Pharmacy Malpractice Expert Witnesses

Seal Beach, California

Pharmacist, Pharmacology- Clinical - Pharmacy Law,Community Pharmacy Practice Standards,Prescription Benefits,Prescription Benefit Fraud,Pharmacist Discipline,Pharmacy Malpractice,Adverse Drug Reactions,Hospital Pharmacy Practice,Nursing Home Pharmacy Practice Standards,Over-dispensing of Controlled Substances,Drug Information

I am a pharmacist with nearly 50 years of both practice and management experience in a variety of clinical settings. Since 1993, I have been an expert witness and a non-testifying consultant in hundreds cases throughout the country in matters specifically related to pharmacy malpractice, pharmaceuticals-related hospital and medical malpractice, prescription benefit fraud, over-dispensing of controlled substances, and assistance in disciplinary proceedings against pharmacists and pharmacies. I have also participated in compliance audits of federally-sponsored health plans where it pertains to pharmaceutical services. I am formerly an instructor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy. My areas of expertise for teaching purposes include site-specific pharmacy practice guidelines, community pharmacy risk management, hospital pharmacy risk management, prescription drug benefits, pharmacy serv...

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Pharmacology- Clinical, Pharmacist - Prescribing Error, Drug Interaction, Drug Toxicity, Overdose, Pharmacy Error, Pediatric Pharmacist, Polypharmacy, Adverse Drug Reaction, Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacy Standards, Pharmacy Malpractice, Drug Allergy, Pharmacogenomics

Dr. Probst is a consultative expert for medical litigation cases requiring pharmacological expertise. He has extensive pharmacy experience - including pediatrics - in academic medical centers and other practice settings, and he can opine on causation or standard of care issues associated with medications. Following a long hospital based pharmacy career, he now serves as an accreditation surveyor and as a consultant to physicians and patients on complex medication issues. He has co-authored numerous articles involving translational research, reviews manuscripts for several journals, has taught pharmacology topics in nursing and medical courses, and delivered presentations at local, state and national meetings. He has maintained Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist designation since 1998, is an active member of American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and a former member of several other pharmacy organizations.