High Risk Pregnancy Expert Witnesses

Santa Monica , California

Midwife, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM), Birth Injury/Trauma, OB/GYN NP, Informed Consent, Women’s Health NP, HIE, OB Triage, Fetal Monitoring, Labor and Delivery, VBAC/TOLAC, High-Risk Pregnancy, Medical Record Review, Intrapartum Care, Maternal Morbidity, Obstetric Emergencies, Contraception, Shoulder Dystocia, Postpartum Hemorrhage

I am a Certified Nurse-Midwife and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner with more than 25 years of experience in obstetric, midwifery, nursing, and women’s health care across hospital, birth center, and outpatient settings. I have practiced the full scope of midwifery and obstetric care within large integrated health systems and academic medical centers, including Kaiser Permanente facilities throughout Southern California. My clinical expertise includes labor and delivery management, intrapartum risk assessment, fetal monitoring interpretation, obstetric triage, postpartum care, and collaborative management of complications with obstetricians. I have extensive experience working in high-volume labor and delivery units with standardized policies and procedures, including escalation of care, consultation, and transfer processes. My background also includes cesarean first assist, obstetric ultrasound, contraceptive procedures, lactation support, and perinatal loss care. Since 2012, I h...

Pleasanton, California

Obstetrics & Gynecology - High Risk Pregnancy, GYN, OB, Cesarean Section, Fetal Birth injury, Vacuum Delivery, VBAC, Hysteroscopy, Birth Trauma, Ectopic Pregnancy, Shoulder Dystocia, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Hysterectomy Complications, Fibroids, Laparoscopy, Infertility, Hormones, Endometriosis

The expert is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist with over two decades of experience in both private practice and hospital-based care. Since 2005, she has served patients in Pleasanton, California, with hospital privileges at Eden Medical Center, Alta Bates Medical Center, and Good Samaritan Hospital, while also providing labor and delivery coverage for Stanford University Medical Partners. She holds an active California medical license and is a current Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her educational background includes a medical degree from the University of California, Irvine, postgraduate training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Columbia University, and a fellowship in Women’s Health and Clinical Research at UCSF. She has also held attending positions at Alameda County Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente and contributed extensively as a locum tenens OB/GYN across several California hospitals. Her academic and humanitarian c...

Santa Monica, California

Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecology - High risk pregnancy, Shoulder dystocia, Cesarean section, Fetal Birth injury, Vacuum delivery, Postpartum, VBAC, Fetal distress, labor and delivery, Hemorrhage, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, birth trauma, laceration, fetal heart rate, fetal distress, IUGR, ectopic pregnancy, PAP smear, IUFD

I am an OB-Gyn with 25 years of experience. My education has been at top universities and institutions. I studied my undergraduate education at University of California at Berkeley and University of California at Los Angeles . I obtained my medical degree at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. I completed my internship and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. I work in Santa Monica California and have a busy solo practice. I have done over 5000 deliveries and am very experienced and knowledgeable. I see have seen thousands of obstetrical and gynecological patients with all conditions . I am extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of my specialty. My practice is half obstetrics and half gynecology. I have seen almost every possible problem one could encounter in my field. I am an expert at diagnosis and management and treatment of all general obstetric and gynecological conditions. I have done...

Carmel, California

Maternal & Fetal Medicine - obstetric ultrasound, fetal monitoring, fetal ultrasound and prenatal diagnosis, obstetric complications, medical complications in pregnancy, high risk pregnancy, fetal anomalies, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, placenta accreta spectrum, preeclampsia, Fetal growth abnormalities

Dr. Scarlett Karakash, MD, is a board-certified Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist with more than a decade of clinical experience caring for high-risk pregnancies. She completed both her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and her fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Montefiore Einstein in Bronx, New York. Following fellowship, Dr. Karakash joined Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, where she served as Director of Obstetrics of a busy high risk clinical service. During her tenure, she co-founded the Placenta Accreta Spectrum Program and established the fetal echocardiography program within the Perinatal Diagnostics Center. She later joined the faculty at Stanford School of Medicine, where she currently practices full time as a Clinical Associate Professor. Her clinical work includes prenatal diagnosis as well as inpatient and outpatient consultation for complex obstetric conditions. She is also actively involved in the education and mentorship of Stanford reside...

