Toxic Tort Expert Witnesses

Toxic tort 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 toxic tort. The toxic tort expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Brain Injury Medicine, Emergency Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine, Environmental, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Medicine, Oncology, Psychiatry, Psychology, Radiation Oncology, and Toxicology.

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Stanley C Haimes, MD, MPH, CIH, CSP, CIME, FACOEM

Physician and Certified Industrial Hygienist

Center for Occupational and Environmental Health

Alabama
Occupational Medicine, Industrial Hygiene - Toxicology, Mold, Indoor Air, OSHA, metals, chromium, lead, mercury, ethylene oxide, ethylene dibromide, chemical exposure, CIH, Workers Compensation, Firefighter, arsenic, Police Officer, Deputy Sheriff, Disability Evaluation, toxic tort, CDL
I bring the medical background of being both a board certified occupational medicine physician as well as being a Certified Industrial Hygienist to your issue. I have experience in large chemical exposure (toxic tort) cases involving multiple claimants as well as indoor air quality litigation. I have evaluated indoor air quality issues from the perspectives of both an occupational medicine physician regarding symptoms and medical testing, as well as a Certified Industrial Hygienist regarding air quality sampling of occupied structures. My attributes include the following: Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine of the University of Central Florida. Board Certified Physician in Occupational Medicine, Residency Trained at Johns Hopkins, and a Fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (FACOEM) and the International Academy of Independent Medical Examiners (FIAIME). Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and Certified Safety Professional (CSP)....
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Phillip Beron, MD

Oncology Expert-Product Liability/Cancer Causation

Phoenix, Arizona
Radiation Oncology, Oncology - Radiation injury, quality assurance, radiation safety, delayed diagnosis, breast cancer, radiation induced cancer, product liability, malpractice, radiation causation, mesothelioma, prostate cancer, causation, toxic tort, hospital safety, secondary cancer, latency, head neck cancer, radiation exposure, environmental exposure, cancer
https://www.cancercausationexpert.com pberonmd@gmail.com 310-709-4604 Board-certified radiation oncologist with more than 20 years of active clinical experience and longstanding expert witness experience in medical malpractice, radiation oncology standard of care, product liability, toxic tort, environmental exposure, radiation exposure, and radiation-induced cancer matters. Retained by both plaintiff and defense counsel. Expertise includes general and specific causation, radiation dose assessment, exposure pathway analysis, latency, tumor biology, competing risk factors, epidemiology, radiobiology, and mechanistic cancer causation. Frequently evaluates whether an alleged malignancy is medically and biologically consistent with the type, magnitude, dose, timing, and pathway of an alleged ionizing radiation or environmental exposure. Served as Chair of a national Radiation Oncology Quality Assurance Committee for the American Society for Radiation Oncology. Form...
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Lyle D. Burgoon, PhD, ATS

Raptor Pharm & Tox, Ltd

California
Toxicology, Environmental - Dram shop, DNA, Product Liability, Statistics, Drug Impairment, Chemical Impairment, Family Law, Due Diligence, Criminal, Civil, Drug Testing, Toxic Tort
Dr. Burgoon is an award-winning and Board Certified (Fellow, Academy of Toxicological Sciences) toxicologist and biostatistician. Dr. Burgoon has 10+ years of experience as a US Government toxicologist employed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and the US Army. Dr. Burgoon served as a senior leader in various roles from leading teams of biostatisticians and bioinformaticians in designing and analyzing toxicology studies, to supervising toxicologists and public health scientists in the development of toxicological and dose-response assessments in support of the US EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). At the US Army, Dr. Burgoon led classified and unclassified programs and projects with a focus on the effects of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosives (CBRNE) on human health, ecological and agriculture systems. Dr. Burgoon’s expertise is in pharmacology, toxicology, biostatistics, exposure modeling, causal analysis, risk asse...
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Stanley C Haimes, MD, MPH, CIH, CSP, CIME, FACOEM

Physician and Certified Industrial Hygienist

Center for Occupational and Environmental Health

Orlando, Florida
Occupational Medicine, Industrial Hygiene - Toxicology, Mold, Indoor Air, OSHA, metals, chromium, lead, mercury, ethylene oxide, ethylene dibromide, chemical exposure, CIH, Workers Compensation, Firefighter, arsenic, Police Officer, Deputy Sheriff, Disability Evaluation, toxic tort, CDL
I bring the medical background of being both a board certified occupational medicine physician as well as being a Certified Industrial Hygienist to your issue. I have experience in large chemical exposure (toxic tort) cases involving multiple claimants as well as indoor air quality litigation. I have evaluated indoor air quality issues from the perspectives of both an occupational medicine physician regarding symptoms and medical testing, as well as a Certified Industrial Hygienist regarding air quality sampling of occupied structures. My attributes include the following: Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine of the University of Central Florida. Board Certified Physician in Occupational Medicine, Residency Trained at Johns Hopkins, and a Fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (FACOEM) and the International Academy of Independent Medical Examiners (FIAIME). Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and Certified Safety Professional (CSP)....
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Dr. David H. Schaffer, MD, MRO

