Soft Tissue Injury Expert Witnesses
Soft tissue injury 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 soft tissue injury. The soft tissue injury expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Biomechanics, Chiropractic, Hand Surgery, Massage, Medical Billing, Medical Devices, Orthopedics - Non-Surgical, Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab, Physical Therapy, Plastic Surgery, and Sports Medicine.
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Jordan D. Dangerfield, PT, DPT, CSCS, OCS, FAAOMPT
Orthopedic/Acute Care Physical Therapist
Anaheim, California
Physical Therapy, Orthopedics - Non-Surgical
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Sport Rehabilitation, strength and conditioning, total knee replacement, personal injury, Manual Therapy, car accident, soft tissue injury, falls, Total Knee Replacement, Musculoskeletal, joint replacement, gait training, Acute Care Rehabilitation, Post-operative, rotator cuff repair, spinal rehabilitation, car accidents
Dr. Dangerfield is a licensed, residency-trained, and fellowship-trained Physical Therapist with a background in treating athletic, musculoskeletal, geriatric, and post-operative patients with evidence-based and biopsychosocial approaches. He maintains a strong interest in clinical reasoning, movement analysis, and individualized patient care. Currently practicing as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist in an outpatient setting.
Dr. Dangerfield creates individualized treatment plans for patients in outpatient and inpatient physical therapy settings. He designs and implements return to sport programs for post-operative knee patients through a group exercise class. Moreover, he assists with competency testing in employee onboarding. Dr. Dangerfield is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists (FAAOMPT) offering expert witness services including standard of care evaluations in physical therapy settings, injury causation analysis, medical record review a...
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Sepideh Saber, MD, FACS
Stanford, USC, NYU Trained Plastic & Hand Surgeon
Encino, California
Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery
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Medical Malpractice, Nerve Injury, Scarring and Deformity, Workplace Injury, Damages Assessment, Standard of Care, Fractures, Facial Trauma, Motor Vehicle Injury, Catastrophic Injury, Burns, Breast Reconstruction, Surgical Complications, Hand & Upper Extremity Trauma, Soft Tissue Injury, Implant Complications, Causation Analysis
Professional Summary:
Dr. Sepideh Saber, MD, FACS is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon with fellowship training in hand and microsurgery. She earned her medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine, completed an integrated Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery residency at USC, and subsequently completed advanced fellowship training in hand and microsurgery at NYU.
Dr. Saber maintains an active clinical practice with extensive experience in the evaluation and surgical management of complex traumatic, reconstructive, and post-injury conditions. Her clinical background includes the treatment of hand and upper extremity trauma, nerve injuries, fractures, burns, facial trauma, scarring and deformity, breast reconstruction, and complications arising from prior surgical care.
As an expert witness, Dr. Saber provides objective, evidence-based opinions in matters involving medical malpractice (plaintiff and defense), catastrophic injury, standard-of-care analy...
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Peter T Dorsher, MD
Phys Med & Rehab - Mayo Clinic Faculty (Emeritus)
Peter Dorsher, MD, Inc
Ponte Vedra, Florida
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Pain Management - Medicine
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Musculoskeletal Medicine, Non Interventional Pain Management, Soft tissue injury, Myofascial Pain Syndrome, Chronic Pain Syndrome, Medical Acupuncture
Dr Peter Dorsher offers 30+ years of clinical experience in the field of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation with subspecialty and expertise in musculoskeletal medicine and non-interventional pain management. While in private practice in Louisiana, he developed, and was the director of hospital stroke, traumatic brain injury, and multidisciplinary pain management programs. During his 27+ years of clinical practice at Mayo Clinic, Dr Dorsher has taught musculoskeletal medicine and non-operative pain management techniques, including a variety of injections, medical acupuncture and trigger point injections to medical students, medical residents and fellows. He served as Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Jacksonville), and was integral in the development of the Mayo Multidisciplinary Pain Management Program. Through his research endeavors, he has published over 90 peer reviewed articles and book chapters, including multiple publications on myofascial pain ...
