Endocarditis Expert Witnesses

Redwood city , California

Infectious Diseases, Hospital Administration - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Infections, nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, Patient safety, Quality of care, COVID 19, immunocompromised patient, Endocarditis, antibiotic stewardship, Sepsis, infection control, transition of care, utilization management, wound care, Surgical Infection, Prosthetic infections, Orthopedic

Dr. Andres Romero is a double board-certified physician in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine with subspecialty training in the management of immunocompromised patients, completed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He maintains an active and diverse clinical practice, caring for patients with a broad range of infectious diseases in acute care hospitals, outpatient consultative clinics, wound care centers, and post-acute facilities, including long-term acute care hospitals and skilled nursing homes. Dr. Romero is particularly experienced in complex infections in oncology, transplant, and immunosuppressed populations, as well as multidrug-resistant organisms, endocarditis, post-surgical infections, osteomyelitis, sepsis, and device-associated infections. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Romero serves as Chief Health Officer at a full-service acute care hospital, where he leads initiatives in utilization management, peer review oversight, process improvement,...

Oakland, California

Infectious Diseases - Infections in all medical Specialties, Sepsis, HIV, AIDS, hepatitis, food poisoning, pneumonia, orthopedic infections, meningitis, surgical infections, wound infections, urinary tract infections, endocarditis, abdominal infections, abscess, septic arthritis, infection control

Clinical Infectious Disease Specialist in active practice; Extensive experience in medico-legal review for both plaintiffs and defense; Board Certified in Infectious Disease; HIV Specialist; Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at two Northern California Hospitals; Chief of Infectious Disease at Summit Medical Center. See CV for further details.

San Diego, California

Nurse, Nurse Practitioner - Nurse Practitioner, Nurse, Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, MRSA, MDRO, bacteremia, sepsis, endocarditis, fungal disease, UTI, pneumonia, orthopedic infections, hardware associated infections, wound infection, abdominal infection, epidural abscess

Actively working in the hospital setting focused on infectious diseases for the last nine years with a strong understanding of internal medicine and ICU medicine. Nearly 20 years of experience as both a RN and nurse practitioner working both inpatient and outpatient with complex cardiovascular disease patients in pursuit of medical, interventional, and surgical care. I am well versed in explaining what is happening in the body and can give understandable analogies to patients and their families. I can explain these processes to you as a medical record consultant and provide an opinion regarding causation of injury or death with comprehensive medical record analysis or as an expert witness. I also can help you with the case review and prepare you for deposition.

Los Angeles, California

Infectious Diseases - Infection Control, Infection Prevention, Clostridium Difficile, Meningitis, Sepsis, Surgical Infection, Bacteria, Osteomyelitis, Pneumonia, Abdominal Infections, Endocarditis, Hospital Infections

Dr. Uslan is a board-certified infectious disease specialist and serves as chief of infection prevention at a major academic teaching hospital. Dr. Uslan has extensive experience with diagnosis, management, and treatment of a wide range of infectious diseases including pneumonia, urinary tract infections, meningitis, endocarditis, and osteomyelitis. He received his medical degree from the University of Southern California and completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in infectious diseases at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Uslan has a particular interest in hospital infections, infections due to multi-drug resistant organisms, prevention of infections/infection control, and appropriate antibiotic use.

East Brunswick, New Jersey

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - COVID 19, HIV, AIDS, surgical infections, necrotizing fasciitis, prosthetic joint infection, diabetic foot infection, bacteremia, endocarditis, urinary tract infection, prostatitis, cellulitis, wound, vaccine, Lyme disease, antibiotics, fungal infections, bacterial infections, travel medicine

I am a board certified infectious diseases physician and internist in active clinical practice in central New Jersey for 25 years. I have had the privilege of being retained for independent medical evaluations in a variety of cases. The goals of these examinations have included evaluating the merits of a case for trial, evaluating insurer’s liability, workman’s compensation and medical malpractice. Diagnoses involved in these matters have included COVID-19 infection, diabetic foot infection leading to limb loss, surgical site infections, necrotizing fasciitis, cellulitis, foodborne infections, HIV and many others. I have the ability to break down complex medical jargon and make it understandable. I am willing to provide redacted reports.

