Hospitalist Expert Witnesses in Texas

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

Houston, Texas

Internal Medicine, Hospitalist - Internal Medicine, Hospitalist, Telemedicine, Insurance companies, Geriatrics, Primary care, Utilization review, Intensive care

Dr. Chinemerem Ugorji, MD, FACP Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician | Expert Medical Witness Dr. Chinemerem Ugorji is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician with over a decade of active clinical practice in acute care settings, including critical access hospitals, Level II trauma centers, tertiary hospitals, and telemedicine platforms across the United States. She brings a rare combination of frontline patient-care experience and physician level utilization management expertise, making her particularly well-suited for medical-legal matters involving standard of care, medical necessity, telemedicine practices, fraud investigations, and billing and coding disputes. Dr. Ugorji currently practices clinical medicine as a hospitalist and acute telemedicine physician, managing complex medical conditions, high acuity admissions, ICU escalations, and multidisciplinary care coordination. Her hands on experience includes inpatient admissions, observation versus inpatient deter...

Houston, Texas

Family Medicine, Sports Medicine - Family medicine, emergency medicine, sports medicine, concussion, hospice, hospitalist, palliative medicine

Dr. Fowler has over 20 years of experience as a practicing Physician. He was born and raised in West Virginia. After serving in the US Navy for 12 years, he and his family relocated to the Central Texas area. He is Board Certified in Family Practice,and Integrative and Holistic Medicine and completed a Fellowship in Sports Medicine. He is the founder and owner of Fowler Medical Group, and the sole owner of RCF Consulting, providing Medical Expert Witness services.

Texas

Hospitalist, Internal Medicine - Hospital Utilization Status Review & Coding Documentation Integrity (CDI), Clinical Validation Denials, Life Expectancy, Fraud & Abuse, Medical Malpractice Standard of Care, Insurance Payor/Payee Disputes

Board-certified in Internal Medicine with over 25 years of combined clinical and administrative experience, I currently serve as a practicing hospitalist and the System Medical Director of Physician Advisory Services for Christus Health. I lead Physician Advisory Services including Utilization Review, Care Management, and Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) across a 30-hospital system, with daily oversight of admission status determinations, medical necessity reviews, DRG coding validations, and Payor-Provider disputes. My background includes extensive leadership roles as Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director in multiple healthcare systems across New Mexico, Alaska, Ohio, and Indiana. Through my consulting firm, Doctor2Review, I provide expert witness services in medical malpractice, life expectancy estimation, clinical validation audits, fraud and abuse investigations, and regulatory compliance. I have testified in court and delivered detailed written reports supported by ...

The Woodlands, Texas

Internal Medicine, Hospitalist - Hospitalist, internist with long experience in both primary care and hospital practice, good writer, willing to travel

Dr. Fitzgibbons has been board certified in internal medicine since 1984, and since 2002 her practice has been almost entirely in hospital medicine. She has served as chief of hospital medicine in a major teaching hospital and is a regular contributor to journals and blogs for other hospitalists. Since 2008 she has been active in reviewing court cases, and has given opinions for both plaintiff and defense attorneys. Testified in more than 55 lawsuits for both plaintiff and defense, 8 of those in court.