Florida

Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecology - High risk pregnancy, Shoulder dystocia, Cesarean section, Fetal Birth injury, Vacuum delivery, Postpartum, VBAC, Fetal distress, labor and delivery, Hemorrhage, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, birth trauma, laceration, fetal heart rate, fetal distress, IUGR, ectopic pregnancy, PAP smear, IUFD

I am an OB-Gyn with 25 years of experience. My education has been at top universities and institutions. I studied my undergraduate education at University of California at Berkeley and University of California at Los Angeles . I obtained my medical degree at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. I completed my internship and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. I work in Santa Monica California and have a busy solo practice. I have done over 5000 deliveries and am very experienced and knowledgeable. I see have seen thousands of obstetrical and gynecological patients with all conditions . I am extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of my specialty. My practice is half obstetrics and half gynecology. I have seen almost every possible problem one could encounter in my field. I am an expert at diagnosis and management and treatment of all general obstetric and gynecological conditions. I have done...

Tyrone, Georgia

Obstetrics & Gynecology, Midwife - Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM, Shoulder Dystocia, Induction Of Labor, Birth Injury, Obstetrics, Obstetrics Standard Of Care, Oxytocin/Pitocin Management, OB Triage/ OB ED, Labor Management, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Fetal Demise/ Stillbirth, Perinatal Safety, Electronic Fetal Monitoring, Midwifery Practice, High Risk Pregnancy

Karen Woods, MS, CNM, C-EFM is a practicing Certified Nurse Midwife with expertise in obstetrics, labor and delivery management, electronic fetal monitoring interpretation, obstetric triage, induction and augmentation of labor, oxytocin management, non-reassuring fetal heart rate patterns, Category II and Category III fetal heart rate tracings, shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, fetal demise evaluation, and obstetrical standards of care. Ms. Woods is the Director of Midwifery for a large, multi-site obstetric practice and oversees a team of Certified Nurse Midwives who provide care across multiple hospital settings. She maintains an active clinical practice providing both outpatient prenatal care and inpatient labor and delivery management, caring for patients throughout pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period. Her clinical experience includes labor management, obstetric triage decision-making, fetal monitoring interpretation, management of obstetric emergencies,...

Brewster, Massachusetts

Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hospitalist - Surgical/Device complications, Fetal Demise, Maternal Morbidity, Mortality, OB/GYN Laparoscopy, Labor, Delivery, Hospitalist, Birth Injury, VBAC, Cerebral Palsy, Sheehan’s syndrome, Cesarean, Hysterectomy, Ectopic, Pelvic Mass, High risk pregnancy, Peer Review, Post Partum Hemorrhage, Standard of Care

Highly experienced OBGYN in the Boston area. Available for consultation and expert witness services. 30+ years of total OBGYN practice. Successful professional experience in the navigation of complex OBGYN medicolegal cases. Accomplished in detailed deposition work and communication strategies. Have reported and testified on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, including governmental agencies and insurance companies. Deposition and trial testimony experience in both live and virtual settings. Course author, coach and mentor for MooreExperts, instructing and coaching OBGYN practitioners in the development of their medical skills as consultants and medical expert witnesses. Advocated for over 700 physicians regarding by meeting and working with President George Bush Jr on the “Keep Our Doctors in Nevada program”. Most recent position is that of a supervisory floor attending for the Harvard OBGYN Residency program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA. Specif...

New York, New York

Midwife, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Certified Nurse Midwife, Fetal Monitoring, Deviations in Midwifery Standards, Perinatal Care, VBAC/TOLAC, Antepartum Care, Labor and Delivery, Home Birth, Standards of Care, CNM, Intrapartum Care, Postpartum Care, Midwifery Standards of C, Obstetrics, Informed Consent, High-Risk Pregnancy, Medical Record Review, OB/GYN NP

Risa L. Klein, MSN, CNM, is a Certified Nurse Midwife with more than twenty years of clinical experience providing full-scope midwifery care in hospital-based, home birth, collaborative, academic, and consulting environments. Her background includes antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and gynecologic care, as well as extensive experience co-managing high-risk pregnancies in collaboration with obstetricians and maternal-fetal medicine specialists. Throughout her career, she has practiced within established midwifery and obstetric standards of care, emphasizing patient safety, clinical judgment, interdisciplinary communication, and evidence-based decision-making. In addition to hospital-based practice, Ms. Klein maintained a solo private practice midwifery model that included physician collaboration and co-management, providing comprehensive care while coordinating consultation, referral, and escalation of care when clinically indicated. Her clinical experience spans both routine and...

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB/GYN Board Certified, Fetal Heart Monitoring, Laparoscopy, Labor & Delivery, Ectopic Pregnancy, High Risk Pregnancy, Vacuum Delivery, Hysteroscopy, VBAC, Ablation

Dr. Duncan has over 28 years of experience as a board certified OB/GYN and has been on faculty at Duke University Health System for his entire career. He has been privileged to balance a busy generalist practice with a 50:50 mix of obstetrics/gynecology with management of Labor & Delivery at a teaching hospital, teaching resident physicians and students, and active participation in Hospital Leadership and Quality & Safety. He is experienced in co-management of patients with OB/GYN sub-specialists. He currently serves as Chief of Staff and Medical Director of Women's Services at Duke's local community hospital with ~400 beds, 2000 providers, 2500+deliveries/year. Dr. Duncan is the most experienced generalist OB/GYN expert witness on faculty. He has provided case reviews, written reports, deposition, and is available to travel for trial testimony. On both clinical and professional fronts, he is known for being personable and places an emphasis on establishing relationships. He provid...

