Hospitalist Expert Witnesses in North Carolina

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, aortic stenosis, acute chest syndrome

Dr. Omar S. Darwish, MS, DO is a board-certified internist and hospitalist serving as Health Sciences Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at St. Mary Medical Center and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, followed by a Chief Residency in Internal Medicine at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach. Dr. Darwish is dually board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine (2010) and Hospital Medicine (2020), and is a founding principal of the Institute for Diagnostic Sciences, an independent organization providing research, clinical consultation, education, and medical-legal analysis in the areas of diagnostic error, clinical reasoning, and hospital systems Dr. Darwish has directed the Morbidity and Mortality Conference for the Department of Medicine at UC Irvine continuously since 2013, reviewing and presenting complex cases involving unexpected ou...

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

North Carolina

Nursing Homes, Hospitalist - Nursing home, hospital medicine, causation, standard of care, perioperative medicine, wrongful death, critical care, wound care, pressure ulcers, medical insurance denials, clinical documentation, insurance denial appeals

I have over 7 years of case review experience including post-acute care (i.e., skilled nursing home, acute rehab, etc.), internal medicine, hospital medicine, medical malpractice, disability appeals, and state medical board standard of care reviews. I have experience with disability hearings, depositions, interrogatory reports, and writing medical summaries. I have a very flexible schedule and have most reviews completed in under one month. I have also been used as an expert witness in overturning insurance denials. I am board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and healthcare quality management with physician advisor subspecialty by the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians. I am a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and a Senior Fellow of Hospital Medicine (SFHM). I have over 13 years of clinical experience as a hospitalist physician in a variety of hospital environments. I am also frequently u...

Raleigh, North Carolina

Hospitalist - Hospital medicine, Hospitalist, Family Medicine, Generalist, Inpatient Medicine, Education, Acutely ill

Dr. Eleanor Bate is a practicing hospitalist with extensive experience in the care of acutely ill adult patients in the inpatient setting. Her clinical work involves the evaluation and management of complex medical conditions, care coordination across multidisciplinary teams, and clinical decision-making in high-acuity hospital environments. Dr. Bate serves as the Director of the Family Medicine Inpatient Service, where she works closely with resident physicians and supervising faculty in the delivery of inpatient care. In this role, she is actively involved in clinical oversight, education, and quality improvement initiatives, with a focus on adherence to evidence-based practices and prevailing standards of care. Her leadership responsibilities include direct supervision of trainees, case review, and guidance on clinical reasoning and documentation in the hospital setting. Her professional experience includes reviewing medical records, assessing standards of care, and providing o...

HUNTERSVILLE, North Carolina

Internal Medicine, Pediatrics - Internist, Children, emergency, primary care, elder abuse, Pediatrician, Adults, urgent care, child injury, polypharmacy, Internal Medicine, newborn, infant, developmental delay, Medication Errors, Child abuse, Neonate, hospitalist, hospice, Adverse Drug Reactions

Dr. Daly is double board-certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and is a diplomate of both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics. She has over six years of post-graduate experience diagnosing and treating a wide variety of medical illnesses affecting patients across the entire lifespan from newborns and infants to adolescents and geriatric adults. In her Internal Medicine practice, Dr. Daly manages a comprehensive range of acute and chronic adult conditions. She has significant experience in the diagnosis and management of critical adult concerns frequently seen in medical-legal cases, including sepsis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction (heart attack), and acute respiratory failure. Her expertise includes the management of complex chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart failure, COPD, and diabetes mellitus, including the optimization of A1c levels in high-risk populations. Dr. Daly is a specialist in Transitional Medicine,...

Durham, North Carolina

Hospitalist, Information Technology - Internal Medicine, Informatics, EHR, EMR, electronic medical records, electronic health records, patient portals, medical records, IT, board certified, Medical Director, Internist, negligence, injury, damages, causation, malpractice, quality of care, medication error, professor

Experienced expert witness for dozens of hospital medicine cases for over 12 years. Hands on experience for over 10 years as a hospitalist and medical faculty at Duke University Health System. Served as director of 30+ FTE academic and clinical hospital medicine program in Connecticut for over three years. Excellent communication skills from teaching Duke physicians and giving academic presentations and lectures. Duke University, University of Connecticut, and Tufts University educated physician board certified in both internal medicine (hospital medicine focused) and clinical informatics. Awarded Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Clark University. Recipient of Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine designation from the Society of Hospital Medicine and Scholars Award from Duke University. Received training from SEAK in expert witness testimony. Over 5 years of medical informatics experience as Associate Medical Informatics Officer at Duke Regional Hospital and Informatics Physic...

