Nicu Expert Witnesses
Nicu expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on nicu. The nicu expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Hospital Administration, Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Speech-Language Pathology.
James R. Hocker, MD
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine
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NICU, Neonatology, prematurity, low birth weight, intrauterine growth restriction, birth trauma, birth injuries, birth defects, sepsis, hypoglycemia, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, bilirubin encephalopathy, newborn resuscitation
-Board certified neonatologist who has practiced for 29 years in both private and academic practices.
-Has worked in all levels of care from normal newborn nurseries to Level IV NICUs
-Experience as a Medical Director of a Level IV NICU for 18 years
-On faculty at University of Illinois College of Medicine for 28 years
-Has worked with Advanced Practice Nurses, Residents and medical students at the bedside and in the classroom
-Over 10 years of experience as Medical Expert Witness for both plaintiff and defense
-Multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals
Janet G Attard, RN IV, RNC-MNN, CLNC, MBA, 1L
The Legal Nurse Consultant Group
Danville , California
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology
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High Risk Obstetric Care in the areas of L&D, Antepartum, Triage, Post Partum, and NICU. Legal Nurse Consulting, Standard of Care, Scope of Practice, Chain of Command, Communication, Team Work, Collaboration, Risk Management, Quality Assurance, Performance Improvement, Administration Responsibility
Jan is recognized as a nationally-known Legal Nurse Expert with diverse expertise and 30 yr history as Maternal and Infant Nurse. Jan is a teacher mentor as 8th Edition NRP Mentor Instructor for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Jan has acted as VP Risk, Director Risk, Assistant Manager L&D, NICU, and Post Partum. Jan acts as Adjunct Professor for USF and Samuel Merritt University. Jan works full time as Registered Nurse in High Risk OB in L&D, NICU, and Post Partum. She is honored to act as an integral and collaborative member of the Litigation Team on behalf of Attorneys, Insurance Companies, and Hospital Groups. Jan works diligently for Attorneys, Health Care Organizations. and The California Board of Registered Nursing. Jan works as expert witness both for Plaintiff and Defense.
The Legal Nurse Consultant Group under the direction of Jan Attard provides comprehensive, timely, thorough opinion for Attorneys, Insurance Companies, Medical Groups in the evaluation of Nurse ...
James R. Hocker, MD
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine
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NICU, Neonatology, prematurity, low birth weight, intrauterine growth restriction, birth trauma, birth injuries, birth defects, sepsis, hypoglycemia, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, bilirubin encephalopathy, newborn resuscitation
-Board certified neonatologist who has practiced for 29 years in both private and academic practices.
-Has worked in all levels of care from normal newborn nurseries to Level IV NICUs
-Experience as a Medical Director of a Level IV NICU for 18 years
-On faculty at University of Illinois College of Medicine for 28 years
-Has worked with Advanced Practice Nurses, Residents and medical students at the bedside and in the classroom
-Over 10 years of experience as Medical Expert Witness for both plaintiff and defense
-Multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals
Marisa Palomino, BSN, CCRN, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW, C-NNIC
Neonatal Nurse Expert
Lake Worth, Florida
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine
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NICU, neonatal, neonatal intensive care, transition, fetal loss, prematurity, birth asphyxia, birth trauma, birth defects, congenital abnormalities, premature, premie, low birth weight, nursery, newborn, newborn nursery, full body cooling, baby, infant, central lines
• 17 years of Neonatal Intensive Care nursing experience
(including bedside nurse, clinical manager, and assistant nurse manager
positions) All experience in level III NICUs.
• Four advanced Neonatal Nursing certifications:
-Certification in Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (RNC-NIC)
-CCRN-Neonatal certification
-Certification in Extremely Low Birth Weight infants (C-ELBW)
-Certification in Neonatal Neuro-Intensive Care (C-NNIC)
• Extensive experience in providing direct patient to care to complex and
critically ill neonates, including: ELBW infants, LBW infants, post-delivery
stabilization, pre- and post-op surgical infants, full body cooling, EEG monitoring, exchange
transfusions, as well as, providing NRP resuscitation efforts to critically
unstable neonates
• Attends high-risk deliveries including post-delivery stabilization and
resuscitation o...
Nasim Gorji, DO, FAAP
Neonatologist - Harvard Medical Faculty Physician
Concord, Massachusetts
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine
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Neonatology, NICU, prematurity, newborn, low birth weight, poor growth, growth restriction, low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia), neonatal infection (sepsis), hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, cooling, newborn resuscitation, birth trauma, birth injuries, birth defects
Nasim Gorji, DO, FAAP is a board-certified neonatologist and Harvard Medical Faculty Physician with 10 years of experience in both large academic and community hospital neonatal intensive care units (NICU). She attends high risk deliveries, stabilizes these newborns in the delivery room, and cares for medically complex neonates for months after their birth. She also has extensive experience stabilizing critically ill neonates for transport to higher-level tertiary care hospitals. Dr. Gorji has served as an instructor of neonatal resuscitation and teaches medical providers how to care for neonates at birth. She is an educator with a long history of lecturing to fellows, residents, and medical students. She also served as Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and the interim associate program director in a neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship program in the Boston area.
