Podiatry Expert Witness - Foot & Ankle

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Dr. Dalal is a board-certified podiatric surgeon practicing in a high-volume surgical setting with Lakeside Medical Group and Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, with over five years of comprehensive clinical and surgical experience. In addition to outpatient care, she manages inpatient and high-risk diabetic patients, including limb salvage and trauma, hospital consultations, with active participation in a rotating on-call schedule every four weeks. She completed her medical training at the California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University and subsequently completed formal surgical training in forefoot, reconstructive rearfoot, and ankle surgery at Chino Valley Medical Center, with a dedicated track at Kaiser Permanente Central Valley. She holds dual board certification through the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery and the American Board of Podiatric Medicine. Dr. Dalal previously served as Clinical Faculty at Western University of Health Sciences, with experience teaching medical students, leading journal clubs, and providing academic instruction, and she is a lecturer for Lakeside Medical Group Continuing Medical Education. Dr. Dalal is a published author of 8 peer-reviewed research articles in distinguished medical journals and has presented 13 research posters at prominent national medical conferences. She is a contributing writer for Present Podiatry, a national journal for practicing podiatrists. She maintains ongoing continuing medical education through national conferences and advanced surgical courses to ensure up-to-date clinical knowledge and technical expertise. She has completed formal training through the SEAK Expert Witness Course. Areas of expertise include minimally invasive foot and ankle surgery; ankle sprains; trauma and ankle fractures; postoperative and surgical complications; delayed union and nonunion; amputations; hammertoe and bunion deformities and complications; Lapidus procedures; foot and ankle reconstruction; diabetic limb salvage; diabetic foot ulcers; Charcot neuroarthropathy; osteomyelitis; peripheral neuropathy; infections of the foot and ankle; wound care and surgical wound complications; tendon and ligament injuries; plantar fasciitis; Achilles tendinopathy and rupture; arthritis and post-traumatic arthritis; gait analysis and biomechanics; footwear-related injury mechanisms; podiatry and foot/ankle surgery malpractice; standard-of-care compliance; medical decision-making and risk stratification; causation and apportionment of injury; documentation and informed consent; management of high-risk diabetic and vascular patients; and injury causation and long-term functional impairment.