Medical Marijuana Expert Witnesses

Potomac, Maryland

Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Interventional, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulator, SCS, DRG, PNS, Pain Pump, Epidural, Radiofrequency, Interspinous Spacers, PRP, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Nerve Injury, Post-Operative Pain, Work Injury, Opioids, Procedure Complications, Medical Marijuana, Causation

Dr. Jacobs is board certified in Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Occupational Medicine. He served over 20 years as a Navy physician, including roles as director of Pain Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and specialty consultant to the Navy Surgeon General and White House. He now practices as an Interventional Pain Management physician and is an associate professor of anesthesiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Jacobs has served on the guidelines committee of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, published numerous articles, and lectured at national conferences. Dr. Jacobs has an active clinical practice, including the management of complex chronic pain conditions, such as failed back surgery syndrome (post-laminectomy syndrome), complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), post-surgical pain (e.g hernia, joint replacement, nerve injury), and chronic joint, neck, and back pain. He performs advance...

White Plains, New York

Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine - drug test interpretation, truck driver medical exam, former Olympic & NCAA Drug Test Crew Chief, primary care internal medicine, medical marijuana, MRO for over 400 000 drug tests, cannabis impairment and psychosis, motor vehicle crashes, firefighter physicals, Certified in Cannabis Medicine

Graduate of Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College and an actively practicing physician, I have over 30 years’ experience in both Internal and Occupational Medicine. After practicing at New York Medical College, I opened a solo practice of Internal Medicine in 1997. After serving as a Drug Testing Crew Chief for the National Collegiate Athletic Association and an Olympic Doping Control Medical Officer, I co-founded Partners In Safety Occupational Medicine in 1993 to provide drug tests and physicals for employers. Our emphasis is on drug testing (both DOT and non-DOT) and the physical qualifications of commercial drivers, firefighters and law enforcement officers. ---Expert in interpretation of drug test results: As a Medical Review Officer (MRO), I have reviewed results of hundreds of thousands of drug tests. An MRO is a licensed medical doctor who is responsible for receiving and reviewing labo...

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Toxicology - THC DUI/DWI, Marijuana DUI/DWI, Methamphetamine Testing, Forensic Toxicology, Cannabis, Medical Marijuana, Hemp Testing, Blood Alcohol Testing, CBD Tests, Cannabinoid Pharmacokinetics, Alcohol Hair Testing, THC Blood Testing, THC Drug Testing, Blood Cannabinoids, THC Impairment, Marijuana Impairment

Dr. Gedde brings authoritative clarity to interpretation of blood cannabinoids and other drugs in criminal and civil THC DUI/DWI cases, providing data-driven interpretation of blood levels based on recognized sources in testimony and in written reports. She helps defense attorneys use medical pharmacology and toxicology findings to prepare to cross-examine witnesses who testify regarding interpretation of THC blood tests. In addition to the MD degree, Dr. Gedde holds a PhD in Chemistry and is Board Certified in Clinical Pathology, the medical specialty that includes toxicology. As a medical toxicology expert witness, Dr. Gedde’s background also includes post-doctoral research into the molecular biology of bacterial pathogenesis at the University of California at Berkeley and five years in the pharmaceutical industry as a clinical microbiology director and consultant. She has been in clinical practice continuously since 2003. A prosecutor using a THC blood test to support THC DUI...