William Fisher

Board certified, Practicing ICU and Pulmonary MD

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Board-certified physician in Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine, and Internal Medicine with over ten years of active clinical practice. Currently completing a Juris Doctor at UNLV Boyd School of Law with a concentration in health law. Available for expert review, case consultation, and testimony in pulmonary, critical care, sleep medicine, and internal medicine matters. Actively practicing as an attending physician at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco with prior ICU experience across the San Diego area. Clinical peer reviewer for Maximus Federal Services, performing independent clinical audits for federal healthcare programs, synthesizing complex medical records to determine adherence to national standards of care and medical necessity CERTIFICATION S Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2016 — Currently Active Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2018 — Currently Active Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2019 — Currently Active Sleep Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2021 — Currently Active AREAS OF EXPERTISE Mechanical ventilation — mode selection, ventilator management, ventilator-associated complications, and ventilator-induced lung injury ECMO — indications, cannulation decisions, circuit management, and withdrawal Sepsis and septic shock — Hour-1 Bundle compliance, vasopressor management, and source control decisions ARDS — lung-protective ventilation strategies, proning decisions Airway Management — intubation decisions, difficult airway management, and airway emergencies Non-invasive Ventilation — CPAP, BiPAP, high-flow nasal cannula indications and management Pulmonary Embolism — diagnostic workup, anticoagulation decisions, and catheter-directed therapy ICU Standard of Care — escalation of care decisions, triage, and delayed transfer liability Obstructive Sleep Apnea — diagnosis, treatment compliance, and safety-sensitive occupation implications Drowsy driving and sleep-related impairment — treating physician duty and liability Informed Consent in Critical Illness — capacity assessment, surrogate decision-making, and documentation standards End-of-life Decision-Making — withdrawal of care, futility determinations, and family communication Clinical Peer Review — utilization management and medical necessity determinations MEDICAL TRAINING Fellowship — Sleep Medicine Stanford University — 2019–2020 Fellowship — Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine California Pacific Medical Center — 2016–2019 Residency — Internal Medicine University of California, Irvine — 2014–2016 Internship — Internal Medicine East Tennessee State University — 2013–2014 EDUCATION Juris Doctor Candidate, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law — 2025–Present (Expected Graduation Date: 2028) With a concentration in Health Law Doctor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine — 2009–2013 Bachelor of Science — Neuroscience | Minor: Sociology Brigham Young University — 2002–2008