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Mari S Truman, MS, PE
OrthoBioMech LLC
Warsaw, Indiana
Biomechanics, Medical Devices
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Occupant Motion, Injury Biomechanics, Orthopedics, Medical Product Liability, Duties of Manufacturer, Design, Testing, Manufacturing, Warnings, Instructions for Use, Injury Event Reconstruction, Failure Analysis, Injury Pattern, Soft Tissue Injury, Low Speed Collisions, Falls, Impacts, Sports
Licensed Professional Engineer
Medical Device Design & Development
40+ years orthopaedic device development
14 patents
Testified in State and Federal Courts , Injury Biomechanics and Medical Device Litigation
35+ trials
150+ depositions
45 years of experience in the biomechanics and orthopedics fields, 23 years forensic case analyses.
I routinely deal with forces that are applied to the human body during many activities, including impact and injury scenarios. To assure the safety and efficacy of new medical devices, we define clinically relevant performance requirements for their installation and use, and then test to define the product specific performance characteristics. The physical principles and methods used in orthopedic biomechanics are the same as those used to reconstruct injury events. I am familiar with forces and loads applied to the hips, knees, wrist, shoulder, head, neck, lower back and skeleton in many typical activities, including sitting, walking, jumpin...
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Louis Crivelli, DC, MS, FICC
Chiropractic Expert – National Guideline Author
Crofton, Maryland
Chiropractic, Physical Therapy
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Whiplash, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Best Practices, Soft Tissue Injury, Biomechanics, Occupant Kinematics, Treatment Appropriateness, Coding and Billing, Statute and Regulation, Rehabilitation and Recovery, Research, Evidence Based Practice, Nutrition, Anatomy and Physiology, Injury Causation, Standards of Care
Dr. Louis Crivelli, D.C., M.S., F.I.C.C. is a board-certified chiropractor with over two decades of clinical, academic, and professional leadership experience. He is licensed in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, with active clinical practice and administrative oversight across multidisciplinary settings. Dr. Crivelli provides expert witness services related to chiropractic scope of practice, standards of care, injury causation, biomechanics, and treatment appropriateness—especially in cases involving motor vehicle accidents (MVA), soft tissue injuries, spinal trauma, and functional impairment.
He is a three-time recipient of the Maryland Chiropractic Association’s Chiropractor of the Year award and is the Association’s First Vice President and former Board Chair. Nationally, he serves as the Immediate Past Chair of the Clinical Compass (formerly CCGPP), where he co-authored evidence-based clinical guidelines on neck pain, low back pain, chronic pain, health promotion, and inf...
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Michael J Gorman, PhD, PT, DMT, FAAOMPT, CMTPT/DN
Experienced PT Witness with Dry Needling Specialty
PT Expert Witness Edge
Chesterfield, Missouri
Physical Therapy, Orthopedics - Non-Surgical
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Spinal Manipulation, Dry Needling, Orthopedic Physical Therapy, Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy, Joint Mobilization, Soft Tissue Mobilization, Soft Tissue Injury, Physical Therapy Utilization, Geriatrics, Joint Replacements, Rotator Cuff Injuries, Whiplash Injuries
Michael Gorman, PhD, PT, DMT, FAAOMPT, CMTPT/DN is an expert clinician, educator, and business owner. Dr. Gorman is regarded as an expert in the field of Physical Therapy with extensive knowledge on current best practices, insurance reimbursement, business regulations, and clinician management. Dr. Gorman has achieved the highest level of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy training recognized by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists (FAAOMPT). He has also completed the Dry Needling Certification program through Myopain Seminars.
Dr. Gorman served on the APTA of Missouri State Board from 2010-2023, including serving six years as the Vice-President of APTA MO. Dr. Gorman was a private practice physical therapy owner since 2002; during this time growing his company from one to seven locations. In 2017 he successfully sold his practice to a national health care company. He re-entered private practic...
