Health Informatics Expert Witnesses

Los Angeles, California

Pharmacist, Health Informatics - Patient Safety, Pharmacy Management, e-medication, e-prescribing, Health IT, health informatics, EHR systems, EHR audits, REMS, Drug Safety, Medication Errors, Root Cause Analysis, False Claims, HIPAA, Medical Records, Health Care Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacovigilance

Dr. Ajit Dhavle is the Vice President of Health IT Audits and Life Science at Quandary Peak Research, where he oversees a team of health informatics experts to provide Strategy, Management, Product Management, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Patient Safety, Compliance, and Engineering Consulting and Audit services to both Government and Commercial entities. Previously, Ajit founded Adviva Health, Inc a SaaS prescription medication history reconciliation and analytics platform designed to streamline the medication experience for EHR users. Ajit joined Surescripts in its early years and helped replace the paper prescription and start the first National E-prescribing network. At Surescripts, he last served as the Vice President of Clinical Quality and was responsible for corporate clinical quality, patient safety, and quality research initiatives. While at Surescripts, he also built and ran the first-of-its kind enterprise-wide clinical quality program – a critical component ...

San Carlos, California

Health Informatics, Software Engineering - Electronic Health Records, EHR, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Interoperability, Health Information Exchange, Health Data Exchange, Internet, Database, Medical Apps, User Interface, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Machine Learning, Probability, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Intellectual Property

- A seasoned health I.T. professional with a medical degree, medical informatics doctorate, and 30 years of research and development experience in industry. - Adjunct faculty member at Stanford Medical School in the Center for Biomedical Informatics Research. - A track record of innovation in product-development roles, as well as consulting to health I.T. firms, healthcare provider organizations, pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, and litigators in intellectual property and medical malpractice cases. - Has consulted as an expert witness on 11 cases since 2011, with 3 depositions since 2019. - Published author and experienced speaker. - Interests and skills include software engineering, clinical data modeling and standards, clinical decision support, interoperability, health information exchange, health I.T. regulations, intellectual property law, and teaching. - Full resume available at http://www.sujansky.com/images/Walter_Sujansky_CV.pdf - Expert witness refe...

Marietta, Georgia

Information Technology, Health Informatics - Enterprise technology selection, Technology program management consulting, Enterprise technology implementation, Technology vendor selection, Technology consulting services, Healthcare technology management, Technology project management consulting

With over 30 years of consulting, technology leadership, and project management experience, Dan has successfully navigated a diverse range of industries and technologies. Industry experience includes healthcare, consumer product goods, financial services, government, insurance services, utilities/energy, retail, and aviation. In addition to being a Chief Information Officer and having top-tier global consulting firm experience, Dan's consulting portfolio boasts over 60 clients and 500+ projects, with investments exceeding $300 million, many of which were delivered through three Project Management Offices (PMOs) he directly managed. Client consulting engagements have involved small privately held companies up to publicly traded Fortune 50 organizations. Dan's portfolio includes projects of all sizes, from small-scale initiatives involving a few thousand dollars to large, technically complex programs with investments of up to $50 million.

Kailua, Hawaii

Emergency Medicine, Health Informatics - Emergency Medicine, Health Informatics, Clinical Informatics, Medical Records, Electronic Health Records, EHR, EMR, Alert Fatigue, Clinical Documentation, Quality Improvement

Dr. Baker is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Clinical Informatics. Clinical practice includes more than 30 years of emergency medicine. He was in the first group of physicians to become board certified in clinical informatics. He is on faculty at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and teaches a graduate level course in Health Informatics. He Is the Medical Informatics Director at his primary hospital and a past Chief-of-Staff. He coordinates the emergency department informatics committee for a four-hospital system and assisted with the Epic implementation for all four hospitals. He is licensed in Hawaii and California. He trained at Harbor - UCLA Medical Center and worked in California prior to moving to Hawaii. He has recent informatics training through Oregon Health and Science University.

Lake Forest, Illinois

Health Informatics, HIPAA - Electronic Health Information Systems, (CPHIMS) Medical Records, Healthcare EDiscovery, (CEDS) Information Governance, Electronic Health Records, Health Insurance, Healthcare Compliance, Clinical Documentation, CEDS, RHIA, Quality Improvement (CPHQ)

Kimberly is a credentialed (MBA, MJ, PBCI, RHIA, CPHIMS, CEDS CPHQ, FAHIMA) healthcare ediscovery, HIPAA, information governance, quality management, and compliance professional with over 30 years of experience in a variety of healthcare settings. She is a national speaker and author on the topics of health information operations, including HIPAA, e-discovery, information governance and healthcare compliance. Kim has been an active member of the Health Level Seven (HL-7) Working Group responsible for review and development of the Records Management and Evidentiary Support (RM-ES) profile for the design and development of the functional profile for Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems since 2006. She has also been an active member and contributor in AHIMA task forces and working groups related to electronic discovery. Kim holds a Master’s of Business (MBA) from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, a Master’s of Jurisprudence (MJ) in Health Law and Policy from the Loyola S...

