Emtala Expert Witnesses

Emtala 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 emtala. The emtala expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, HIPAA, Hospital Administration, Internal Medicine, Legal Nurse Consulting, Medical Billing, Medical Management, Mental Health, Nurse, Nursing Homes, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Social Work.

View Full Profile

Joshua Verson, MD

Emergency Medicine Expert Witness

Scottsdale, Arizona
Emergency Medicine - Emergency Medicine, EMTALA, Airway, Procedural Sedation, Sepsis, Stroke, Trauma Care, Myocardial Infarction, Chest Pain, Shortness of breath, Ectopic Pregnancy, Pulmonary Embolism, Emergency Ultrasound, Medical Education, Altered Mental Status, Miscarriage, Cardiac Arrest, Appendicitis, Cholecystitis, Intracranial Hemorrhage
I am a board-certified emergency medicine physician with active clinical practice at a Level I trauma center, multiple community hospitals, Native American healthcare systems and free standing emergency rooms. I also hold the position of Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Creighton University School of Medicine, where I provide bedside teaching. I have taught medical students and trainees, developing expertise in conveying complex clinical concepts in a clear and accessible manner. I developed my interest in medical expert witness work through a longstanding interest in the intersection of medicine and law, particularly as it pertains to the legal and ethical dimensions of healthcare delivery. As an expert witness, I am dedicated to providing comprehensive, objective, and evidence-based case reviews. I welcome the opportunity to assist in the objective evaluation of your case.
View Full Profile

Paul M. McHale, M.D.

Integrity Medical Expert Witness Services

Tempe, Arizona
Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Services - Airway management, cardiac arrest, arrhythmias, trauma care, stroke care, hyperbaric medicine, psychiatric emergencies, Emergency Medical Services, Air Medical, ED management, MD & APP Education, EMTALA, Detox, Emergency department logistics, telehealth, triage, sepsis
I am a board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician, with over 20 years of experience. After attending University of Minnesota, he completed residency at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. To this day, he continues to actively care for patients across a broad spectrum of ED’s, from a Level 1 Trauma Center with comprehensive Stroke & Cardiac care, to stand alone Emergency Departments & smaller hospitals that have far fewer available resources. Prior experience in case reviews and depositions, including both plaintiff & defense. Attended SEAK’s How to Start, Build & Run a Successful Expert Witness Practice & SEAK’s How to Excel as an Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice Cases. My initial interest in this career came after my own personal deposition, in which my lawyer remarked "you should look into being an expert witness". Expert Medical Witness work is an important part of my career, and one I expect to continue to grow. However, I am still an active physician and plan to ...
View Full Profile

Marc Zosky, DO

Emergency Medicine Physician

Gilbert, Arizona
Emergency Medicine - Emergency medicine management, Medical Screening Exam (MSE), EMTALA, Airway, Procedural sedation, Sepsis, Stroke, Trauma care, Myocardial infarction (heart attack), Chest pain, Medical capacity, triage, discharge instructions
I am a board certified emergency medicine physician, and actively practice at a level I trauma center, as well as a smaller community hospital. Additionally, I am an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, and actively teach in their simulation and innovation center. Teaching medical students for over nine years has given me extensive experience in teaching complex concepts in easy to understand terms. I became interested in medical expert witness work while sitting on my hospital's medical staff quality committee, which reviews the quality and safety of patient care. Medicine is an imperfect science, and the care delivered to patient's can be incredibly nuanced, and sometimes there will be poor outcomes. You will find that I am meticulous and honest in my review of each case, with prompt and dependable turnaround times I look forward to working with you.
View Full Profile

Kurt Kaczander, DO

Emergency Medicine

Independent

Arizona
Emergency Medicine - Medical chart review and analysis, Negligence, Sepsis, pulmonary embolism, appendicitis, Medical Malpractice, Stroke, Aortic Aneurysm / Dissection, Torsion, procedural errors, EMTALA, Difficult intubation, Overdose, Incarcerated Hernia, Hemorrhage, Trauma, Myocardial infarction / STEMI, spinal cord compression, Meningitis, pain
People matter - this includes not only patients themselves, but the physicians and caregivers who provide their care. ‘Ars Medicinae’ - The Art of Medicine - Particularly Emergency Medicine - is a high stakes, high pressure, routinely scrutinized endeavor, with accusations and inquiries being commonplace. Vastly experienced, Board Certified Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians with over 19 years of full time experience as an attending in the emergency department. I have seen tens of thousands of patients in various environments such as Urban Level 1 trauma teaching centers, small and mid sized rural departments, Indian reservations, and multiple free standing Emergency Departments throughout the country. I’m clinically active full time, and depending upon the facility, also help teach students and residents in the ED clinical setting. I’m interested and more than qualified to objectively evaluate cases - for the Plaintiff or defense - pertaining to the Emergency D...
View Full Profile

Taylor McAuliff, DO

Emergency Medicine Physician - ABEM, core faculty

Scottsdale, Arizona
Emergency Medicine - GMEC, Graduate medical eduation, Resident Oversight, Resident curriculum development, Lecture development, research review, Medical Student education, Sepsis, EMTALA, Inter-Facility Transfer, Myocardial infarction, standard of care, Airway Management, Stroke
I am an ABEM board-certified Emergency Medicine physician in active full-time clinical practice, serving as Core Faculty for a high-volume Emergency Medicine Residency program. In this capacity, I am responsible for the direct supervision and clinical education of residents, which requires an expert-level mastery of the national Standard of Care and current evidence-based protocols. My practice is based in Goodyear, Arizona, where I manage high-acuity patients in a community setting that necessitates frequent coordination of inter-facility transfers and specialty consultations. I possess deep expertise in EMTALA compliance and the logistical complexities of stabilizing and transferring patients when on-site specialty services are limited. I am available for objective medical-legal case review, merit analysis, and expert testimony for both defense and plaintiff counsel. I provide authoritative insights into whether a physician properly navigated clinical and facility-based limitati...
View Full Profile

Gary R Polsfuss, MD

Gary R Polsfuss MD INC

San Diego, California
Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Services - Drug Overdose, Stroke (CVA), Myocardial Infarction (MI), Septic Shock, Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Alcohol Withdrawal, Meningitis, Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Vertebral Artery Dissection, Aortic Dissection, Spinal Cord Injury/Paralysis, Appendicitis, Epidural Abscess, Ectopic Pregnancy, EMTALA, Eye Trauma
I have 24 years of experience working in Emergency Medicine managing high-risk cases at multiple high volume emergency departments, including a 290-bed Level 3 trauma center and primary psychiatric emergency facility providing care to a largely under-served area, and an urban 700 bed Level 1 trauma and academic center. American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) Certified since 2001. Directorship and Leadership experience for over 17 years. Extensive peer-review and performance improvement experience working with other emergency physicians and mid-level providers. I have worked with both Plaintiff and Defense attorneys. Currently in practice.
View Full Profile

Michael F Arrigo

Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, damages

No World Borders

Newport Beach, California
Medical Billing, HIPAA - Medical billing expert, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act, Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, EMTALA, HIPAA, rebut life care, Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), damages
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
View Full Profile

Rupa Kotecha, RN

Actively Practicing Emergency Room Nurse 25+ Years

Expert Nurse Consulting, Inc.

