Epidural Expert Witnesses
Epidural 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 epidural. The epidural expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Anesthesiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Intellectual Property, Legal Medicine, Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Neurological Surgery, Nurse Anesthetist, Obstetrical Anesthesiology, and Pain Management - Medicine.
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Simon Dardashti, MD, MS
Pain Medicine Expert Witness | PI & Med Mal
Expert Medical Services LLC
Arizona
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Pain Management, CRPS, RSD, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accident, Spine Injury, Radiculopathy, Neuropathy, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulator, Epidural, Nerve blocks, Opioid Management, Causation, Independent Medical Exams (IME), Future Care, Standard of Care, Disability Evaluation, Cauda equina syndrome
Dr. Simon Dardashti is a board-certified Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology physician with active clinical experience in the evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions. He provides medical-legal case review, expert reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony for plaintiff and defense attorneys.
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Case Reviews for Plaintiff & Defense Attorneys. Fast communication and timely report turnaround. Experienced in authoring Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 reports and providing deposition and trial testimony under FRCP standards.
Medical areas of expertise encompass a wide range of conditions and treatments, including: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)/reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), amputations, cauda equina syndrome, motor vehicle accidents, spinal cord stimulation (SCS), spinal injury, epidurals, whiplash, dog bites, disability, neck and back pain, spinal cord injury, sciatica, nerve blocks, radiculopathy, neuropathy...
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Paul Lynch, MD
Wrongful Death Expert Witness
Expert Witness Pain
Scottsdale , Arizona
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Wrongful Death, Catastrophic Injury , Interventional Pain Management, Back Pain, Neck Pain, Nerve Blocks, Pain Management/Medicine, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Spinal Injections, Epidural, Cervical Injections, Radiofrequency, Anesthesia, Opioid Prescribing, Opioid Overdose
Dr. Lynch is a double board-certified and fellowship-trained pain management physician and anesthesiologist, with 20 years’ experience treating all types of chronic pain conditions. Throughout his career, Dr. Lynch has been focused on providing comprehensive and evidenced-based treatment, with vigilant attention to the standard of care and best practices. He has managed pain practices in 15 different states and is currently licensed to practice in 19 states. Dr. Lynch continues to actively see patients in a clinical setting and perform interventional pain management procedures, including performing independent medical examinations.
Dr. Lynch is also focused on research and the advancement of chronic pain treatment, publishing over 30 journal articles relevant to pain management, specifically regarding the use of interventional procedures and practice of comprehensive pain management with responsible opioid prescribing. He has taught extensively across the country to other physicia...
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Simon Dardashti, MD, MS
Pain Medicine Expert Witness | PI & Med Mal
Expert Medical Services LLC
Los Angeles, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Pain Management, CRPS, RSD, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accident, Spine Injury, Radiculopathy, Neuropathy, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulator, Epidural, Nerve blocks, Opioid Management, Causation, Independent Medical Exams (IME), Future Care, Standard of Care, Disability Evaluation, Cauda equina syndrome
Dr. Simon Dardashti is a board-certified Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology physician with active clinical experience in the evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions. He provides medical-legal case review, expert reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony for plaintiff and defense attorneys.
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Case Reviews for Plaintiff & Defense Attorneys. Fast communication and timely report turnaround. Experienced in authoring Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 reports and providing deposition and trial testimony under FRCP standards.
Medical areas of expertise encompass a wide range of conditions and treatments, including: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)/reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), amputations, cauda equina syndrome, motor vehicle accidents, spinal cord stimulation (SCS), spinal injury, epidurals, whiplash, dog bites, disability, neck and back pain, spinal cord injury, sciatica, nerve blocks, radiculopathy, neuropathy...
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Jeremy Laney, MD
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Anesthesiology, Cardiovascular Disease
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Liver transplant, Cardiac Surgery, Pain management, Airway management, Sedation, Awareness under anesthesia, Echocardiography, Epidural, Intubation, ECMO, Heart Transplant, General Surgery, Life Support, Ventilaltion, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Lung Transplant, Surgery, ACLS, Ventilator
Board-certified, fellowship-trained anesthesiologist at Keck Medical Center of University of Southern California (USC). Received my Medical Doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2016. Completed my residency in Anesthesiology at Los Angeles County + USC program. Completed fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at Keck Medical Center of USC. Currently working full-time at Keck Medical Center of USC as a full time clinician and assistant professor. This is a high-volume surgical center with complex cases and requires teaching fellows, residents and medical students in anesthesiology. Well-educated on current literature in my field.
