Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Ilan J. Danan, M.D, M.Sc. is a Sports Neurologist and Interventional Pain Management Physician specializing in the management and treatment of sports-related neurological injury and complications. He specializes in the treatment of spine and musculoskeletal pain using minimally invasive techniques. Dr. Danan is one of only a few hundred Adult Neurologists in the nation to be double-certified in both Neurology and Brain Injury Medicine. Dr. Danan began his studies at Rutgers University — The State University of New Jersey. He then went on to obtain his Master of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, before attending medical school at St. George's University. He completed his Neurology residency training at New York Medical College, where he served as Chief Resident in his final year of training. He went on to fellowship training, serving as the Sports Neurology fellow at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in 2015. Dr. Danan is an active speaker, having spoken at the American Academy of Neurology, the AAN Sports Concussion Conference, and the 5th International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport in Berlin, to name a few. His passion for sports and neuroscience has led to him towards pursuing additional clinical interests, with a focus on care for mild TBI, from the sideline, to the clinic. His passion and unique expertise has allowed him to ability to provide sideline physician care across all levels of sport, including professionally. Dr. Danan had taken an interest in expert medical witness work early on in his professional career, and has been fortunate enough to see it evolve significantly over the last several years. His thorough record reviews, thoughtful independent medical examinations, and detailed written reports provide attorneys with high quality expert medical opinions, the majority if which result in claim settlements without the need for arbitration or a trial.