ONTARIO, California
Emergency Medicine, Nurse - Expert Witness Expert Nurse, Diabetes Diabetic, Cardiac Arrest CPR ACLS PALS BLS, Drug Overdose, Medication Error, Wrongful Death, Allergic Reaction, Fall Risk Prevention, Head Injury Stroke CVA, Charge Nurse, Standard of Care, Triage ESI, EMTALA, Nursing Supervision, Delayed Treatment, Airway Compromise, Gun Shot, Malpractice
Expert Witness & Legal Nurse Consulting Services: • Expert opinions on standard of care, causation, and damages • Medical record review and case merit analysis • Reports, chronologies, timelines, and literature review • Expert Testimony Experience • Plaintiff & defense experience Actively Practicing at the Bedside Rupa Kotecha is a Registered Nurse with over 25 years of hands-on clinical experience. Unlike "career witnesses," Ms. Kotecha maintains active bedside practice and works as a Charge Nurse in a high-volume Emergency Department. This ensures her expert opinions are grounded in current 2026 Standards of Care, modern Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems, and evolving hospital protocols. Emergency Department Leadership & Operations As a Charge Nurse, Ms. Kotecha manages departmental throughput, staffing ratios, and the Scope of Practice for multidisciplinary teams. Her administrative oversight makes her uniquely qualified to testify on: • Triage & Acuity Errors: Expert in E...
View Full Profile

Eric T. Ory, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician - Expert Witness

Eric T. Ory, M.D. Medical Consulting, LLC

California
Emergency Medicine - Standard of Care, Medical Causation, Triage Protocols, Missed Diagnosis, Delayed Diagnosis, EMTALA, Improper Discharge, Failure to Admit, Clinical Decision Making, Chart Review for Merit, Board Certified EM, Myocardial Infarction, Trauma Resuscitation, Pediatric Emergencies, Sepsis, Airway Management, Pulmonary Embolism, EMS Care
Board-Certified Emergency Physician with over 26 years of active clinical experience and more than 100,000 patient encounters in high-acuity emergency department settings. I provide independent medicolegal consulting and expert witness services for both plaintiff and defense counsel in medical malpractice and personal injury matters. My expertise focuses on Emergency Department standards of care, including evaluation, triage, diagnostic decision-making, disposition, and communication in time-sensitive clinical scenarios. I have extensive experience managing undifferentiated patients in fast-paced environments, including community hospitals, critical access facilities, and high-volume emergency departments. Common case areas include missed or delayed diagnosis (e.g., myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, stroke, sepsis, and aortic dissection), improper discharge or failure to admit, triage-related issues, and medical causation in trauma and acute illness. I also provide analys...
View Full Profile

Akash Desai, MD, FACEP, FPD-AEMUS

UCSD Emergency Medicine & Ultrasound Faculty

University of California, San Diego

San Diego, California
Ultrasound, Emergency Medicine - Trauma, Cardiac Arrest, Myocardial Infarction, Electrocardiography, Diabetic, Torsion, Respiratory Failure, Intubation, Shock, Sepsis, CVC, Biliary, Block, Abscess, EMTALA, Airway, Narcotic Prescription, Seizure, Overdose, Stroke
Board certified emergency medicine physician in active clinical practice in California, holding the academic appointment of Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Subspecialty expertise in point-of-care ultrasound and procedural emergency medicine. Serves as Fellowship Director of Advanced Emergency Ultrasonography at UCSD, leading a competitive post-residency fellowship that trains board-eligible and board-certified emergency medicine physicians in advanced diagnostic and procedural point-of-care ultrasound techniques. Also serves as the inaugural Director of Emergency Ultrasound at UCSD East Campus Medical Center, where responsibilities include hospital-wide quality assurance, case review, credentialing oversight, and ultrasound education across clinical departments. Completed residency training at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and fellowship training in Advance...
View Full Profile

Patrick Ngo, MSW, LCSW

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Social Worker

Patrick Ngo Psychotherapy Inc.

Santa Clara, California
Mental Health, Social Work - Social Work, Triage, Lanterman Petris Short LPS, Involuntary Committment, Suicide, Crisis Intervention, Risk Assessment, Behavioral Health, Patient Rights, Standard of Care, Severe Mental Illness (SMI), Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Anosognosia, Emergency Care, Joint Commission (JHACO), HEDIS, CMS, EMTALA
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with extensive experience working in outpatient and acute inpatient psychiatric settings. I have treated a broad spectrum of complex psychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety, post‑traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and co‑occurring substance‑use disorders. I have over a decade of experience working in acute inpatient psychiatric hospitals serving patients experiencing mental health crises. Many patients I worked with were admitted to the hospital on 72 hour involuntary psychiatric holds (5150). There, I provided direct care, safety planning, complex discharge coordination, and testified at involuntary (5250, 5260, 5270) certification hearings. I regularly represented the hospital at these hearings, testifying on the clinical criteria for Danger to Self (DTS), Danger to Others (DTO), and Grave Disability (GD). Furthermore, I have collaborated closely with numerous Cou...
View Full Profile

Kurt Kaczander, DO

Emergency Medicine

Independent

California
Emergency Medicine - Medical chart review and analysis, Negligence, Sepsis, pulmonary embolism, appendicitis, Medical Malpractice, Stroke, Aortic Aneurysm / Dissection, Torsion, procedural errors, EMTALA, Difficult intubation, Overdose, Incarcerated Hernia, Hemorrhage, Trauma, Myocardial infarction / STEMI, spinal cord compression, Meningitis, pain
People matter - this includes not only patients themselves, but the physicians and caregivers who provide their care. ‘Ars Medicinae’ - The Art of Medicine - Particularly Emergency Medicine - is a high stakes, high pressure, routinely scrutinized endeavor, with accusations and inquiries being commonplace. Vastly experienced, Board Certified Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians with over 19 years of full time experience as an attending in the emergency department. I have seen tens of thousands of patients in various environments such as Urban Level 1 trauma teaching centers, small and mid sized rural departments, Indian reservations, and multiple free standing Emergency Departments throughout the country. I’m clinically active full time, and depending upon the facility, also help teach students and residents in the ED clinical setting. I’m interested and more than qualified to objectively evaluate cases - for the Plaintiff or defense - pertaining to the Emergency D...
View Full Profile

Nathalie Quan, BSN, RN, CPAN

Board Certified Post-Anesthesia Nurse

Oakland, California
Nurse, Legal Nurse Consulting - Recovery Room, Pediatric Recovery Room, PACU, Pre-op, Pediatric PACU, Trauma, ER, Stroke, STEMI, EMTALA, Burn, Triage, Sepsis, Emergency Nursing, Anesthesia, Emergency Department
I am a board-certified post-anesthesia care nurse with over 16 years of clinical experience spanning emergency medicine and peri-operative services, including both pre- and post-operative care. I bring a meticulous, detail-oriented approach to reviewing cases involving the nursing standard of care, regulatory compliance, and policies and procedures. I thoroughly evaluate case merit through careful analysis of clinical documentation, treatment timelines, and adherence to established practice guidelines. I have served as a charge nurse in both Emergency and PACU settings, leading the development and implementation of evidence-based protocols that measurably improved patient outcomes. Direct experience in hospital policy development, including the creation of standardized protocols for sepsis management, cardiac emergencies, and post-operative care. Please reach out for additional information.
View Full Profile

Michael F Arrigo

Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, damages

No World Borders

Colorado
Medical Billing, HIPAA - Medical billing expert, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act, Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, EMTALA, HIPAA, rebut life care, Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), damages
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
View Full Profile

