Hospitalist Expert Witnesses in California
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of hospitalist expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on hospitalist and related issues. Hospitalist 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 hospitalist expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Sepsis, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Pneumonia, Stroke, Diabetes, Failure To Diagnose, Anticoagulation, COPD, Delayed Diagnosis, Falls, Hospital Medicine, Pulmonary Embolism, Respiratory Failure, and Alcohol Withdrawal.
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J. Jordan Romano, DO
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certified - Internal Medicine
Residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Two Decades at Top Ivy League Hospitals: Dartmouth & Harvard/Mass General
Tufts Medical Center (Current Faculty/Staff Member)
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Omar S Darwish, MS, DO
Hospitalist Medicine - University Physician
The University of California, Irvine
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Sepsis, Stroke, decubitus ulcer, aspiration pneumonia, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, unusual diseases, postoperative surgical complications, atrial fibrillation, anticoagulation, IME, medical claims, fall, infection, bleeding
Dr. Omar S. Darwish is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a full-time practicing Hospitalist at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California. He received his residency training in internal medicine at St. Mary Medical Center and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He has also completed a one-year chief year in Internal Medicine at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, California.
Dr. Darwish is available for expert witness consultations to both defense and plaintiff attorneys. He has provided expert review on more than 100 cases that have involved sepsis, unexpected fall in the hospital, unexpected death, stroke, development of sacral decubitus ulcers, cases of medical claims of medical necessity, and many others. He has also worked as a medical consultant in reviewing Veteran Disability Claims.
Dr. Darwish has been the acting coordinator of the Morbidity and Mortality Conferences for the Department of Medicine since 2013. Therefore, as p...
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Mark Lazarus, MD, FACP
Hospitalist, Nursing Homes
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Board Certified Internal Medicine, Clinical Instructor, Hospital Medicine, SNFs, Nursing Homes, Long-term Care, Hospitalist, Internist, Inpatient Medicine, Primary Care, PCP, DVT, PE, Decubitus Ulcers
Expert in peer review—Assistant Medical Director, Morbidity/Mortality Chair, Professional Performance Review, IM Peer Review, Utilization Review, and Medicine Supervisory Committee. Involved in 100+ malpractice cases, 70% plaintiff and 30% defense.
Experienced Board-Certified Internal Medicine Physician with over 10 years of clinical and teaching experience. Graduated from Rush University Medical School in the top 50% of his graduating class with board scores in the top national quartile. Hospitalist clinical instructor at Scripps for 10 years and staff physician with San Diego SNF Hospitalists (servicing various local nursing homes) for 6 years. Currently a hospitalist at Boulder Community Hospital.
Available for internal medicine, nursing home, and hospitalist case reviews. Quick responses—texts, calls, and emails returned within 1 hour. CV, fee schedule, attorney references, and redacted medical reports available on request.
847.830.3636
Lazarus.M.A@gmail.com
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David H Kupferberg, MD, MPH
Pulmonary, Critical Care, Tele-ICU & LTACH Expert
California
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Telemedicine
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Tele-ICU, Sepsis, Respiratory Failure, Mechanical Ventilation, Airway Management, Pneumonia, ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome), Pulmonary Embolism, Resuscitation, DNR, Standard of Care, Wrongful Death, LTACH, Hospitalist, COPD, End of life, Ethics, life support, Pleural effusion, Obstructive sleep apnea
Dr. David H. Kupferberg is a triple board-certified Pulmonary and Critical Care physician with more than 25 years of active clinical practice. He holds board certification in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine, and maintains active medical licenses in more than 25 states — making him available as an expert in virtually any jurisdiction.
His clinical background spans high-acuity ICU care at major academic and community hospitals, consultative pulmonary medicine, Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) management, and Tele-ICU remote monitoring across multiple national health systems. This breadth gives him direct, current familiarity with standard-of-care obligations across diverse care settings — bedside, LTACH, and remote — a combination few experts can offer.
Dr. Kupferberg holds a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from San Diego State University, providing rigorous analytical grounding for causation analysis, outcomes assessme...
