Medical Records Expert Witnesses

Los Angeles, California

Pharmacist, Health Informatics - Patient Safety, Pharmacy Management, e-medication, e-prescribing, Health IT, health informatics, EHR systems, EHR audits, REMS, Drug Safety, Medication Errors, Root Cause Analysis, False Claims, HIPAA, Medical Records, Health Care Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacovigilance

Dr. Ajit Dhavle is the Vice President of Health IT Audits and Life Science at Quandary Peak Research, where he oversees a team of health informatics experts to provide Strategy, Management, Product Management, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Patient Safety, Compliance, and Engineering Consulting and Audit services to both Government and Commercial entities. Previously, Ajit founded Adviva Health, Inc a SaaS prescription medication history reconciliation and analytics platform designed to streamline the medication experience for EHR users. Ajit joined Surescripts in its early years and helped replace the paper prescription and start the first National E-prescribing network. At Surescripts, he last served as the Vice President of Clinical Quality and was responsible for corporate clinical quality, patient safety, and quality research initiatives. While at Surescripts, he also built and ran the first-of-its kind enterprise-wide clinical quality program – a critical component ...

San Francisco, California

Plastic Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery - Breast Surgery, Breast Implants, Facial cosmetic surgery, Breast implant revision, Liposuction, Medical Records, Difficult wounds

Highly credentialed double board-certified general surgeon and plastic surgeon distinctly experienced and available for medical or malpractice consulting. Uniquely qualified history includes diverse experience with medical malpractice consulting, very efficient and detailed medical record review, medical exam, IME's, courtroom testimony and timely detailed reporting. Faculty teaching positions at The Johns Hopkins, University of Southern California and now currently UC San Francisco. Additionally, a member of medical society ethics committees, case review medical consultant to Blue Cross of Maryland, extensive experience and training in trauma, and, importantly, enviable malpractice history of never had a lawsuit settled or paid, one lawsuit dismissed quickly as frivolous. Never a patient catastrophe. Volunteer on medical missions and the San Francisco Free Clinic. Active in MOCPS program; Maintenance of Certification in Plastic Surgery. Current consultant for major malpractice carr...

San Diego, California

Nurse Practitioner, Nurse - Cardiology, Cardiovascular, Nursing, Nursing Malpractice, General Nursing Practices, Emergency Nursing, ANP, NP, RN, ARNP, CRNP, Standard of Care, Wrongful Death, LNC, Legal Nurse Consultant, Medical Record Review, Medical Records, Personal Injury

Christina Sanders is a board certified Nurse Practitioner with bachelors and masters degrees from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She serves as a nurse practitioner expert witness for both plaintiff and defense cases. During nursing school, Ms. Sanders received multiple awards for clinical expertise and academic excellence. She is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an adult nurse practitioner. She also received a bachelor’s degree in government with a concentration in public policy from the University of Notre Dame before starting nursing school. In 2003, she enrolled at the Vickie Milazzo Institute and completed the course work and examination to become a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant. Christina Sanders has been a registered nurse since 1998 and nurse practitioner since 2000. She started her nursing career in the emergency department at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After completing her Masters in 2000, she began practicing as an adult nurse practiti...

Kailua, Hawaii

Emergency Medicine, Health Informatics - Emergency Medicine, Health Informatics, Clinical Informatics, Medical Records, Electronic Health Records, EHR, EMR, Alert Fatigue, Clinical Documentation, Quality Improvement

Dr. Baker is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Clinical Informatics. Clinical practice includes more than 30 years of emergency medicine. He was in the first group of physicians to become board certified in clinical informatics. He is on faculty at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and teaches a graduate level course in Health Informatics. He Is the Medical Informatics Director at his primary hospital and a past Chief-of-Staff. He coordinates the emergency department informatics committee for a four-hospital system and assisted with the Epic implementation for all four hospitals. He is licensed in Hawaii and California. He trained at Harbor - UCLA Medical Center and worked in California prior to moving to Hawaii. He has recent informatics training through Oregon Health and Science University.

White Lake, Michigan

Health Informatics, Nurse - EHR, Medical Record, Health Record, EMR, Health Information Technology, Assisted Living, Non-Skilled Home Care, Legal Nurse, Senior Care, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Malpractice, Hospitals, Healthcare, Nursing, Record Review, Standards of Care, Investigation, Analysis, Evaluation

I am a Registered Nurse with over 18 years of healthcare informatics/technology (2006) & over 25 years of healthcare experience (1999). I held healthcare roles as a bedside RN, in clinical management, as an electronic health record (EHR) analyst & project manager, and in executive-level positions within the health information technology profession. I have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Health Informatics. I am extremely versed in overall healthcare and can look at cases with various healthcare lenses because of my strong, diverse background. As a leader, I was asked to review multiple cases to assist with standards of care, defendant identification, EHR standards, documentation, and much more. I have reviewed multiple cases related to clinical standards of care, screening for merit, defendant identification, locating experts, organization & summarization of the medical record, and relevant document recommendations. I have also reviewed over 40 cases rela...

Durham, North Carolina

Hospitalist, Information Technology - Internal Medicine, Informatics, EHR, EMR, electronic medical records, electronic health records, patient portals, medical records, IT, board certified, Medical Director, Internist, negligence, injury, damages, causation, malpractice, quality of care, medication error, professor

Experienced expert witness for dozens of hospital medicine cases for over 12 years. Hands on experience for over 10 years as a hospitalist and medical faculty at Duke University Health System. Served as director of 30+ FTE academic and clinical hospital medicine program in Connecticut for over three years. Excellent communication skills from teaching Duke physicians and giving academic presentations and lectures. Duke University, University of Connecticut, and Tufts University educated physician board certified in both internal medicine (hospital medicine focused) and clinical informatics. Awarded Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Clark University. Recipient of Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine designation from the Society of Hospital Medicine and Scholars Award from Duke University. Received training from SEAK in expert witness testimony. Over 5 years of medical informatics experience as Associate Medical Informatics Officer at Duke Regional Hospital and Informatics Physic...