Prison Medicine Expert Witnesses

YORBA LINDA, California

Family Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine - Correctional Medicine, Prison Medicine, Jail Medicine, Primary Care, Urgent Care, Family Medicine

I am a primary care physician Board Certified in Family Medicine since 2008. I have worked in community outpatient centers as well as served a medical director in an urgent care facility. Since 2017, I have served as an attending physician for California Correctional Healthcare Services who provide medical care to inmates housed within the California Department of Corrections. Along with taking care of typical primary care issues, I also manage patients needing care for complicated diabetes, congestive heart failure, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hepatitis C with liver cirrhosis, different cancers, end of life care, substance abuse disorders, acute prison related trauma and a myriad of other health related issues. As a Medication Assistance Treatment (MAT) provider, I obtained my X waiver through the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) certified to manage opioid dependent patients within a multidisciplinary program including prescribing Suboxone. As par...

Los Angeles, California

General Practice - Jail Medicine, Prison Medicine, Covid consultant, Coconsent decree in corrections

25 years of experience as a Medical director of Jails in Rockland County, New York, Westchester County, New York, Ventura County, California and the president of the oldest Correctional Health Care Organization in the U.S.- WACHSA I am currently representing the California Prison System as a expert witness in all there Covid litigation. I am the Medical and Mental Health expert for a federal consent decree involving the Philadelphia Department of Prisons I help represent, as a expert witness, all the jails in southern California and the Oklahoma City area. I am the CEO/CMO of Correctional Health Management, specializing in police lock-ups and small jails. I have worked with the ACLU of Illinois in a consent decree involving the Illinois Department of Corrections I have testified at trial and been deposed in civil, criminal and Deliberate Indifference cases across the U.S.

Napa, California

Correctional Healthcare, Family Medicine - Correctional Medicine, Prison Medicine, Jail Medicine, Deliberate Indifference, Serious Medical Needs, § 1983 Claims, Monell/Municipal Liability, Inmate Access to Care, Delayed Diagnosis/Treatment, Standard of Care, Chronic Care, Formulary Issues, MAT/Opioid Withdrawal

David M. Mathis, MD, CCHP-P, FAAFP, has been Board Certified in Family Medicine for more than 30 years. He is designated as a Certified Correctional Health Care Professional-Physician by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, and he has also achieved Advanced Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine. Dr. Mathis has more than 25 years of experience in prison medicine. He most recently served as a Physician and Surgeon at the California Medical Facility, a California state prison caring for medium- to high-acuity incarcerated patients. In that role, he coordinated transfers of inpatients to CMF, as well as hospice-ready patients from other California prisons. He previously served for more than four years as Medical Director of Eastern Correctional Institution, Maryland’s largest prison, with approximately 3,500 inmates. Before his correctional medicine career, Dr. Mathis spent more than 24 years in solo private practice in Virginia, treating patients acros...

Corona, California

Correctional Healthcare, Family Medicine - Jail Healthcare, Substance Abuse, Prison Health, Prison Medicine, Quality Management, Failure to Diagnose, Medical Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference, Jail Medicine, Wound Care, Opioid Use Disorder, Certified Correctional Health Professional, National Commission on Correctional Health Care, NCCHC, CCHP, Active Family Practice

Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician; Independent Medical-Legal Consultant Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician with extensive executive-level leadership experience in correctional health systems, utilization management, medical quality assurance, peer review, credentialing, and regulatory compliance. Provides institutional oversight for medical operations, quality of care, utilization management, and provider performance review. Provides independent, medical-legal consulting focused on standards-of-care analysis, institutional liability, delayed diagnosis, utilization management failures, medical neglect, and regulatory compliance. MEDICAL-LEGAL CONSULTING EXPERTISE INCLUDES: -Institutional standard-of-care analysis -Correctional health & custodial medicine liability -Medical neglect & delayed diagnosis -Utilization management failures -Peer review & provider performance evaluation -Credentialing & privileging standards -Regulatory compliance & quality assurance -Medical...

PACIFIC GROVE, California

Correctional Healthcare, Family Medicine - family medicine, correctional healthcare, correctional cedicine, standard of care, standards, Jail medicine, prison medicine, indifference, physician, malpractice, doctor

Dr. Posson has worked as a private primary care physician for over 30 years and in the correctional medicine setting for 12 years. Dr. Posson has familiarity with the community standard of care, and the standards for healthcare delivery in prisons and jails as developed by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. Dr. Posson has experience in medical peer review, supervision, and professional practice evaluation of primary care physicians. Dr. Posson is Board Certified in Family Medicine with a subspecialty of Correctional Medicine. Dr. Posson is a Certified Correctional Health Care Professional by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.

Punta Gorda, Florida

Correctional Healthcare, Jails & Prisons - Correctional Medicine, Correctional healthcare, in custody death, Jail Medicine, deliberate indifference, emergency response, withdrawal management, inmate healthcare, suicide jail, access to care, Prison Medicine, Eighth Amendment, detox, suicide prison, mortality review, corectional, jail, Prison, emergency response, jail healthcare

Dr. Emil A. Dameff, M.D., CCHP is a correctional healthcare physician and former Florida Department of Corrections Regional Medical Executive Director and Wexford Corporate Medical Affairs Director with more than 30 years of clinical, administrative, and leadership experience across jails, prisons, juvenile facilities, correctional hospitals, hospitals, and inpatient behavioral-health settings. Since 2004, he has provided expert witness review, consultation, report preparation, and testimony support in correctional healthcare matters.. His expert work has been carried out alongside a primary career in direct patient care, correctional healthcare leadership, and systems-of-care oversight, giving him a practical, real-world foundation for evaluating how care is actually delivered, monitored, escalated, documented, and governed in custodial environments. Dr. Dameff has served in on-site, regional, and corporate-level correctional healthcare leadership roles, including senior positions...