Yolanda Anderson, RN, BSN, CEN, CPEN, CLNC

Emergency Dept. Nurse (RN) Defense or Plaintiff

Colorado Care Consultants

Lakewood, Colorado
Nurse, Emergency Medicine - Consulting, Nurse, Emergency Department, Triage, Hospital care, EMTALA, Health Care, stroke, Cardiac, Medical Record, medical malpractice, pediatric and adult
Emergency Department RN for 35+ years. Knowledgeable about all aspects of Hospital Care and Standards of Care for Nurses and ancillary personnel. Clinically active in Emergency Department care for 35+ years for infants, pediatrics, adults and geriatrics; Trauma, Cardiac, Neurology, Surgical, EMTALA and general Emergency Care. Able to review charts for merit, do chronologies, research medical care, document Independent Medical Exams, and more. Experienced in Depositions and Trials. Conscientious and detail-oriented. My cases - depositions - trials have included care related to strokes, cardiac, triage, pediatrics, meningitis, sepsis, sub-arachnoid hemorrhage, abdominal aortic aneurysm, falls, motor vehicle or motorcycle accidents, wounds and bandaging, wrongful death, missed diagnosis, failure of RN to report to MD regarding patient condition, medication errors, EMTALA, nursing errors plus more, with more than 150 case reviews, more than 25 depositions and 2 trials - able to...
View Full Profile

Kevin Taylor, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician/ Medical Director

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine - Stroke, Sepsis, Ectopic pregnancy, Ischemia, Pulmonary Embolism, Pneumonia, Myocardial infarction, Delay of care, Aortic Dissection, Fracture, Appendicitis, Urgent Care, Torsion, EMTALA, Failure to diagnose, Trauma, Dislocation, Hemorrhage, Meningitis, Dislocation
Kevin L Taylor MD I have extensive experience in the specialty of emergency medicine and hospital governance. I have been in full time clinical practice since 2009 and have been continuously board certified throughout my career. I have been clinical faculty of emergency medicine at 3 hospital systems since 2010 including Associate Clinical Faculty since 2020 at Florida Atlantic University Emergency Medicine Residency program. In these roles I have trained new physicians on the practice of emergency medicine. I have been the Medical Director for a two-hospital system in South Florida for almost 5 years which includes oversight of two emergency departments and a pediatric emergency department. In that role I was responsible for direct operational oversight of 30+ full time and part time emergency physicians, pediatricians, and advanced practice providers. These two facilities saw over 60,000 patient visits per year. Within this role I served as Chair of Emergency Medicine ...
View Full Profile

Michael F Arrigo

Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, damages

No World Borders

Florida
Medical Billing, HIPAA - Medical billing expert, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act, Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, EMTALA, HIPAA, rebut life care, Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), damages
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
View Full Profile

Katie Trammel, MD

Experienced Emergency Medicine Physician

Florida
Emergency Medicine - Trauma, Urgent Care, Quick turnaround, Acute Care, MI, Stroke, Abdominal Pain, EMTALA, Asthma, Respiratory Failure, Meningitis, Heart Failure, Chest Pain, Bleeding, Aorta, Pulmonary Embolism, Injury, Assault, Medication Reaction, Infection
Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician | Expert Witness & Medical Case Review I am a board-certified emergency medicine physician (ABEM) with over 15 years of clinical experience practicing in both academic medical centers and community hospitals. My career has focused on the evaluation and management of high-acuity emergency department patients, with extensive experience in time-sensitive clinical decision-making across a broad range of medical and traumatic presentations. I earned my medical degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and completed my emergency medicine residency at Indiana University. I worked at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis until 2018 and then transitioned to a faculty position at Indiana University where I participated in teaching residents and medical students at the bedside in addition to working in a fast paced, high acuity tertiary care medical center. I have recently transitioned out of full time clinical medicine and curre...
View Full Profile

Paul Louis, MD

Experienced ER expert, full-time clinical practice

Medical Legal Consults

Miami, Florida
Emergency Medicine - Myocardial Infarction, Heart Attack/MI, Stroke, Epidural Abscess, Aortic Dissection, Pulmonary Embolism/PE, Testicular Torsion, Ectopic Pregnancy, Medical Necessity, Sepsis, Head trauma, EMTALA, Rape, Pyelonephritis, Veteran disability evaluator, PACT ACT, allergic reaction, suicide, psychosis
Dr. Louis is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He is a full-time practitioner of emergency medicine at a community emergency department. He has had experience in a range of practice settings from urgent care facilities and free-standing emergency rooms to trauma centers. His patient population ranges from infants to elderly nursing home patients. He has experience diagnosing and treating multiple serious conditions and also has extensive experience working locum tenens in rural/critical access hospitals. In his career, he has supervised medical students, residents, PAs, and ARNPs. He is also a trained veteran disability evaluator. In his 23 years of practice, he has seen over 100,000 patients. Website: https://medicallegalconsults.com Email: DrLouis@medicallegalconsults.com Phone: (561) 445-6674 Undergraduate Degree: University of Florida, Magna Cum Laude, in Neurobiological Sciences Medical Degree: University of Miami. He is lic...
View Full Profile

Osiris T Johnson

Emergency Medicine Physician - Board Certified

Florida
Emergency Medicine - Stroke, Cauda Equina Syndrome, Standard of Care, Rural & Urban Medicine, Myocardial Infarction/Heart Attack, Appendicitis, Failure to Diagnose, Causation Analysis, Sepsis, Airway Management, Medical Malpractice, Differential Diagnosis, Pulmonary Embolism, Trauma, Medical Record Review, Aortic Dissection, Triage/Delay in Care, EMTALA
Phone Number: 813-470-0577 Email: osiris@johnsonmedlegal.com Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician | MD, Georgetown University I am an ABEM Board-Certified Emergency Physician in my 5th year of active clinical practice, offering objective medical-legal consultation and expert testimony. I earned my medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and I completed my Emergency Medicine Residency at HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, a high-volume Level II Trauma Center in South Florida. Currently, I serve as an attending physician at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, the only designated trauma center in Southeast Texas. My professional experience spans the most litigious and high-acuity regions of both Florida and Texas, including clinical work in Houston, Corpus Christi, McAllen, and the greater Miami/South Florida area. This extensive background allows me to provide authoritative analysis on the standard of care in major metropolitan areas, regional trau...
View Full Profile

Luke C Williams, MD

Expert: Emergency, Hospitalist, Outpatient.

Saint Petersburg, Florida
Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine - STEMI, SEPSIS, STROKE, CARDIAC ARREST, SEPTIC SHOCK, CRITICAL CARE, Hypertension, Aneurysm, blood clot, pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, cancer, spinal abscess, chest pain, heart attack, EMTALA, primary care, hospitalist, emergency
Dr. Luke Williams, MD is a board-certified internal medicine physician with over a decade of experience in emergency medicine, hospitalist care, and outpatient primary care. He brings a comprehensive understanding of acute and chronic medical conditions across a wide range of clinical settings. Dr. Williams currently leads a medical practice focused on preventive health and personalized care for both men and women. In addition, he is still active in the emergency department; currently working at Baypines Veterans Affairs ER in St. Petersburg, FL. His background includes extensive experience in high-acuity environments, complex diagnostic decision-making, and coordination of inpatient and outpatient treatment plans. Dr. Williams also serves as a medical expert witness for the State of Florida, providing objective, evidence-based evaluations in cases involving standard of care, emergency treatment protocols, delayed diagnoses, medication errors, and medical negligence. He is known ...
View Full Profile

