard-of-care analysis involving perioperative anesthesia care across a range of clinical environments, including high-acuity tertiary and academic medical centers. My expert review commonly addresses allegations involving: • Anesthesia standard of care (general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, MAC) • Airway management failures, hypoxia, and perioperative respiratory events • Intraoperative monitoring, physiologic trends, and timely clinical response • Preoperative evaluation, risk stratification, and anesthetic planning • Anesthesia care team supervision, delegation, and communication breakdowns • Post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) management and recovery-phase complications • Anesthesia documentation accuracy, completeness, and anesthesia record...
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LaKesha Legree, MD

General Anesthesiologist - Ivy League Trained

Dr. Legree Medical Expert Witness Consulting Services

Georgia
Anesthesiology - Fentanyl, Dental Anesthesia, Upper Endoscopy, Regional Blocks, Ketamine, Cannabis, Difficult airway, Wrongful death, Anesthesia standard of care, Colonoscopy, DUI & anesthesia drugs, Labor & Delivery, Anesthesia outside of the OR, Epidural & Spinal Anesthesia, Propofol, Aspiration, Office Anesthesia, Opioids, CRNA Supervision
Easily accessible,readily available, time-sensitive and responsive. Duke Fellowship Regional Anesthesia recipient. Over 14 years in active clinical practice. University of Notre Dame graduate in South Bend, IN. Weill Cornell- New York Presbyterian Hospital trained in General Anesthesiology. Extensive ultrasound guided regional anesthesia and block placement training at the infamous orthopedic focused Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Intense Anesthesia and critical care training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital in New York. Teaching and mentoring experience. Completed SEAK expert witness training program. Public Speaking Experience. Trial (testifying) and deposition experience for both plaintiff and defense. Medical chart review, consultation and written reporting experience. Consultations with legal teams to assist with the interpretation of medically related case information, associated timelines and standard of care breaches. Former Ketamine Clin...
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Alfredo Ceballos, MD

Anesthesiology Expert Witness - 17 Years Practice

Naperville, Illinois
Anesthesiology - Cardiac, Cardiac Anesthesia, Invasive Monitoring, TEE, Thoracic, Obstetric, Ultrasound, EMR, Department Chair, Surgery Center, Ambulatory, Intraoperative Monitoring, Cardiac Arrest, Difficult Intubation, Difficult Airway, Regional, Neuro, Neuroanesthesia, Off-site, General Anesthesia
Previous Chair of the Department of Anesthesia, Central Dupage Hospital, Northwestern Medicine - Extensive experience with chart review for medical errors and poor outcomes. Fellowship trained Cardiac Anesthesiologist 14 years of practice at the same Top Ranked Hospital, no adverse events, no judgments or court on my record. Practiced Cardiac Anesthesiology in a Top Rated Hospital for 14yrs. Have been using EMR (Epic) for over 10 years, developed a clear understanding of how to interpret data in an electronic chart and its nuances. Currently practicing: Cardiac, Thoracic, Neurosurgical, Orthopedic with Regional, Oncological, Obstetric, Ambulatory and General Anesthesia. Over 20 years experience with ultrasound for regional anesthesia and invasive line placement. Currently practicing as locum tenens Anesthesiologist in various hospitals, giving me even more exposure to hospital systems and methods of practice.
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Miguel Rodriguez, MD, MS, D.ABA

Anesthesiologist, Chief of Staff, Army Vet

Illinois
Anesthesiology - anesthesiologist, cardiac anesthesia, TEE, perioperative, hemodynamics, trauma anesthesia, difficult airway, PACU, respiratory arrest, opioid events, neuroanesthesia, vascular anesthesia, OB anesthesia, Wrongful death, locum tenens, contract dispute, credentialing, peer review, hospital administration, standard of care
Dr. Miguel Rodriguez is a Board-Certified Cardiac Anesthesiologist and current hospital Credentials Chair, Immediate Past Chief of Staff, Perioperative Director, and Medical Director of Anesthesia with over fifteen years of high-acuity clinical experience. He is actively practicing while concurrently managing complex perioperative operations, policy development, and medical governance. This provides a unique, dual-perspective expertise combining active, on-the-ground patient care with executive-level oversight of credentialing, peer review, and systemic standards of care. Dr. Rodriguez routinely provides anesthesia for high-acuity cases, including cardiac surgery, Level I trauma, neurosurgery, vascular procedures, obstetrics, and ambulatory surgery. His core clinical expertise covers the most frequently litigated areas of anesthesia: difficult airway management, hemodynamic crisis response, PACU respiratory complications, and postoperative opioid/sedation events. In his executive ...
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Josh D Weber, MD, ABA