Board certified in perioperative transesophageal echocardiography (heart imaging). Provide anesthesia services for many types of surgical cases but specialize in cardiac and liver transplant. Ample clinical experience in other surgical cases (including outpatient). Expert witness experience since 2021 to clients all ...
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Pejman Golpanian, MD
Tarzana, California
Anesthesiology, Legal Medicine
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airway, difficult intubation, brain damage, low oxygen, hypoxia, hypotension, blood pressure, paralysis, narcotics, aspiration, allergic reaction, pregnancy, epidural, awareness, drug interaction, positioning, numbness, ultrasound, nerve injury, nerve block
Dr. Pejman Golpanian is a highly experienced, board-certified Anesthesiologist actively practicing in California. He currently practices and holds privileges at 40+ outpatient ambulatory surgical centers, dental offices, and multiple Hospitals in the Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, and Thousand Oaks areas. He has performed well over 15,000 successful anesthetic procedures and is highly trained in all aspects of anesthesiology including general anesthesia, dental anesthesia (with a current dental anesthesia license), regional anesthesia with ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks, neuro-axial spinal and epidural anesthesia, and sedation with monitored anesthesia care.
Dr. Golpanian is an active expert consultant for the Medical Board of California assisting investigators, prosecutors, and administrative law judges in understanding the medical aspects of a medical-legal case. He provides clinical expertise and testimony regarding the practice of medicine and can e...
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Rosalind J Boyer-Cole
Acute care, Critical care, Anesthesiology Expert
Legal Nurse Consultant
California
Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
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Emergency, Labor and Delivery, Pain, Standard of Care, Endoscopy, Trauma, Cesearean, General, Airway, Intensive care, Acute Care, Epidural, Regional, Chronic, Outpatient, Obstetrics, Spinal, Medical Malpractice, Cardiac, Pharmacology
BIO: Rosalind Boyer-Cole
The Pacific Northwest is considered home for Rosalind Boyer-Cole, DNP, RN, NE-C, and I graduated with my Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Portland. My clinical specialties include Critical Care, Trauma, and Emergency services. Following my professional experience in Critical Care, I obtained my Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia at St Joseph’s University and completed my training in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My passion for being a successful clinician and my special interest in Public and Community Health, as well as serving diverse and indigenous populations, have led me to multiple volunteer experiences in anesthesia and Public Health in Latin America, Europe, and African countries, where I have worked alongside students and other healthcare professionals. I am currently the founder of Legal Nurse Advocate Consultants, LLC, https://legalnurseadvocate.com/, which was established to collaborate with attorneys and provide clarity t...
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Justin Black, MD
Anesthesiology Expert Witness | Airway & Sedation
District Of Columbia
Anesthesiology
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General anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Airway management, Difficult airway, Nerve block / injury, Standard of care, Acute pain, Recovery room, Awareness, Ultrasound, Aspiration, Medical malpractice, Monitored Anesthesia Care - MA, Conscious sedation, Epidural, Spinal, Obstetric anesthesia, Oversedation, Oxygen desaturation, Hypoxia
Board-certified anesthesiologist and expert witness specializing in medical malpractice case review involving perioperative care, airway management, and sedation-related complications and perioperative events.
Active in full-time clinical practice across Maryland and Washington, D.C., with ongoing involvement in standard of care analysis, causation, and anesthetic decision-making across diverse surgical and procedural settings.
With more than 15 years of clinical experience, he practices across general anesthesiology, including ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, and perioperative pain management. His experience includes both solo practice and medical direction models, with extensive involvement in supervising certified registered nurse anesthetists.
In addition to clinical practice, he served as Interim Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia at a community hospital in Baltimore, MD, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Communicates complex anesthesia issu...
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Simon Dardashti, MD, MS
Pain Medicine Expert Witness | PI & Med Mal
Expert Medical Services LLC
Florida
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Pain Management, CRPS, RSD, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accident, Spine Injury, Radiculopathy, Neuropathy, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulator, Epidural, Nerve blocks, Opioid Management, Causation, Independent Medical Exams (IME), Future Care, Standard of Care, Disability Evaluation, Cauda equina syndrome
Dr. Simon Dardashti is a board-certified Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology physician with active clinical experience in the evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions. He provides medical-legal case review, expert reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony for plaintiff and defense attorneys.