Paul Louis, MD

Experienced ER expert, full-time clinical practice

Medical Legal Consults

Georgia
Emergency Medicine - Myocardial Infarction, Heart Attack/MI, Stroke, Epidural Abscess, Aortic Dissection, Pulmonary Embolism/PE, Testicular Torsion, Ectopic Pregnancy, Medical Necessity, Sepsis, Head trauma, EMTALA, Rape, Pyelonephritis, Veteran disability evaluator, PACT ACT, allergic reaction, suicide, psychosis
Dr. Louis is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He is a full-time practitioner of emergency medicine at a community emergency department. He has had experience in a range of practice settings from urgent care facilities and free-standing emergency rooms to trauma centers. His patient population ranges from infants to elderly nursing home patients. He has experience diagnosing and treating multiple serious conditions and also has extensive experience working locum tenens in rural/critical access hospitals. In his career, he has supervised medical students, residents, PAs, and ARNPs. He is also a trained veteran disability evaluator. In his 23 years of practice, he has seen over 100,000 patients. Website: https://medicallegalconsults.com Email: DrLouis@medicallegalconsults.com Phone: (561) 445-6674 Undergraduate Degree: University of Florida, Magna Cum Laude, in Neurobiological Sciences Medical Degree: University of Miami. He is lic...
View Full Profile

W Clark Connell, MD, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Physician

Thomasville, Georgia
Emergency Medicine, Medical Management - emergency medicine, trauma, ATLS, medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, EMTALA, sepsis, stroke, heart attack, myocardial infarction, aortic dissection, policies and protocols, ectopic pregnancy, testicular torsion, seizures, burns, pediatrics, ovarian torsion, fractures, urgent care director
Board certified emergency medicine physician with over 20 years of clinical experience. Currently practicing full time in Georgia. Prior experience as an expert witness. Extensive knowledge in medical staff leadership as a medical director, chief of emergency services, medical executive committee member, hospital board member, and former chief-of-staff. Additional training in medical staff rules, regulations, and bylaws as well as EMTALA compliance. Knowledgeable in the application of hospital policies and procedures. Currently overseeing approximately 25 physicians and 20 midlevel providers at three emergency department locations and two urgent care locations. Experience includes both adult and pediatric patients, emergency department and urgent care patients, and work in a designated trauma center facility.
View Full Profile

Katie Trammel, MD

Experienced Emergency Medicine Physician

Illinois
Emergency Medicine - Trauma, Urgent Care, Quick turnaround, Acute Care, MI, Stroke, Abdominal Pain, EMTALA, Asthma, Respiratory Failure, Meningitis, Heart Failure, Chest Pain, Bleeding, Aorta, Pulmonary Embolism, Injury, Assault, Medication Reaction, Infection
Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician | Expert Witness & Medical Case Review I am a board-certified emergency medicine physician (ABEM) with over 15 years of clinical experience practicing in both academic medical centers and community hospitals. My career has focused on the evaluation and management of high-acuity emergency department patients, with extensive experience in time-sensitive clinical decision-making across a broad range of medical and traumatic presentations. I earned my medical degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and completed my emergency medicine residency at Indiana University. I worked at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis until 2018 and then transitioned to a faculty position at Indiana University where I participated in teaching residents and medical students at the bedside in addition to working in a fast paced, high acuity tertiary care medical center. I have recently transitioned out of full time clinical medicine and curre...
View Full Profile

Kurt Kaczander, DO

Emergency Medicine

Independent

Illinois
Emergency Medicine - Medical chart review and analysis, Negligence, Sepsis, pulmonary embolism, appendicitis, Medical Malpractice, Stroke, Aortic Aneurysm / Dissection, Torsion, procedural errors, EMTALA, Difficult intubation, Overdose, Incarcerated Hernia, Hemorrhage, Trauma, Myocardial infarction / STEMI, spinal cord compression, Meningitis, pain
People matter - this includes not only patients themselves, but the physicians and caregivers who provide their care. ‘Ars Medicinae’ - The Art of Medicine - Particularly Emergency Medicine - is a high stakes, high pressure, routinely scrutinized endeavor, with accusations and inquiries being commonplace. Vastly experienced, Board Certified Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians with over 19 years of full time experience as an attending in the emergency department. I have seen tens of thousands of patients in various environments such as Urban Level 1 trauma teaching centers, small and mid sized rural departments, Indian reservations, and multiple free standing Emergency Departments throughout the country. I’m clinically active full time, and depending upon the facility, also help teach students and residents in the ED clinical setting. I’m interested and more than qualified to objectively evaluate cases - for the Plaintiff or defense - pertaining to the Emergency D...
View Full Profile

Katie Trammel, MD

Experienced Emergency Medicine Physician

Indianapolis, Indiana
Emergency Medicine - Trauma, Urgent Care, Quick turnaround, Acute Care, MI, Stroke, Abdominal Pain, EMTALA, Asthma, Respiratory Failure, Meningitis, Heart Failure, Chest Pain, Bleeding, Aorta, Pulmonary Embolism, Injury, Assault, Medication Reaction, Infection
Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician | Expert Witness & Medical Case Review I am a board-certified emergency medicine physician (ABEM) with over 15 years of clinical experience practicing in both academic medical centers and community hospitals. My career has focused on the evaluation and management of high-acuity emergency department patients, with extensive experience in time-sensitive clinical decision-making across a broad range of medical and traumatic presentations. I earned my medical degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and completed my emergency medicine residency at Indiana University. I worked at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis until 2018 and then transitioned to a faculty position at Indiana University where I participated in teaching residents and medical students at the bedside in addition to working in a fast paced, high acuity tertiary care medical center. I have recently transitioned out of full time clinical medicine and curre...
View Full Profile

Dennis P McKenna, MD

Experienced Emergency Medicine Expert Witness

Maine
Emergency Medicine, Hospital Administration - Failure to Diagnose, Standard of Care, Trauma, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Sepsis, Appendicitis, Spinal Abscess, Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Aortic Dissection, Subarachnoid Hemorrhagez, Cauda Equina Syndrome, Pneumonia, Testicular Torsion, Ectopic Pregnancy, Asthma, Anaphylactic Shock, Suicide, Ischemic Bowel, EMTALA
Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician | Hospital Executive | Medical–Legal Expert Dr. Dennis P. McKenna is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician, Full Professor at a medical college, former President and Chief Executive Officer of a multi-hospital health system, and retired U.S. Navy Medical Corps Captain. He brings more than 25 years of frontline clinical experience and senior executive leadership to the review, analysis, and testimony of medical malpractice matters involving emergency care, hospital systems, and physician decision-making. His clinical practice has included serving in multiple community hospitals, operational deployments as a battalion surgeon with the US Marines, and over 20 years as an attending physician at an academic Level I trauma center. Dr. McKenna offers attorneys a rare combination of clinical practice, academic authority, hospital administrative expertise, and military operational leadership, providing immediate credibility in cases in...
View Full Profile

Phillip D Magidson, MD, MPH

Triple Boarded Geriatric Emergency Medicine Expert

Baltimore, Maryland
Emergency Medicine, Geriatrics - Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Older adults, Falls, Delirium, Trauma, Infections, Capacity, Sepsis, Dementia, Pain Management, End of life care, Wound Care, Syncope, Functional decline, Pneumonia, Atrial fibrillation, Weakness, Urinary tract infection, Polypharmacy, EMTALA
I am a triple boarded emergency medicine physician, internist and geriatrician with extensive expertise in providing patient care at the bedside as well as administrative, educational, research and leadership experience in the academic emergency medicine, internal medicine, geriatrics and geriatric emergency medicine fields. I serve as an associate clinical director and director of geriatric emergency medicine of a busy, urban, Department of Emergency Medicine and chair our department's internal peer review committee. In these roles, I have had the opportunity to lead numerous clinical case reviews with an eye toward safety and quality improvement. With dual academic appointments as Assistant Professor of both Emergency Medicine and Medicine, I participate in the education of a wide variety of health sciences trainees including medical students, resident physicians and fellows. As such, I have lectured locally, regional and nationally on matters in general emergency medicine an...
View Full Profile