Anesthesiologist Expert Witness | Harvard-trained

Weber Medical Consulting, LLC

Fairway, Kansas
Anesthesiology, Ambulatory Surgery Centers - Airway management, Perioperative monitoring, Regional anesthesia, Obstetric anesthesia, Difficult airway, MAC sedation, Peripheral nerve blocks, Labor epidural, Failed intubation, Procedural sedation, Epidural anesthesia, Cesarean section anesthesia, Hypoxic / Anoxic injury, General anesthesia, Spinal anesthesia, Harvard, MGH
Josh Weber, MD, ABA is a Harvard-trained, board-certified anesthesiologist with 19+ years of clinical experience providing anesthesia care in high-volume community hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. He offers independent, evidence-based expert witness services in matters involving anesthesiology standards of care, perioperative patient safety, and anesthesia-related complications. Dr. Weber’s clinical expertise includes general anesthesia, advanced airway management, difficult and failed intubation, obstetric anesthesia, epidural and spinal anesthesia techniques, peripheral nerve blocks, procedural and MAC sedation, invasive line placement, and perioperative monitoring. He has served in multiple physician leadership roles, including obstetric anesthesia liaison, executive committee member of a private anesthesia group, and clinical instructor in obstetric anesthesia for an academic anesthesiology training program. He provides medical record review, early case screening, wri...
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Justin Black, MD

Anesthesiology Expert Witness | Airway & Sedation

Silver Spring, Maryland
Anesthesiology - General anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Airway management, Difficult airway, Nerve block / injury, Standard of care, Acute pain, Recovery room, Awareness, Ultrasound, Aspiration, Medical malpractice, Monitored Anesthesia Care - MA, Conscious sedation, Epidural, Spinal, Obstetric anesthesia, Oversedation, Oxygen desaturation, Hypoxia
Board-certified anesthesiologist and expert witness specializing in medical malpractice case review involving perioperative care, airway management, and sedation-related complications and perioperative events. Active in full-time clinical practice across Maryland and Washington, D.C., with ongoing involvement in standard of care analysis, causation, and anesthetic decision-making across diverse surgical and procedural settings. With more than 15 years of clinical experience, he practices across general anesthesiology, including ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, and perioperative pain management. His experience includes both solo practice and medical direction models, with extensive involvement in supervising certified registered nurse anesthetists. In addition to clinical practice, he served as Interim Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia at a community hospital in Baltimore, MD, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Communicates complex anesthesia issu...
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Indu Reddy, M.D.

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts
Anesthesiology - Anesthesia, Orthopedic anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, General surgery, Neuraxial anesthesia, Gynecology, Urology, Preoperative assessment, Perioperative medicine, Postoperative anesthetic care, Operating Room, Difficult airway, Airway Management, Positioning, Nerve Injury, Ambulatory anesthesia
Board-Certified Anesthesiologist in active clinical practice. Current practice includes providing anesthesia to all types of patients, from straightforward to complex cases, as well as preoperative assessment, perioperative medicine, and postoperative anesthetic care. Great verbal communication skills. Focused on providing an objective, thorough, and detail-oriented review of materials with careful analysis of the findings in order to help attorneys make decisions about how they wish to proceed with their cases.
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Ilan Mizrahi, MD

Top Anesthesiologist, Award-Winning Teacher

Massachusetts General Hospital

Brookline, Massachusetts
Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine - General Anesthesia, Surgery complications, Critical Care, ICU, Difficult Airway, ACLS, Shock, Sepsis, Resuscitation, Perioperative medicine, PACU, Orthopedic anesthesia, General Surgery, Endoscopy, Airway Management, Spinal Anesthesia, Informed Consent, Central Line, Cardiac Arrest
Dr. Ilan Mizrahi is a Harvard-trained, double board-certified anesthesiologist and critical care physician. He teaches at Harvard Medical School and practices at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is recognized as a "Top Doctor" by Boston Magazine and Castle Connolly. Dr. Mizrahi specializes in the full spectrum of anesthesia care—from preoperative clearance to operative management and postoperative recovery. He has extensive experience evaluating whether the standard of care was met during anesthesia and in managing complications that arise in the recovery room, hospital ward, or ICU. In addition to his operating room practice, Dr. Mizrahi is a senior physician in the ICU, caring for critically ill surgical and medical patients. He provides expert insight into the care of hospitalized patients during emergencies such as cardiac arrest, code-blue events, CPR, and emergency intubation. He has particular expertise in “failure-to-rescue” cases involving delays in recognizing or resp...
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David A Meguerdichian, MD

