Harvard Med professor - internal med/urgent care

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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I am a Harvard and Cornell trained internal medicine physician with over 30 years of clinical experience mainly in ambulatory primary care and urgent care, and more recently in telemedicine. I was Associate Professor of Medicine and Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital until 2022 and currently actively practicing primary care and urgent care at a Federally Qualified Community Health Center. I have held various leadership positions, investigator roles, and clinician-educator positions over my years at Harvard/Mass General and at Cornell. My research and teaching seek to improve clinical quality by improving doctor-patient communication and relationships especially in culturally and linguistically diverse settings. I have extensive experience in teaching, publishing, grant writing, and working with industry to improve patient experience and outcomes. I developed an internet-based education program that improves medical care by teaching clinicians and other health care professionals how to communicate better with diverse patient populations. I have served as an expert witness in multiple states including Florida (I have FL certificate), IL, MA, NY, CT, OR, CA, WA, NM, MI for a wide range of cases since 2020 ranging from delayed and missed diagnoses, to opiate overdose, to medical errors, to wrongful amputations and death in the ambulatory and urgent care setting as well as in telemedicine. I provide unbiased evaluations of the quality of medical care. I evaluate carefully whether there was a doctor-patient relationship and a duty to care, whether the standard of care was breached, and whether any breaches caused harm. My opinions are objective, and do not differ according to whether I am retained by the defense or the plaintiff. As an expert witness, I strive to serve not only as a diligent and objective expert witness, but also as a responsive consultant who helps attorneys develop their strategy for each case.