Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Physician

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

Lars-Kristofer N. Peterson, MD HEC-C FAAEM FACEP, graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2010, completed his emergency medicine (EM) residency (University of Rochester) in 2013, completed a critical care medicine (CCM) fellowship (University of Rochester) in 2015, and has been a practicing academic emergency medicine and critical care attending physician since. He is board-certified in EM, CCM, and neurocritical care. Additionally, he has earned the healthcare ethics consultant-certified (HEC-C) credential from the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Dr. Peterson is an experienced educator. Peers, learners, patients, and their families recognize Dr. Peterson for his compassionate and clear explanations of complex medical topics. This compassion and clarity translate well to preparing and delivering material targeted to audiences without medical training. Dr. Peterson attends to complex, critically ill patients in emergency medicine and critical care settings. He has expertise in airway management, shock resuscitation, sepsis, respiratory failure, neurologic emergencies (stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, spinal cord syndromes, other neurocritical care illnesses), extracorporeal support (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ECMO), and multidisciplinary critical care. Dr. Peterson is a clinical ethics consultant with several years of service to his hospital's ethics committee. He also serves as a leader in quality improvement in rapid responses, cardiac arrest resuscitation, and medication safety.