Opioid Prescribing Expert Witnesses

Scottsdale , Arizona

Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Wrongful Death, Catastrophic Injury , Interventional Pain Management, Back Pain, Neck Pain, Nerve Blocks, Pain Management/Medicine, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Spinal Injections, Epidural, Cervical Injections, Radiofrequency, Anesthesia, Opioid Prescribing, Opioid Overdose

Dr. Lynch is a double board-certified and fellowship-trained pain management physician and anesthesiologist, with 20 years’ experience treating all types of chronic pain conditions. Throughout his career, Dr. Lynch has been focused on providing comprehensive and evidenced-based treatment, with vigilant attention to the standard of care and best practices. He has managed pain practices in 15 different states and is currently licensed to practice in 19 states. Dr. Lynch continues to actively see patients in a clinical setting and perform interventional pain management procedures, including performing independent medical examinations. Dr. Lynch is also focused on research and the advancement of chronic pain treatment, publishing over 30 journal articles relevant to pain management, specifically regarding the use of interventional procedures and practice of comprehensive pain management with responsible opioid prescribing. He has taught extensively across the country to other physicia...

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...

Boca Raton, Florida

Pain Management - Medicine, Addiction Medicine - Pain Management, Interventional Pain Management, Opioid prescribing, Addiction Medicine

Dr Melanie Rosenblatt specializes in pain management, addiction medicine, and anesthesiology, with extensive experience providing expert testimony in opioid litigation, criminal opioid cases, malpractice matters, personal injury and anesthesia slash hospital defense. Dr Rosenblatt graduated from SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine and completed her anesthesia and pain training at St Joseph's Hospital Health Center in Syracuse New York. She is board certified in Anesthesiology, Pain Management, and Addiction Medicine. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Rosenblatt has held numerous leadership roles throughout her career. She served as Medical Director of Pain Management at Broward Health North, a Level II trauma center, from 2002 to 2017. During her tenure, she also served as Chairperson of the Credentials and Qualifying Committee (CNQ) from 2007 through 2016 and was a member of the Medical Executive Board. Dr. Rosenblatt currently serves as Chair of the Credentials and ...

Atlanta, Georgia

Pain Management - Medicine, Addiction Medicine - opioids, opioid prescribing, overdose, addiction, suboxone, MAT, alcohol, alcohol use disorder, anesthesiology, pain medicine, chronic pain, interventional pain, spinal injections, spinal cord stimulation

Dr. Potru is a former associate professor of anesthesiology at a major academic institution in the Southeast and is triple-board-certified in anesthesiology, interventional pain medicine, and addiction medicine; he is one of less than 25 clinicians across the country with this combination of certifications and has unique expertise as a result. Dr. Potru is a nationally recognized and well-published expert in opioid safety/stewardship as well as the treatment of chronic pain and addiction and perioperative management of the patient with substance use disorders; he sits on and is an active contributor to numerous national anesthesia/pain committees and working groups. Dr. Potru has given invited lectures at multiple national and international conferences, including that of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the International Anesthesia Research Society, as well as multip...

Carmel , Indiana

Pharmaceutical Regulation, Pharmacist - DEA, DEA Expert, DEA Compliance, DEA Compliance Expert, DEA Pharmacy Compliance, DEA Red Flags Expert, DEA OTP Expert, DEA Pharmacy, DEA Ketamine , Opioid prescribing , DEA ASC Compliance, DEA Opioid Compliance, DEA Pain, DEA Recordkeeping Compliance, DEA Opioid Prescribing, Veterinaran Compliance, DEA EMS, Fentanyl

Dennis Wichern is a partner in PDC, where he focuses his efforts on DEA compliance initiatives, drug diversion prevention, and training to protect healthcare organizations, providers, pharmacies, ASC’s, OTP’s, and DVM’s nationwide. His experience includes 30 years of public service as a DEA Special Agent retiring in 2018 as the Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division where he directed all criminal enforcement and diversion control operations in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota with a team of approximately 550 employees. Dennis was the first to develop DEA compliance, diversion prevention, and training relating to pain and prescription opioids, SAMHSA OTP’s regulations, hospital, pharmacy, ketamine therapy, ASC, and DVM drug protocols. Dennis is a recognized expert on the dangers of the opioid epidemic and routinely speaks to healthcare organizations, pharmacies, providers, ASC’s, OTP’s, and DVM’s to identify methods to better safe...

Kansas City, Missouri

Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Interventional Pain Management, Spine specialist, Spine procedures, Opioid prescribing, Personal injury patients, Medical-Legal work, IME, QME, Low back pain, Cervical spine pain

Dr. Sonali Agarwal is a board-certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain management physician with two decades of clinical, academic, and leadership experience. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences in 1996 and her Doctor of Medicine in 1999 from Saba University School of Medicine, Netherlands-Antilles, following undergraduate studies in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. She completed her internship in Internal Medicine in 2001 and her residency in Anesthesiology in 2004 at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine. Dr. Agarwal pursued advanced subspecialty training through the Quad-Institution Pain Medicine Fellowship at Weill-Cornell, New York Presbyterian Hospital (Hospital for Special Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Columbia Medical Center), which she completed in 2005. Following her fellowship, Dr. Agarwal joined the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine and Saint Luke’s...

