Failure To Thrive Expert Witnesses

Alameda, California

Pediatrics, Child Abuse - Pediatrics, Newborn care, Adolescents, Child abuse, Child neglect, Custody, Nutrition, Growth charts, Failure to thrive, Neonatal jaundice, Asthma, Developmental delay, Telemedicine, Primary care, Urgent care, Vaccines, Routine check up, Plastibell circumcision, Standard of care, Autism

Dr. Lau is a board-certified pediatrician with over 10 years of clinical experience in outpatient general primary care pediatrics, inpatient newborn care, urgent care, and telemedicine. Her expertise includes care for children from birth through age 18 with a focus on growth and development, behavior, preventative care, vaccines, asthma, nutrition and formula guidance, developmental delays, and common pediatric medical conditions. Dr. Lau also has procedural experience in newborn plastibell circumcisions. In addition to clinical practice, Dr. Lau has experience in physician review and utilization management, including medical necessity determinations, level-of-care assessments, and application of evidence-based guidelines. She has served in consulting roles supporting healthcare organizations, contributing to clinical policy interpretation, quality review, and healthcare technology initiatives. Dr. Lau completed her medical training in California. She matriculated from UCSF Schoo...

Pasadena, California

Pediatrics, General Practice - Infants, Children, Teens, General Pediatrics, Primary Care, Outpatient, Newborns, Standard of Care, Evidence-Based Medicine, Development, Behavior, Failure to Thrive, Nutrition, Vaccines, child abuse, neglect, Allergies, Asthma, Obesity, Infections

Dr. Jennie W. Gary is board-certified in Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has 9 years of experience as a Pediatrician, and 4 years experience as an expert witness. She works at a busy outpatient community pediatrics clinic as a general pediatrician, where she sees thousands of patients annually. She also has experience precepting and teaching pediatric residents. She is well-versed in the practice of standard of care, evidence-based medicine according to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines.

Wheaton, Illinois

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition - Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Foreign body ingestions, Malnutrition, Failure to thrive, Pediatric Obesity, Cystic Fibrosis, Celiac disease, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Abdominal pain, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Short Bowel syndrome, Neonatal cholestasis, Refeeding Syndrome, Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, Hirschsprung's disease

. Award winning Triple Board certified physician- Pediatric Gastroenterology(2015), General Pediatrics(2012), Obesity Medicine(2024) . Certified as a Physician Nutrition Specialist (2017) . In active clinical practice in Pediatric gastroenterology in Chicagoland region (Endeavor Health, Loyola, UIC, Advocate) . Experienced Public Speaker Active State Medical Licenses: Illinois (2014) EDUCATION • Shri Parvatibai College, Goa, India (Transfer credit to BS degree) 2000-2001 • University of Missouri at Columbia, MO (Degree BS in Biological Sciences) 2001-2004 • University of Missouri at Columbia School of Medicine, MO (Degree MD) 2004-2008 • General Pediatric Residency 2008-2011 A I Dupont Hospital for Children, Wilmington,...

Flowood, Mississippi

Pediatric Gastroenterology - Abdominal Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, Liver, Reflux, Gastritis, Intestine, Abdominal Pain, Liver Disease, Colon, Failure to Thrive, Vomiting, Small Intestine, Constipation, Diarrhea

Glenmont, New York

Pediatric Gastroenterology - upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, capsule endoscopy, Crohn Disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, eosinophilic esophagitis, liver disease, hepatology, gallbladder disease, pancreatitis, motility disorders, constipation, diarrhea, food allergy, food intolerance, failure to thrive, nutrition

Dr. Qualia is a board certified pediatric gastroenterologist with 19 years of experience caring for children with a wide variety of gastrointestinal and nutritional disorders at Albany Medical Center in upstate New York, where he is Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine and Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology. He has over 10 years of experience as an expert medical witness, during which he's helped plaintiff and defense attorneys achieve the desired outcomes for their clients. Dr. Qualia reviews cases efficiently, provides objective opinions and communicates in a clear and concise manner. A native of New York, Dr. Qualia graduated magna cum laude from State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton with a BS in Biology. He earned his medical degree and completed his general pediatrics residency at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. Thereafter, he completed a three year pediatric gastroenterology fellowship training program at University of Rochester Medical Center in ...

