Neuromodulation Expert Witnesses

Manhattan Beach, California

Pain Management - Medicine, Psychiatry - Pain Management, Interventonal Pain, Minimally Invasive, Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Neuromodulation, Mood Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Pain Psychiatry, PTSD, ADHD, Insomnia, Arthritis, Ketamine

I am a Double Board-Certified Interventional Pain Management Physician and Psychiatrist and Founder of Mind and Brain Link and MindPain Relief Institute. I started his academic path by completing a 4 Year BSc. Honors Degree in Life Sciences at the prestigious Queen’s University in Canada. I then received his Medical Doctorate degree at one of the top medical schools in the United Kingdom, University of Birmingham in England. I then went on to complete his Psychiatry residency at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City. I then completed his Interventional Pain Medicine Fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College, and shortly after became double board certified in both pain medicine and psychiatry. After my training, I worked at Henry Ford Health System in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Perioperative Surgery, and was also on Faculty at Wayne State School of Medicine as Assistant Professor. I...

Santa Monica, California

Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Spinal Cord Stimulation, neuromodulation, targeted drug delivery (intrathecal pumps), precision spinal diagnostics and therapeutics, complications of spinal injections, elder abuse (pain), epidural injections, ketamine infusions, functional rehabilitation FRP, opioid prescribing, RSD

Joshua P Prager, MD, MS, is an internationally recognized expert in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and neuromodulation, specializing in the implantation of devices in the nervous system to control pain and spasticity, including spinal cord stimulation. He manages an active ketamine infusion program and coordinates a comprehensive interdisciplinary functional pain rehabilitation program. A Harvard and Stanford-trained physician, Dr. Prager holds four board certifications: internal medicine, anesthesiology, subspecialty pain medicine, and pain medicine. He has held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and at UCLA, where he served as director of the UCLA Pain Medicine Center. In the field of CRPS, Dr. Prager was elected to two consecutive two-year terms as chair of the CRPS group of the International Association for the Study of Pain, the largest organization of pain researchers and clinicians in the world. As chair he organized tw...

Granite Bay, California

Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - pain management, opioid, opioid epidemic, neuromodulation, spinal cord stimulation, musculoskeletal, oncology/cancer pain, palliative/hospice, acute pain, medication, joint, peripheral nerve stimulation, decompression, spine, abdominal and pelvic, pain implant, neuropathic or nerve, opioid use disorder, injury, back or neck

I am a medical expert in interventional and non-interventional pain management. I have 20 years of experience in outpatient and inpatient pain medicine including medication management, procedures, and surgeries including those for neuromodulation (spinal cord stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation) and minimally invasive spinal procedures. I am in active in clinical practice and treat the following major categories of pain: acute, chronic, spinal, joint, cancer, neuropathic, inflammatory, and musculoskeletal. I am double boarded in anesthesiology and pain medicine with a 10-year recertification achieved through the American Board of Anesthesiology. I am a professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at a renown academic health center in California but I also have experience in leadership at the national level, research in pain medicine, teaching at the School of Medicine, and managing aspects of clinical work for an academic health system. This has resulted in multiple ...

San Francisco, California

Intellectual Property, Medical Devices - Imaging, Patent, Ultrasound, Electronics, Transducer, ASIC, MEMS, FDA, Signal Processing, Neuromodulation, Regulatory, Integrated Circuit, Semiconductors, Biometric Security, Wearable Biometrics, Tomography, Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Wearable Medical Device, Product Liability

Award winning, Oxford Educated scientist whose areas of expertise include medical imaging, electronics, semiconductors, medical devices, sensors, MEMS, signal processing and image processing. - 5 trial testimonies and 15 depositions. - Litigation experience includes district court, ITC and PTAB matters. - Extensive Intellectual Property experience including patent development, analysis, licensing, and litigation. - Serial inventor holding 27 U.S. Patents with 20 applications pending. - Diverse industry experience including multi-nationals such as GE, Medtronic, Fujifilm, Samsung and Siemens as well as several start-ups. - Well published. - Winner of grants from National Institute of Health and DARPA. - Extensive international consulting experience. - IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) Senior Member since 2004. - Three years’ experience teaching electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois. Holds BA and MA in Physics from...

Washington, District Of Columbia

Pain Management - Medicine, Independent Medical Examinations - Chronic Pain, Epidural Injection, Meningitis, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Neuromodulation, Nerve Pain, Opioid - Abuse, Addiction, Overdose, Prescribing, Methadone, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Causalgia, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, Post-laminectomy, Failed Back, Workers Compensation

Alexander Kiefer, MD, D.ABA is a Harvard-trained, double board-certified, actively-practicing physician specializing in Interventional Chronic Pain Medicine. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and is the Director of the Chronic Pain Rotation for Georgetown University's Anesthesiology Residency Program. He is a clinician with extensive experience caring for patients suffering from all chronic pain diagnoses. He maintains busy practices in Washington, DC and Maryland. He attended medical school at Weill Cornell Medical College and completed his residency training in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care at Georgetown University. He completed fellowship training in Chronic Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kiefer is an active member of the medical staff of Georgetown University Hospital. He has a special interest in research, medical edu...

