Transitions Of Care Expert Witnesses

Transitions of care 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 transitions of care. The transitions of care expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Obesity, and Urgent Care Medicine.

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Kelley Pratt, MD

Emergency Medicine – Director, ED Ops & Policy

Arizona
Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine - Standard of Care, Causation, Delay in Diagnosis, Failure to Diagnose, ED Operations, ED Throughput, Triage (ESI), Boarding, Documentation, Hospital Policy, Transitions of Care, Disposition Decisions, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Pulmonary Embolism, Sepsis, Aortic Dissection, Airway Management, Procedural Complications, APP Supervision
Dr. Kelley Pratt is a board-certified emergency physician with over 20 years of clinical, administrative, and academic experience. He serves as Emergency Department Medical Director and Medical Staff President at a high-performing community hospital with a strong track record of national recognition, CMS quality ratings, and patient experience awards. Dr. Pratt completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Arizona, where he served as Chief Resident, and earned his MD from the University of Washington. He is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is an active member of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He holds faculty appointments at two medical schools, where he teaches clinical reasoning and emergency care. In addition to active clinical practice, Dr. Pratt provides leadership in hospital quality and patient safety, offering a dual perspective that integrates frontline emergency care with systems-level oversight. His experie...
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Kelley Pratt, MD

Emergency Medicine – Director, ED Ops & Policy

California
Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine - Standard of Care, Causation, Delay in Diagnosis, Failure to Diagnose, ED Operations, ED Throughput, Triage (ESI), Boarding, Documentation, Hospital Policy, Transitions of Care, Disposition Decisions, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Pulmonary Embolism, Sepsis, Aortic Dissection, Airway Management, Procedural Complications, APP Supervision
Dr. Kelley Pratt is a board-certified emergency physician with over 20 years of clinical, administrative, and academic experience. He serves as Emergency Department Medical Director and Medical Staff President at a high-performing community hospital with a strong track record of national recognition, CMS quality ratings, and patient experience awards. Dr. Pratt completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Arizona, where he served as Chief Resident, and earned his MD from the University of Washington. He is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is an active member of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He holds faculty appointments at two medical schools, where he teaches clinical reasoning and emergency care. In addition to active clinical practice, Dr. Pratt provides leadership in hospital quality and patient safety, offering a dual perspective that integrates frontline emergency care with systems-level oversight. His experie...
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Vivek Gupta, MD, MPH

Internal & Obesity Medicine Physician Leader

Mindful Wellness

Manhattan Beach, California
Internal Medicine, Obesity - Hospital Medicine, Skilled Nursing Facility, Long-Term Care, Transitions of Care, Readmissions, Care Coordination, Medical Director, Quality Measures, Value-Based Care, Primary Care, GLP-1 Pharmacotherapy, Medication Management, Polypharmacy, Medical Operations, Standard of Care, Failure to DIagnose, Failure to Treat, Inpatient
Dr. Vivek Gupta, MD, MPH is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician with over 12 years of active clinical experience across hospital medicine, skilled nursing facilities, and outpatient primary care. He completed residency training at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center and earned a Master of Public Health from the University of Southern California. Dr. Gupta has held leadership roles in both clinical and operational settings. He previously worked with Optum, where he participated in value-based care initiatives, quality improvement programs, and population health management strategies within large integrated healthcare systems. His experience includes oversight of chronic disease management, readmission reduction, care coordination, and performance metrics tied to regulatory and payer standards. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Mindful Wellness, a physician-led medical weight loss practice, and as Chief Operating Officer of Gupta Medical Center, a primar...
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Kelley Pratt, MD

