Medical Decision Making Expert Witnesses

San Diego, California

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - Posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD, Trauma, Fire, Wildfires, Adult & child, Independent medical exam IME, FDIA / Munchausen, Pediatric psychiatry, Case merit review, Natural disasters, Malpractice, Psychedelic therapy, Ketamine, Suicide, Competency, Testamentary capacity, Undue influence, Will contests, Medical decision making

Double-board-certified psychiatrist – adult and child. Active clinical practice. UC San Francisco psychiatry residency, #4-ranked nationally. UC San Diego faculty, teaching clinical and forensic psychiatry. Published author in peer-reviewed medical journals. Medical Board of California–appointed Malpractice Expert Reviewer. Appointed to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Committee on Disaster and Trauma. Experienced expert witness, retained in 40+ state and federal cases.

New Jersey

Emergency Medicine, Medical Management - Quality of care, Patient Safety, Risk Management, Internal Medicine, Peer Review, Emergency Medicine, Accidents, EMTALA, Standard of Care, Malpractice, Medical decision making, Liability, Sentinel Events, Regulatory Compliance, Clinical governance, Patient safety protocol, Medical necessity, Informed consent, Negligence, Compliance

Dr. Ruzek s a board-certified emergency physician and experienced medical expert witness with extensive leadership experience in healthcare quality, patient safety, and clinical operations. He currently serves as Chief Quality Officer for a regional health system in North Carolina, where he oversees enterprise-wide quality improvement initiatives, regulatory compliance, peer review, risk reduction, and patient safety strategy. In addition to active clinical practice in emergency medicine, Dr. Ruzek has provided medical-legal consulting and expert witness services involving emergency care, standard of care, patient safety, clinical documentation, causation analysis, systems-based failures, and quality-related healthcare litigation. His unique combination of frontline clinical experience and executive healthcare leadership provides attorneys with both detailed clinical insight and a broader systems-level understanding of healthcare delivery and medical decision-making. Dr. Ruzek is ...

New York, New York

Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide Prevention, Psychiatric Malpractice, Law and Psychiatry, Criminal Mitigation, Medical Decision Making, Hospital Practice, Statistics and Causal Analysis, Grief and Mourning, Pediatric Psychiatry, Family Loss, Neuropsychiatry, Behavioral Economics/Game Theory

Dr. Amsel serves as an expert witness in matters related to psychiatry, with a focus on Malpractice, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Suicide, Grief, Medical Decision Making, Hospital Psychiatric Care, and appropriate Evidence-based Standards of Care. Excellent references from multiple law firms are available on request. Dr. Amsel's expertise in dealing with the interface of legal and psychiatric issues is based on 28 years of experience in clinical practice, academic psychiatry, research, and public health, as well as his experience as an expert witness. Dr. Amsel studied mathematics at Columbia University before entering Yale University School of Medicine. After completing residency training he joined the Columbia faculty completing two prestigious National Institute of Mental Health research fellowships and obtained an Masters in Public Health (MPH) specializing in mental health statistics, and Child Psychiatry Research. As an expert on the effects of traumatic experiences...

Fayetteville , North Carolina

Emergency Medicine, Medical Management - Quality of care, Patient Safety, Risk Management, Internal Medicine, Peer Review, Emergency Medicine, Accidents, EMTALA, Standard of Care, Malpractice, Medical decision making, Liability, Sentinel Events, Regulatory Compliance, Clinical governance, Patient safety protocol, Medical necessity, Informed consent, Negligence, Compliance

Dr. Ruzek s a board-certified emergency physician and experienced medical expert witness with extensive leadership experience in healthcare quality, patient safety, and clinical operations. He currently serves as Chief Quality Officer for a regional health system in North Carolina, where he oversees enterprise-wide quality improvement initiatives, regulatory compliance, peer review, risk reduction, and patient safety strategy. In addition to active clinical practice in emergency medicine, Dr. Ruzek has provided medical-legal consulting and expert witness services involving emergency care, standard of care, patient safety, clinical documentation, causation analysis, systems-based failures, and quality-related healthcare litigation. His unique combination of frontline clinical experience and executive healthcare leadership provides attorneys with both detailed clinical insight and a broader systems-level understanding of healthcare delivery and medical decision-making. Dr. Ruzek is ...

Winston Salem, North Carolina

Urgent Care Medicine, Medical Coding - Occupational Medicine, Physician Associate, Standard of Care, Medical Record Review, E/M Coding, CPT Coding, ICD-10, Medical Decision Making, Workers Compensation, Workplace Injury, Failure to Diagnose, Missed Diagnosis, Documentation Deficiency, Chart Review, Coding Compliance, Clinical Documentation Improvement

Brad Laymon, PA-C, CPC, CEMC is a Physician Associate with 27 years of continuous urgent care clinical experience and dual certification in medical coding — Certified Professional Coder (CPC) and Certified Evaluation and Management Coder (CEMC), both held for approximately 12 years. He remains actively practicing in urgent care and brings both current clinical perspective and deep coding expertise to every case engagement. Mr. Laymon's clinical experience spans the full scope of urgent care and occupational medicine, including the evaluation and treatment of workplace injuries, return to work determinations, workers compensation cases, musculoskeletal trauma, lacerations and wound care, respiratory illness, chest pain evaluation, fracture management, soft tissue injuries, and acute diagnostic workups involving missed or delayed diagnoses. He has assessed and treated thousands of occupational medicine cases in the urgent care setting and is thoroughly familiar with the documentation...

Center Valley, Pennsylvania

Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine - Asthma, COPD, Respiratory Failure, ARDS, Sepsis and Septic shock, Pulmonary embolism, Mechanical ventilation, Cardiac arrest, End of life, Medical decision making, Airway management, Pulmonary embolism, Interstitial lung disease, Severe infections, Pneumonia, Lung nodule, Lung masses, Lung cancer

Dr. Zirlinger brings over 12 years of clinical experience and board certifications in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine to his role as an expert witness. His comprehensive knowledge and ability to articulate complex medical concepts with clarity make him a reliable and authoritative voice in legal proceedings. With extensive experience managing diverse and challenging cases in acute and chronic care settings, Dr. Zirlinger provides objective, evidence-based assessments. He has earned numerous awards for excellence in medical education and serves as the Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialty Training, underscoring his commitment to maintaining the highest professional standards. Dr. Zirlinger is also bilingual in English and Spanish, allowing him to offer his expertise to a broader range of cases and clients. His professionalism, attention to detail, and proven ability to communicate effectively ensure precision and credibility in every ca...

Austin, Texas

Hospice and Palliative Care, Internal Medicine - End of life, Serious illness, Chronic illness, End-of-life decision making, Goals of care documentation, Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine, Hospice, Medical decision-making, Clinical decision-making, Advanced Directives, Advance Directives, General Inpatient Hospice, GIP Hospice, Complex symptom management, Surrogate decision

I have been practicing as a Board-certified Internal Medicine physician since 2001 and as a Board-Certified Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician since 2008. I practiced hospital-based palliative medicine in an urban teaching hospital prior to transitioning to work as a community-based hospice physician. I have worked as a Hospice Medical Director since 2020 and have been involved in multiple quality improvement projects and audits. I oversee multiple physicians and nurse practitioners and make hospice visits in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and private residences. I continue to participate in Maintenance of Certification for my primary and secondary board certifications. I am also board certified as a Hospice Medical Director by the Hospice Medical Director Certification Board. I am a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. I am also the site director for the Dell Medical School Hospice a...