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Amir Aljilani, MD
Extensive inpatient hospital & SNF experience
Los Angeles, California
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Hospital, Skilled Nursing Facility, SNF, Wound, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Internist, Rehab, Rehabilitation, Falls, Acute Rehab Unit, ARU, IRF, nursing home, nursing facility, IM, Inpatient, Outpatient, ulcer, pressure injury
Dr. Amir Aljilani, M.D.
Expert Witness in Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility Care
Dr. Amir Aljilani is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician with extensive experience providing expert medical testimony and case review for both plaintiff and defense counsel in cases involving inpatient hospital care, skilled nursing facility (SNF) care, and acute rehabilitation unit (ARU) care.
Dr. Aljilani serves as a Lead Hospitalist for Care Transitions in the largest hospitalist group at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he has practiced since 2013. He also serves as the Assistant Medical Director of the Enhanced Care Program at Cedars Sinai, which is the hospitals associated SNF program. He also directs medical care at multiple skilled nursing facilities, including serving as Medical Director at SharonCare Skilled Nursing Facility and as a Quality Improvement Council member at Culver West Health Center and Kennedy Care Center.
With leadership roles spanning hospital...
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Nicholas Schmidt
Internal Medicine - Scripps Health
san diego, California
Internal Medicine, Hospitalist
I am a board-certified internal medicine physician currently employed by the Scripps Healthcare system in San Diego, CA. I currently practice as a hospitalist. I completed my undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins University, followed by a master's degree at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg school of public health with a degree in cancer and reproductive biology. I then worked in healthcare consulting and biosecurity. I then turned to medicine and completed my medical education at Loma Linda University and ultimately completing an Internal Medicine residency at Scripps Clinic and Scripps Green Hospital. During these years, I completed research largely in musculoskeletal and regenerative medicine. I now practice as a full-time hospitalist within the Scripps Healthcare system.
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Emory S Winship VIII, DO
Internal Medicine Hospitalist
San Diego, California
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Navy Veteran -Physician, Aerospace Medicine, Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Internal Medicine Primary Care
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Omar S Darwish, MS, DO
Hospitalist Medicine - University Physician
The University of California, Irvine
Orange, California
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Sepsis, Stroke, decubitus ulcer, aspiration pneumonia, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, unusual diseases, postoperative surgical complications, atrial fibrillation, anticoagulation, IME, medical claims, fall, infection, bleeding
Dr. Omar S. Darwish is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a full-time practicing Hospitalist at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California. He received his residency training in internal medicine at St. Mary Medical Center and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He has also completed a one-year chief year in Internal Medicine at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, California.
Dr. Darwish is available for expert witness consultations to both defense and plaintiff attorneys. He has provided expert review on more than 100 cases that have involved sepsis, unexpected fall in the hospital, unexpected death, stroke, development of sacral decubitus ulcers, cases of medical claims of medical necessity, and many others. He has also worked as a medical consultant in reviewing Veteran Disability Claims.
Dr. Darwish has been the acting coordinator of the Morbidity and Mortality Conferences for the Department of Medicine since 2013. Therefore, as p...
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Brett Halloran, MD, SFHM
Hospitalist, Medical Billing, Medical Necessity
Napa, California
Hospitalist, Medical Billing
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Wernicke Encephalopathy, Stroke, Hospital Transfers, Heart attack, Falls, Delirium, Pulmonary embolism, Alcohol withdrawal, Hospital transfers, Pneumonia, Medication side effects, UTI, Renal failure, Medical Billing, Medical Necessity , Abdominal pain, Bed sores, C Diff, Sepsis
Nationally recognized and awarded for contributions to the field of hospital medicine. Extensive experience in medical necessity as a physician advisor.
Dr. Halloran is board certified in internal medicine and in active practice as a hospitalist in Northern California at a referral center hospital with high severity of illness. He listens to patients and specializes in complex, challenging cases. He also serves as regional medical director for utilization management.
Dr. Halloran is an expert in medical billing and medical necessity. He has served as UM medical director and physician advisor for a large regional health care entity. In that capacity, he has reviewed thousands of charts for medical necessity.