Beth Israel Lahey Health; UMass Chan Medical School

Natick, Massachusetts
Emergency Medicine - Trauma, Orthopedic Injuries, Difficult Airway, Emergency Procedures, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Procedural Sedation, Medical Simulation, Sepsis, Appendicitis, Stroke, Pulmonary Embolism, Cauda Equina Syndrome, Clinical Operations
Dr. David Meguerdichian is a board certified emergency medicine physician and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is an attending physician in the Beth Israel Lahey Health system practicing full-time in both academic and community hospitals. Dr. Meguerdichian is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine and completed his residency training in emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center where he served as chief resident in his final year. He subsequently practiced for 16 years as an attending physician at the academic and community sites for Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and served as an assistant professor teaching pre-clinical and clinical medical students at Harvard Medical School. Through his years in practice, Dr. Meguerdichian has educated hundreds of students and resident physicians. In his current role as the assistant medical director of the Neil and Elise Wallace STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation, he has focused on the use of ...
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Justin Black, MD

Anesthesiology Expert Witness | Airway & Sedation

New York
Anesthesiology - General anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Airway management, Difficult airway, Nerve block / injury, Standard of care, Acute pain, Recovery room, Awareness, Ultrasound, Aspiration, Medical malpractice, Monitored Anesthesia Care - MA, Conscious sedation, Epidural, Spinal, Obstetric anesthesia, Oversedation, Oxygen desaturation, Hypoxia
Board-certified anesthesiologist and expert witness specializing in medical malpractice case review involving perioperative care, airway management, and sedation-related complications and perioperative events. Active in full-time clinical practice across Maryland and Washington, D.C., with ongoing involvement in standard of care analysis, causation, and anesthetic decision-making across diverse surgical and procedural settings. With more than 15 years of clinical experience, he practices across general anesthesiology, including ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, and perioperative pain management. His experience includes both solo practice and medical direction models, with extensive involvement in supervising certified registered nurse anesthetists. In addition to clinical practice, he served as Interim Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia at a community hospital in Baltimore, MD, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Communicates complex anesthesia issu...
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Stephen A Vitkun, MD, AM, MBA, PhD

State University of New York at Stony Brook

Stony Brook, New York
Anesthesiology, Pharmacology- Clinical - Clinical Research, Institutional Review Board, IRB, Business, Administration, Anesthesia Technology, Accreditation, ACLS, BLS, Paramedic Education, Dental Anesthesia, Quality Assurance, Airway Management/Intubation, Pre-Operative Evaluation, Difficult Airway, Sedation, Opioids, Hypoxia, General Anes
Clinical Research Institutional Review Board, IRB Business, Administration Anesthesia Technology Accreditation ACLS, BLS Paramedic Education Dental Anesthesia Airway Management/Intubation Pre-Operative Evaluation Quality Assurance Difficult Airway Sedation Opioids Hypoxia General Anesthesia
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LaKesha Legree, MD

General Anesthesiologist - Ivy League Trained

Dr. Legree Medical Expert Witness Consulting Services

New York
Anesthesiology - Fentanyl, Dental Anesthesia, Upper Endoscopy, Regional Blocks, Ketamine, Cannabis, Difficult airway, Wrongful death, Anesthesia standard of care, Colonoscopy, DUI & anesthesia drugs, Labor & Delivery, Anesthesia outside of the OR, Epidural & Spinal Anesthesia, Propofol, Aspiration, Office Anesthesia, Opioids, CRNA Supervision
Easily accessible,readily available, time-sensitive and responsive. Duke Fellowship Regional Anesthesia recipient. Over 14 years in active clinical practice. University of Notre Dame graduate in South Bend, IN. Weill Cornell- New York Presbyterian Hospital trained in General Anesthesiology. Extensive ultrasound guided regional anesthesia and block placement training at the infamous orthopedic focused Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Intense Anesthesia and critical care training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital in New York. Teaching and mentoring experience. Completed SEAK expert witness training program. Public Speaking Experience. Trial (testifying) and deposition experience for both plaintiff and defense. Medical chart review, consultation and written reporting experience. Consultations with legal teams to assist with the interpretation of medically related case information, associated timelines and standard of care breaches. Former Ketamine Clin...
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Yuriy S Bronshteyn, MD, FASE