Emergency Medicine – Director, ED Ops & Policy

Florida
Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine - Standard of Care, Causation, Delay in Diagnosis, Failure to Diagnose, ED Operations, ED Throughput, Triage (ESI), Boarding, Documentation, Hospital Policy, Transitions of Care, Disposition Decisions, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Pulmonary Embolism, Sepsis, Aortic Dissection, Airway Management, Procedural Complications, APP Supervision
Dr. Kelley Pratt is a board-certified emergency physician with over 20 years of clinical, administrative, and academic experience. He serves as Emergency Department Medical Director and Medical Staff President at a high-performing community hospital with a strong track record of national recognition, CMS quality ratings, and patient experience awards. Dr. Pratt completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Arizona, where he served as Chief Resident, and earned his MD from the University of Washington. He is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is an active member of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He holds faculty appointments at two medical schools, where he teaches clinical reasoning and emergency care. In addition to active clinical practice, Dr. Pratt provides leadership in hospital quality and patient safety, offering a dual perspective that integrates frontline emergency care with systems-level oversight. His experie...
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Dina Oster, MD

Hospitalist and Primary Care Physician

TRINITY, Florida
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine - Primary Care, Diabetes, Dementia, Standard of Care, Cancer screening, Preoperative medicine, Follow up, Medical consultation, Falls, Obesity, Transitions of care, Geriatrics, Sleep Apnea
Board-certified Internal Medicine Physician with over 25 years of experience across different clinical settings, most recently in outpatient primary care, telehealth, and acute care hospital including the ICU and inpatient psychiatric unit. Have also worked in skilled nursing and long-term care facilities. Experienced with many types of insurance plans and patients across a wide range of demographics. Currently working as a hospitalist in community hospitals of varying size as well as large tertiary care academic institutions while also doing utilization management. My concurrent experience in both inpatient and outpatient care settings has highlighted how easily unresolved medical issues can be overlooked during care transitions, leaving patients vulnerable to a delay in diagnosis or treatment. I enjoy finding ways to make complex medical information understandable to others, a skill that patients, caregivers and other healthcare workers have found very helpful. I have extensive ...
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Susana A Alfonso, MD, MHCM

Family Medicine Physician-Emory Faculty

Emory Department of Family Medicine

ATLANTA, Georgia
Family Medicine - Primary Care, Failure to Diagnose, Residency Training, Standards of Care, Transitions of Care, Accreditation, Medical Errors, Supervision of APPs
Dr. Alfonso is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the Emory School of Medicine and has 24 years of experience in comprehensive ambulatory primary care to include women's health, pediatric care, and geriatrics. She currently serves as the Medical Director for the Emory PA Program, which has been consistently ranked among the top 5 in the nation for over 17 years. Previously, she held the position of Medical Director for the Residency Training Clinic overseeing a team with more than 30 physicians for over 13 years. Dr. Alfonso is a former Chief Medical Officer for Alliant Health Solutions, a medical management company overseeing utilization review, quality improvement, and prior authorizations for Medicaid and Medicare in Georgia. She continues to maintain an active clinical practice, including telemedicine, and regularly supervises residents, PAs, and NPs in both her own practice and as a Medical Director for CVS Minute Clinic. In addition to her clinical work, Dr....
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Robert Zukas, DO

Experienced Family Medicine Physician

Zukas Medical Consulting LLC

Noblesville, Indiana
Hospitalist, Family Medicine - Transitions of care, Use and interpretation of clinical practice guidelines, Supervision of APPs, Polypharmacy, Escalation of care, Medication side effects, Nocturnist, Systems-based care processes, Standard of Care, Available Nationwide
Board-certified Family Medicine physician with experience in inpatient hospital medicine, nocturnist coverage, outpatient primary care, and medical education. Clinical practice has included community hospitals, residency training programs, and integrated health systems. AREAS RELEVANT TO EXPERT WITNESS WORK Standards of care in family medicine and hospital medicine Inpatient and outpatient physician clinical decision-making Hospitalist and nocturnist care Supervision of advanced practice providers Escalation of care decision-making, including timing and appropriateness of consultation, transfer, higher level of monitoring, or higher acuity care settings Use and interpretation of clinical practice guidelines, including guideline strength, level of evidence, applicability to individual patients, and impact on treatment standards Transitions of care, including handoffs, discharge planning, follow-up coordination, and cross-provider communication Impact of medical techn...
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Richard B Balaban, MD