In addition to more than 15 years of clinical experience at the bedside as a hospitalist and many years as medical director, Dr. Halloran has 10+ years of experience as an expert. Dr Halloran has served as an expert in hundreds of cases, with particular expertise in commun...
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Ezekiel Volkert, MD
Board-Certified Hospitalist & IM Specialist
Castro Valley, California
Internal Medicine, Hospitalist
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Hospitalist Expert, Internal Medicine, Diabetes, Hypertension, Sepsis, Diarrhea, Geriatrics, Failure to Diagnose, Dementia, Pneumonia, Electrolyte Abnormalities, Kidney Disease, Anemia, Perioperative Evaluation, Acute Inpatient care, Chronic Disease Management, Hospital Negligence, Misdiagnosis, Delayed Diagnosis
Dr. Ezekiel Volkert is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician and a practicing Hospitalist in the East Bay. Dr. Volkert attended medical school at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. As an internal medicine physician, Dr. Volkert has expertise in both primary care and care for hospitalized patients.
Specialty Focus: Hypertension, Heart Disease, Stroke, Falls, Dementia, Pneumonia, Electrolyte Abnormalities, Kidney Disease, Anemia, and Perioperative Evaluation.
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Naomi E Lawrence-Reid, MD
Board-certified Pediatrician | Newborn Hospitalist
Doctoring Differently®
San Diego, California
Pediatrics, Child Abuse
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Pediatrician, Pediatrics, Child Abuse, Children, Newborn, Neonate, Neonatal, Nursery, Telemedicine, Emergency, Urgent care, Infant, Teen, Hospitalist, Child Injury, Developmental Delay
Dr. Naomi Lawrence-Reid is a board-certified pediatrician and Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics with more than 15 years of post-graduate clinical experience across academic and community hospital settings in California.
Her clinical expertise spans the full pediatric age range — from premature newborns through adolescence. Areas of specialty include: Neonatal & Newborn Medicine, Prematurity, hyperbilirubinemia, birth injury, hypoglycemia, prenatal substance exposure, respiratory distress syndrome, newborn screening abnormalities, Infectious disease, gastrointestinal, respiratory, allergic, and dermatologic conditions; sepsis; dehydration; routine preventive care, child Abuse & Neglect, Diagnosis, reporting obligations, and standard of care in civil and criminal matters.
Dr. Lawrence-Reid has served on hospital quality improvement committees with direct responsibility for adverse event review and patient safety initiatives, giving her firsthand familiarity with institut...
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Rebecca M Lekim, DO, QME
Hospital based Internal Medicine Physician
SAN RAMON, California
Internal Medicine, Hospitalist
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Atrial fibrillation, Syncope, NSTEMI, Delirium, Diabetes/DKA, GI bleed Pancreatitis, Inpatient Death, Failure to diagnose, Readmission, Perioperative, Acute kidney injury hyponatremia, Respiratory failure COPD Asthma, Sepsis, Stroke, Congestive Heart Failure, DVT/PE, Alcohol withdrawal, Hyperkalemia, Discharge Planning
I am a board-certified internal medicine physician and hospitalist based in the East Bay, California, with over a decade of post-graduate clinical experience. I completed my residency at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in 2018 and currently practice at a high-acuity stroke and trauma center, caring for medically complex patients including ICU step-down–level cases.
I am a California Qualified Medical Evaluator (Internal Medicine) and serve as a Medical Consultant and Expert Reviewer for the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, conducting independent standards-of-care and medical record reviews. My work involves detailed analysis of complex medical timelines, causation, and clinical decision-making.
In addition to clinical practice, I have been involved in multiple hospital administrative committees. I currently serve as Chair of the Medical Records Committee and have participated extensively in peer review, quality improvement, and internal medicine quality oversight initiat...
