Gun Shot Wounds Expert Witnesses

Las Vegas, Nevada

Trauma Surgery, Critical Care Surgery - General Surgery, Chronic ventilator dependence, Traumatic Brain Injury, Enterocutaneous fistula, Rib fractures, Feeding tube complications, Amputations, Wound care, Spinal Cord Injury, Gun shot wounds, Knife stab wounds, Motorcycle collisions, Motor vehicle collisions, Postoperative hemorrhage

Dr. Jared Griffard is a double board-certified general surgeon and surgical critical care intensivist who is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. With extensive fellowship training in both Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery from the Yale School of Medicine, he has expertise in the management of complex trauma, emergency general surgery, and intensive care. Dr. Griffard is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, an active member of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST), and an active member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST), where he contributes to the Palliative Care committee. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Griffard is a leader in medical education, currently serving as the Associate Program Director for the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship year at UNLV. His experience as a Course Director and Instructor for Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Fundamentals of C...

Media, Pennsylvania

Trauma Surgery, Critical Care Surgery - Motor Vehicle Crash, Damage Control Surgery, Hollow Viscus Injury, Geriatric Trauma, Gun shot wounds, Traumatic Brain Injury, Rib Fractures, Septic Shock, Stab Wounds, Spinal Cord Injury, Chest Wall Stabilization, Neurogenic Shock, Acute Respiratory Failure, Solid Organ Injury, Ventilator Management

Dr. Alexander Axelrad, MD,FACS,FCCM, has been a Trauma/Critical Care surgeon for many years. For approximately twenty years , he has been a Trauma Medical Director. While born in Brooklyn, New York, he was raised and grew up on a poultry farm in central New Jersey. After graduating from Cook College,Rutgers University with a BS degree, he then pursued and received his Master’s Degree at Fairleigh Dickinson University in biology. Afterwards, he completed his medical schooling south of the border at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico. Dr. Axelrad then completed his five years of general surgery residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. In 1991, he was accepted and completed a two year fellowship at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Surgical Critical Care and Trauma Surgery. While in Miami, he was extremely fortunate to have trained under the auspices of Dr.’s Robert Zeppa and Joseph Civetta, both considered giants in the field of t...

Mercer Island, Washington

Trauma Surgery, Burns - Failure to rescue, Intensive or critical care, Delayed diagnosis or missed injury, Emergency surgery and complications, Sepsis recognition and management delays, Post-operative or ICU complications, Trauma system, Complex causation, Pediatric injury, Transfer failures, Gun shot wounds, Shock, Falls, Road traffic incident

Barclay T. Stewart, MD, PhD, MSc, FACS is a board-certified trauma, burn, surgical critical care, and general surgeon practicing at Harborview Medical Center, the University of Washington’s Level I adult and pediatric trauma center and regional burn center. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Chief of Trauma and Burns, and Pediatric Trauma Medical Director, with an active clinical practice spanning trauma, emergency general surgery, burn care, surgical critical care and ECMO/ECLS across the emergency department, operating room, and intensive care unit. Dr. Stewart provides objective, evidence-based medical-legal consultation and expert witness services in cases involving acute surgical illness, traumatic injury, burns, and/or critical care. His expertise is particularly relevant in cases requiring detailed analysis of clinical decision-making over time, including failure to rescue, delayed or missed diagnosis, escalation of care, and complex causation in critically i...