Dennis P McKenna, MD

Experienced Emergency Medicine Expert Witness

Massachusetts
Emergency Medicine, Hospital Administration - Failure to Diagnose, Standard of Care, Trauma, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Sepsis, Appendicitis, Spinal Abscess, Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Aortic Dissection, Subarachnoid Hemorrhagez, Cauda Equina Syndrome, Pneumonia, Testicular Torsion, Ectopic Pregnancy, Asthma, Anaphylactic Shock, Suicide, Ischemic Bowel, EMTALA
Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician | Hospital Executive | Medical–Legal Expert Dr. Dennis P. McKenna is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician, Full Professor at a medical college, former President and Chief Executive Officer of a multi-hospital health system, and retired U.S. Navy Medical Corps Captain. He brings more than 25 years of frontline clinical experience and senior executive leadership to the review, analysis, and testimony of medical malpractice matters involving emergency care, hospital systems, and physician decision-making. His clinical practice has included serving in multiple community hospitals, operational deployments as a battalion surgeon with the US Marines, and over 20 years as an attending physician at an academic Level I trauma center. Dr. McKenna offers attorneys a rare combination of clinical practice, academic authority, hospital administrative expertise, and military operational leadership, providing immediate credibility in cases in...
View Full Profile

Kurt Kaczander, DO

Emergency Medicine

Independent

Laingsburg, Michigan
Emergency Medicine - Medical chart review and analysis, Negligence, Sepsis, pulmonary embolism, appendicitis, Medical Malpractice, Stroke, Aortic Aneurysm / Dissection, Torsion, procedural errors, EMTALA, Difficult intubation, Overdose, Incarcerated Hernia, Hemorrhage, Trauma, Myocardial infarction / STEMI, spinal cord compression, Meningitis, pain
People matter - this includes not only patients themselves, but the physicians and caregivers who provide their care. ‘Ars Medicinae’ - The Art of Medicine - Particularly Emergency Medicine - is a high stakes, high pressure, routinely scrutinized endeavor, with accusations and inquiries being commonplace. Vastly experienced, Board Certified Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians with over 19 years of full time experience as an attending in the emergency department. I have seen tens of thousands of patients in various environments such as Urban Level 1 trauma teaching centers, small and mid sized rural departments, Indian reservations, and multiple free standing Emergency Departments throughout the country. I’m clinically active full time, and depending upon the facility, also help teach students and residents in the ED clinical setting. I’m interested and more than qualified to objectively evaluate cases - for the Plaintiff or defense - pertaining to the Emergency D...
View Full Profile

Douglas A McMillan

Hospital CEO Expert Witness

McMillan Health Leadership, LLC

Montana
Hospital Administration - Hospital Law, Hospital Regulations, Hospital Management, Medical Staff Credentialing, Hospital Governance, Medical Staff Policies and Procedures, Medical Staff ByLaws, EMTALA
Douglas A. McMillan is a transformational healthcare executive with over 30 years of experience leading hospital systems to financial strength, operational excellence, and patient-centered care. Recognized for his strategic vision and ability to drive large-scale service expansions, Doug has successfully scaled healthcare organizations, led multimillion-dollar capital projects, and implemented innovative business strategies that have positioned hospitals as industry leaders in rural healthcare. As the Chief Executive Officer of Cody Regional Health, Doug oversaw a 145-bed healthcare system with $100M+ in annual net revenue, leading physician recruitment, financial growth, and market expansion. Under his leadership, the company experienced 500% revenue growth, tripled its facility footprint, and established cutting-edge specialty service lines, including a Regional Cancer Center, Cath Lab, Dialysis Center, and Ambulatory Surgery Center. His commitment to lean process improvement, go...
View Full Profile

Michael F Arrigo

Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, damages

No World Borders

Nevada
Medical Billing, HIPAA - Medical billing expert, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act, Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, EMTALA, HIPAA, rebut life care, Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), damages
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
View Full Profile

Michael F Arrigo

Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, damages

No World Borders

New Jersey
Medical Billing, HIPAA - Medical billing expert, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act, Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, EMTALA, HIPAA, rebut life care, Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), damages
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
View Full Profile

Michael A. Ruzek, DO, CPE, FACEP

Chief Quality Officer of Regional Health System

New Jersey
Emergency Medicine, Medical Management - Quality of care, Patient Safety, Risk Management, Internal Medicine, Peer Review, Emergency Medicine, Accidents, EMTALA, Standard of Care, Malpractice, Medical decision making, Liability, Sentinel Events, Regulatory Compliance, Clinical governance, Patient safety protocol, Medical necessity, Informed consent, Negligence, Compliance
Dr. Ruzek s a board-certified emergency physician and experienced medical expert witness with extensive leadership experience in healthcare quality, patient safety, and clinical operations. He currently serves as Chief Quality Officer for a regional health system in North Carolina, where he oversees enterprise-wide quality improvement initiatives, regulatory compliance, peer review, risk reduction, and patient safety strategy. In addition to active clinical practice in emergency medicine, Dr. Ruzek has provided medical-legal consulting and expert witness services involving emergency care, standard of care, patient safety, clinical documentation, causation analysis, systems-based failures, and quality-related healthcare litigation. His unique combination of frontline clinical experience and executive healthcare leadership provides attorneys with both detailed clinical insight and a broader systems-level understanding of healthcare delivery and medical decision-making. Dr. Ruzek is ...
View Full Profile

David Esses, MD

EM Chair: 35+ Yrs Exp, Quality/Peer Review Expert

Scarsdale, New York
Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine - EM chair, Internal med, Quality, Peer review, Just culture, Epic ASAP, EHR, Informatics, Standard of care, EMTALA, Operations, Triage, Sepsis, Cardiac, Stroke, Trauma, Misdiagnosis, Clinical governance, Academic, Risk management
Dual-Boarded Clinical Authority & Academic Leadership Dual-boarded in Emergency and Internal Medicine, I provide 37 years of clinical perspective at the intersection of acute stabilization and chronic disease management. As Professor Emeritus and Former Department Chair at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, I offer a high-level forensic analysis of the Standard of Care rooted in four decades of frontline experience and academic leadership. Core Forensic Expertise: Time-Sensitive Diagnoses I specialize in the merit review and forensic analysis of high-acuity medical-legal matters, including: Diagnostic Accuracy: Sepsis, Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Aortic Dissection, Myocardial Infarction (MI), Stroke (CVA), and Intracranial Hemorrhage. Emergency Department Systems: Triage errors, EMTALA compliance, and inter-facility transfer protocols. Corporate & Administrative Negligence: Quality Improvement, Peer Review, Just Culture, and Clinical Governance/Operations. The "Digital Stand...
View Full Profile

