Whiplash & Auto Injury Expert Witness

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Dr. Richard Falcone is a Pittsburgh-based chiropractor with over 25 years of clinical experience in the evaluation and treatment of auto injury and whiplash-related spine trauma. He provides expert witness services to personal injury attorneys throughout Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with a focus on objective diagnosis, impairment evaluation, and medically defensible documentation. His work centers on identifying cervical ligament injuries that are frequently overlooked in motor vehicle collision cases, including Alteration of Motion Segment Integrity (AOMSI) — a severe injury classification recognized by the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. These injuries often cannot be detected through routine exams or visual assessment and require specialized diagnostic protocols. Dr. Falcone is certified in Diagnostic Radiographic Mensuration Analysis, the computerized method required by the AMA to objectively measure abnormal vertebral motion with precision. He is also a co-author of The $66,000 Neck Injury… And How Not to Be Misdiagnosed, an educational publication addressing the misdiagnosis of severe ligament injuries in whiplash patients. His expert opinions are grounded in strict adherence to AMA standards, advanced post-doctoral training in trauma diagnostics, crash dynamics, neurodiagnostics, and imaging interpretation. He provides clear, evidence-based medical findings designed to assist attorneys, insurers, judges, and juries in understanding complex cervical spine injuries. Dr. Falcone’s role as an expert witness is not advocacy, but clarity — determining whether a serious injury exists, documenting it properly, and explaining it in a medically sound and legally defensible manner.