Publications

• Dr. Gibson References.pdf

Institutional Healthcare Quality & Compliance

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

Brent R. Gibson, MD, MPH is a board-certified physician and nationally recognized expert in correctional and institutional healthcare quality, governance, and systems performance. He specializes in the analysis of serious adverse events, in-custody deaths, medical neglect, and organizational failures in jail, prison, and other custodial healthcare settings. Dr. Gibson is the founder and principal of Avocet Enterprises LLC, a healthcare consulting firm focused on quality, risk, and governance in high-risk institutional environments. He previously served in senior leadership roles with the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), where he was directly involved in accreditation, quality improvement, standards development, and system-level performance evaluation across hundreds of correctional healthcare systems in the United States. His work focuses on evaluating healthcare delivery not only at the level of individual clinical decisions, but also at the level of policies, procedures, staffing models, training, supervision, quality assurance programs, and organizational oversight. He is frequently retained in cases involving allegations of deliberate indifference, systemic neglect, wrongful death, failure to diagnose or treat, inadequate policies and procedures, and failures of clinical governance and supervision. Dr. Gibson holds an MD and an MPH, is board certified in Occupational Medicine, and is licensed as a physician in Missouri. He completed his medical training and served as an Army medical officer before entering civilian practice and healthcare leadership. His professional background includes clinical practice, institutional medical leadership, accreditation and compliance work, quality improvement program design, and large-scale healthcare system assessment. He has extensive experience reviewing medical records, policies and procedures, training materials, quality assurance and performance improvement programs, and organizational structures. He provides clear, structured opinions regarding standard of care, causation, and the role of system design and oversight in adverse outcomes. He is known for his ability to explain complex healthcare systems and institutional processes in a manner that is understandable to attorneys, judges, and juries. Dr. Gibson consults and testifies for both plaintiffs and defendants. His work is grounded in objective analysis, accepted standards of practice, and real-world experience operating and evaluating institutional healthcare systems.