Anesthesiology, Critical Care, & Ultrasound Expert

Yuriy Bronshteyn

Durham, North Carolina
Anesthesiology, Radiology - anesthesiology, airway management, echocardiography, point-of-care ultrasound, critical care, intensive care, aspiration, difficult airway, endoscopy, perioperative medicine, standard of care, medical malpractice, general anesthesia, sedation, vascular access, regional nerve blocks, cardiac anesthesia, ECMO, cardiac critical care
Dr. Bronshteyn holds six active board certifications spanning the following subspecialties: anesthesiology; critical care medicine; neurocritical care; advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE); critical care echocardiography (CCE); and comprehensive adult echocardiography. His clinical practice includes but is not limited to the following: perioperative anesthesiology; medical and surgical critical care; cardiothoracic critical care; advanced hemodynamic monitoring; airway management; mechanical ventilation; shock and resuscitation; echocardiography; and point-of-care ultrasound. A nationally recognized leader in diagnostic ultrasound and echocardiography, Dr. Bronshteyn has helped shape national standards for physician training, competency assessment, credentialing, and clinical use of point-of-care ultrasound. He served as Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Ad Hoc Committee on Point-of-Care Ultrasound and subsequently as Editor-in-Chief ...
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LaKesha Legree, MD

General Anesthesiologist - Ivy League Trained

Dr. Legree Medical Expert Witness Consulting Services

Charlotte, North Carolina
Anesthesiology - Fentanyl, Dental Anesthesia, Upper Endoscopy, Regional Blocks, Ketamine, Cannabis, Difficult airway, Wrongful death, Anesthesia standard of care, Colonoscopy, DUI & anesthesia drugs, Labor & Delivery, Anesthesia outside of the OR, Epidural & Spinal Anesthesia, Propofol, Aspiration, Office Anesthesia, Opioids, CRNA Supervision
Easily accessible,readily available, time-sensitive and responsive. Duke Fellowship Regional Anesthesia recipient. Over 14 years in active clinical practice. University of Notre Dame graduate in South Bend, IN. Weill Cornell- New York Presbyterian Hospital trained in General Anesthesiology. Extensive ultrasound guided regional anesthesia and block placement training at the infamous orthopedic focused Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Intense Anesthesia and critical care training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital in New York. Teaching and mentoring experience. Completed SEAK expert witness training program. Public Speaking Experience. Trial (testifying) and deposition experience for both plaintiff and defense. Medical chart review, consultation and written reporting experience. Consultations with legal teams to assist with the interpretation of medically related case information, associated timelines and standard of care breaches. Former Ketamine Clin...
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Justin Black, MD

Anesthesiology Expert Witness | Airway & Sedation

Pennsylvania
Anesthesiology - General anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Airway management, Difficult airway, Nerve block / injury, Standard of care, Acute pain, Recovery room, Awareness, Ultrasound, Aspiration, Medical malpractice, Monitored Anesthesia Care - MA, Conscious sedation, Epidural, Spinal, Obstetric anesthesia, Oversedation, Oxygen desaturation, Hypoxia
Board-certified anesthesiologist and expert witness specializing in medical malpractice case review involving perioperative care, airway management, and sedation-related complications and perioperative events. Active in full-time clinical practice across Maryland and Washington, D.C., with ongoing involvement in standard of care analysis, causation, and anesthetic decision-making across diverse surgical and procedural settings. With more than 15 years of clinical experience, he practices across general anesthesiology, including ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, and perioperative pain management. His experience includes both solo practice and medical direction models, with extensive involvement in supervising certified registered nurse anesthetists. In addition to clinical practice, he served as Interim Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia at a community hospital in Baltimore, MD, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Communicates complex anesthesia issu...
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Zev N Kornfield, MD

