Family Medicine Physician - Georgetown Faculty

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

Wendy E. Handler, MD, CIME, is a board-certified Family Medicine physician and Certified Independent Medical Examiner with more than 31 years of clinical experience across primary care, urgent care, telemedicine, and academic medicine. Her broad clinical background includes extensive management of both acute and chronic medical conditions, providing a well-rounded perspective on patient care, functional assessment, and accepted standards of care. She also has substantial, ongoing experience in COVID-19 diagnosis and management, including antiviral treatment selection, triage of patients to urgent or emergency care, and application of evolving national evidence-based guidelines. In addition to her active clinical and academic roles, Dr. Handler provides comprehensive medico-legal consulting services, including Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs), disability and functional capacity evaluations, standard-of-care and malpractice case reviews, peer review, medical necessity determinations, and clinical quality reviews, while currently providing medical expert opinions in ongoing medico-legal matters. Dr. Handler has also served as a medical expert for public access television and online patient education content, demonstrating her ability to communicate complex medical concepts clearly and accurately to diverse audiences. Dr. Handler holds the role as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Georgetown University, where she precepts residents and mentors medical students. She also spent five years as Clinical Quality Review Lead for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants at MedStar Health OnDemand, overseeing clinical quality, documentation standards, and adherence to standards of care in a large telehealth system. Dr. Handler is highly skilled in objective medical record analysis, application of evidence-based clinical guidelines, and production of clear, well-reasoned, and defensible medico-legal reports for attorneys, insurance carriers, government agencies, and healthcare organizations. Recognized for delivering concise, impartial, and thoroughly substantiated medical opinions, Dr. Handler is committed to the highest standards of accuracy, professionalism, and timeliness, with a practice structure that allows for prompt responsiveness to consultation requests and reliable on-time report delivery with meticulous attention to detail.