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Case Reviews for Plaintiff & Defense Attorneys. Fast communication and timely report turnaround. Experienced in authoring Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 reports and providing deposition and trial testimony under FRCP standards.
Medical areas of expertise encompass a wide range of conditions and treatments, including: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)/reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), amputations, cauda equina syndrome, motor vehicle accidents, spinal cord stimulation (SCS), spinal injury, epidurals, whiplash, dog bites, disability, neck and back pain, spinal cord injury, sciatica, nerve blocks, radiculopathy, neuropathy...
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Gabriel J Mullins, CRNA
Board Certified CRNA, Business Owner
Clearwater, Florida
Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
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Anesthesia, Awareness, Obstetric Anesthesia, Aspiration, Extubation, Post anesthesia care unit PACU, Airway Management, Airway Trauma, Needle Placement, Anesthesia Machine, Hypoxia, Medication Error, Falls, Dosing, Intubation, Epidural, Malignant Hyperthermia, Surgical Positioning, Tube Placement, CRNA
EDUCATION & BACKGROUND
Master of Science in Anesthesia – University of Michigan.
Clinical training at Hurley Medical Center, including cardiothoracic, obstetric, pediatric, and trauma rotations.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Extensive experience providing anesthesia in hospital, outpatient, and office settings.
Independent CRNA practice managing complex cases and high-acuity patients.
Comfortable with emergency response, advanced airway management, and rapid-sequence induction.
TEACHING & LEADERSHIP
Former guest lecturer at the University of Michigan on anesthesia monitoring and safety topics.
Experienced public speaker skilled in explaining technical concepts clearly to professional and lay audiences.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Founder of Anesthetize.ai, an evidence-based anesthesia reference platform designed for clinicians and students.
Integrates authoritative anesthesia sources into accessible AI-driven education and case analysis.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Board-certified Nurse Anesth...
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Gary Saff, M.D.
Pain management, interventional and medical-30 yrs
Integrated Pain Solutions of South Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Acupuncture, Neuropathy, Epidural, Radiculopathy, Interventional pain, Reflex sympathetic dystrophy, Addiction, Complex regional pain syndrome, Chronic pain, Medical management, Neuropathic pain, Nerve injury, Independent medical exam, post laminectomy pain syndrome, Spinal, Spinal cord stimulation, Automobile injury
PRIVATE PRACTICE
October 2009 Integrated Pain Solutions of South Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
PRIOR CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS
January 2004 – Director Pain Management/Anesthesiologist September 2009 Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston, Florida
July 1994 – Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management; Director Pain
October 2003 Management Fellowship - Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
TRAINING
July 1993 - June 1994 Pain Management Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
July 1990 – June 1993 Anesthesia Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
July 1989 - June 1990 Medical Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
July 1988 – June 1989 Medical Internship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE EDUCATION
July 1984 – May 1988 University of South Florida College of Medicine, Doctorate of Medicine
September 1980 – June 1984 Univers...
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Jayson A Sack, MD
Spine and Cranial Neurosurgeon
Tampa, Florida
Neurological Surgery
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Spine, Brain, cervical, thoracic, lumbar, subdural, epidural, spine fracture, spine fusion, laminectomy, spine injury, brain tumor, spine tumor, spine infection, epidural abscess, cauda equina, spinal cord, spinal stenosis, cord compression, diskectomy
I am a board-certified neurological surgeon specializing in neurosurgery. I specialize in both simple and complex spine conditions, as well as intracranial neurosurgery. I am a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and a Diplomat of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons.
I strive to provide exceptional, compassionate care for a wide range of spine and brain-related issues. In addition, I continue to explore new ways to limit morbidity, minimize risk, and improve outcomes through the latest technology and innovation. My relationship with God is what drew me to medicine. I consider myself a servant of God first, and it is only through HIS guidance and grace that I can do what I do.
In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my kids, staying fit through triathlon training, and actively keeping up with my faith through involvement in my church.
As an expert witness, I commit to providing the highest quality of service ...
