Hand Injury Expert Witnesses
Hand injury 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 hand injury. The hand injury expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Emergency Medicine, Hand Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine & Rehab, and Plastic Surgery.
Mort Rizvi, M.D.
Expedient Medicolegal Services
North Hollywood, California
Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery
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Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Facial Trauma, Hand Trauma, Scarring, Standard of Care, Fractures, Wound Care, Facial Injury, Hand Injury, Informed Consent, Personal Injury, Motor Vehicle Accident, Post Trauma Reconstructive Surgery, Skin Abrasions, Finger Injury, Microvascular Surgery, Adverse Reactions
Dr. Mort Rizvi is one of the leading plastic and cosmetic surgeons in the Greater Los Angeles area, but he is also known as one of Southern California’s most versatile surgeons of any type. Dr. Rizvi is board-certified both in plastic surgery and hand surgery. He is also a widely respected craniofacial, reconstructive, and cosmetic surgeon with an in-depth background in microsurgery.
His training began in medical school at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, where he had also completed his undergraduate work. After that, Dr. Rizvi completed his general surgery residency in 2003 at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He then went to Houston Methodist Hospital, where he finished his residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery in 2006. Later, Dr. Rizvi completed a fellowship in hand and microsurgery at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center (also referred to as CountyUSC). He completed his craniofacial and pediatric plastic surgery fellowship training at Children’s Hosp...
Fiona O Azubuike, MD
20+ Years Double Boarded Emerg Med & Pediatrics
Miami Beach, Florida
Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Resident run cases, Neonatology Newborn, Military Medical Experience, Pediatric Neurological Disorders, Mycardial Infarction, Stroke, Pediatric Fever, Head Trauma, Pulmonary Embolus, Trauma, Sepsis, Dialysis, Hand Injury, Cardiac Arrest, Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
I am double boarded in both Pediatrics since 2001 and Emergency Medicine since 2009. My career spans over 20 years to include instituting pediatric cardiac arrest protocols in a large academic center and its additional facilities to include teaching nursing, residents, & attendings. I have taught in both academic Peds to include neonatology, developmental peds, peds Type I DM, & adolescent medicine. I have practiced both peds and adult trauma & EM care in Afghanistan as an Army physician. I have practiced in both the large academic center as well as the community setting and still do. I have been involved in both peer reviews & depositions in both Peds & EM. I currently practicing both. I have a wealth of experience. I am looking forward to many new opportunities that in compasses the many areas of my expertise.
CV available upon request.
Harris Gellman, MD
Hand and Upper Extremity Expert - Adult and Ped
Broward Hand Center
Coral Springs, Florida
Hand Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery
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Hand and Upper Extremity, nerve injury, neuromuscular and spastic disorders, fractures, injuries to the upper extremity, Upper extremity trauma, hand and wrist injury, wrist fractures, hand pain, hand injury, Elbow injury, shoulder injury, congenital and pediatric, dislocations, fractures
License(s): FL, PA, AR, CA, UT
Years in Practice: 40
Experience:
30 years performing IMEs
250 IMEs performed
Deposed/Testified 100 times
Served as Professor of Hand and Orthopedic Surgery
Authored multiple book chapters, 2 books, and over 70 peer reviewed articles
IME Certification: AME, QME
Board Certified Orthopedic Surgery
Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery
Jennifer Miller, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehab Expert -Harvard Trained
Halfmoon, New York
Physical Medicine & Rehab
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Amputation, Paralysis, Accommodation, Hospital Disposition, Quadriplegia, Amputees, Stroke, Disability, Rehabilitation, Paraplegia, Cerebral Palsy, Hemiplegia, Shoulder injury, Knee Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Spasticity, Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Hand injury, Foot Injury, Polytrauma
I am a practicing Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician (Physiatrist), licensed in New York, and active medical educator developing medical school curricula.
I am an expert on optimizing mobility and function, especially pertaining to individuals with amputation or nervous system injury or disease. I have 10 years of clinical experience caring for patients with cerebral palsy, stroke, SCI, TBI, multiple sclerosis, and treating spasticity a common muscle symptom of these diagnoses. My spasticity treatment experience includes oral medications, botulinum toxin (Botox) injections, and facilitating surgical management. My physiatry expertise includes overuse and traumatic injuries of the shoulder, hand, knee, ankle and hip. I have expertise in the use and interpretation of musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound.
I completed of my residency at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital / Harvard Medical School in PM&R. While in training, I cared for survivors of the Boston Marathon Bombing ...