Bellaire, Texas

Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecology - Obstetrics, Pre-Eclampsia, Obstetrical Care, Mammogram, Hypertension, High Risk Pregnancy, Post Partum Hemorrhage, Pap smears, Multiple Gestation, Fetal Demise, Labor and Delivery, Office OB/GYN, Hysteroscopy, Miscarriage, Uterine Rupture, C-section, IUD, Cervical dysplasia, Growth restriction, Fibroids

Dr. Moghazy is a board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist with extensive clinical experience in high-risk obstetrics, gynecologic surgery, and women’s health. She is in private practice at an academic hospital where she is also involved in teaching and mentoring resident physicians. Dr. Moghazy brings experience in evidence-based clinical practice, expert case review, and medical decision-making. She is licensed to practice medicine in Texas and has been recognized for her ability to provide clear, objective, and well-documented opinions. In addition to her clinical work, she has contributed to academic discussions on maternal-fetal health and maintains ongoing training in current standards of care and professional guidelines.

Fort Worth, Texas

Maternal & Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology - High Risk Pregnancy, Diabetes in Pregnancy, Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia), Medical Complications of Pregnancy, Stillbirth, Prenatal Diagnosis, Fetal Anomalies (Birth Defects), Postpartum Hemorrhage, Intrapartum Complications, Multi-Fetal Gestation

Stefanie Bryant, MD, FACOG is double board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal Fetal Medicine. She completed her MD at University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX and completed her residency and fellowship at University of TX Southwestern and Parkland Hospital in Dallas, TX. She then accepted a faculty position at the University of Oklahoma OU Health Science Center and OU Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK where she was an Assistant Professor with an active clinical practice in addition to integral involvement in teaching medical students, residents and fellows. Since moving back to Texas, her career has included busy private practice outpatient and inpatient care of high risk pregnancies and nationwide remote telehealth work via outpatient clinics, ultrasound interpretation and inpatient consultations. Her past experiences include clinical work in both busy academic and private practice settings, medical directorship of a high risk prenatal c...

Houston, Texas

Obstetrics & Gynecology - High Risk Pregnancy, Uterine fibroids, Abnormal uterine bleeding, Obstetrical Care, Contraception, Pap Smears, Pelvic Pain, Endometriosis, Menopausal Health

Vonne G. Jones MD is a Board Certified physician in Obstetrics/Gynecology with 13 years of experience as an attending physician in Houston, Texas. Since completing residency, she has served as Chair of the Department of Obstetrician/Gynecology, Member of the Medical Executive Committee at Memorial Hermann Northeast, and Infection Prevention Committee at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights. She values education and serves as a preceptor/mentor within the community by participating as a volunteer for Mock medical interviews at Rice University, a clinical rotation site for NP/PA students, speaking in the community on Women's Health, and providing guidance to students interested in applying to medical school. She is also the owner of Total Women’s care practice in the Heights, which provides high risk obstetric and gynecology to the Houston community, which includes deliveries, well women exams, contraception, abnormal uterine bleeding, surgical evaluation for pelvic pain, and surgical t...

Seattle, Washington

Obstetrics & Gynecology - Gynecologic emergencies, Obstetric emergencies, high-risk pregnancy, adverse fetal outcomes, gray zone liability, obstetric malpractice, maternal injury, labor and delivery complications, hospital systems liability, narrative case framing, maternal morbidity and mortality, pre-litigation case screening

Dr. Jodry is a Board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist and nationally recognized expert in hospital-based obstetric care, maternal-fetal emergencies, and health system leadership under both civilian and military conditions. She brings over a decade of clinical, academic, operational, and leadership experience to her role as an expert witness, with particular expertise in complex obstetric decision-making, maternal safety, informed consent, institutional response to complications, and high-acuity hospital care. Areas of Focus • Obstetric and gynecologic standard of care • Obstetric emergencies and hospital-based labor and delivery care • Maternal injury and adverse outcomes • Informed consent, disclosure, and patient engagement • Delay in diagnosis or escalation • Communication failures and documentation practices • Institutional response to complications and systems-level risk • Narrative integrity and juror perception of clinician and hospital conduct • High-acuity decision-maki...