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Justin Black, MD
Anesthesiology Expert Witness | Airway & Sedation
Silver Spring, Maryland
Anesthesiology
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General anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Airway management, Difficult airway, Nerve block / injury, Standard of care, Acute pain, Recovery room, Awareness, Ultrasound, Aspiration, Medical malpractice, Monitored Anesthesia Care - MA, Conscious sedation, Epidural, Spinal, Obstetric anesthesia, Oversedation, Oxygen desaturation, Hypoxia
Board-certified anesthesiologist and expert witness specializing in medical malpractice case review involving perioperative care, airway management, and sedation-related complications and perioperative events.
Active in full-time clinical practice across Maryland and Washington, D.C., with ongoing involvement in standard of care analysis, causation, and anesthetic decision-making across diverse surgical and procedural settings.
With more than 15 years of clinical experience, he practices across general anesthesiology, including ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, and perioperative pain management. His experience includes both solo practice and medical direction models, with extensive involvement in supervising certified registered nurse anesthetists.
In addition to clinical practice, he served as Interim Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia at a community hospital in Baltimore, MD, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Communicates complex anesthesia issu...
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Aaron Muncey, MD
Harvard-Trained, Board-Certified Anesthesiologist
Mass General Brigham
Boston, Massachusetts
Anesthesiology
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General anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Spinal, Epidural, Nerve block, Respiratory failure, Airway fire, Difficulty airway, Obstructive sleep apnea, Massive transfusion, Cardiac arrest, Eye injury, Hypoxia, Hypotension, Ultrasound, Central line, Arterial Line, Local anesthetic toxicity, Brain injury, Laryngospasm
I am a Harvard-trained, board-certified anesthesiologist with experience in both academic and private practice settings; skilled in education, research, innovation, leadership, and patient care. I have significant teaching experience ranging from undergraduates and medical students to residents and fellows at top tier institutions including Harvard, the University of South Florida, Florida State University, Cleveland Clinic, and Moffitt Cancer Center. Significant leadership positions include Vice Chief of Anesthesiology and Director of the Preoperative Clinic at Cleveland Clinic Martin Health and Medical Director of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery, an institution-wide, multidisciplinary endeavor, at the nationally ranked Moffitt Cancer Center. I have served as a peer reviewer within these organizations and helped develop guidelines for safe and effective anesthetic care. I hold multiple awards and have contributed to the invention of several patent-pending medical devices.
Dipl...
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Jatinder S Gill
Interventional Spine and Pain - Harvard Faculty
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Anesthesiology, Epidural, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, Nerve Injury, Nerve Pain, Injections, Spinal, MRI, Nerve Block, Cervical Epidural, Spinal Cord Injury, Nerve Injury, Lumbar, Neuropathy, Fluoroscopy, Spine, Standards, Spinal Headache
I am an interventional Spine Expert and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School. I finished my Residency and Pain Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2001. I am licensed in MA and board-certified in anesthesiology with a subspecialty certification in pain medicine. I practice pain management and Spine Interventions full-time at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. My job involves clinical care, teaching (Anesthesiology Residents and Pain Fellows), and research. I see a broad spectrum of adult pain patients.
In addition to medical management, I practice all essential spine interventions ( epidural, facet, radiofrequency, sacroiliac injections, nerve blocks, MILD procedure, etc.) and advanced spine interventions such as vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty and spinal cord stimulation. The common conditions I see include spine disorders, spine fractures, spinal stenosis, degenerative spine, back pain, neck pain radiculopathy, neuropathy, nerve disorde...
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Simon Dardashti, MD, MS
Pain Medicine Expert Witness | PI & Med Mal
Expert Medical Services LLC
Nevada
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Pain Management, CRPS, RSD, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accident, Spine Injury, Radiculopathy, Neuropathy, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulator, Epidural, Nerve blocks, Opioid Management, Causation, Independent Medical Exams (IME), Future Care, Standard of Care, Disability Evaluation, Cauda equina syndrome
Dr. Simon Dardashti is a board-certified Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology physician with active clinical experience in the evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions. He provides medical-legal case review, expert reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony for plaintiff and defense attorneys.
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Case Reviews for Plaintiff & Defense Attorneys. Fast communication and timely report turnaround. Experienced in authoring Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 reports and providing deposition and trial testimony under FRCP standards.
