Legionnaires Expert Witnesses

Clearwater Beach, Florida

Industrial Hygiene, Indoor Air Quality - Exposure, Legionnaires, Legionella, Occupational Disease, Environmental IPAC, COVID, Epidemiology, Mold, Asbestos, Carbon Monoxide, Chemical Product Liability, Respirators, Roundup, Pesticides, Construction Nosocomial, Hazard Assessment, Aerosol Transmission, Respiratory Infection, Retrospective Exposure / Dose Estimation

75+ Engagements since 2017 / Adjunct Professor Emeritus - Occupational & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Toronto / Member, American College of Epidemiology / Member, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology / Member, TLV Chemical Substances Committee - American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists / Certified Industrial Hygienist (American Board of Industrial Hygiene) / Registered Occupational Hygienist (Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists) / Licensed Pesticide Applicator / Licensed Asbestos Project Supervisor / Managing Principal, Chief Executive and Majority Shareholder - Largest Canadian HSE Services Firm (>150 staff) www.crosssafety.ca / Offices: Canada - Ottawa, Toronto, Markham, Windsor. USA - Lexington, Clearwater / Canadian Citizen / E-2 USA Treaty Investor Visa (USA Work Authorization) / Secret Level II Security Clearance - Government of Canada / Engaged by US DoJ / Assignments throughou...

Reno, Nevada

Infectious Diseases, Legal Medicine - Coronnavirus, COVID-19, Food Poisoning, E. coli, Salmonella, Norovirus, Campylobacter, Hepatitis, Listeria, Influenza, MRSA, Legionnaires, Forensic Epidemiology

40 years experience in infectious disease control including Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization, state epidemiologist for 2 states. Expertise - infectious diseases, foodborne illness, disease transmission, outbreak investigation, epidemiology. Board certified in pediatrics. 15 years experience as an expert witness. Retained in nearly 300 cases with more than 50 depositions and trials. Cases include Listeria from Cantaloupe; Salmonella from peanut butter, peanut paste, white pepper and chain restaurants; E. Coli from chain restaurants; Campylobacter from peas; Yersinia from pasteurized milk; occupational MRSA; Hepatitis C transmitted in medical settings, Legionnaire's Disease. Former member of the ACIP, the CDC committee that sets vaccination policy in the US. In depth knowledge of current COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak. Managed SARS and anthrax responses and bioterrorism planning for the State of Minnesota. Served as WHO consultant for 2009 influenza pa...