Harvard Trained, Board Certified Anesthesiologist

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Hilary Gallin, MD, MBA Obstetric & General Anesthesiology | Expert Witness Services Dr. Hilary Gallin is a Harvard-trained, board-certified anesthesiologist on faculty at a major academic medical center in New York City. She maintains an active clinical practice in both obstetric and general anesthesia, giving her broad expertise across a wide range of anesthesia-related litigation. She accepts plaintiff and defense cases equally and is available for record review, written opinions, and testimony nationwide. Dr. Gallin's obstetric anesthesia expertise covers the full scope of labor and delivery anesthesia care, including neuraxial complications, obstetric hemorrhage and emergency resuscitation, medication errors, and the standard of care in high-risk obstetric settings. Her general anesthesia practice extends her medicolegal reach to perioperative complications, airway management, monitored anesthesia care (MAC), and adverse events across surgical subspecialties, making her an effective expert across a broad range of cases. Her MD/MBA dual training gives her a distinctive ability to evaluate not just individual provider conduct, but systems-level failures including institutional protocols, staffing models, and departmental decision-making. Dr. Gallin also serves on her department's Quality and Patient Safety Committee, giving her firsthand, current insight into how complications are reviewed, escalated, and prevented at the institutional level. This perspective is particularly valuable in cases where the line between individual error and organizational failure is at issue. Dr. Gallin is known for producing rigorous, well-organized reports grounded in current clinical literature and practice standards. She translates complex anesthesia concepts into clear, accessible language for attorneys, judges, and juries, and delivers objective, evidence-based opinions regardless of retaining party. She is responsive, meets deadlines, and works efficiently with legal teams from initial case review through trial. Areas of Expertise: Obstetric Anesthesia - Neuraxial complications (epidural hematoma, abscess, nerve injury, failed and partial blocks) - Obstetric hemorrhage, transfusion management & resuscitation - Medication errors, dosing, and drug administration - Anesthesia for cesarean delivery (emergent and elective) - Airway management in the obstetric patient - Informed consent and documentation standards General Anesthesia - Perioperative complications and adverse events - Airway management (failed intubation, aspiration, hypoxic injury) - Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) and procedural sedation - Regional and neuraxial anesthesia outside the obstetric setting - Emergence, PACU, and post-anesthesia complications Cross-Cutting - Quality, safety, and systems-based failures - Institutional protocols, staffing, and documentation standards Available for: Record review · Written opinions · Depositions · Trial testimony · Case consultation