Medical areas of expertise encompass a wide range of conditions and treatments, including: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)/reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), amputations, cauda equina syndrome, motor vehicle accidents, spinal cord stimulation (SCS), spinal injury, epidurals, whiplash, dog bites, disability, neck and back pain, spinal cord injury, sciatica, nerve blocks, radiculopathy, neuropathy...
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Timothy N Baerg, MD, MBA
Anesthesiology Physician - Physician Educator
Henderson, Nevada
Anesthesiology, Obstetrical Anesthesiology
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Regional Anesthesiology, Spinal, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Airway Management, Nerve Block, Epidural, Pain Management, Neuroanesthesiology, Laryngospasm, Acute Pain, Ambulatory Surgical Center, Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity, Intubation, Hypoxia, Medication Error, Scheduling, Trauma, Nerve Injury, Pharmacology, Controlled Substances
Timothy Baerg, MD, MBA, D.ABA, is a board-certified anesthesiologist in active clinical practice with broad experience across a wide range of surgical specialties, including obstetrics, pediatrics, orthopedics, general surgery, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, and high-acuity trauma. He practices in settings ranging from ambulatory surgery centers to tertiary care hospitals and Level I trauma environments, managing patients from routine elective cases to critically ill individuals requiring emergent intervention.
Dr. Baerg’s clinical expertise includes airway management (including difficult and failed intubation), perioperative hemodynamic management, obstetric anesthesia, and regional anesthesia. He routinely manages complex perioperative events, including hypoxia, oxygen desaturation, intraoperative hypotension, and acute clinical deterioration.
He provides objective, evidence-based opinions in cases involving:
- Airway complications, including difficult airway and failed intubat...
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Jonathan Mazer, MD
Montclair, New Jersey
Anesthesiology
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General Anesthesia, Sedation, Regional Nerve Block, Spinal, Epidural, Thoracic, Orthopedic, Obstetrics, Vascular, Endoscopy, Urology, Gynecology, Spine, Brain, Neurosurgery, Airway, Intubation, Interventional Radiology, Ambulatory, Ophthalmology
Harvard-Trained. Board Certified in Anesthesiology. Previous case review experience. Published on neuraxial anesthesia. Presentation at a national conference on ambulatory anesthesia. Multiple poster presentations. Graduated from medical school with a distinction in research. Currently in private practice performing a wide variety of anesthetic cases (General Anesthesia, Sedation, Regional/Nerve Blocks, Spinal, Epidural, Thoracic, Orthopedic, Obstetrics, Vascular, Endoscopy, Urology, Gynecology, Spine, Brain, Neurosurgery, Interventional Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging, Ambulatory, Ophthalmology, ENT/Otolaryngology, Plastics, Adult, Pediatric, Out of OR). Both efficient and thorough with case review.
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Andrew Unger, M.D.
Chief of Neonatology - Columbia/UCLA Educated
Newborn Expert LLC
New Jersey
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Intellectual Property
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Neonatology, NICU, Newborn Fever, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), Therapeutic Hypothermia (HIE cooling protocols), Chorioamnionitis, Perinatal Informed Consent, Epidural, Cerebral Palsy, ERMF, Hypoglycemia, Neonatology Patents, Resuscitation, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Brachial Plexus, Neonatal transport, Infant MRI, Jaundice
Award-winning neonatologist (newborn intensive care physician) in active clinical practice. Columbia and UCLA educated. Licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Treated what were (1994) the smallest surviving premature twins ever as attending physician. First use of NO (nitric oxide) for pulmonary hypertension (1995) and therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal brain injury (2008) in a community neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Pennsylvania. Extensive NICU administrative experience including quality assurance and root cause analysis of newborn morbidity and mortality. Patented inventor. 35+ years experience specializing in therapeutic hypothermia (HIE cooling protocols), Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), Neonatal hyperthermia and hypothermia, NICU temperature management, failure to initiate cooling protocol, issues related to perinatal informed consent, neonatal respiratory distress, delayed recognition of neonatal distress, criteria for transport and performa...