LINELLE CAMPBELL, MD

Emergency Medicine Expert Witness

NORTH BALDWIN, New York
Emergency Medicine - health equity, bias, malpractice, negligence, emergency, acute, trauma, critical, resuscitation, administration, risk, diversity, delay, emtala, boarding, academic, fellowship
Board-certified Emergency Medicine physician with extensive experience in high-volume, Level 1 urban trauma centers, community hospitals and virtual care environments. Recognized for clinical excellence, leadership in healthcare quality and equity, and a history of advancing national education and safety standards. Adept in standard of care analysis, deviation evaluation, and a strong foundation in academic medicine, case review, and system-based performance improvement. AREAS OF EXPERTISE • Emergency Department Standard of Care • Diagnostic Error & Delay • Medical Overuse & Unnecessary Testing • Failure to Diagnose/Monitor/Refer • Procedural Complications • EMTALA Compliance • Telemedicine & Virtual Care Malpractice • Health Equity & Racial Disparities in Medical Outcomes LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS • Board Certified, American Board of Emergency Medicine • NY State Medical License #310750 • DEA Licensed • ACLS | BLS | PALS Certified CURRENT CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS • Attending Physicia...
View Full Profile

Michael F Arrigo

Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, damages

No World Borders

New York
Medical Billing, HIPAA - Medical billing expert, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act, Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, EMTALA, HIPAA, rebut life care, Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), damages
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
View Full Profile

Dennis P McKenna, MD

Experienced Emergency Medicine Expert Witness

Selkirk, New York
Emergency Medicine, Hospital Administration - Failure to Diagnose, Standard of Care, Trauma, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Sepsis, Appendicitis, Spinal Abscess, Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Aortic Dissection, Subarachnoid Hemorrhagez, Cauda Equina Syndrome, Pneumonia, Testicular Torsion, Ectopic Pregnancy, Asthma, Anaphylactic Shock, Suicide, Ischemic Bowel, EMTALA
Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician | Hospital Executive | Medical–Legal Expert Dr. Dennis P. McKenna is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician, Full Professor at a medical college, former President and Chief Executive Officer of a multi-hospital health system, and retired U.S. Navy Medical Corps Captain. He brings more than 25 years of frontline clinical experience and senior executive leadership to the review, analysis, and testimony of medical malpractice matters involving emergency care, hospital systems, and physician decision-making. His clinical practice has included serving in multiple community hospitals, operational deployments as a battalion surgeon with the US Marines, and over 20 years as an attending physician at an academic Level I trauma center. Dr. McKenna offers attorneys a rare combination of clinical practice, academic authority, hospital administrative expertise, and military operational leadership, providing immediate credibility in cases in...
View Full Profile

Michael A. Ruzek, DO, CPE, FACEP

Chief Quality Officer of Regional Health System

Fayetteville , North Carolina
Emergency Medicine, Medical Management - Quality of care, Patient Safety, Risk Management, Internal Medicine, Peer Review, Emergency Medicine, Accidents, EMTALA, Standard of Care, Malpractice, Medical decision making, Liability, Sentinel Events, Regulatory Compliance, Clinical governance, Patient safety protocol, Medical necessity, Informed consent, Negligence, Compliance
Dr. Ruzek s a board-certified emergency physician and experienced medical expert witness with extensive leadership experience in healthcare quality, patient safety, and clinical operations. He currently serves as Chief Quality Officer for a regional health system in North Carolina, where he oversees enterprise-wide quality improvement initiatives, regulatory compliance, peer review, risk reduction, and patient safety strategy. In addition to active clinical practice in emergency medicine, Dr. Ruzek has provided medical-legal consulting and expert witness services involving emergency care, standard of care, patient safety, clinical documentation, causation analysis, systems-based failures, and quality-related healthcare litigation. His unique combination of frontline clinical experience and executive healthcare leadership provides attorneys with both detailed clinical insight and a broader systems-level understanding of healthcare delivery and medical decision-making. Dr. Ruzek is ...
View Full Profile

Timberly E. Booker, MD

Experienced Expert Witness EM Physician

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Charlotte , North Carolina
Emergency Medicine, Nursing Homes - Aortic Dissection, Aortic Aneurysms, Appendicitis, Ectopic pregnancy, Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Sepsis, Intracranial bleeds, Pulmonary Emboli, Testicular Torsion, Pneumonia, Fractures, EMTALA, Cardiac Arrest, Triage, Trauma, pregnancy emergencies
Dr. Booker is a board certified Emergency Medicine physician and has been practicing medicine for 18 years. She has worked in Level 1 trauma hospitals, free standing Emergency Rooms, suburban and urban community hospitals and post acute care in Skilled Nursing Facilities . Dr. Booker can be utilized to provide expert witness services to attorneys representing plaintiff or defendant. She is licensed in North Carolina and Illinois and, if called, can present an honest and unbiased opinion on Emergency Medicine Medical Malpractice and Negligence cases. Dr. Booker is a seasoned professional with extensive experience, having worked on numerous expert witness medical cases. Licensed in both North Carolina and Illinois.
View Full Profile

Kurt Kaczander, DO

Emergency Medicine

Independent

Ohio
Emergency Medicine - Medical chart review and analysis, Negligence, Sepsis, pulmonary embolism, appendicitis, Medical Malpractice, Stroke, Aortic Aneurysm / Dissection, Torsion, procedural errors, EMTALA, Difficult intubation, Overdose, Incarcerated Hernia, Hemorrhage, Trauma, Myocardial infarction / STEMI, spinal cord compression, Meningitis, pain
People matter - this includes not only patients themselves, but the physicians and caregivers who provide their care. ‘Ars Medicinae’ - The Art of Medicine - Particularly Emergency Medicine - is a high stakes, high pressure, routinely scrutinized endeavor, with accusations and inquiries being commonplace. Vastly experienced, Board Certified Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians with over 19 years of full time experience as an attending in the emergency department. I have seen tens of thousands of patients in various environments such as Urban Level 1 trauma teaching centers, small and mid sized rural departments, Indian reservations, and multiple free standing Emergency Departments throughout the country. I’m clinically active full time, and depending upon the facility, also help teach students and residents in the ED clinical setting. I’m interested and more than qualified to objectively evaluate cases - for the Plaintiff or defense - pertaining to the Emergency D...
View Full Profile

CURTIS W TAYLOR, M.D.

Win with this experienced, persistent Internist.

Mercy Health

Cincinnati, Ohio
Internal Medicine, Family Medicine - Medical Malpractice, Prostate cancer, Breast cancer, EMTALA, Colon cancer, Geriatrics, Standard of care, Cause of death, Diabetes, Reliable, Professional, Drug interactions, Missed pulmonary embolism, Failure to diagnose cancer, Elder abuse, Geriatric medication mismanagement
I am board certified in Internal Medicine. I have been an outpatient medicine physician for the past 40 years. I recently served as an expert witness for a standard of care case for the State of Ohio. I enjoyed the thorough review of medical records, guidelines, and relevant literature to ascertain whether the actions taken by the healthcare provider involved were in line with accepted medical standards. My expertise as an internal medicine expert witness was vital to this case. I bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to bear on the medical aspects of the matter at hand, and my testimony will provide the court with a well informed and impartial analysis of the medical issues involved. I have reviewed the SEAK Expert Witness Training course over the past 12 months.
View Full Profile

Kevin Joseph, MD, MBA, CPE, FACHE

Healthcare Executive: Hospital CEO, CMO, CCO

Tulsa, Oklahoma
Hospital Administration, Medical Management - Healthcare Administration, Safety, Quality, Reliability, Executive Leadership, Credentialing, Medical Staff, EMS, Performance Improvement, Emergency Medicine, Management, EMTALA, Peer Review
Dr. Kevin Joseph is a physician executive with experience in academic and community hospital settings as both a physician and a healthcare executive. His unique and diverse background combines operational and clinical experience with degrees in business and engineering to solve problems, develop efficient operations, and lead complex organizations. Dr. Joseph currently serves as a Market Chief Clinical Officer of one of the largest healthcare systems in the country and has served as a system Chief Medical Officer where he created the Insitute for Safety, Reliability, and Performance Improvement. For more than 15 years, he has been intimately involved in safety, quality, physician credentialing, and hospital accreditation. Previously, he served as a senior vice-president of a system responsible for the operations and clinical outcomes of its three hospitals. This was preceded by a tenure as a hospital President & CEO, where he led the executive team in driving the hospital to top...
View Full Profile

