Heart Failure Mismanagement Expert Witnesses
Heart failure mismanagement 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 heart failure mismanagement. The heart failure mismanagement expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Hospitalist and Internal Medicine.
Kanika M Sims, MD, MPH
Hospital Medicine Expert -Active Clinical Practice
Morehouse School of Medicine
Decatur, Georgia
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Failure to Diagnose, Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Hospital Medicine, Stroke Mismanagement, Patient Safety, Diagnostic Errors, Heart Failure Mismanagement, Electrolyte Imbalance, Code Blue Events, Medical Record Review, Medication Error, Delayed Diagnosis, Hospital-Acquired Infect, Sepsis Management
I am a board-certified Internal Medicine Physician practicing as a Hospitalist with extensive experience managing patients in a variety of hospital settings, ranging from 200-bed community hospitals to 900+ bed academic medical centers. I currently practice at Grady Memorial Hospital, the largest Level 1 Trauma Center in the Southeast. My clinical practice focuses on diagnosing and managing diverse and acute inpatient emergencies, including strokes, seizures, myocardial infarctions, sepsis, pancreatitis, bowel obstructions, pneumonia, syncope, and bacteremia.
Additionally, I frequently handle complex conditions such as acute heart failure, atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, hypertensive emergencies, gastrointestinal bleeding, diabetic ketoacidosis, acute kidney injury, and pulmonary embolism. My expertise extends to managing severe electrolyte abnormalities, liver failure, hepatic encephalopathy, delirium, acute mental status changes, sacral decubitus ulcers, and ...