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Justin Black, MD
Anesthesiology Expert Witness | Airway & Sedation
New York
Anesthesiology
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General anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Airway management, Difficult airway, Nerve block / injury, Standard of care, Acute pain, Recovery room, Awareness, Ultrasound, Aspiration, Medical malpractice, Monitored Anesthesia Care - MA, Conscious sedation, Epidural, Spinal, Obstetric anesthesia, Oversedation, Oxygen desaturation, Hypoxia
Board-certified anesthesiologist and expert witness specializing in medical malpractice case review involving perioperative care, airway management, and sedation-related complications and perioperative events.
Active in full-time clinical practice across Maryland and Washington, D.C., with ongoing involvement in standard of care analysis, causation, and anesthetic decision-making across diverse surgical and procedural settings.
With more than 15 years of clinical experience, he practices across general anesthesiology, including ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, and perioperative pain management. His experience includes both solo practice and medical direction models, with extensive involvement in supervising certified registered nurse anesthetists.
In addition to clinical practice, he served as Interim Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia at a community hospital in Baltimore, MD, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Communicates complex anesthesia issu...
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Rosalind J Boyer-Cole
Acute care, Critical care, Anesthesiology Expert
Legal Nurse Consultant
Beaverton, Oregon
Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
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Emergency, Labor and Delivery, Pain, Standard of Care, Endoscopy, Trauma, Cesearean, General, Airway, Intensive care, Acute Care, Epidural, Regional, Chronic, Outpatient, Obstetrics, Spinal, Medical Malpractice, Cardiac, Pharmacology
BIO: Rosalind Boyer-Cole
The Pacific Northwest is considered home for Rosalind Boyer-Cole, DNP, RN, NE-C, and I graduated with my Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Portland. My clinical specialties include Critical Care, Trauma, and Emergency services. Following my professional experience in Critical Care, I obtained my Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia at St Joseph’s University and completed my training in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My passion for being a successful clinician and my special interest in Public and Community Health, as well as serving diverse and indigenous populations, have led me to multiple volunteer experiences in anesthesia and Public Health in Latin America, Europe, and African countries, where I have worked alongside students and other healthcare professionals. I am currently the founder of Legal Nurse Advocate Consultants, LLC, https://legalnurseadvocate.com/, which was established to collaborate with attorneys and provide clarity t...
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Simon Dardashti, MD, MS
Pain Medicine Expert Witness | PI & Med Mal
Expert Medical Services LLC
Oregon
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Pain Management, CRPS, RSD, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accident, Spine Injury, Radiculopathy, Neuropathy, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulator, Epidural, Nerve blocks, Opioid Management, Causation, Independent Medical Exams (IME), Future Care, Standard of Care, Disability Evaluation, Cauda equina syndrome
Dr. Simon Dardashti is a board-certified Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology physician with active clinical experience in the evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions. He provides medical-legal case review, expert reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony for plaintiff and defense attorneys.
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Case Reviews for Plaintiff & Defense Attorneys. Fast communication and timely report turnaround. Experienced in authoring Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 reports and providing deposition and trial testimony under FRCP standards.
Medical areas of expertise encompass a wide range of conditions and treatments, including: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)/reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), amputations, cauda equina syndrome, motor vehicle accidents, spinal cord stimulation (SCS), spinal injury, epidurals, whiplash, dog bites, disability, neck and back pain, spinal cord injury, sciatica, nerve blocks, radiculopathy, neuropathy...
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Jason Brajer, MD
Interventional and Medical Pain Management
JB Pain Free MD
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Pain Management - Medicine
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Interventional, Stimulation, Pain, CRPS, Injections, Spinal, Pain Management, RSD, Epidural, Spinal Cord, Interventional Pain, Stellate Ganglion, RFA, Narcotics, IPM, Radiculopathy, Ablations, Methadone, Blocks, Low Back Pain
I am board-certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Management and member of many professional societies locally with an PA, nationally, as well as internationally. I have a deep appreciation of the challenges of a pain management practice. My current focus is interventional pain management with various fluoroscopic guided spinal injections. In early 2023 I founded York Pain Center as its CEO and CMO. Our priority is multimodal medical pain management coordinated by a diverse staff of doctors and nurse practitioners in conjunction with my injections to best control chronic pain. We service nearly 1000 patients for medical management including narcotics.
I completed my Anesthesiology training at Thomas Jefferson University in 1985. I previously earned my medical doctorate in 1980 from Hahnemann Medical College (now Drexel University) and my BA degree from Johns Hopkins University. I have been in clinical practice for more than 35 years.
