Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Dr. Kornfield is a board-certified, actively practicing Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Physician at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia. In his roles as Medical Director of the Heart and Vascular Intensive Care Unit and Co-lead of the Cardiac Surgery Performance Improvement Initiative at a large quaternary care teaching hospital of the University of Pennsylvania he oversees quality improvement and safety metrics for patients. Dr. Kornfield is Ivy League Educated, completing his B.S. at Columbia University and his M.D. and Anesthesia Residency training at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kornfield completed double fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at Barnes Jewish Hospital and Washington University in St Louis. He is Triple board certified in Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Advanced Perioperative Echocardiography. Dr. Kornfield is an expert in the fields of Cardiac Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine, Transesophageal Echocardiography and General Anesthesia. He has extensive experience managing high acuity patients in the operating room and ICU and in the evaluation, assessment, and management of patient complications in anesthesiology and critical care settings. Dr. Kornfield has extensive experience with resident physician and CRNA supervision, as well as directly providing anesthesia. Dr. Kornfield has co -authored several journal articles and a book chapter in the fields of critical care medicine and cardiac surgery.