Athletics & Recreation Expert Witnesses in California

Athletics & Recreation, Safety - Parks, Playgrounds, Play Spaces, Events, Supervision, Instruction, Facilities, Ballfields, Outdoor Recreation, Equipment, Emergency Action Planning and Response, Aquatics, Basketball, Softball, Risk Management, Racket Sports, Physical Education, Fields, Spectators, Loss Prevention

I am an expert in sport and recreation safety, and a seasoned litigation expert witness. My opinions as a sport and recreation expert are based on well established risk management and safety practices and models relevant to the field, and drawn from my background, training, experience, and skill-set developed over a distinguished, 28-year career of teaching, research, and practice in sport and recreation safety. In practice, I've conducted facility safety assessments of parks, athletic facilities and play areas, and provided safety advice on issues such as supervision, instruction, equipment, environmental safety, and emergency action planning to well-respected public and private entities responsible for safety and loss prevention among their member schools, municipalities, and private organizations. Additionally, I've assessed the safety of athletic and recreational facilities on matters of litigation at sites across the United States. Further, I have been active in sport th...

Lake Forest, California

Athletics & Recreation - Gym & Fitness, Combat sports, Strength and conditioning, wrestling, jiu jitsu, coaching qualifications, return to play, youth athlete, exercise related injuries, injury mechanism, training supervision, facility standard of care

Dr. Khan offers a rare dual perspective in fitness industry litigation: a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who also owns and operates two combat sports and fitness facilities in Southern California. He can address both sides of a gym injury case — the medical questions of causation, mechanism, and impairment, and the operational questions of industry standard of care, member supervision, coaching qualifications, equipment safety, and facility policies. Dr. Khan actively coaches youth jiu-jitsu and wrestling and adult strength and conditioning classes, is an NASM-certified MMA Conditioning Specialist, and is a published author on combat sports conditioning and injury prevention. As a Qualified Medical Evaluator with formal expert witness training, he provides objective, evidence-based opinions, thorough record review, and clear, defensible reporting for plaintiff and defense counsel alike.