Pulmonary Critical Care, Internal Medicine

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Dr. Fady Youssef, MD, is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine. He serves as Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at a large academic center and holds graduate medical education leadership roles as Associate Program Director for an Internal Medicine Residency Program and Residency Site Director at a large teaching community hospital. In these roles, he oversees resident education, curriculum development, and clinical training across academic and community hospital settings. He completed medical school, Internal Medicine residency, and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship training at a large academic center. Dr. Youssef maintains an active clinical practice as a pulmonary and critical care physician caring for critically ill patients in medical, surgical, and mixed intensive care units. His expertise includes septic shock, acute respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), complex pulmonary disease, perioperative critical care, and interfacility transfer of critically ill patients requiring higher levels of care. He routinely manages diabetic ketoacidosis, severe electrolyte disturbances, multiorgan failure, massive transfusion, anticoagulation-related complications, venous thromboembolism, and other high-acuity emergencies. His practice includes bronchoscopy, point-of-care critical care procedures, ventilator management, and multidisciplinary ICU leadership. In his academic and hospital leadership roles, Dr. Youssef has developed residency curricula, quality improvement initiatives, and simulation-based education focused on critical care medicine, patient safety, systems-based practice, and evidence-based management of critically ill patients. He has served as Vice Chair of Medicine; Chair of the Bioethics Committee, Emergency Response Committee, and Utilization Review Committee; and as a member of the Medical Executive Committee, Sepsis Committee, Credentialing Committee, and Critical Care Committee. His work has focused on ICU quality metrics, rapid response systems, sepsis care, multidisciplinary critical care delivery, physician education, and hospital-wide quality improvement. Dr. Youssef provides independent medical-legal consultation for both plaintiff and defense counsel involving pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, internal medicine, and hospital medicine matters. His opinions are founded upon objective review of the medical record, applicable standards of care, and current peer-reviewed medical literature, irrespective of the retaining party. His case experience includes sepsis and septic shock, respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation, delayed diagnosis, failure to rescue, ICU management, ECMO, interfacility transfer, anticoagulation complications, venous thromboembolism, pressure injuries, hospital-acquired conditions, medical necessity, end-of-life care, procedural complications, and physician and nursing standards of care. He has extensive experience reviewing cases involving escalation of care, multidisciplinary communication, documentation, and hospital systems. Dr. Youssef has received recognitions for excellence in clinical care, physician leadership, and medical education, including the American College of Chest Physicians Early Career Professional Development Award, Attending Physician of the Year at a large academic center, and a hospital-wide “Simply Better” Award. He was recognized in the Southern California Rising Stars℠ 2026 list, as published in Southern California Super Doctors Magazine and distributed in January with the Los Angeles Times, and was nominated for Orange County Physician of Excellence in 2026. His professional interests include critical care systems improvement, medical education, physician leadership, healthcare quality, and improving outcomes for critically ill patients.