Hospitalist Expert Witnesses in Minnesota

Hospitalist, Internal Medicine - 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)

Hospitalist, Internal Medicine - 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...

Hospitalist, Nursing Homes - 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

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hospitalist, Internal Medicine - anticoagulation, respiratory failure, acute kidney injury, postoperative complications, aspiration pneumonia, missed diagnosis, delay in diagnosis, bleeding while on anticoagulation, nursing home neglect & abuse, compartment syndrome, TTP / MAHA, Hypercoagulability PE, Meningitis / CNS infections, Missed endocarditis

Professional Background and Expert Witness Services Dr. Jeff Balke, MD I am board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practice full time as a teaching physician and staff hospitalist at the University of Minnesota Medical Center and have an academic appointment at the University of Minnesota Medical School. My curriculum vitae is available upon request and provides information regarding my education, training and experience. I trained at the University of Minnesota (1989-1993), where I served as Chief Resident. My career spans 32 years since completion of my residency training in Internal Medicine including an appointed Chief Residency. I have had full and unrestricted admitting and attending privileges and employment in small community critical access and regional medical centers in addition to large tertiary and teaching hospitals. I have worked in many different hospitals and systems and skilled nursing facilities of all types since I began my career as...

Roseville, Minnesota

Hospitalist, Medical Coding - clinical validation, DRG validation, inpatient versus observation, hospital reimbursement, physician advisor, CDI, diagnosis denial, documentation adequacy, utilization management, auditor denials, AKI, malnutrition, acute respiratory failure, encephalopathy, sepsis, CDI query compliance, level of care, DRG reassignment

Matthew K. Turner, MD, CCDS is a board-certified internal medicine physician, actively practicing hospitalist, and physician advisor who serves as system medical director for clinical documentation integrity (CDI) in a large integrated health system. His work centers on clinical validation, DRG validation, documentation adequacy, level-of-care determinations, and payer or auditor disputes involving hospital reimbursement. Since 2020, Dr. Turner’s work has included both CDI and utilization management physician-level review. In his CDI leadership roles, he has performed more than 500 physician-level clinical validation reviews involving provider-disputed queries, escalations, and prospective query appropriateness consultations; reviewed more than 100 auditor-initiated diagnosis denials since 2022 in which denial of a specific diagnosis typically resulted in DRG reassignment and reduced reimbursement; and prepared written clinical justifications and participated in peer-to-peer discus...