Eric T. Ory, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician - Expert Witness

Eric T. Ory, M.D. Medical Consulting, LLC

Bend, Oregon
Emergency Medicine - Standard of Care, Medical Causation, Triage Protocols, Missed Diagnosis, Delayed Diagnosis, EMTALA, Improper Discharge, Failure to Admit, Clinical Decision Making, Chart Review for Merit, Board Certified EM, Myocardial Infarction, Trauma Resuscitation, Pediatric Emergencies, Sepsis, Airway Management, Pulmonary Embolism, EMS Care
Board-Certified Emergency Physician with over 26 years of active clinical experience and more than 100,000 patient encounters in high-acuity emergency department settings. I provide independent medicolegal consulting and expert witness services for both plaintiff and defense counsel in medical malpractice and personal injury matters. My expertise focuses on Emergency Department standards of care, including evaluation, triage, diagnostic decision-making, disposition, and communication in time-sensitive clinical scenarios. I have extensive experience managing undifferentiated patients in fast-paced environments, including community hospitals, critical access facilities, and high-volume emergency departments. Common case areas include missed or delayed diagnosis (e.g., myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, stroke, sepsis, and aortic dissection), improper discharge or failure to admit, triage-related issues, and medical causation in trauma and acute illness. I also provide analys...
View Full Profile

Phillip D Magidson, MD, MPH

Triple Boarded Geriatric Emergency Medicine Expert

Pennsylvania
Emergency Medicine, Geriatrics - Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Older adults, Falls, Delirium, Trauma, Infections, Capacity, Sepsis, Dementia, Pain Management, End of life care, Wound Care, Syncope, Functional decline, Pneumonia, Atrial fibrillation, Weakness, Urinary tract infection, Polypharmacy, EMTALA
I am a triple boarded emergency medicine physician, internist and geriatrician with extensive expertise in providing patient care at the bedside as well as administrative, educational, research and leadership experience in the academic emergency medicine, internal medicine, geriatrics and geriatric emergency medicine fields. I serve as an associate clinical director and director of geriatric emergency medicine of a busy, urban, Department of Emergency Medicine and chair our department's internal peer review committee. In these roles, I have had the opportunity to lead numerous clinical case reviews with an eye toward safety and quality improvement. With dual academic appointments as Assistant Professor of both Emergency Medicine and Medicine, I participate in the education of a wide variety of health sciences trainees including medical students, resident physicians and fellows. As such, I have lectured locally, regional and nationally on matters in general emergency medicine an...
View Full Profile

Kimberly C. Halliburton, BS, RN, C-EFM

Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing

Kimberly Halliburton

Dickson, Tennessee
Nurse, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Labor and Delivery, Newborn, Maternal, Birth Injury, Oxytocin, Pitocin, EMTALA, hospital systems, Neonatal, NICU, Cerebral Palsy
Registered Nurse with 13+ years in maternal-newborn nursing care, including seven years of direct bedside practice in Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum (LDRP) and Newborn care and six years serving as Director of Women’s Services and Neonatal ICU. Clinical and administrative expertise includes obstetric nursing standards of care, electronic fetal monitoring interpretation and intervention, oxytocin administration and management, management of complex obstetric conditions, neonatal stabilization, obstetric triage evaluation, Medical Screening Exam (MSE) and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requirements as applied to obstetric patients, and maternal-newborn policy development and oversight.
View Full Profile

Mike Apostle, MD, JD, MBA

Emergency Medicine, EMS/Prehospital, Military

Greenbrier, Tennessee
Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Services - military medicine, neglect, patient transport, hospice, EMTALA, toxicology, corporate practice of medicine, pediatric emergency medicine, end of life care, Disaster, EMS, delay of care, geriatric, HIPAA, austere environment, prehospital care, aviation, nursing home, transfer, wilderness
20+ years of experience in emergency medicine and recent law school graduate.
View Full Profile

Michael F Arrigo

Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, damages

No World Borders

Texas
Medical Billing, HIPAA - Medical billing expert, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act, Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, EMTALA, HIPAA, rebut life care, Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), damages
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
View Full Profile

Eileen M. Toloza-Thompson, MD

Emergency Medicine - Medical Expert Witness

Kerrville, Texas
Emergency Medicine, Medical Management - Aortic Dissection, Appendicitis, Assault, Brain Hemorrhage, Cholecystitis, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Ectopic Pregnancy, EMTALA, Fall, Geriatric, Myocardial Infarction, Pneumonia, Pulmonary Embolism, Sepsis, Strangulated Bowel, Stroke / TIA, Supervision, Testicular Torsion, Throughput, Triage (ESI)
Dr. Toloza-Thompson has been actively practicing as a residency-trained/Board-certified Emergency Medicine physician in Texas for 20+ years. She served as Medical Director of her community-hospital Emergency Department for almost 17 years and was responsible for developing policies, overseeing departmental operations, performing quality and utilization reviews, and providing leadership to staff physicians and supervision to Advanced Practice Providers (Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants). She also served as her site's Quality Director for 18+ years and continues to be involved with medical record reviews for quality assurance and process improvement. She has been retained as a medical expert in five medical malpractice cases and five criminal law cases.
View Full Profile

Paul Louis, MD

Experienced ER expert, full-time clinical practice

Medical Legal Consults

Texas
Emergency Medicine - Myocardial Infarction, Heart Attack/MI, Stroke, Epidural Abscess, Aortic Dissection, Pulmonary Embolism/PE, Testicular Torsion, Ectopic Pregnancy, Medical Necessity, Sepsis, Head trauma, EMTALA, Rape, Pyelonephritis, Veteran disability evaluator, PACT ACT, allergic reaction, suicide, psychosis
Dr. Louis is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He is a full-time practitioner of emergency medicine at a community emergency department. He has had experience in a range of practice settings from urgent care facilities and free-standing emergency rooms to trauma centers. His patient population ranges from infants to elderly nursing home patients. He has experience diagnosing and treating multiple serious conditions and also has extensive experience working locum tenens in rural/critical access hospitals. In his career, he has supervised medical students, residents, PAs, and ARNPs. He is also a trained veteran disability evaluator. In his 23 years of practice, he has seen over 100,000 patients. Website: https://medicallegalconsults.com Email: DrLouis@medicallegalconsults.com Phone: (561) 445-6674 Undergraduate Degree: University of Florida, Magna Cum Laude, in Neurobiological Sciences Medical Degree: University of Miami. He is lic...
View Full Profile

Orlando Encarnacion, MD

Board Certified Emergency Medicine Expert

Austin, Texas
Emergency Medicine - EKG interpretation, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Standard of Care, Stroke, Sepsis, Pulmonary Embolism, Aortic Dissection, Ectopic Pregnancy, Ovarian Torsion, Appendicitis, Missed Fracture, Missed Diagnosis, Delay in diagnosis, Failure to treat, Failure to consult, Failure to admit, EMTALA, Airway management, Trauma management, Subarachnoid
Actively practicing, Board-Certified emergency medicine physician. Completed residency at the University of Cincinnati, former faculty at University of Texas at Houston. Expertise in emergency department standard of care, acute care management, missed or delayed diagnosis, treatment delay or failure, cardiac, neurologic, obstetric and sepsis emergencies, fracture evaluation, trauma, and documentation review. Available for case review, non-testifying consulting, and expert testimony.
View Full Profile