Dustin D Flannery, DO, MSCE
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Pediatrics
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Neonatal infection, neonatal sepsis, group B strep, GBS, prematurity, premature, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, NICU, newborn, obstetrics
Dustin Daniel Flannery, DO, MSCE, is an attending neonatologist with more than 10 years of experience and double board certification in General Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. He practices in both level 3 and level 4 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), attends high-risk deliveries and provides complex perinatal consultations, and also attends in the well newborn nursery. He is also an accomplished and funded clinical researcher with more than 50 publications/abstracts/book chapters to date in the field of neonatal infectious diseases.
Dr. Flannery received a Bachelor of Science (BS) with Honors from Virginia Tech and a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. After completing a residency and chief residency in Pediatrics at Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children/Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, he completed a fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is also a...
Amy J Sloane, MD, MHS, FAAP
Nemours Children's Health at Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine
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neonatal, sepsis, NICU, newborn, infection, obstetrics, prematurity, premature, HIE, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis
Amy J Sloane, MD, MHS, FAAP is an Attending Neonatologist and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Nemours Children's Health at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She also serves as the Associate Program Director for the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship training program. Dr. Sloane is double board certified in General Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. She practices in both academic and community level 3 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), attends high-risk deliveries, provides complex perinatal consultations, and also attends in the well newborn nursery. Dr. Sloane earned her bachelor's degree in Public Health Studies from Johns Hopkins University, followed by a Masters of Health Sciences degree in Public Health (with a focus in Reproductive and Cancer Biology and a certificate in Maternal and Child Health) from the Johns Hopkins University School Bloomberg School of Public Health. She attended medical school at UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, then...
Jack D Owens, MD
Neonatology and NICU Management
ETSU
Johnson City, Tennessee
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Hospital Administration
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Health Systems, NICU, Quality Improvement, Physician Staffing, NEC, HIE, Neonatal Sepsis, Extreme Prematurity, PPHN, System Failure
25 years' experience as a neonatologist, 20 years' experience in NICU Quality Improvement, 12 years' experience as NICU Medical Director, 3 years' experience as a health system Chief Quality Officer, 2 years' experience in expert witness consulting. AAPL Certified Physician Executive. Completed IHI CQO School.
Marcelo Rains, MD
Neonatologist
Ooltewah, Tennessee
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine
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Neonatology, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, hypoglycemia, perinatal medicine, low birth weight, sepsis, newborn resuscitation, congenital malformations, bilirubin encephalopathy, birth defects, intrauterine growth restriction, prematurity, birth trauma, NEC, NICU
Staff Neonatologist (Level IV NICU) Children's Hospital at Erlanger (5 years)
Clinical Affiliated Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee College of Medicine (5 years) Medical Director of Neonatal Resident & Medical Student Education, Children's Hospital at Erlanger (4 years)
TN Tiny Baby Bundle for Neuro Protection, State Co-Leader (TIPQC)
Erlanger Optimal Cord Clamping Pilot Site, Principal Investigator (TIPQC)
Tennessee’s Tiniest Babies (TTB) Advisor (TIPQC)
Optimal Cord Clamping Advisor (TIPQC)
Fellowship in Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency in Pediatrics, Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital
Doctor of Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Bachelor of Science, Southwestern Adventist University
Board Certified in Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Aug 2020-present
Board Certified in American Board of Pediatrics, Nov 2015-present
Medical license in TN & OH
Awards include: Best Poster in Joint Project Category for ...
CASEY LEWIS MS, CCC-SLP, CNT, CLC, NTMTC
EXPERT SWALLOWING SPECIALIST ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
TEXSCOPE LLC
KAUFMAN, Texas
Speech-Language Pathology
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SWALLOWING, SWALLOWING DISORDERS, INFANT, NICU, ICU, ASPIRATION, VOCAL FOLDS, SWALLOW STUDY, FEES, HYPOXIA, ANOXIA, CHOKE, STROKE, INTUBATION, DYSPHAGIA, ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA, ASPHYIXATION, MOTHER/BABY, BREASTFEEDING, BOTTLE FEEDING
Casey Lewis is a medical Speech-Language Pathologist, Certified Neonatal Therapist, Certified Lactation Counselor, & Endoscopist. She owns and operates TexScope LLC, a Texas based mobile swallowing diagnostic company that specializes in Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing. TexScope partners with critical access hospitals, acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities and private practices, serving as their swallowing diagnostic expert.
She is a respected expert in the field of Speech-Language Pathology and specializes in swallowing disorders across the lifespan. She is an active expert witness and is a sought-out speaker and educator both in the US and across the world. She is the creator of NICU Oral Feeding Algorithm, which aids medical teams in clinically navigating oral feeding decision-making within the NICU space. Casey has been an invited speaker at 14 universities across the USA, and has presented research at the local level,...