Maitland, Florida

Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Neurological Surgery - Pediatric neurosurgery, Epilepsy, Neurological surgery, Trauma, Congenital pediatric neurological disorders, Craniofacial anomalies, Hydrocephalus, Functional surgery, Movement disorders, Brain tumors, Spinal cord tumors, Surgery, Craniotomy, Neurosurgery, Neuromodulation

I am a Canadian and US board-certified pediatric neurosurgeon with many years of experience working in a thriving general neurosurgical practice. Additionally, I have specific expertise in epilepsy surgery, working as a functional neurosurgeon in a busy Level IV epilepsy center. I held various leadership roles within the hospital and as the principal investigator of numerous single and multi-center clinical trials. I am considered a nationally renowned expert in pediatric neurosurgery. I am a member of the AANS, CNS, AES, and ACS. Additionally, I am very active in academic neurosurgery and have written over 60 peer-reviewed publications, given over 40 national and international presentations (frequently as keynote speaker), won numerous awards for my academic research, and served on multiple boards and leadership panels within academic neurosurgery. I combine a thorough understanding of neurosurgery with an analytical mind and evaluate cases meticulously. I have served as a medico...

Carmel, Indiana

Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Causation, Breach of Standard of Care, Plaintiff & Defense Depositions, Chronic Pain, CRPS, Neuromodulation, Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), DRG Stimulation, Interventional Spine, Disability, Procedure Complications, IME, Record Review, Slip & Fall, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workplace Injuries

Trusted by attorneys nationwide for expert witness services in personal injury, medical malpractice, causation, and breach of standard of care, Dr. Derron K. Wilson, MD, FIPP is a board-certified, fellowship-trained interventional pain physician with over 20 years of active clinical practice. He specializes in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), neuromodulation (Spinal Cord Stimulation, Dorsal Root Ganglion therapy, intrathecal pumps), and interventional spine procedures. Dr. Wilson provides expert reports, depositions, and trial testimony for both plaintiff and defense, with a reputation for delivering clear, evidence-based opinions in high-stakes litigation. Expert Witness Services: Causation & Breach of Standard of Care Analysis Deposition & Trial Testimony (Plaintiff & Defense) Independent Medical Exams (IME) & Medical Record Review Narrative Expert Reports & Rebuttals Medical Necessity & Utilization Review Chronic Pain, CRPS & Disability Evaluations Spine Procedure & Devi...

Cleveland, Ohio

Pain Management - Medicine - Pain management, pain medicine, spinal cord stimulation, epidural steroid injection, personal injury, interventional pain medicine, neuromodulation, ablation, rfa, injection, pain, chronic pain

Double-board certified interventional pain physician with experience in acute and chronic pain as well as personal injury. Licensed in Illinois and Ohio. Teaches anesthesiology to residents at the University of Chicago and pain medicine to fellows at University Hospitals Cleveland. Current Chair of IMANA Student-Resident Committee. Consultant for Guidepoint and SPR Therapeutics. Reviewer for Frontiers in Pain Research. Special training in advanced procedures including: -Basivertebral nerve ablation -Spinal cord stimulation -Peripheral nerve stimulation -Dorsal root ganglion stimulation -Vertebroplasty / kyphoplasty / Spinejack -MILD -Posterior sacroiliac joint fusion -Bone tumor ablation

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Behavioral and Social Sciences, Hospital Administration - Hospital Operations, Pediatrics, Hospital Executive, Rural healthcare, Womens Healthcare OB/GYN, Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders, Inpatient Psychiatric Units, Behavioral Health Hospital, Behavioral Health Crisis, Neuromodulation, ECT/TMS, Medication Assisted Therapy, Psychotherapy, Telepsychiatry, New construction/design

Doctorally prepared healthcare executive with a proven track record of success in hospital operations across a variety of settings and specialities. Previous roles include Senior Vice President, Hospital President, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer. Expertise in behavioral health (mental health and substance use disorders) to include inpatient psychiatry (adults, children and adolescents), residential drug and alcohol, emergency department care, behavioral health urgent care, crisis care, partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient programs, individual counseling, psychotherapy, medication assisted therapy, acute care hospital consult liaison program, neuromodulation services and telepsychiatry services. Also experienced in women, infant and children's operations, rural healthcare hospital operations, and new healthcare building designs.

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec

Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering - Medical device failure, Neuromodulation, Power electronics, Design defect, Olympus, FDA compliance, Electronics failure, Instrumentation, Failure forensics, Boston Scientific, Patent infringement, Biomedical patents, Regulatory analysis, Medical instrumentation, Implantable devices, Space electronics, Product recalls, Device safety

Eric A. Bharucha is a multidisciplinary systems engineer with 25+ years solving complex technical challenges across biomedical, aerospace, and industrial sectors. Currently completing PhD in Electrical Engineering (ABD) with expertise spanning electronics, biology, physics, and systems integration. TECHNICAL EXPERTISE: - Medical device design, safety, and regulatory compliance (FDA/CE) - Neuromodulation systems and implantable devices (Boston Scientific, St. Jude) - Electronic system failure analysis and forensic investigation - Silicon photonics and advanced sensor systems - Aerospace electronics and environmental testing - Manufacturing quality control and process analysis - Patent analysis and intellectual property disputes COMMERCIAL EXPERIENCE: - Led design teams for commercial medical devices (Olympus, Boston Scientific) - Developed products from research prototype to manufacturing transfer - Resolved critical failures saving clients $75M+ in offshore robotics - Expert in re...