Early in my career I was in hospital pract...
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Don A Koenigsberg, DO
Expert-Interventional Pain Management
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Spine, Neck, back, lumbar, cervical, auto, pain, epidural, injection, RSD, nerve, injury
I was the Chairman of Anesthesiology at St Agnes Medical Center in Philadelphia for 14 years.They were a national leader in Burn Care.
I have extensive experience in interventional pain management. My practice now is very active and I see 80-100 patients a week most of which are not involved in litigation.
Certified by American Board of Independent Medical Examiners.
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Justin Black, MD
Anesthesiology Expert Witness | Airway & Sedation
Pennsylvania
Anesthesiology
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General anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Airway management, Difficult airway, Nerve block / injury, Standard of care, Acute pain, Recovery room, Awareness, Ultrasound, Aspiration, Medical malpractice, Monitored Anesthesia Care - MA, Conscious sedation, Epidural, Spinal, Obstetric anesthesia, Oversedation, Oxygen desaturation, Hypoxia
Board-certified anesthesiologist and expert witness specializing in medical malpractice case review involving perioperative care, airway management, and sedation-related complications and perioperative events.
Active in full-time clinical practice across Maryland and Washington, D.C., with ongoing involvement in standard of care analysis, causation, and anesthetic decision-making across diverse surgical and procedural settings.
With more than 15 years of clinical experience, he practices across general anesthesiology, including ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, and perioperative pain management. His experience includes both solo practice and medical direction models, with extensive involvement in supervising certified registered nurse anesthetists.
In addition to clinical practice, he served as Interim Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia at a community hospital in Baltimore, MD, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Communicates complex anesthesia issu...
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Andrew Unger, M.D.
Chief of Neonatology - Columbia/UCLA Educated
Newborn Expert LLC
Pipersville, Pennsylvania
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Intellectual Property
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Neonatology, NICU, Newborn Fever, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), Therapeutic Hypothermia (HIE cooling protocols), Chorioamnionitis, Perinatal Informed Consent, Epidural, Cerebral Palsy, ERMF, Hypoglycemia, Neonatology Patents, Resuscitation, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Brachial Plexus, Neonatal transport, Infant MRI, Jaundice
Award-winning neonatologist (newborn intensive care physician) in active clinical practice. Columbia and UCLA educated. Licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Treated what were (1994) the smallest surviving premature twins ever as attending physician. First use of NO (nitric oxide) for pulmonary hypertension (1995) and therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal brain injury (2008) in a community neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Pennsylvania. Extensive NICU administrative experience including quality assurance and root cause analysis of newborn morbidity and mortality. Patented inventor. 35+ years experience specializing in therapeutic hypothermia (HIE cooling protocols), Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), Neonatal hyperthermia and hypothermia, NICU temperature management, failure to initiate cooling protocol, issues related to perinatal informed consent, neonatal respiratory distress, delayed recognition of neonatal distress, criteria for transport and performa...
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Simon Dardashti, MD, MS
Pain Medicine Expert Witness | PI & Med Mal
Expert Medical Services LLC
Texas
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Pain Management, CRPS, RSD, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accident, Spine Injury, Radiculopathy, Neuropathy, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulator, Epidural, Nerve blocks, Opioid Management, Causation, Independent Medical Exams (IME), Future Care, Standard of Care, Disability Evaluation, Cauda equina syndrome
Dr. Simon Dardashti is a board-certified Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology physician with active clinical experience in the evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions. He provides medical-legal case review, expert reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony for plaintiff and defense attorneys.
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Case Reviews for Plaintiff & Defense Attorneys. Fast communication and timely report turnaround. Experienced in authoring Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 reports and providing deposition and trial testimony under FRCP standards.
Medical areas of expertise encompass a wide range of conditions and treatments, including: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)/reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), amputations, cauda equina syndrome, motor vehicle accidents, spinal cord stimulation (SCS), spinal injury, epidurals, whiplash, dog bites, disability, neck and back pain, spinal cord injury, sciatica, nerve blocks, radiculopathy, neuropathy...