Toxicology Director, Experienced Witness, Dual BC

Florida
Toxicology, Emergency Medicine - Drug Testing, Toxicology, Overdose, Drug Levels, Chemical Exposure, Alcohol, Fentanyl, Carbon Monoxide, Poisoning, Opioids, Med Mal, Medical Toxicology, Marijuana, Impairment, Methamphetamine, Opiates, Child Custody, Drugs, Toxic Tort, Hair Testing
Dr. David H. Schaffer, MD, MRO is dual-boarded in both Medical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine, serving as the Director of Medical Toxicology at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville, SC and Prisma Health–Upstate hospitals. He is also a certified Medical Review Officer (MRO, MROCC). Dr. Schaffer has published extensively in the fields of Medical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine. Outside of clinical practice and the occasional courtroom appearance, Dr. Schaffer has also consulted for major organizations—including SpaceX, Butterfly Network, and governmental entities—on a variety of clinical matters. Dr. Schaffer earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, completed his residency at Harvard, where he served as a Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School, and subsequently trained in Medical Toxicology at the University of Virginia. He is a practicing physician with extensive publications and speaking records, is reg...
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Daniel L Overbeek, MD

Toxicology / Addiction / Emergency Harvard Trained

J.S. Held

Grand Rapids, Michigan
Emergency Medical Toxicology, Toxicology - Kratom, Dram Shop & Alcohol Services, Drug Testing, Alcohol, Intoxication, Vaping, Overdose, Drugs, Methanol, Emergency Medicine, Urine Drug Screen, Fentanyl, Dram Shop, Toxic Tort, Marijuana, Mitragynine, Addiction, Ethanol, Substance Abuse, Addiction Medicine
"Good to hear from you! You were honestly one of my favorite experts to work with - not just on that case, but thus far in my career. " - Partner at National Law Firm Dr. Daniel Overbeek is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Overbeek was trained at the Harvard Medical Toxicology Fellowship after completing the University of Michigan Emergency Medicine residency in Ann Arbor, MI. He is also published on a variety of medical toxicology topics, including drug testing, alcohol and methanol, kratom / mitragynine, cannabis, vaping and electronic cigarettes. At J.S. Held, Dr. Overbeek provides medical toxicology and human health risk consulting services to attorneys, corporations, and public entities. His work includes medical record review, exposure and dose reconstruction, adverse event analysis, regulatory and safety evaluation, expert report preparation, deposition support, and trial testimony in high stakes matters. Dr. Overbeek ...
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Turhan Canli, Ph.D.

Professor, MRI & Molecular Neuroscience of Trauma

Port Jefferson, New York
Psychology, Environmental - Neuroscience, brain imaging, gene-environment, epigenetics, neurotoxic exposure, chemical injury, organophosphate exposure, PTSD, psychological trauma, biomarkers, statistics, scientific admissibility, toxic tort, environmental exposure, chemical exposure, military, invisible injury, research design, neuroethics, refugees
Dr. Canli is a trained science communicator, and Professor of Integrative Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University. He is an expert in human brain imaging, the molecular-genetic basis of neural function and behavior (DNA, gene expression, epigenetics, gene-by-environment interactions) , trauma-related neuroscience, and neuroethics. He has approximately three decades of experience with MRI-based research and since 2008 is the Founder/Director of Stony Brook's SCAN (Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience) Center. Dr. Canli assists attorneys in evaluating the scientific reliability of neuroscience, brain imaging, biomarker, trauma, and chemical-exposure evidence. His work is relevant to matters involving toxic exposure, psychological injury, PTSD, neurobiological harm, research ethics, and scientific causation. Dr. Canli earned his Ph.D. in Psychology/Neuroscience from Yale University and completed postdoctoral training at Stanford University. He h...
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Lyle D. Burgoon, PhD, ATS

