Contact this Expert Witness

  • Company: LCPMD
  • Phone: 833-695-2763
  • Fax: 813-280-4932
  • Website: www.lcpmd.com

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Life Care Planning and Pain Management - Medicine

Keywords/Search Terms:

Physician Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP), Life Care Plans, Catastrophic injury, Non-catastrophic injury, Board certified in Pain Medicine, Chronic Pain, Personal Injury, Defense and Plaintiff, Expert Witness, Auto Injury, traumatic brain injury, slip and fall, malpractice, neck and low back pain

Education:

MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Post-Doctoral, Harvard Medical School; CLCP, ICHCC

Years in Practice:

20+

Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:

150+

Additional Information

Dr. Barna is a Nationally Recognized, Double Board Certified, Harvard Trained, Pain Management Physician and Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP) with a strong clinical background in Musculoskeletal Care. He is Co-Editor of Handbook of Medical Aspects of Disability and Rehabilitation for Life Care Planning (Routledge, 2024). He is also an Editorial Board Member for Pain Physician (official publication of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians), as well as a Reviewer for the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (official publication of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association). He has been recognized on Becker’s Orthopedic and Spine Review List of 150 Pain Management Physicians to Know. ​ Prior to coming to Florida, Dr. Barna spent nearly 10 years at Harvard Medical School including roles as Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, as well as Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center. He previously served as Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at University of South Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Barna also previously served as an Interventional Spine and Pain Physician, as well as Partner at Florida Orthopaedic Institute, the largest multi-specialty Orthopedic group in the state of Florida. He is currently in active clinical practice, providing patient consultation in Tampa and via telehealth throughout Florida. He is a member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, North American Spine Society, International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals / International Academy of Life Care Planners Section, and American Academy of Physician Life Care Planners. LCPMD is sought by both plaintiff and defense attorneys nationwide for credible, defensible expert assessments and testimony for compensatory economic damages, including life care plans, medical cost projections, medical bill reasonableness of charges analysis, present value assessments, and loss of earnings capacity assessments. Our tested, trusted, full-service team of physician, vocational, nurse, and economist experts, supported by dedicated case managers, make LCPMD the one stop for valid insight into complex personal injury cases.