Assisted Living Expert Witnesses in Pennsylvania
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of assisted living expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on assisted living and related issues. Assisted living expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these assisted living expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Assisted Living, Personal Care, Pressure Ulcers, Restraints, Wound Care, Abuse, Adult Day, Adverse Events, Aspiration, Bed Sores, Covid 19, Dehydration, Delirium, Dementia, and Elder Abuse.
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Ara Sayabalian, Ed.D, MBA, MS
Asst. Living Expert – Harvard Educated/USC Faculty
Assisted Living, Independent Living, & Memory Care Consulting
Assisted Living, Long Term Care
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Assisted Living Falls, Independent Living, Memory Care, Standard of Care, Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), Risk Mitigation, Elder Abuse, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Pressure Injury, In-Home Care Agency, Falls Reconstructionist, Delay In Treatment, Wounds, Accelerated Decline, Elopement
Award-winning assisted living, independent living and memory care safety and risk mitigatoin professional. Expert in identifying causes and liabilities of adverse events including: falls, pressure wounds, accelerated decline, and infections. Has helped improve safety and prevent adverse events at many hundreds of senior living communities. USC and Harvard educated. USC Faculty. Significant public speaking experience.
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Julie Thompson, LNHA, MBA, MHSA
Nursing Home and Assisted Living Administration
Juliet Healthcare Services, LLC
Nursing Home Administration, Assisted Living
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Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, Regulatory Compliance, Long term Care, Post Acute Care, Abuse and Neglect, Memory Care, Quality Improvement, Falls, Standard of Care, Resident Safety, Abuse, Neglect
Highly accomplished and experienced Nursing Home Administrator and Assisted Living Manager with 20+ years of experience in long term care and assisted living administration. Experience includes operational and risk management, regulatory compliance, development and implementation of policies and procedures, quality assurance and process improvement, contract management, memory care, post-acute/transitional care, and human resource management. Experienced Expert Witness available for medical records, charts and other document review, case disposition, depositions and court testimonies.
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Shuja Hassan, MD
Nursing Home and Medical Care of Elderly expert
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Geriatrics, Long Term Care
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nursing homes, assisted living, falls, fractures, pressure ulcers, bed sores, wound care, dehydration, delirium, pneumonia, sepsis, aspiration, functional decline, neglect, dementia, infection, elder abuse, urinary tract infection, UTI, restraints
Award-winning geriatrician in active clinical practice. Fellowship trained. Sees patients in the office, hospital, and nursing home. 26 years of nursing home experience with 18 years as a Medical Director. Extensive teaching experience. Pitt faculty. Former two-time President of Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society-Western Division.
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Armen Sevag, DO
Award Winning Internal Medicine Expertise
Media, Pennsylvania
Internal Medicine
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Assisted Living, Primary Care, Defense Expert, Hospice
I am an experienced and award winning Internal Medicine physician with a broad range of experience. For 20 years I have practiced in a wide variety of settings including inpatient, office, personal care/assisted living, and hospice care. I am an experienced, thorough, and prudent defense expert witness and look forward to reviewing your case and being of expert assistance. Please contact me through the SEAK contact form.
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Brian Galinkin, NHA, MSW
Long Term Care Expert Witness
Brian Galinkin Consulting LLC
Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania
Long Term Care, Nursing Home Administration
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Long Term Care, Nursing Home Administrator, Personal Care, Assisted Living, NHA, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Neglect, Regulatory Compliance, Skilled Nursing Facility, Nursing Home Operations, Standard of Care, Wound Care, Restraints, Nursing Home Falls, Adult Day, Physician Orders, Pressure Ulcers, COVID 19, Abuse
As an expert witness and long-term care consultant, I apply my 18 years of experience operating nursing homes. For the last 9 years, I have provided detailed evaluations and expert testimony for legal cases within the long-term care industry. Drawing on extensive operational knowledge, I assist counsel in interpreting clinical records and delivering insights grounded in foundational facts and helping to determine if the standard of care was met. I also apply the federal regulations to determine compliance. I have been retained for 45 cases. 65% defense, 35% plaintiff.
Types of cases I have worked on:
Falls and fall-related injuries
Pressure injuries (pressure ulcers)
Elopement and wandering incidents
Medication errors and adverse drug events
Failure to monitor / failure to supervise
Infection control and sepsis-related cases
Failure to follow physician orders
Care planning deficiencies
Staffing and negligence claims
Documentation and regulatory compliance issues
Areas of Expert...
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Stacy L. Donnelly, RN, BSN
Nursing & Nursing Home Expert Witness
DJS Associates, Inc.
Abington, Pennsylvania
Long Term Care, Nurse
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Medical Records Review, Standards of Care, Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Elder Abuse and Neglect, Patient Transfers, Pressure Injuries, Patient Falls, Short-Term Rehabilitation, Personal Care, Merit Screening/Review, Patient Specific Medical Conditions/Diagnoses, Merit Consultation, Adverse Events
Stacy Donnelly is a licensed Registered Nurse with over 30 years of experience working in Nursing Homes, Skilled Rehabilitation Facilities and Continuing Care Retirement Communities, holding roles that included nursing assistant, charge nurse, and director of nursing. Her involvement in these settings has contributed to her strong knowledge base regarding standards of care, facility operations, and Federal, State, and Local Regulations. Nurse Donnelly has acquired extensive experience in developing policies and procedures, investigating incidents and unusual occurrences, auditing patient care, monitoring adherence to policies and procedures, providing education/training to staff, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
Nurse Donnelly actively practices within long-term care, short-term rehabilitation, and school settings. She continues to assist long-term care and short-term rehabilitation facilities with auditing and ensuing compliance with Federal, State, and Local Regulations, al...
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