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- Phone: (858) 344-6814
Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Emergency MedicineKeywords/Search Terms:
Airway Management, Sepsis/Necrotizing Fasciitis, Stroke, STEMI, Trauma, AAA, Aortic Dissection, Appendicitis, Meningitis, Pneumonia, UTI, Mesenteric Ischemia, Cardiac Arrest, Epidural Abscess, Ectopic Pregnancy, Addiction/Opioid Overdose, Pulmonary Embolism, Fracture, QI/QA/Quality Control, Physician Assistant/Nurse PractitionerEducation:
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences; B.S. Biology, Brown University; B.A. French Literature, Brown UniversityYears in Practice:
15Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:
1Additional Information
Dr. Gabriella Minera is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician with 15+ years of experience. Dr. Minera completed Emergency Medicine residency at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, where she served as academic chief resident. Her clinical experience spans Level I Trauma, Stroke, and STEMI centers as well as resource-limited critical access hospitals—providing a deep understanding of variable standards, workflows, and resource constraints in emergency care. She is Emergency Medicine core faculty at Southwest Healthcare MEC in Temecula, CA and regularly teaches on key Emergency Medicine topics. For this reason, she is keenly aware of the standard of care in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Minera is also the Director of the Morbidity and Mortality Lecture Series for Southwest Healthcare, providing medico-legal risk evaluations, and presenting specific cases and topics on how to improve care, avoid documentation disasters, and how to make system-wide changes to improve practice management, patient outcome, and patient experience. Additionally, Dr. Minera is the co-director of the Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee for Temecula Valley Emergency Department and actively participates as a reviewers for the Journal of Emergency Medicine, proving that she is up-to-date on current medical literature. Dr. Minera has prior experience in trial testimony and as a court witness and has reviewed countless depositions and medical records in her current practice. She has a quick turnaround, clear and concise approach and is objective. She has decisive opinions. Dr. Minera provides no-charge informal case discussion upon request. Inquire now: gminera@ema.us or 858-344-6814.