Granite Falls, North Carolina

Hospitalist, Critical Care Medicine - ICU/critical care, Inpatient/hospital medicine, Sepsis, Falls, Care delays, Medication errors, Negligence, Procedural complications, Admissions, Misdiagnoses, Wrongful death, Disability, Avoidable injury, Standards of Care, Communication failure, Informed consent

Experienced hospitalist/intensivist with a passion for patient care

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Internal Medicine, Hospitalist - point of care ultrasound, resident supervision, inpatient care, failure to rescue, ICU triage, APP supervision, sepsis, escalation of care, medical malpractice, clinical deterioration, internal medicine, hospital medicine, respiratory failure, delayed diagnosis, shock, heart failure, acute kidney injury, failure to diagnose

Dr. Pahresah L. Roomiany is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician and practicing academic hospitalist who provides independent, evidence-based expert witness services in adult inpatient internal medicine and hospital medicine matters nationwide. She maintains active inpatient clinical practice and regularly manages complex hospitalized adult patients. Her areas of expertise include hospital medicine standard of care, inpatient internal medicine standard of care, failure to diagnose, delay in diagnosis or treatment, clinical deterioration, escalation of care, sepsis management, chest pain and cardiovascular risk assessment, anticoagulation management, thromboembolic disease, electrolyte and metabolic emergencies, medication-related adverse events, and hospital-based systems issues affecting patient outcomes. Dr. Roomiany serves as Vice Chair of Peer Review at Duke Regional Hospital, where she participates in structured evaluation of physician performance and formal assessme...

Reidsville, North Carolina

Internal Medicine - hospitalist, internal medicine, critical care, standard of care, failure to diagnose, delayed treatment, failure to monitor, premature discharge, medication errors, sepsis, septic shock, pulmonary embolism, stroke, myocardial infarction, resuscitation, ventilator management, DVT, AKI, informed consent, wrongful death

Professional Overview Dr. Carole Hall is a Board-Certified Internal Medicine Physician actively practicing as a Hospitalist. She maintains an active, full, and unrestricted medical license in the state of North Carolina. Demonstrating an exceptionally high clinical volume, Dr. Hall operates at a 1.5 full-time equivalent, consistently working 24 to 26 twelve-hour shifts per month since October 2018. This extensive clinical activity has resulted in her generating the highest Relative Value Units (RVU) among the 163 physicians within her hospitalist group. She is a recognized top performer in patient satisfaction and compliance, having received multiple awards for her care experience. Clinical Expertise & Scope of Practice Dr. Hall possesses comprehensive experience across a spectrum of inpatient environments, ranging from tertiary care centers to mid-size and small hospitals equipped with open Intensive Care Units (ICU). Her clinical operations encompass all phases of inpatient manag...

Goldsboro, North Carolina

Family Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine - Hospitalist, Misdiagnosis, Diabetes, Pneumonia, Urinary Tract Infections, Hospice, Wound Care, Primary Care, Hypertension, Supervising Physician, Aviation Medical Examiner, Dementia, Chest Pain, Cellutltis, pulmonary embolism, Wrongful death, Standard of Care, Infections, Dehydration, deep vein thrombosis

I have 8 years full time experience in Emergency Medicine. I have also worked 18 years as a hospitalist. I manage central lines, pneumonia, sepsis, staph infections, gastrointestinal bleeding, heart attack, stroke, irregular heart rhythms, shock, cellulitis, fractures, bowel obstruction, COPD and many other diagnoses. I am Board Certified in Family Medicine and am a Fellow of the America Academy of Family Physicians. I have 7 years full time in primary care/urgent care.. I have been the medical director for a local hospice company for 5 years. I am also a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner designated by the FAA. I have been reviewing cases for the North Carolina Medical Board for nearly 5 years. I am a clinical associate professor for Campbell Medical School for 10 years. I have reviewed nearly 50 cases. I supervise nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Hospitalist, Internal Medicine - Core hospital medicine, pneumonia, COPD, CHF, UTI, sepsis, care transitions, patient safety, quality improvement, medical record review, DVT prophylaxis, stroke, inpatient hypertension, hospital-at-home, inpatient telemedicine, cardiac telemetry, syncope

- MD & MPH, Tulane University - Princeton University Graduate - Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine (SFHM) - Associate Professor, UNC School of Medicine - Associate Medical Director, UNC Health Hospital‑at‑Home Program (acute‑level care in the home) - Founding President, NC Triangle Society of Hospital Medicine - Former National District 4 Chair, Society of Hospital Medicine - Completed SEAK's 'How to Excel as an Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice Cases' and 'How to Be an Effective Expert Witness at Deposition and Trial' courses - Regional and national conference speaker - Extensive clinical leadership experience. - Published quality improvement research in hospital medicine - Practicing clinical hospitalist - Experienced physician advisor - Active expert witness practice serving both plaintiff and defense attorneys nationwide Specialized Areas of Expertise: - Hospital medicine standard of care assessment - Hospital-acquired complications - Inpatient blood pressure man...