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Daniel Laird, MD, JD, MFA
Medical Billing, Usual & Customary All Specialties
Flamingo Medical Clinic
Las Vegas, Nevada
Pain Management - Medicine, Medical Billing
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Usual and Customary Billing, Medically Necessary Billing, Causation, Anesthesiology, Opioids, Pain Management, Overdose, Medication Overdose, Addiction, Airway, Legal Medicine, Reasonable Medical Billing, Soft Tissue Injury, Pre-Existing Conditions, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Oversedation, Respiratory Arrest, Cardiac Arrest, Code Blue
Expert has extensive experience in analysis of medical billing. Expert is able to determine whether medical and health care bills are usual, customary, reasonable, medically necessary, and related to the incident or accident in question. All specialties and all States and geographic locations. Expert has broad general medical experience including primary care, pain medicine, addiction medicine, surgery, critical care, perioperative medicine, etc. Special interest in opioids, benzodiazepines, sedation, anesthesiology, obstructive sleep apnea, oversedation, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, chronic pain, acute pain, and wrongful death. Expert also has experience in paramedical and ancillary medical billing including PT, laboratory, rehabilitation, diagnostic imaging, emergency medical services, ambulance, diagnostic testing, etc.
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Theresa Anne Schmidt, PT,DPT,MS,OCS,LMT,CEAS
Educise PC
Newbury, New Hampshire
Physical Therapy, Massage
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Malpractice, personal injury, orthopedics, rehabilitation, massage therapy, exercise, fitness, ergonomics, manual therapy, mobilization, pain, falls, soft tissue injury, work-related injury, allied health, physiotherapy, continuing education
Board-certified Specialist, Orthopedic Physical Therapy since 1994, American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.
Over ten years as faculty in physical therapy, physical therapist assistant, massage therapy and physical education, recreation and dance programs in NY and NH.
Peer-reviewed medical journals: published scientific journal author: MOJ Orthopedics and Rheumatology and Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Massage Therapy Journal, International Fascia Research Congress presenter research author, and platform presentation speaker.
Certified Ergonomics Assessment Specialist, Back School of Atlanta.
Private practice physical therapist for over 30 years.
Presented for American Physical, Occupational and Massage Therapy Associations, NASA Inomedic Health, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt Medical, Wake Forest, private companies and medical centers across the US.
Approved provider of continuing education by National Certification Board of Therapeut...
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Jeremy D. Busch, DC, DACBSP, CCSP, ICSC, CSCS
Chiropractic Expert – Malpractice & Injury Cases
Performance Sport and Spine
Front Royal, Virginia
Chiropractic, Sports Medicine
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Chiropractic Expert, Malpractice, Personal Injury, Standard of Care, Expert Witness, Spinal Injury, Injury Causation, Scope of Practice, Worker Compensation, Soft Tissue Injury, Rehabilitation, Manual Therapy, Biomechanics, Sports Injury, Return to Play, Functional Movement, Dry Needling, Stroke, Cervical Manipulation, Expert Testimony
Jeremy Busch, DC, DACBSP®, ICSC®, CCSP®, CSCS, CCEP
Expert Witness – Chiropractic Medicine | Sports Injuries | Rehabilitation | Causation Analysis
Front Royal, VA | Nationwide Availability
(810) 241-2674 | drjbusch@performancesportandspine.com
Expertise Overview
Board-certified Chiropractic Sports Physician with 19+ years of clinical experience and a specialized focus in chiropractic malpractice, sports medicine, personal
injury, and injury causation. Dr. Busch provides expert witness services for both plaintiff and defense in civil litigation, licensing board actions, and insurance audits.
Subspecialties & Key Areas of Focus
• Chiropractic standard of care and scope of practice
• Adverse events from spinal/cervical manipulation
• Personal injury & MVA cases: soft tissue trauma, herniations, causation
• Worker’s Compensation: impairment ratings, RTW evaluations
• Athletic injury & return-to-play decision-making
• Rehabilitation protocols & therapeutic ex...