Vaginal Delivery Expert Witnesses

Central Florida , Florida

Midwife, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Women's health, women's emergency services, prenatal care, vaginal delivery, vaginal and perineal lacerations and repair, complications at birth, labor management, birth control management

Katie L. Herrera, RN, APRN, CNM Certified Nurse Midwife | cell: 407-484-0137 Fax: 407-654-8999 | khellecnm@yahoo.com Experience: I have a passion for legal and business aspects of healthcare and medicine. I have over 9 years experience in one of the biggest and busiest Woman's hospitals in the world. I have performed over 2,000 births, and assisted in over 1,000 cesarean sections. I work independently and collaboratively with 24 OBGYN hospitalist and 8 perinatologist physicians as part of one of the largest OBGYN services in the country. We provide coverage of antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and gynecological services. I stay up to date with education and current practice guidelines. In August 2019, I created and founded a low risk, late prenatal care clinic that accepts patients at any gestational age to enable all patients gain access to prenatal care regardless of the situation. I am our Quality APP representative performing case reviews. Currently I have reviewed over 20...

Zionsville, Indiana

Midwife, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Obstetric Emergency, Birth, Birth Injury, Shoulder Dystocia, Vaginal Birth after Cesarean, VBAC, Water Birth, Labor and Delivery, Fetal Monitoring, Obstetric Triage, Home Birth, Birth Center, Postpartum, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Vaginal Delivery, Birth Trauma, Prenatal Care, Nurse-Midwife, Labor Induction, Perineal Lacertations

I am a Certified Nurse-Midwife with 12 years of experience providing comprehensive obstetric and gynecologic care across outpatient, home birth, birth center, and high-acuity hospital settings. I currently practice in the Obstetric Emergency Department at IU Health, where I provide rapid assessment, triage, and management of urgent and emergent obstetric conditions in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary academic environment. My clinical work centers on evidence-based decision-making, collaborative care, and trauma-informed practice for diverse and complex patient populations. I bring a strong foundation in physiologic birth, risk assessment, and timely escalation of care, supporting safe outcomes while maintaining a patient-centered approach. Previously, I served in midwifery leadership roles within academic hospital systems, contributing to program development, quality improvement initiatives, and clinical guideline implementation. I have owned and directed community birth practices...

Burnsville, Minnesota

Obstetrics & Gynecology - Gynecology, Hysterectomy, Laparoscopic surgery, Gestational diabetes, Postpartum, Obstetrics, Vaginal delivery, Labor induction, Preeclampsia, Postpartum hemorrhage, Gynecologic Surgery, Cesarean section, Fetal distress, Eclampsia, D&C, Birth Injury, Bladder sling, Vacuum assisted delivery, Pregnancy related hypertension, Hysteroscopy

I am available for medical expert witness work in Obstetrics and Gynecology, including review of medical records, preparation of reports, and testifying at deposition and trial. I have excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as an aptitude for translating medical terminology for lay public consumption. For twenty years, I have practiced the full range of obstetrics and gynecology including high risk and low risk obstetrics, interpretation of obstetric and gynecologic ultrasounds, gynecologic surgery including minimally invasive vaginal and laparoscopic procedures (trained in single site laparoscopy and vNotes vaginal laparoscopic surgery), surgery for stress urinary incontinence, high risk and low risk deliveries including Cesarean section, outpatient clinic procedures, birth control counseling including LARC methods and sterilization, menopause care, abortion care, diagnosis and management of complicated vulvovaginal disease, sexual health and sexual pain. I t...

Brooklyn, New York

Obstetrics & Gynecology - Vaginal delivery, Cesarean Section, Retained Foreign Body, Bowel Injury, Fetal Distress, Shoulder Dystocia, Erb's Palsy, Uterine Perforation, Hysterectomy, Myomectomy, Laparoscopy, TOLAC, Uterine Rupture, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Breast/Cervical/Uterine/Ovarian Cancer Detection, Post Menopausal Bleeding

I am a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology. I am an Attending physician at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Weill Cornell Medical College. My areas of expertise include all aspects and potential complications of prenatal care and delivery, cesarean section, cervical and breast cancer screening and detection, postmenopausal bleeding, gynecologic surgery and general office practice.