East Brunswick, New Jersey

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - COVID-19, sepsis, endocarditis, bacteremia, bacterial infections, virus, MRSA, urinary tract infections, surgical infections, sexually transmitted infections, necrotizing fasciitis, osteomyelitis, prosthetic joint infections, spine infections, device-related infections, nursing home infections

I am a board-certified infectious disease physician and internist. I am active in a busy clinical practice in New Jersey. I am an attending at three hospitals and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. I have been doing expert medical reviews for over 10 years. I am comfortable evaluating the merits of a case both for plaintiff and defense. I am comfortable with deposition and trial testimony. Clinically I consult and manage infectious diseases in outpatients and hospitalized patients including the emergency room and ICU. I also consult and manage patients in long-term care facilities and nursing homes. These reviews have included but are not limited to: COVID-19, sepsis, septic shock, endocarditis, bacteremia, bacterial infections including MRSA, diabetic foot infections, urinary tract infections, surgical infections and complications of surgery, viral infections, necrotizing fasciitis, osteomyelitis, spine infections, prostheti...

Bronx, New York

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - Surgical infections, Orthopedic infections, Endocarditis, Pneumonia, Necrotizing fasciitis, Osteomyelitis, Diabetic foot infections, Meningitis, Urinary tract infections, Fungal infections, Pneumonia, Clostridium difficile, Transplant infections, Intensive Care Unit infections, Oncology infections, Sepsis

I am a board-certified adult Infectious Diseases physician and internist, as well as a full Professor of Medicine at a major medical school. In my busy clinical practice I treat complex bacterial, fungal, and viral infections in the inpatient and outpatient settings. I have special expertise in infections in transplant recipients and other immunocompromised hosts. I am also an experienced educator, teaching trainees on rounds and frequently lecturing in the hospital and at other institutions. I am the recipient of a number of professional honors, I have an extensive publication record, and am an editorial board member for leading journals in infectious diseases and transplantation. I am an experienced medical expert witness and have been reviewing cases since 2010 for both defense and plaintiffs. I have worked with more than 50 different law firms in CT, GA, IA, IN, IL, ME, MI, NJ, NM, NY, and PA, and had multiple repeat clients. My broad expertise in infectious diseases has ...

Cortlandt Manor, New York

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Critical Care Medicine - Heart transplant Coordinator, lung transplant, robotic surgery, TAVR, ECMO, LVADs, CABG, Valvular disease, endocarditis, dissections, discharge Nurse practitioner, thoracic nurse practitioner, Cardiothoracic NP, Cardiothoracic Nurse practitioner, Critical care, Pericardial effusion, Pneumonia, Pleural effusion, Arrhythmias, Hypertension

I am a board-certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with more than 15 years of experience in cardiothoracic surgery and critical care at leading academic medical centers, including NYU Langone Health, Mount Sinai, Montefiore Medical Center, the University of Pennsylvania, and Maimonides Medical Center. My clinical expertise includes the perioperative management of complex cardiac and thoracic surgical patients, such as those requiring heart and lung transplantation, LVAD therapy, ECMO initiation and management, and advanced mechanical circulatory support. As a cardiothoracic surgery NP, I have managed patients across the continuum of care, performed invasive procedures (central lines, arterial lines, Swan-Ganz catheters), developed and implemented evidence-based protocols, and trained Acute Care Nurse Practitioner students in both academic and clinical settings. My academic roles have included curriculum development and instruction at Pace University, where I co-developed the Adul...

Houston, Texas

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - Travel Medicine , UTI's, Mycobacterial Diseases, Soft Tissue Infections, Prosthetic Device Infxn, Malaria, Multi-Drug Resistant infections, Endocarditis, CNS Infxns, STDs, Osteomyelitis, Staphylococcal Infxns, Dental Infxns, Abdominal Infxns, Sepsis, MRSA, Pneumonia, Animal Bite Exposure/Infxns

ABIM Board-Certified: Internal Medicine ABIM Board-Certified: Infectious Diseases The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health The international Society of Travel Medicine: Certificate of Travel Health

Roanoke, Virginia

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

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

Abrams, Wisconsin

Infectious Diseases - defendant, meningitis, tick, telemedicine, plaintiff, pneumonia, endocarditis, bacteremia, resistance, osteomyelitis, spine, transplant, surgical

I am a practicing infectious diseases physician in Wisconsin with nearly 25 years of clinical inpatient and outpatient experience in both academic and hospital-based private medical systems, and I have 10 years of experience as an expert witness in infectious disease-related medical-legal cases for both plaintiffs and defendants. During my medical career, I have diagnosed and treated thousands of patients with a wide array of infections, including bacteremia, endocarditis, meningitis and encephalitis, osteomyelitis and spinal infections, surgical site infections, pneumonia, tick-borne infections, HIV, transplant-related complications such as fungal infections, mycobacterial infections including tuberculosis, and infectious due to multi drug-resistant organisms such as methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA), carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales (CRE), and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE). I am currently licensed in both Wisconsin and Michigan and I am board certified in both...