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Ayesha Murtuza, MD
Internal Medicine Physician/Hospital Medicine
San Ramon , California
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Primary Care, Critical Care medicine, Pulmonology, Infectious disease, cardiology, Traumatic Brain injury, Cardiovascular Care, Endocrinology, Diabetes, Obesity, Geriatics, Perioperative, Sepsis, Hematology, Oncology, Palliative Care
I have near 10 years of post graduate experience in different patient care settings amongst various roles as board certified internal medicine physician. I have completed my residency training at University of California, San Diego and I am currently a hospitalist in the East Bay Area, California. From the acute inpatient setting to end of life care, I am a qualified expert to provide consultation. I have experience in treating hospitalized patients in the acute care setting. I work in a high acuity stroke and trauma center, having specific experience in caring for patients with stroke, trauma, infectious diseases, heart failure, sepsis, etc. In addition to direct patient care, I have been involved in quality review committees, assessing physicians and certain clinical scenarios. I have experience in reviewing records and peer review, evaluating for opportunities for improvement in medical decision making while serving on the Quality Review Committee. I have been active in the ethic...
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Roberto Contreras II, MD, CLCP
California Life Care Planning Association
Seal Beach, California
Life Care Planning, Internal Medicine
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medical billing, life care planner, hospitalist, medical devices, medical management, medical coding, legal medicine, legal nurse consulting, nurse practitioner, obstetrics and gynecology, addiction medicine, family medicine, general practice, gynecology, consultative examinations
The California Life Care Planning Association was created by experts in the field of Life Care Planning, with more than 30 years of experience working in the health care industry. All of our professionals are Certified Life Care Planners, as well as active medical practitioners dedicated to assessing lifetime cost of care for individuals with catastrophic injuries/illness. What sets us apart from many other Life Care Planning organizations and individuals is that all of our Life Care Planners have active direct experience with patient care. We hold ourselves to a higher standard and hold all of our affiliates to that same higher standard. Whether it be plaintiff, defense , or any other client, our methodology is transparent and consistent.
Given the healthcare backgrounds of our founders, all Life Care Plans and services are overseen by a Physician. Similar to a hospital setting, many of our services go through "rounding" with senior partners and physicians to make sure we are keep...
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Ashim B. Hajra
Hospital Medicine Medical-Legal Consultant
Hajra Med-Legal Consulting, LLC
Oakland, California
Hospitalist
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hospital medicine, Internal Medicine, Failure to Diagnose, Medication Errors, Litigation, hospitalist, Standard of Care, Escalation of Care, Medical Malpractice, inpatient care, Misdiagnosis, Failure to Escalate Care, Causation Analysis, Acute Care Medicine, Delayed Diagnosis, Inappropriate Treatment, Retrospective Case Review
Board-certified Internal Medicine physician with 15 years of continuous experience practicing Hospital Medicine in acute-care inpatient settings. I am actively practicing as a hospitalist and remain current on contemporary inpatient standards of care, diagnostic guidelines, and evidence-based clinical decision-making.
I provide medical-legal consulting for attorneys evaluating inpatient hospital medicine cases. My work focuses on retrospective review of medical records to assess standards of care, diagnostic decision-making, treatment appropriateness, escalation of care, and medical causation. This includes analysis of complex hospital courses, evolving clinical presentations, delays in diagnosis, and failures or appropriateness of escalation.
My consulting work is grounded in real-world inpatient practice and reflects how medical decisions are made in hospital environments, including multidisciplinary communication, handoffs, and time-sensitive clinical judgment under uncertainty...
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Andre Kumar, MD, MEd
Board-Certified Hospitalist at Stanford University
Stanford, California
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Anticoagulation, Prophylaxis, Inpatient, Diagnosis, Management, Procedure, Restraints, Pressure Wound, Sepsis, Respiratory Failure, Low Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Heart Failure, Infections, Pneumonia, Systems, Nursing
I am a board-certified internal medicine physician and academic hospitalist at Stanford University with national expertise in adult inpatient standards of care, diagnostic reasoning, and hospital systems. I have been practicing hospital medicine at Stanford for a decade, where I have several leadership roles related to teaching junior physicians and medical students. I currently serve as the Director of Clinical Reasoning at Stanford University School of Medicine. As a faculty member with a Master's in Education who has received over 25 teaching awards over my career, I aim to provide clear communication of complex medical issues to legal teams, clients, and juries. I have greater than 5 years experience reviewing medical negligence cases involving hospitalized adults for both plaintiffs and defenses. I am a recognized expert in clinical decision-making and failure to recognize or treat scenarios among hospitalized adults seen in urgent care, emergency department, acute care, and cr...