Raptor Pharm & Tox, Ltd

New Hill, North Carolina
Toxicology, Environmental - Dram shop, DNA, Product Liability, Statistics, Drug Impairment, Chemical Impairment, Family Law, Due Diligence, Criminal, Civil, Drug Testing, Toxic Tort
Dr. Burgoon is an award-winning and Board Certified (Fellow, Academy of Toxicological Sciences) toxicologist and biostatistician. Dr. Burgoon has 10+ years of experience as a US Government toxicologist employed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and the US Army. Dr. Burgoon served as a senior leader in various roles from leading teams of biostatisticians and bioinformaticians in designing and analyzing toxicology studies, to supervising toxicologists and public health scientists in the development of toxicological and dose-response assessments in support of the US EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). At the US Army, Dr. Burgoon led classified and unclassified programs and projects with a focus on the effects of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosives (CBRNE) on human health, ecological and agriculture systems. Dr. Burgoon’s expertise is in pharmacology, toxicology, biostatistics, exposure modeling, causal analysis, risk asse...
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Dr. David H. Schaffer, MD, MRO

Toxicology Director, Experienced Witness, Dual BC

Greenville, South Carolina
Toxicology, Emergency Medicine - Drug Testing, Toxicology, Overdose, Drug Levels, Chemical Exposure, Alcohol, Fentanyl, Carbon Monoxide, Poisoning, Opioids, Med Mal, Medical Toxicology, Marijuana, Impairment, Methamphetamine, Opiates, Child Custody, Drugs, Toxic Tort, Hair Testing
Dr. David H. Schaffer, MD, MRO is dual-boarded in both Medical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine, serving as the Director of Medical Toxicology at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville, SC and Prisma Health–Upstate hospitals. He is also a certified Medical Review Officer (MRO, MROCC). Dr. Schaffer has published extensively in the fields of Medical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine. Outside of clinical practice and the occasional courtroom appearance, Dr. Schaffer has also consulted for major organizations—including SpaceX, Butterfly Network, and governmental entities—on a variety of clinical matters. Dr. Schaffer earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, completed his residency at Harvard, where he served as a Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School, and subsequently trained in Medical Toxicology at the University of Virginia. He is a practicing physician with extensive publications and speaking records, is reg...
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Stanley C Haimes, MD, MPH, CIH, CSP, CIME, FACOEM

Physician and Certified Industrial Hygienist

Center for Occupational and Environmental Health

Texas
Occupational Medicine, Industrial Hygiene - Toxicology, Mold, Indoor Air, OSHA, metals, chromium, lead, mercury, ethylene oxide, ethylene dibromide, chemical exposure, CIH, Workers Compensation, Firefighter, arsenic, Police Officer, Deputy Sheriff, Disability Evaluation, toxic tort, CDL
I bring the medical background of being both a board certified occupational medicine physician as well as being a Certified Industrial Hygienist to your issue. I have experience in large chemical exposure (toxic tort) cases involving multiple claimants as well as indoor air quality litigation. I have evaluated indoor air quality issues from the perspectives of both an occupational medicine physician regarding symptoms and medical testing, as well as a Certified Industrial Hygienist regarding air quality sampling of occupied structures. My attributes include the following: Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine of the University of Central Florida. Board Certified Physician in Occupational Medicine, Residency Trained at Johns Hopkins, and a Fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (FACOEM) and the International Academy of Independent Medical Examiners (FIAIME). Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and Certified Safety Professional (CSP)....
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Sanjay Adhia, MD, MRO

Forensic Psychiatry | TBI | PTSD|Multi-Plaintiff

Sanjay Adhia MD Professional Association

Sugar Land , Texas
Psychiatry, Brain Injury Medicine - Malpractice, Personal Injury, Disability, PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury, testamentary capacity, competency, will contest, undue influence, toxic tort, correctional, rape, Fitness for Duty, Neuropsychiatry, prison, suicide, IME, jail, child custody, mass tort
Dr. Adhia is triple-Board-Certified in Forensic Psychiatry, Brain Injury Medicine (BIM), and Psychiatry headquartered in the Houston, testifying nationally. He is one of a few Forensic Psychiatrists who are Board-Certified in BIM. In addition to forensic/expert witness practice, he works in a renowned neuro-rehabilitation center where his focus is treating the neuropsychiatric sequelae of brain injury, concussions, stroke, and spinal cord injury. Dr. Adhia is the Associate Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Director at McGovern Medical School at UT Health. He has been appointed by the Governor to the Advisory Committee to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments (TCOOMMI). Dr. Adhia's forensic practice focuses on the psychiatric impact of personal injury, abuse, competency, testamentary capacity, toxic torts (chemical exposure, oil spill), violence, and complicating mental illness. Dr. Adhia treats patients, as a psychiatrist, who suffer...