Inpatient Pediatrics Expert Witnesses

Loma Linda, California

Pediatrics, Hospitalist - Pediatric Hospitalist, outpatient general pediatrics, Newborn care, jaundice, kernicterus, Newborn resuscitation, Inpatient pediatrics, respiratory distress, viral infections, sepsis, pneumonia, obesity

Dr. Abu-Zahra has 8+ years of experience as a practicing pediatric hospitalist in the Inland Empire in both community and academic hospital settings. Dr. Abu-Zahra provides consultation for chart reviews, expert witness depositions, and testimony. Dr. Abu-Zahra is double board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) in general pediatrics and pediatric hospitalist medicine and is a fellow of the American Association of Pediatrics (FAAP). Dr. Abu-Zahra graduated from Boston University School of Medicine and completed his residency at University of Maryland in Baltimore. He works in an academic children's hospital and a community hospital with newborn nursery, inpatient pediatrics and ER consults. Furthermore, Dr. Abu-Zahra works full time as a hospitalist in a tertiary care academic center and half time as an outpatient pediatrician in a clinic affiliated with a family residency program. Dr. Abu-Zahra is the former chair of pediatrics at two of the community hospitals. H...

Washington, District Of Columbia

Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatrics - Pharmaceutical research, Meningitis, Inpatient Pediatrics, Seizure, Generic/Biosimilar, Asthma, Bronchiolitis, Viral infections, Hyperbilirubinemia, NICU, Neonatal Fever Evaluation, Intentional overdose, Respiratory Failure, Biologics, Kawasaki, Child Abuse, Pediatric Intermediate Care, Failure to Thrive, Medically complex patient, PICU

Dr. Wager is a Northwestern-trained, board-certified pediatrician and academic physician specializing in the care of acutely ill and medically complex hospitalized children. She practices pediatric hospital medicine at Inova L.J. Murphy Children's Hospital and previously served as an attending physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, both nationally recognized children's hospitals. In addition to her extensive experience in pediatric hospital medicine, she has years of attending-level experience caring for critically ill infants and children in neonatal and pediatric intensive care settings, providing expertise across the full spectrum of pediatric inpatient care. With a faculty appointment at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Dr. Wager is deeply committed to medical education and the advancement of evidence-based pediatric care. She holds a master's degree in chemistry and has authored multiple peer-reviewed scientific publications, experienc...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pediatrics, Hospitalist - Pediatric Hospitalist, Hospitalist Pediatrics, Inpatient Pediatrics, General Pediatrics, Pediatrics General, Pediatrician, consultative pediatrician

Board Certified Pediatric Hospitalist; Board certified Pediatrician; Pediatric Hospitalist for 28 years; Educator for Pediatric and Family Practice Residents; qualified to review Pediatric Emergency care; qualified to review Pediatric outpatient care.