Prematurity Expert Witnesses

Prematurity 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 prematurity. The prematurity expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Critical Care Medicine, Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, and Pediatrics.

Dale H. Bull, MD, PhD

La Quinta, California
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine - Expert Witness, Neonatology, Perinatal Medicine, neonatal and perinatal injuries, birth trauma, pediatrics, neonatal intensive care, NICUs, prematurity, low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, birth defects, sepsis, birth asphyxia, Necrotizing Enterocolitis and hyperbilirubinemia
Dr. Bull was a Board Certified Neonatologist, FAAP in full time practice at a large federal Hospital and perinatal regional referral center, but is now retired from clinical practice. He taught medical students and residents at bedside and in the classroom. Dr. Bull is published in leading peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Bull provides expert witness review and testimony in matters of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine for both plaintiff and defense. In many states, his retirement from clinical practice now disqualifies him from expert-witness decisions on standards of care. He remains qualified and offers expert witness on matters of causality as well as life care planning.

James R. Hocker, MD

Fernandina Beach, Florida
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - 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 - 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...

Mary Ellen Bouve, RN, BSN, CCRN-N

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston , Massachusetts
Nurse, Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - NICU Nurse Expert, Neonatal Nurse Expert, Infant Nurse, Newborn Nurse, Prematurity, Birth Injury, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Injury), NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis), BPD (bronchopulmonary dysplasia), Pre-Op and Post-op Care, Sepsis, Tracheostomies, Ventilators, Central Lines, IV complications, Surgery
17 years as a Neonatal ICU (NICU) nurse in a Level IV NICU (birth to 8 months) at a Harvard Medical teaching hospital. Actively at the bedside. Neonatal critical care certification. Experience with most medical and surgical diagnoses, including (but not limited to): birth injury, prematurity, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), chronic lung disease (CLD), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), IV infiltration/extravasation, wound care, abdominal wall defects, esophageal atresia, cardiac defects, neurologic disorders, metabolic disorders, rare genetic disorders, and multi system failure. Routinely care for patients on multiple modes of ventilation, and/or with tracheostomies, chest tubes, gastric tubes, and central lines. Post anesthesia care (PACU). Discharge planning and education. NRP and PALS certification. Cell #774.284.0244.

Elizabeth Flanigan, MD, MPH, MBA

Neonatology - Harvard Faculty

Westford, Massachusetts
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Pediatrics - Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, Newborn Resuscitation, Neonatal Procedures, Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants, Prematurity, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Neonatal Transport, Levels of Newborn Care, Neonatal Neurocritical Care, NICU Follow Up, Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
I am a neonatologist practicing in academic medical center NICUs for 16+ years. Currently serve as the Chief of Clinical Operations of Department of Pediatrics at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) within Mass General Brigham Healthcare system, formerly Medical Director. Recipient of Distinguished Clinician Award at BWH in 2021. Castle Connelly Top Doctor since 2021. I hold medical licenses in MA, WA, and VA. In addition to my MD, I have a Master of Public Health and a Master of Business Administration. I hold certifications in BLS, PALS, NRP, and STABLE.

Nasim Gorji, DO, FAAP

Neonatologist - Harvard Medical Faculty Physician

Concord, Massachusetts
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - 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.

Karen L Lefler, MSN/Ed, ARNP, NNP-BC, LNC

ACP Legal Nurse Consulting, LLC

Sneads Ferry, North Carolina
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Nurse Practitioner - Newborn, HIE, brain inury, Birth Injury, bowel perforation, central line, Prematurity, low birth weight, umbilical catheter, PICC, sepsis, hypoglycemia, bilirubin, resuscitation, chest tube, intubation, arterial line, body cooling, home birth, respiratory failure
38 years of experience in the field of Neonatology/Newborn Care of which the past 29 years as a Board-Certified Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, primarily functioning in the maximum level of Neonatal Intensive Care Units (Level IV). Areas of expertise include EPI (Extremely Preterm Infants), brain injury (therapeutic hypothermia/body cooling), birth injury, infants with respiratory failure, congenital heart disease, neonatal resuscitation, pediatric/cardiothoracic surgical infants, ECMO (heart lung bypass) high-risk deliveries, routine newborn care, newborn developmental follow-up and neonatal transport

Dustin D Flannery, DO, MSCE

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Pediatrics - 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 - 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...

Marcelo Rains, MD

Neonatologist

Ooltewah, Tennessee
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - 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 ...