Kawasaki Expert Witnesses

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...

Venice , Florida

Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatrics - Seizures, Hip Dysplasia, Newborn resuscitation, Bronchiolitis, Jaundice, Parental Rights, Child Abuse, Autism, Pediatric Hospitalist, Sepsis, Pneumonia, Dehydration, Munchausen by proxy, Fever, Kawasaki, Respiratory distress, Asthma, Pediatrician, Meningitis, Vaccines

I am an actively practicing pediatrician and pediatric hospitalist with 30 years of experience in caring for children. Top US medical school- Washington University in St. Louis educated and trained. Double board certified in both General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Experienced expert witness at both deposition and trial. Extensive teaching experience with medical students, interns and residents most recently as a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine. I also practice general pediatrics and care for children in outpatient clinics. Many of my colleagues shifted to either inpatient or outpatient clinical care when pediatric hospitalist programs were created. Since I have worked in both of these patient care settings, I have extensive expertise related to standards of care in each type of location as well as with the transitions that occur between hospital and home. I am willing to evaluate medical care for pediatric patients ages birth to approximately 20 years of ...

Falls Church, Virginia

Pediatric Hospitalist - Febrile Infant, Asthma, Bronchiolitis, Pediatric hospitalist, Pneumonia, Respiratory distress, Viral infections, Meningitis, Kawasaki, Hyperbilirubinemia, Newborn, Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics, Seizure, Medication overdose

Dr. Gupta is double Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatric Hospital Medicine and General Pediatrics and is licensed in Virginia and DC. She has over 8 years of clinical experience and completed an additional two-year fellowship training in Pediatric Hospital Medicine, which is not required to be a hospitalist. Dr. Gupta currently provides pediatric care at a large academic children’s hospital in Northern Virginia with large patient volumes and high acuity patients and also provides pediatric urgent care via telemedicine for Virginia and DC. Alongside her clinical duties, Dr. Gupta is a patient safety and quality reviewer. She regularly assesses adherence to standards of care, identifies delays in diagnosis and treatment, evaluates documentation quality, and reconstructs timelines for readmissions, morbidity and mortality cases, and peer reviews at her institution. Dr. Gupta is an award winning educator who teaches medical students, residents, and fellow...