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MISTY J RYDELSKI, MD
HOSPITAL QUALITY, RISK MANAGEMENT MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Orange County, California
Internal Medicine, Hospital Administration
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MEDICAL OPERATIONS, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, MEDICARE COMPETENCE, IPA OVERSIGHT, CREDENTIALING, HOSPITAL MEDICINE, STANDARD OF CARE, HOSPITALIST, APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES, FRAUD WASTE ABUSE, CHAIR PEER REVIEW, UTILIZATION DIRECTOR, HEALTH PLAN DIRECTOR, HOSPITAL QUALITY, MODEL CONTRACTS, DATA ANALYTICS, RISK MANAGEMENT
General specialities: Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Health Plan Administration, Health System Administration, Office Based Solo Practice and Group Practice
Keywords: Operations Medical Director, Risk Mitigation, Medical Malpractice Hospital and Office-Based Medicine, Quality Performance, Hospital Acquired Conditions, Standard of Care, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Good Clinical Practice, Patient Management, High Reliability Organizations, Billing and Claims Review, Strategic Planning, Business Intelligence.
Dr. Rydelski is a Board Certified Internal Medicine physician with 20 years experience in Medical Malpractice Peer Review for Hospitals, Malpractice Evaluation and Risk Mitigation for a Malpractice Company, Hospital Peer Review Committee and Statewide Health Plan Peer Review. Her career includes extensive experience as a Health Plan Operations Medical Director, Subject Matter Expert for Fraud, Waste , Abuse, Utilization Management Medical Director, and Hospital Physicia...
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Joshua A. Ronen, MD, FACP
BC IM Hospitalist & Physician Advisor
Pasadena, California
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Hospital Medicine Physician /Hospitalist, Internal Med, Atrial Fib/Flutter, Renal Failure, Transient Ischemic Attack, CVA, COPD, Pneumonia, Respiratory Failure, UGIB, LGIB, Acute Cholecystitis/Appendicitis, Choledocholithiasis, Obstructive jaundice & uropathy, Complicated/uncomplicated UTI, Cellulitis/NSTI, AFIB, Sepsis, CHF, DM HTN
I am an internal medicine physician presently based out of Southern California that specializes in the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients.
I started my attending career as a clinical hospitalist at UCSF Medical Center, where I also served as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine with the adjoining School of Medicine. My duties included resident and medical student education which I sought out voluntarily. Since my career began, at least 50% of my schedule has been composed of nocturnal medicine coverage. Since my career transitioned to Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena CA, I took more a direct care hospitalist role (not directly affiliated with their internal medicine residency). At this larger community medical center, my clinical responsibilities initially included swing shift and night shift triage and admission of patients from the emergency department. At present, 100% of my schedule is now as a rounding direct care hospitalist physician, taking care of a ...
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Grace Lozinski, MD
HealthAdvise
Newport Beach, California
Internal Medicine, Hospitalist
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Pulmonary Diseases, asthma, inhalational disorders, DVT, lung infections, COPD, COVID, Aspiration Pneumonia Disability, Cardiovascular Disease, Chest Pain, Ischemic Heart Disease, Myocardial Infarction, Heart Attack, Cardiac Arrest, Pacemaker, Sepsis, Stroke, Anticoagulation, Blood Thinner, GI Bleed
Dr. Grace Lozinski, MD is an internist in Newport Beach, CA specializing in internal medicine (adult medicine) and hospital medicine (hospitalist). In her 24 years of experience, Dr. Lozinski has specialized in treating patients with Chronic Kidney disease, high cholesterol, Ischemic Heart disease, and hypertension. Dr. Lozinski served as Chief Quality Officer for a nationally ranked health care system in Southern California for five years. She provided clinical leadership over quality and optimization of clinical services. She has expertise in hospital operations and key initiatives such as patient safety, transitions of care, mortality reduction, readmission reduction and organizational process improvement.
