Full-Spectrum Emergency Medicine Expert

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Dr. Joshua Houser, MD, FACEP, FAAEM is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician with extensive experience in high-acuity emergency care. He practices primarily in Level I and Level II trauma centers, high-volume urban and suburban emergency departments, and both academic and non-academic pediatric Emergency Departments. His clinical background also includes the entire gamut of Emergency care including single-coverage rural level IV Emergency Departments, and freestanding emergency centers, giving him a comprehensive understanding of standards of care across the full spectrum of emergency practice environments. Dr. Houser serves as Medical Director for multiple Emergency Departments, overseeing quality assurance, clinical operations, physician staffing models, performance metrics, and multidisciplinary teamwork. He advises other attending physicians, while supervising residents, and advanced practice providers, and has deep experience with documentation standards, airway management, trauma resuscitation, pediatric emergency care, stroke, cardiac emergencies, sepsis, shock, and high-risk clinical decision making. He has provided sworn deposition testimony as a treating physician and is trained in chart review, case screening, medical timeline reconstruction, and standard-of-care analysis. Dr. Houser offers clear, objective, and unbiased case review and is available for plaintiff, defense, or system-level consultation. Credentials: • MD, Emergency Medicine • Board Certified, Emergency Medicine • Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP) • Fellow, American Academy of Emergency Medicine (FAAEM) • MBA in Physician Leadership (in progress, University of Texas at Dallas) • Licensed in Texas and Oklahoma Areas of expertise: trauma (adult & pediatric), cardiac and neurologic emergencies, resuscitation & airway management, critical care, pediatric EM, sepsis and shock, toxicology, ED operations, clinical documentation standards, and rural vs. urban standards-of-care variation. Dr. Houser accepts consultation, case review, deposition, and trial testimony