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Ramesh Singa, MD
HealthAdvise
Austin, Texas
Anesthesiology, Pain Management - Medicine
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Interventional pain management, intrathecal targeted drug delivery, pump, injection, epidural, facet, radiofrequency ablation, rhizotomy, neck, back, cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sciatica, radiculopathy, neuropathy, spinal cord stimulation, nerve injury, herniated disc, degeneration
Ramesh Singa, MD, is a pain management physician board certified in Pain Management and Anesthesiology. He is part of the Republic Spine and Pain team in Leander and Austin, TX. With over 15yrs experience, Dr. Singa’s top areas of expertise are Invertebral Disc Disease, Sacroiliac Joint Disease, Cervical Spondylosis, and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
Training
Medical
Rusha Medical College
Residency
St. Barnabas Health Care System
Fellowship
Rush University Medical Center
Board Certifications
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
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Justin Black, MD
Anesthesiology Expert Witness | Airway & Sedation
Virginia
Anesthesiology
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General anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Airway management, Difficult airway, Nerve block / injury, Standard of care, Acute pain, Recovery room, Awareness, Ultrasound, Aspiration, Medical malpractice, Monitored Anesthesia Care - MA, Conscious sedation, Epidural, Spinal, Obstetric anesthesia, Oversedation, Oxygen desaturation, Hypoxia
Board-certified anesthesiologist and expert witness specializing in medical malpractice case review involving perioperative care, airway management, and sedation-related complications and perioperative events.
Active in full-time clinical practice across Maryland and Washington, D.C., with ongoing involvement in standard of care analysis, causation, and anesthetic decision-making across diverse surgical and procedural settings.
With more than 15 years of clinical experience, he practices across general anesthesiology, including ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, and perioperative pain management. His experience includes both solo practice and medical direction models, with extensive involvement in supervising certified registered nurse anesthetists.
In addition to clinical practice, he served as Interim Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia at a community hospital in Baltimore, MD, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Communicates complex anesthesia issu...
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Tiffany L Mathias, MD, MBA
Stanford & Oxford Trained Medical Expert Witness
Tiffany Mathias, MD
bothell, Washington
Emergency Medicine, Pain Management - Medicine
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Epidural, radiofrequency, chronic pain, CSF leak, personal injury, Joint injection, pain management, facet joint disorders, radiculopathy, peripheral nerve, personal injury, whiplash, non surgical orthopedic care, motor vehicle accident, joint injection, spinal cord injury, nerve injury, traumatic brain, concussion, traumatic brain
It's my job to give you an honest, objective opinion. I conduct personal injury & medical malpractice case reviews for plaintiff & defense Attorneys. I provide fast communication and a timely report turnaround. I am a double board-certified physician in active practice.
I have experience in reviewing merit for medical malpractice cases and undergoing depositions. I specialize in reviewing cases to establish causation of injuries, determine future medical care, appropriateness and breach of care, and draft disclosure statements and medical necessity determinations.
My medical areas of expertise encompass a wide range of conditions and treatments, including: epidural steroid injections, facet joint injections, peripheral nerve injury, spinal cord stimulation (SCS), spinal injury, whiplash, disability, neck and back pain, motor vehicle accidents, nerve blocks, radiculopathy, neuropathy, radiofrequency ablations, spondylosis, spinal stenosis, chronic pain, non-surgical orthopedic car...
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Rosalind J Boyer-Cole
Acute care, Critical care, Anesthesiology Expert
Legal Nurse Consultant
Washington
Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
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Emergency, Labor and Delivery, Pain, Standard of Care, Endoscopy, Trauma, Cesearean, General, Airway, Intensive care, Acute Care, Epidural, Regional, Chronic, Outpatient, Obstetrics, Spinal, Medical Malpractice, Cardiac, Pharmacology
BIO: Rosalind Boyer-Cole
The Pacific Northwest is considered home for Rosalind Boyer-Cole, DNP, RN, NE-C, and I graduated with my Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Portland. My clinical specialties include Critical Care, Trauma, and Emergency services. Following my professional experience in Critical Care, I obtained my Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia at St Joseph’s University and completed my training in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My passion for being a successful clinician and my special interest in Public and Community Health, as well as serving diverse and indigenous populations, have led me to multiple volunteer experiences in anesthesia and Public Health in Latin America, Europe, and African countries, where I have worked alongside students and other healthcare professionals. I am currently the founder of Legal Nurse Advocate Consultants, LLC, https://legalnurseadvocate.com/, which was established to collaborate with attorneys and provide clarity t...