Osiris T Johnson

Emergency Medicine Physician - Board Certified

Beaumont, Texas
Emergency Medicine - Stroke, Cauda Equina Syndrome, Standard of Care, Rural & Urban Medicine, Myocardial Infarction/Heart Attack, Appendicitis, Failure to Diagnose, Causation Analysis, Sepsis, Airway Management, Medical Malpractice, Differential Diagnosis, Pulmonary Embolism, Trauma, Medical Record Review, Aortic Dissection, Triage/Delay in Care, EMTALA
Phone Number: 813-470-0577 Email: osiris@johnsonmedlegal.com Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician | MD, Georgetown University I am an ABEM Board-Certified Emergency Physician in my 5th year of active clinical practice, offering objective medical-legal consultation and expert testimony. I earned my medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and I completed my Emergency Medicine Residency at HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, a high-volume Level II Trauma Center in South Florida. Currently, I serve as an attending physician at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, the only designated trauma center in Southeast Texas. My professional experience spans the most litigious and high-acuity regions of both Florida and Texas, including clinical work in Houston, Corpus Christi, McAllen, and the greater Miami/South Florida area. This extensive background allows me to provide authoritative analysis on the standard of care in major metropolitan areas, regional trau...
View Full Profile

Dennis P McKenna, MD

Experienced Emergency Medicine Expert Witness

Vermont
Emergency Medicine, Hospital Administration - Failure to Diagnose, Standard of Care, Trauma, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Sepsis, Appendicitis, Spinal Abscess, Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Aortic Dissection, Subarachnoid Hemorrhagez, Cauda Equina Syndrome, Pneumonia, Testicular Torsion, Ectopic Pregnancy, Asthma, Anaphylactic Shock, Suicide, Ischemic Bowel, EMTALA
Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician | Hospital Executive | Medical–Legal Expert Dr. Dennis P. McKenna is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician, Full Professor at a medical college, former President and Chief Executive Officer of a multi-hospital health system, and retired U.S. Navy Medical Corps Captain. He brings more than 25 years of frontline clinical experience and senior executive leadership to the review, analysis, and testimony of medical malpractice matters involving emergency care, hospital systems, and physician decision-making. His clinical practice has included serving in multiple community hospitals, operational deployments as a battalion surgeon with the US Marines, and over 20 years as an attending physician at an academic Level I trauma center. Dr. McKenna offers attorneys a rare combination of clinical practice, academic authority, hospital administrative expertise, and military operational leadership, providing immediate credibility in cases in...
View Full Profile

Karla Lacayo, MD FACEP

Vienna, Virginia
Emergency Medicine - Heart Attack, Stroke, Sepsis, Airway Management, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Pulmonary Embolism, Aortic Dissection, Ectopic Pregnancy, Ovarian Torsion, Testicular Torsion, Appendicitis, Orthopedic Injuries, Medical Necessity, EMTALA, Medical Malpractice, Risk Management
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP). 16 years of experience in Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Practices full-time in a mid-sized community hospital, and supervises physician extenders. Worked as the sole provider in free-standing Emergency Department. Expert in standard of care in Emergency Medicine. Can assist with case review, expert witness testimony, opinions on medical malpractice and negligence. Medical Director for the Emergency Department, Chief of Staff for the Hospital. Serves on Credentials Committee, Quality Committee, and Peer Review Committee. Graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College, completed medical school at Northwestern University, and Emergency Medicine Residency at George Washington University. Licensed in Virginia. Fluent in Spanish.
View Full Profile

Eric T. Ory, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician - Expert Witness

Eric T. Ory, M.D. Medical Consulting, LLC

Washington
Emergency Medicine - Standard of Care, Medical Causation, Triage Protocols, Missed Diagnosis, Delayed Diagnosis, EMTALA, Improper Discharge, Failure to Admit, Clinical Decision Making, Chart Review for Merit, Board Certified EM, Myocardial Infarction, Trauma Resuscitation, Pediatric Emergencies, Sepsis, Airway Management, Pulmonary Embolism, EMS Care
Board-Certified Emergency Physician with over 26 years of active clinical experience and more than 100,000 patient encounters in high-acuity emergency department settings. I provide independent medicolegal consulting and expert witness services for both plaintiff and defense counsel in medical malpractice and personal injury matters. My expertise focuses on Emergency Department standards of care, including evaluation, triage, diagnostic decision-making, disposition, and communication in time-sensitive clinical scenarios. I have extensive experience managing undifferentiated patients in fast-paced environments, including community hospitals, critical access facilities, and high-volume emergency departments. Common case areas include missed or delayed diagnosis (e.g., myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, stroke, sepsis, and aortic dissection), improper discharge or failure to admit, triage-related issues, and medical causation in trauma and acute illness. I also provide analys...
View Full Profile

Michael F Arrigo

Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, damages

No World Borders

Washington
Medical Billing, HIPAA - Medical billing expert, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act, Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, EMTALA, HIPAA, rebut life care, Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), damages
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
View Full Profile

Nate Wood, M.D.

Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, & Administration

Mercer Island, Washington
Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine - Standard of Care, Documentation, Negligent Discharge, Delayed Diagnosis, Airway Management, Pediatrics, Procedures, Pulmonary Embolism, APC Oversight, Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Epidural Abscess, Aortic Dissection, Ectopic Pregnancy, Psychiatric, Sepsis, Torsion testicular & ovarian, Spinal Cord Injury, EMTALA, Wrongful Death
Dr. Wood is board-certified in Emergency Medicine physician with over 20 years of clinical experience in Emergency Medicine. He served six years as an Emergency Department Medical Director and seven years as an Urgent Care Medical Director, with leadership roles spanning quality improvement, risk management, documentation standards, and APC oversight. He also served as CEO of a physician-led emergency group staffing multiple departments within the Swedish Health System in Washington State. Dr. Wood specializes in emergency and urgent care malpractice claims, documentation analysis, and administrative standards of care. His real-world leadership and ongoing clinical practice provide a strong foundation for expert analysis and opinion on clinical, administrative, and APC oversight risk. He offers a full range of consulting services, including case screening and merit review, standard of care and causation analysis, chart and documentation review, literature support, expert report wri...
View Full Profile

Douglas A McMillan

Hospital CEO Expert Witness

McMillan Health Leadership, LLC

Cody, Wyoming
Hospital Administration - Hospital Law, Hospital Regulations, Hospital Management, Medical Staff Credentialing, Hospital Governance, Medical Staff Policies and Procedures, Medical Staff ByLaws, EMTALA
Douglas A. McMillan is a transformational healthcare executive with over 30 years of experience leading hospital systems to financial strength, operational excellence, and patient-centered care. Recognized for his strategic vision and ability to drive large-scale service expansions, Doug has successfully scaled healthcare organizations, led multimillion-dollar capital projects, and implemented innovative business strategies that have positioned hospitals as industry leaders in rural healthcare. As the Chief Executive Officer of Cody Regional Health, Doug oversaw a 145-bed healthcare system with $100M+ in annual net revenue, leading physician recruitment, financial growth, and market expansion. Under his leadership, the company experienced 500% revenue growth, tripled its facility footprint, and established cutting-edge specialty service lines, including a Regional Cancer Center, Cath Lab, Dialysis Center, and Ambulatory Surgery Center. His commitment to lean process improvement, go...