Rural Medicine Expert Witnesses

Rural medicine 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 rural medicine. The rural medicine expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medicine, and Hospitalist.

Brenda Jacobsen, DO, FACOI, FACEP

Jacobsen Medical PA

Pensacola, Florida
Hospitalist, Emergency Medicine - Rural Medicine, Underserved, ACLS, ATLS, PALS, Residents, RN Supervision, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Pulmonary Embolism, DVT, Asthma, Airway Management, Heart Failure/CHF, Hospital Medicine, Standard of Care, Sepsis/Septic Shock, ED to Inpatient transition
I am a former RN who wanted to learn more and be able to do more for her patients. I subsequently went back to college for my medical education. I did my residency through the Cleveland Clinic Healthcare System. I am dually board certified in Osteopathic Internal Medicine (AOBIM) and Osteopathic Emergency Medicine (AOBEM). I am a Fellow in the American College of Osteopathic Internists (FACOI) and a Fellow in the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP). I have extensive experience traveling and I have worked in a variety of locations including many rural and underserved areas as well as in community hospitals and tertiary centers. I have extensive experience with the healthcare system as it relates to doctors, PAs, NPs and nurses - across a wide variety of levels of care in the ED and in the hospital. Licensed in Alabama, Florida, Nebraska, New York, Ohio and Virginia (Guam would need to be reactivated).

Alissa Gorelick, DO

Northbrook, Illinois
Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Services - Emergency Medicine, Physician Consultant, Medical Malpractice Expert, Emergency Medical Services, Medical Legal Consultant, Rural Medicine, Risk Management
Accomplished board-certified Emergency Medicine physician leader with over 15 years of clinical and administrative experience. Medical malpractice and claims review for a large corporate medical group including standard of care analysis, collaboration with counsel and physician litigation support. Seasoned medical director and clinical consultant with in-depth experience in risk management, medical administration, and advisory roles. Developed and implemented peer review programs, physician coaching and evidence-based medicine protocols. Expert in clinical quality and patient care. Licensure and Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine Advanced Cardiac Life Support Pediatric Advanced Life Support Advanced Trauma Life Support

Lara Phillips, MD

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Emergency Medicine - Wilderness Medicine, humanitarian relief, disaster relief, rural medicine, environmental emergencies, in-flight emergencies, critical care, trauma, travel medicine, bites and stings, animal attacks, altitude medicine, poisonings, concussion, neurological emergencies, behavioral health, ophtho
Dr. Phillips is an Clinical Associate Professor of emergency medicine practicing in Philadelphia, PA. She achieved her B.S. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Brain and Cognitive Sciences. She is Board Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and completed her medical school and Emergency Medicine Residency training at Vanderbilt University. She then went on to complete a fellowship in Wilderness Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) where she spent several months rotating at a high altitude clinic in Nepal and providing disaster relief during the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Since then, she has been practicing full time in a busy Level 1 Trauma center in Center City, Philadelphia. Dr. Phillips also has experience rotating in rural Alaska and South Dakota through the Indian Health Service as well as international experience in Guyana and Nepal. She has assisted with numerous covid initiatives, serving as part of the Regional Congregate Care A...