Ellicott City, Maryland

Health Informatics, Pharmacist - Compounding Pharmacy, Outpatient pharmacy, Pharmacy Data Analytics

Pharmacist with in-depth experience across diverse practice settings, combining clinical expertise with leadership and innovation. My multi-faceted skill set includes Medication Therapy Management (MTM), Sterile Aseptic Compounding, Pharmacy Informatics, and Antimicrobial Stewardship. With a Pharm.D. and MBA, I am certified in Immunization, Whole Health Coaching, Diabetes management, Six Sigma (Yellow Belt), and more. Throughout my career, I’ve leveraged my certifications in Clinical Development, Drug Classification, and Data Analytics to optimize pharmacy operations, improve patient outcomes, and streamline healthcare processes. Fluent in written and spoken Korean, I excel at connecting with diverse populations and leading collaborative teams to achieve shared goals. My passion lies in using my knowledge to develop innovative solutions that enhance healthcare delivery. Whether it's through program development, drug data mapping, or advancing clinical outcomes, I am dedicated to m...

Boston, Massachusetts

Diabetes, Endocrinology - Diabetes, Hypertension, Lipids, Cholesterol, Osteoporosis, Thyroid, Hypoglycemia, Hypogonadism, Hypercalcemia, Medical Informatics, Health Informatics

Harvard-trained endocrinologist, academic endocrinologist, experienced expert witness. Full-time Harvard faculty, board-certified in Endocrinology. Dr. Turchin is a Harvard-trained, double-board certified (Internal Medicine, Endocrinology) full-time practicing academic endocrinologist in Boston, Massachusetts who has been voted as a Boston Magazine Top Doctor. He is Director of Quality at the Division of Endocrinology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Turchin is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in the fields of diabetes and chronic cardiometabolic disease and an experienced general endocrinologist. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters and has given numerous national and international lectures. Dr. Turchin serves as the Medical Lead for the American Diabetes Association's Overcoming Therapeutic Inertia initiative. He has also served as the Founding Chair of American...

White Lake, Michigan

Health Informatics, Nurse - EHR, Medical Record, Health Record, EMR, Health Information Technology, Assisted Living, Non-Skilled Home Care, Legal Nurse, Senior Care, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Malpractice, Hospitals, Healthcare, Nursing, Record Review, Standards of Care, Investigation, Analysis, Evaluation

I am a Registered Nurse with over 18 years of healthcare informatics/technology (2006) & over 25 years of healthcare experience (1999). I held healthcare roles as a bedside RN, in clinical management, as an electronic health record (EHR) analyst & project manager, and in executive-level positions within the health information technology profession. I have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Health Informatics. I am extremely versed in overall healthcare and can look at cases with various healthcare lenses because of my strong, diverse background. As a leader, I was asked to review multiple cases to assist with standards of care, defendant identification, EHR standards, documentation, and much more. I have reviewed multiple cases related to clinical standards of care, screening for merit, defendant identification, locating experts, organization & summarization of the medical record, and relevant document recommendations. I have also reviewed over 40 cases rela...

Raleigh, North Carolina

Neuroradiology, Health Informatics - Radiology, Imaging, Informatics, DICOM, Brain, Spine, MRI, CT, Administration, Quality, Safety, Compliance, Hospital, Physician, Neuroradiologist, Informaticist

Christopher J. Roth, MD, MMCI, FACR, FSIIM serves as: Professor of Radiology at Duke University School of Medicine, with a specialty of neuroradiology, Lead Physician for the Duke Health Imaging Service Line, Vice Chair in the Department of Radiology for IT and Informatics, and Director of Imaging Informatics Strategy at Duke Health. - Clinical activities: Dr. Roth’s clinical work focuses on diagnostic CT and MRI, as well as interventional spine pain procedures and biopsies. Dr. Roth currently averages more than 100 work relative value units (RVUs) per diagnostic workday, above departmental and national university hospital averages. Dr. Roth has not been named in a malpractice case in his fifteen years of clinical practice. - Administrative Leadership: In leading Duke Health’s Imaging Service Line, Dr. Roth is responsible and accountable for strategies and operations for imaging clinical growth and access, quality and safety, people, as well as revenue cycle and capital outlay...

Ardmore, Pennsylvania

Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Health Informatics - Pediatric oncology, pediatric cancer, pediatric leukemia, pediatric lymphoma, clinical informatics, biomedical informatics, electronic health record, medical health record

I am a practicing pediatric oncologist at a major academic pediatric hospital in Philadelphia, PA. I am board certified in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Clinical Informatics. I have experience caring for children with many types of cancer including leukemia and lymphoma. The pediatric hospital where I work is one of the largest in the United States and frequently sees extremely complicated cases from around the country and the world. I have experience caring for patients both on and off of clinical trials as well as experience caring for children receiving immunotherapies and bone marrow transplantation. I serve on my hospital's quality and patient safety committees for pediatric oncology. I have co-authored papers for multiple topics including one focused on diagnostic errors and their relationship to unplanned intensive care unit transfers. In addition to patient care, I am an expert in the electronic health record and its impact on the care of children with cancer. As of ...