Critical Care and Cardiac Anesthesiology

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine

Merion Station, Pennsylvania
Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine - Cardiac Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Cardiac Critical Care, Transesophageal Echo, Critical Care Anesthesiology, Surgical Critical Care, intubation, General Anesthesia, shock, difficult airway, cardiac arrest, Resucitation, heart failure, central line, pulmonary artery catheter
Dr. Kornfield is a board-certified, actively practicing Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Physician at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia. In his roles as Medical Director of the Heart and Vascular Intensive Care Unit and Co-lead of the Cardiac Surgery Performance Improvement Initiative at a large quaternary care teaching hospital of the University of Pennsylvania he oversees quality improvement and safety metrics for patients. Dr. Kornfield is Ivy League Educated, completing his B.S. at Columbia University and his M.D. and Anesthesia Residency training at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kornfield completed double fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at Barnes Jewish Hospital and Washington University in St Louis. He is Triple board certified in Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Advanced Perioperative Echocardiography. Dr. Kornfield is an expert...
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Taras Grosh, MD

UPenn Faculty | Anesthesiology, Pain, and Regional

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anesthesiology, Pain Management - Medicine - Regional Anesthesiology, Nerve Injury, Pain Management, Peripheral Nerve Blocks, Epidural Anesthesia, Spinal Anesthesia, Orthopedic Anesthesia, Ultrasound guided procedures, General Anesthesia, Sedation, Intubation, Extubation, Difficult Airway, Trauma, Positioning, IV infiltration, cryoablation
Dr. Grosh is the Fellowship Director and Chief of Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a board-certified Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and fellowship trained in Regional Anesthesiology Acute and Chronic Pain management. He is the Director of Orthopedic Anesthesiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center overseeing clinical care of orthopedic surgical patients. Additionally, he is Chair of the Procedural Sedation Committee and the co-chair of Penn Presbyterian Medical Center's Clinical Effectiveness Committee in which he oversees quality improvement and safety metrics for patients in the perioperative space. Dr. Grosh is an expert in the field of regional anesthesiology, peripheral nerve blocks with local anesthetics and cryoablation, nerve injury, anesthesia for total joint replacement including knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, wrist as well as trauma resusci...
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Zuhdija Puric, CAA

Anesthesia Expert Witness | CAA

Zudo Anesthesia

Tega Cay, South Carolina
Anesthesiology - Positioning, Drug errors, cardiac anesthesia, obstetric, transplant, Anesthesia Care Team expert, local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST), hypoxic brain injury, intubation, hypoxia, aspiration, difficult airway, PACU, dental injury, awareness, recall, cardiac arrest, residual paralysis, cardiac arrest, myocardial ischemia
Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant (CAA) providing independent, objective expert analysis in anesthesia-related medical malpractice and professional liability matters. I assist attorneys with case screening, medical record review, and standard-of-care analysis involving perioperative anesthesia care across a range of clinical environments, including high-acuity tertiary and academic medical centers. My expert review commonly addresses allegations involving: • Anesthesia standard of care (general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, MAC) • Airway management failures, hypoxia, and perioperative respiratory events • Intraoperative monitoring, physiologic trends, and timely clinical response • Preoperative evaluation, risk stratification, and anesthetic planning • Anesthesia care team supervision, delegation, and communication breakdowns • Post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) management and recovery-phase complications • Anesthesia documentation accuracy, completeness, and anesthesia record...
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Justin Black, MD

Anesthesiology Expert Witness | Airway & Sedation

Virginia
Anesthesiology - General anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Airway management, Difficult airway, Nerve block / injury, Standard of care, Acute pain, Recovery room, Awareness, Ultrasound, Aspiration, Medical malpractice, Monitored Anesthesia Care - MA, Conscious sedation, Epidural, Spinal, Obstetric anesthesia, Oversedation, Oxygen desaturation, Hypoxia
Board-certified anesthesiologist and expert witness specializing in medical malpractice case review involving perioperative care, airway management, and sedation-related complications and perioperative events. Active in full-time clinical practice across Maryland and Washington, D.C., with ongoing involvement in standard of care analysis, causation, and anesthetic decision-making across diverse surgical and procedural settings. With more than 15 years of clinical experience, he practices across general anesthesiology, including ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, and perioperative pain management. His experience includes both solo practice and medical direction models, with extensive involvement in supervising certified registered nurse anesthetists. In addition to clinical practice, he served as Interim Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia at a community hospital in Baltimore, MD, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Communicates complex anesthesia issu...