Urgent, Primary & Pediatric Care Expert PA
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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Physician Assistant and Urgent Care MedicineKeywords/Search Terms:
Physician Assistant, Urgent Care Standard, Polypharmacy, Diagnostic Work-Up, asthma management, Referral protocol, Primary care, Sepsis, wound repair, escalation of care, mental health, black box warning, pulmonary embolism, intermediate care, Medication safety, Sepsis, ectopic pregnancyEducation:
MSPAS , University of Nebraska ; BS Physician Assistant, South University PA Program; BS Biology, Valdosta State UniversityYears in Practice:
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Cynthia McDonald is a nationally board-certified Physician Assistant with over twenty years of broad clinical experience spanning urgent care, primary care and pediatrics. Detail-oriented, she practices with an emphasis on creating an excellent rapport with patients and families, while providing a comprehensive approach to patient care. She provides medical-legal consulting and expert-witness services focused on standards of care in clinical evaluation, diagnostic work-up, treatment, and referral decisions. Her expertise includes failure-to-diagnose and delayed-diagnosis cases, recognition and escalation of potentially life-threatening conditions such as sepsis, and the determination of when outpatient versus higher-level care is appropriate. Ms. McDonald has extensive experience reviewing medical records and formulating clear, evidence-based opinions for malpractice and personal-injury matters. In addition to her clinical work, Ms. McDonald has served as a lecturer for physician assistant board review courses and has been recognized for excellence in patient care through outstanding satisfaction reviews. She offers expert witness services related to standard of care, scope of practice, urgent care, primary care and pediatrics.