Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Certified family nurse practitioner and emergency nurse practitioner with over 20 years of healthcare experience. 12+ years of experience as a nurse practitioner in emergency medicine, inpatient medicine and primary care. Mrs Topham practices in a wide range of settings including management of chronic diseases in primary care, acutely decompensated illness in the hospital, acute illness in urgent care and the emergency department. Mrs Topham’s emergency department experience includes Level II trauma center, stroke center, and solo-coverage in critical access facilities. She remains certified in advanced cardiac life support, pediatric advanced life support, basic life support, advanced trauma life support and additional education pertaining to difficult airway management. She was responsible for onboarding and training all new nurse practitioners and physician assistants for over 3 years. She assisted with the development and implementation of a rural advanced practice provider residency program. Mrs Topham is proficient and knowledgeable in virtual health, current standard of care and is currently the Virtual Health Medical Director for a rural upstate NY healthcare system that covers over 8 counties. Mrs Topham is an Army nurse veteran serving in 2 different combat support hospitals as a critical care nurse and company commander responsible for over 250 soldiers. Ultimately, resigning her commission after 9 years of service to continue to peruse her nurse practitioner career. Mrs Topham has an interest in both plaintiff and defense expert witness litigation.