Education &Training
Medical School
New York Medical College class of 2000
Residency
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Internal Medicine 2000-2003
Certification & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2002-2025
American Board of Internal Medicine
Profes...
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Sharon Orrange, MD, MHS
Clinical Prof USC -Internal Med Expert- 20+ years
Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California
Beverly Hills , California
Internal Medicine, Hospitalist
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Hospitalist Expert Witness, Primary Care Expert Witness, Women's Health Expert Witness, Plaintiff and Defense Expert Witness-Internal Medicine, Obesity Medicine Expert Witness, Standard of Care-Internal Medicine, Failure to Diagnose Expert, Expert Witness for Delayed Diagnosis, Expert in Complex Medical Cases
Dr. Sharon Orrange is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and a board-certified internal medicine physician with over 20 years of full-time clinical practice in Southern California. With more than 15 years of medical-legal consulting experience, Dr. Orrange has served as an expert witness in over two dozen cases, representing both plaintiffs and defendants, including work on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice. Her areas of expertise include internal medicine, hospitalist medicine, obesity medicine, and women’s health. She is also a certified menopause provider and holds additional certification from the American Board of Obesity Medicine.
Dr. Orrange earned her undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of California, San Diego, her Master of Health Sciences from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, and her MD from the University of Southern California. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at UC San Diego Me...
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Hilal S Abu-Zahra, MD
Loma Linda, California
Pediatrics, Hospitalist
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Pediatric Hospitalist, outpatient general pediatrics, Newborn care, jaundice, kernicterus, Newborn resuscitation, Inpatient pediatrics, respiratory distress, viral infections, sepsis, pneumonia, obesity
Dr. Abu-Zahra has 8+ years of experience as a practicing pediatric hospitalist in the Inland Empire in both community and academic hospital settings. Dr. Abu-Zahra provides consultation for chart reviews, expert witness depositions, and testimony. Dr. Abu-Zahra is double board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) in general pediatrics and pediatric hospitalist medicine and is a fellow of the American Association of Pediatrics (FAAP). Dr. Abu-Zahra graduated from Boston University School of Medicine and completed his residency at University of Maryland in Baltimore. He works in an academic children's hospital and a community hospital with newborn nursery, inpatient pediatrics and ER consults. Furthermore, Dr. Abu-Zahra works full time as a hospitalist in a tertiary care academic center and half time as an outpatient pediatrician in a clinic affiliated with a family residency program.
Dr. Abu-Zahra is the former chair of pediatrics at two of the community hospitals. H...
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Thomas Baird McIlraith, MD, SFHM, CLHM
Baird Medical Consulting
Davis, California
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Hospitalist, Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine, Infections, Pneumonia, Electrolyte abnormalities, Hypertension, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Sepsis, Shock, Falls, Stroke, Medical Necessity, InterQual, Milliman Care Guidelines (MCG)
Dr. McIlraith received his BS, and MD from the University of Wisconsin; and completed Internal Medicine Residency at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in 1999. In 2000, he was made the head of the hospitalist division in the South Sacramento Kaiser Permanente. He became the Chairman of Hospital Medicine at Mercy Medical Group in 2004. In the subsequent 12 years he grew the department from 12 to 84 hospitalists. He was elected to the MMG board of directors in 2009, and served as Treasurer from 2011 through 2016. He has served as the Chairman of Medicine at Mercy General Hospital since 2020.
Dr. McIlraith has been providing expert opinion services to defense and plaintiff clients since 2011.
He has served on the The Doctors Company Hospital Medicine Advisory Board.
Dr. McIlraith joined NAIP (now SHM) as a charter member in 1998 and has been active ever since. He was in the inaugural FHM class in 2009, the inaugural SFHM class in 2010, and the inaugural CLHM...
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