Internal Medicine Physician - Harvard Faculty

Brookline, Massachusetts
Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, Outpatient / Ambulatory Medicine, Transitions of Care, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure, Hypertension, COPD, Diabetes, Geriatrics, Alcohol Use Disorder, Geriatrics
Dr. Balaban is Harvard-trained and board-certified in Internal Medicine. He has practiced outpatient Internal Medicine for more than 25 years, and previously concurrently practiced Hospital Medicine for 10 years. Dr. Balaban has extensive administrative experience as a Medical Director in a range of venues, including Primary Care, and programs in Care Transitions, High Risk Patients, and a Cancer-Screening program in which he has developed expertise in the screening of colon, lung, prostate, breast and cervical cancers. Dr. Balaban is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has provided expert consultation for plaintiff and defense attorneys. To contact by email, please send to: rbbalaban@gmail.com.
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Aldo A. Arpaia, MD, FACP

Award winning Internist, Geriatrics

Consultants In Medicine, PLLC

New Providence, New Jersey
Internal Medicine, Geriatrics - Nursing home, Elder abuse, Gerontology, Geriatrics, Falls, Life expectancy, Functional decline, Medical malpractice, Internal Medicine, Office practice, General Practice, Transitions of Care, Wound care, Home care, Long term care, Preoperative medicine, Medical consultation
Specializing in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. I have maintained continuous board certification in Internal Medicine since 1997 and I am a Fellow of the American College of Physicians since 1997. I have over 33 years of academic and private practice experience in hospital, ambulatory medicine and nursing home care. I have an active Internal Medicine practice in the New York tristate area since 1997 and have been providing care to the elderly since 1995. I am a Clinical Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine, New York and I am a regional medical director of a national ACO. My unique skill set, experience and training give me the expertise to opine on a variety of clinical cases in medicine as well as other specialties including but not limited to nursing home care, long term care management of the elderly in the community as well as transitions of care. I am objective, straight forward and will provide you with clear unbiased reports to help navigate complex medical case...
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Aldo A. Arpaia, MD, FACP

Award winning Internist, Geriatrics

Consultants In Medicine, PLLC

New York
Internal Medicine, Geriatrics - Nursing home, Elder abuse, Gerontology, Geriatrics, Falls, Life expectancy, Functional decline, Medical malpractice, Internal Medicine, Office practice, General Practice, Transitions of Care, Wound care, Home care, Long term care, Preoperative medicine, Medical consultation
Specializing in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. I have maintained continuous board certification in Internal Medicine since 1997 and I am a Fellow of the American College of Physicians since 1997. I have over 33 years of academic and private practice experience in hospital, ambulatory medicine and nursing home care. I have an active Internal Medicine practice in the New York tristate area since 1997 and have been providing care to the elderly since 1995. I am a Clinical Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine, New York and I am a regional medical director of a national ACO. My unique skill set, experience and training give me the expertise to opine on a variety of clinical cases in medicine as well as other specialties including but not limited to nursing home care, long term care management of the elderly in the community as well as transitions of care. I am objective, straight forward and will provide you with clear unbiased reports to help navigate complex medical case...
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Kelley Pratt, MD