Greensboro, North Carolina

Pediatrics, General Practice - Infants, Children, Adolescents, ADHD, Primary Care, Newborns, Standard of Care, Evidence-Based Medicine, Development, Behavior, Failure to Thrive, Nutrition, Vaccines, Sexual/child abuse, neglect, Allergies, Asthma, Obesity, Infections, Rashes

Dr. Carey C. Williams is board-certified in Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She works at a large suburban outpatient pediatrics clinic which serves 16,000+ patients from birth to 19 years of age. As a general pediatrician, she sees thousands of patients annually for acute and preventive care, and has experience with hospital care of the well newborn. She has served as lead physician for clinic- and community-based quality improvement initiatives, participates in regular CME activities, and practices evidence-based medicine according to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines. She also teaches and supervises medical students on a regular basis.

Heath, Texas

Internal Medicine, Geriatrics - CMS F-tag, Memory care, Elopement / wandering, Frailty / sarcopenia, MDS 3.0, Hospice & palliative care, Failure to thrive, dehydration, Long-term care, Nursing home falls, Malnutrition, Skilled nursing , Pressure injuries, Polypharmacy, Assisted living, Dementia, Standard of care, Geriatric Medicine, wound care, elopement

Steven R. Bray, MD is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician with more than 25 years of clinical experience, over 13 of them devoted exclusively to post-acute, long-term care, skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care, and hospice medicine. He earned his MD from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is a licensed physician in the State of Texas. Dr. Bray is an active clinician, not a retired or office-based expert. He currently provides direct care to more than 300 patients across skilled nursing, memory care, assisted living, and long-term care settings in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, and serves in multiple medical director and chief medical officer roles across skilled nursing facilities and hospice programs. This contemporaneous, front-line experience gives him current, real-world knowledge of the staffing models, regulatory environment, and clinical realit...

Sandy, Utah

Pediatrics - General Pediatrics, Child abuse, Child neglect, Standard of care, Failure to thrive, Outpatient, Urgent care, Primary care, Telemedicine, Behavior, Development, Evidence-based medicine, Nutrition, Vaccines, Infant, Children, Teens, Newborns

Dr. Monica Schwarz Josten is a Stanford-trained board-certified general pediatrician in active clinical practice. She works at a busy private practice clinic as a primary care physician, where she sees thousands of patients each year for routine well care, growth and development, vaccinations, urgent medical needs, and mental health and behavioral concerns. In addition, she also does newborn rounds at four hospitals in the Salt Lake Valley and is experienced in telemedicine. She participates in regular CME activities to ensure she is up to date with evidence-based recommendations and standard of care practices per the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines.

Silverdale, Washington

Pediatrics, Child Abuse - Second Opinions, Medical Misdiagnosis, Trial Consultation, Physical and Sexual Assault, NAT, Abusive Head Trauma, Unexplained Fractures, Subdural Hemorrhage, Shaken Baby Syndrome, Child Neglect, Failure to Thrive, Sepsis, Pediatric Death, Murder, Non Accidental Trauma, Dependency Cases, Criminal Defense, Fraud, Cardiac Arrest

I review cases for plaintiffs and defendants in dependency, civil, criminal, and military matters. I perform second opinion reviews in cases where child abuse or neglect are alleged. I have been reviewing cases since 2019. I have testified at trial successfully on a multitude of topics and medical conditions. I am board-certified in Pediatrics and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. I own and operate a private rural pediatric clinic x 25 years. I see thousands of patients annually. I have extensive experience with urgent and emergent care of children, including accidental trauma vs. abusive injury, cases of bruising, unexplained fractures or head injuries, sepsis, metabolic disorders and other rare conditions which may be misdiagnosed as child abuse by parents, schools, and state agencies. I teach and supervise medical students and residents regularly. I graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine; the school ranked #1 in primary care for the...