Las Vegas, Nevada

Pain Management - Medicine, Life Care Planning - Anesthesia, Expansion of Claim, Spinal Cord Stimulators, Post-Laminectomy Pain, Interventional Pain, Opioid Prescribing, Medical Malpractice, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Independent medical evaluations, Radiofrequency ablation, Workers' Compensation, Records Review, Intrathecal Pumps (Medtronic), Workman's Comp

Dr. Edson Erkulvrawatr is an interventional pain physician based out of Las Vegas who has been practicing for over 18 years in the community. His medical training includes Anesthesia Residency and Pain Fellowship at New York University. Dr. Erkulvrawatr's medicolegal expertise includes 300+ Independent Medical Evaluations for Worker's Compensation claims, expert witness in medical malpractice cases and medical case review physician for Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Erkulvrawatr has also been involved in Life Care planning in malpractice cases. His focus is spine related injuries and treatments including epidural injections, facet radio frequency ablation, spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal drug pumps. He has a special interest in CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome). He has offices in Las Vegas and Reno.

Farmingdale, New York

Physician Assistant, Sports Medicine - Orthopedics, First Assist, Surgery, Opioid prescribing, pediatrics, adults, geriatric, lead PA

Over 10 years as a full time Sports Medicine/Orthopedic Physician Assistant assessing patients and performing surgery. Prescribing and monitoring opioid and other medications in pediatrics, adults and geriatric population.

New York, New York

Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine - Delayed/missed cancer , documentation, med mgmt errors, delayed diagnosis, failure to refer , myocardial infarction, htn poor mgmt, opioid prescribing, missed diagnosis, sepsis missed, DM poor mgmt, poor follow up on tests, geri fall, PE misdiagnosis, MI, standard of care, thyroid dx, pulmonary embolism, diabetes, polypharmacy

Dr. Shirin Peters, MD Outpatient Internal Medicine Standard-of-Care Expert New York, NY Dr. Shirin Peters is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician with over 15 years of full-time outpatient clinical experience in adult primary care. She is the Founder and Medical Director of Bethany Medical Clinic of New York, a high-volume, physician-led primary care practice in Manhattan serving a diverse adult population with complex acute and chronic medical conditions. Dr. Peters provides expert witness services in cases involving the standard of care in ambulatory Internal Medicine, with particular expertise in diagnostic decision-making, chronic disease management, medication management, and follow-up responsibilities in the outpatient setting. Her clinical practice centers on comprehensive adult primary care, including the evaluation and management of hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, thyroid disease, cardiovascular risk, obesity, and complex multi-system presentations. She ...

Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania

Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine - Opioid Prescribing, MOUD, Alcohol Withdrawal, Primary Care, Opioid Use Disorder, MAT, Opioid Withdrawal, Naloxone (Narcan), Buprenorphine, Overdose, Urine Drug Testing (UDS), Detoxification, Suboxone, Benzodiazepines, Chronic Pain, Gambling Disorder, Methadone, Alcohol use disorder, Opioid Tapering, Standard of Care

Dr. Lee Radosh is a fellowship-trained, dual board-certified physician in Addiction Medicine and Family Medicine who combines frontline clinical leadership, national physician education, and advanced medical communication expertise. He serves as Chief of Addiction Medicine at Reading Hospital/Tower Health and Medical Director of the Reading Hospital Center of Excellence for Opioid Use Disorder. Dr. Radosh is a national educator and speaker in addiction medicine. He serves as Subject Matter Expert and Substance Use Disorder Course Director for the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), an organization representing approximately 130,000 members, and as a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Annual Conference Planning Committee. He also teaches physicians how to communicate complex medical information clearly and effectively, drawing on his background in television, radio, public education, and national CME teaching. Professional Value: Dr. Radosh is rec...

Seattle, Washington

Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine - Opioid Use Disorder, Controlled Substance, Suboxone, Standard of Care – Addiction, Buprenorphine, Substance Use Disorder (SUD, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Methadone, Urine Drug Screens (UDS), Diversion Risk, OTP Compliance (Opioid Treatment Programs), Non-testifying Chart Review, Opioid Prescribing

Board-certified addiction medicine physician with a background in family medicine. I provide informal, non-testifying documentation review in cases involving opioid use disorder, buprenorphine/Suboxone treatment, methadone, urine drug screening, diversion risk, and compliance with OTP and MAT standards of care. I serve as Medical Director of multiple opioid treatment programs in Washington and Oregon. My experience includes peer review, protocol development, and clinical compliance evaluation. I also advise on documentation workflows and UDS interpretation for patients with complex SUD and co-occurring conditions. Available for behind-the-scenes record review, early case screening, and internal feedback on standard of care. I do not provide testimony or signed expert reports at this time. Licensed in WA and OR.