Emergency Medicine – Director, ED Ops & Policy

New York
Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine - Standard of Care, Causation, Delay in Diagnosis, Failure to Diagnose, ED Operations, ED Throughput, Triage (ESI), Boarding, Documentation, Hospital Policy, Transitions of Care, Disposition Decisions, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Pulmonary Embolism, Sepsis, Aortic Dissection, Airway Management, Procedural Complications, APP Supervision
Dr. Kelley Pratt is a board-certified emergency physician with over 20 years of clinical, administrative, and academic experience. He serves as Emergency Department Medical Director and Medical Staff President at a high-performing community hospital with a strong track record of national recognition, CMS quality ratings, and patient experience awards. Dr. Pratt completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Arizona, where he served as Chief Resident, and earned his MD from the University of Washington. He is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is an active member of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He holds faculty appointments at two medical schools, where he teaches clinical reasoning and emergency care. In addition to active clinical practice, Dr. Pratt provides leadership in hospital quality and patient safety, offering a dual perspective that integrates frontline emergency care with systems-level oversight. His experie...
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Kelley Pratt, MD

Emergency Medicine – Director, ED Ops & Policy

Oregon
Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine - Standard of Care, Causation, Delay in Diagnosis, Failure to Diagnose, ED Operations, ED Throughput, Triage (ESI), Boarding, Documentation, Hospital Policy, Transitions of Care, Disposition Decisions, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Pulmonary Embolism, Sepsis, Aortic Dissection, Airway Management, Procedural Complications, APP Supervision
Dr. Kelley Pratt is a board-certified emergency physician with over 20 years of clinical, administrative, and academic experience. He serves as Emergency Department Medical Director and Medical Staff President at a high-performing community hospital with a strong track record of national recognition, CMS quality ratings, and patient experience awards. Dr. Pratt completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Arizona, where he served as Chief Resident, and earned his MD from the University of Washington. He is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is an active member of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He holds faculty appointments at two medical schools, where he teaches clinical reasoning and emergency care. In addition to active clinical practice, Dr. Pratt provides leadership in hospital quality and patient safety, offering a dual perspective that integrates frontline emergency care with systems-level oversight. His experie...
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Doron Schneider, MD, MBA

Chief Safety/Quality Officer

Dresher, Pennsylvania
Internal Medicine, Hospitalist - Primary Care, Transitions of Care, Hospital Care, Medication Errors, Readmissions, Causality, Missed / Delayed Diagnosis, Standards of Care, Heart Attack, Falls, Pressure Ulcers, Cancer, Sepsis, Pulmonary Embolism, Acute Kidney Injury, Hypertension, Stroke, Atrial Fibrillation, Diabetes, DVT
Dr. Schneider is a board certified practicing internist with over 25 years experience as a hospitalist and a primary care physician. He has served as a health system Chief Safety and Quality Officer, VP for Population Health for a population health company, Deputy Program Director for an internal medicine residency and Deputy Editor of a major clinical journal focusing on diabetes. Dr. Schneider has been recognized as being a Philadelphia Top Doc each year from 2018-2024. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Schneider has extensive experience in medico-legal defense work and has opined on dozens of cases ranging from falls, pressure ulcers, delayed diagnosis of cancer, sepsis, DVTs and beyond.
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Kelley Pratt, MD

Emergency Medicine – Director, ED Ops & Policy

Ridgefield, Washington
Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine - Standard of Care, Causation, Delay in Diagnosis, Failure to Diagnose, ED Operations, ED Throughput, Triage (ESI), Boarding, Documentation, Hospital Policy, Transitions of Care, Disposition Decisions, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Pulmonary Embolism, Sepsis, Aortic Dissection, Airway Management, Procedural Complications, APP Supervision
Dr. Kelley Pratt is a board-certified emergency physician with over 20 years of clinical, administrative, and academic experience. He serves as Emergency Department Medical Director and Medical Staff President at a high-performing community hospital with a strong track record of national recognition, CMS quality ratings, and patient experience awards. Dr. Pratt completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Arizona, where he served as Chief Resident, and earned his MD from the University of Washington. He is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is an active member of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He holds faculty appointments at two medical schools, where he teaches clinical reasoning and emergency care. In addition to active clinical practice, Dr. Pratt provides leadership in hospital quality and patient safety, offering a dual perspective that integrates frontline emergency care with systems-level oversight. His experie...