Neurology Expert Witnesses in Pennsylvania
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of neurology expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on neurology and related issues. Neurology 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 neurology expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion, Anoxic Brain Injury, Coma, Dementia, Epilepsy, Headaches, Interventional Neurology, Intracranial Hemorrhage, Ischemic Stroke, Meningitis, Stroke, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Alzheimer's, and Anti Seizure Drug Toxicity.
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Richard A. Rubenstein, M.D.
Board Certified Neurologist
Neurology, Legal Medicine
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headaches, concussions, epilepsy, whiplash, discogenic disease, peripheral nerve injury, fibromyalgia, thoracic outlet syndrome, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, carbon monoxide poisoning, electrocution, Alzheimer's, non-Alzheimer's dementia
Fellow of American Academy of Neurology. Certified, American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of California Hospitals, San Francisco, California 1979-1994 (UCSF). Active clinical practice. Highly-experienced expert witness (500+ cases, 300+ depositions, 30+ trials, 20+ arbitrations) and independent medical examiner (3,000+ IMEs). Also experiences in fitness for duty examinations, disability evaluations, and chart reviews. Medical-legal matters addressed include: headaches, concussions, epilepsy, whiplash, discogenic disease, peripheral nerve injury, fibromyalgia, thoracic outlet syndrome, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, carbon monoxide poisoning, electrocution, Alzheimer's, non-Alzheimer's dementia, traumatic brain injury, behavioral disorders, trauma, ms/Parkinson's disease, long-term disability.
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Lee D. Cranberg, MD
Harvard Medical School
Board-Certified Neurologist
Neurology, Neuropsychiatry
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Behavioral Neurology, Testamentary Capacity, Contested Wills, Financial Competency, Closed Head Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI, Brain Damage, Nerve Injury, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, Persistent Vegetative State, PVS, Life Expectancy, Lamictal, Seizures, Dementia, Alzheimer's, concussion, headache, stroke
Award-winning Neurologist. Harvard Medical School faculty. Clinical experience in both inpatient and outpatient care. Board Certified. Fellowship training and extensive experience in Behavioral Neurology – that branch of neurology that focuses on brain conditions, including dementia, that change a person's behavior or intellect. Has treated 1,000+ patients with dementia (usually due to Alzheimer's Disease). Past President of the Boston Society of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neurosurgery. Boston Magazine Top Doctor (Neurology), 2017. Former Director of Neurology at Head Injury rehabilitation facility. Highly experienced expert witness. Has reviewed over 250 cases and testified in dozens of depositions and trials. Expert-witness assignments have involved death, catastrophic injury cases, testamentary capacity, financial competency, personal injury, medical malpractice, and criminal cases. Experience includes spine injury, head trauma, seizure disorder, epilepsy, headaches, post-concu...
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Danny M Chachere, II, MD
Board Certified Neurologist and Neurophysiologist
Neurology, Neurophysiology
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Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion, Seizures/Epilepsy, Nerve and Muscle disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, Headache disorders, Stroke, Neurodegenerative disorders, Ataxia, Auto-Immune encephalitis, Neurodiagnostics: EEG, EMG, IOM
Currently works in Houston, Tx as an outpatient neurologist, and double board certified in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology. Legal medicine is an integral part of his practice with participation in preparing medical expert opinions, depositions as well as independent medical examinations. Large array of patient types seen in an outpatient setting such as Traumatic Brain Injury, Ataxia, Auto Epilepsy, Nerve and Muscle disorders, Neurodegenerative Disorders, sleep disorder, Headache disorders, and ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. Performing and interpretation of neurodiagnostic studies is part of Dr. Chachere's daily practice as well. Also, currently working as a sideline neurologist at a local high school for on field concussion care. Actively participates in local (Harris County Neurologic Society) and state (Texas Neurologic Society) neurologic societies to stay on the cusp of the field of neurology.
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Jeffrey M Politsky, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), CSCN, FACNS
Pennsylvania
Neurology, Neurophysiology
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anxiety, Ataxia, brain tumor, cerebral palsy, coma, Concussion, dementia, demyelinating disease (CIDP GBS MS), depression, encephalopathy/encephalitis, epilepsy, headaches, hydrocephalus, intracranial hypertension, meningitis, Myopathy, neuropathy, radiculopathy, spinal stenosis, traumatic brain injury
Board certified in Canada & USA in neurology, neurophysiology, electroencephalography.
BSc (neuroscience & psychology) and MSc (pharmacology and toxicology) - University of Toronto;
MD (University of Western Ontario; Residency (Int Med/Neurology) - University of British Columbia;
Epilepsy Fellowship (2 yr) - Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital.
Served as Epilepsy Program Director > 20 yrs.
Author of several publications, chapters, invited reviews.
Member of several organizations - American Academy of Neurology, American Epilepsy Society, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation, Critical Care EEG Monitoring Research Consortium, Neurocritical Care Society, Society for Neuro-Oncology. Director, Brain Tumor-Related Epilepsy Research Consortium.
> 20 years experience as expert witness/consultant including depositions. Chart reviews and narrative reports are thorough and provided in a timely fashion.
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Pratit Patel
Stroke Neurology and Endovascular Neurosurgery
Newtown, Pennsylvania
Neurology
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Stroke, Brain aneurysm, Intracranial hemorrhage, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Carotid artery dissection, Vertebral artery dissection, Seizure, Cerebral Venous sinus thrombosis, Telestroke, AVM, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Interventional Neurology, Thrombectomy, TPA, TNK, Dural arteriovenous fistula
Dr. Pratit Patel, MD is a triple board-certified neurologist (Neurology, Vascular Neurology, and Endovascular Neurosurgery – Focused Practice) with expertise in acute stroke care, inpatient neurology, and standards of care in cerebrovascular disease. He serves as an attending physician in vascular neurology and endovascular neurosurgery at Cooper Health System and is the Associate Program Director of the Neurology Residency. He is Assistant Professor of Neurology at Cooper Rowan School of Medicine, has enrolled patients in clinical trials and published more than a dozen original research publications in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Patel provides independent case reviews, deposition and trial testimony, and consultation on stroke systems of care. Licensed in PA and NJ, with active clinical practice in endovascular neurosurgery, inpatient neurology and telestroke. He is also active in community education of stroke and brain aneurysms.
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Shaheryar Hafeez, MD
Neurointensivist, ICU director, Univ of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Neurocritical Care, Neurology
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subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracranial hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, status epilepticus, cardiac arrest, hypoxic ischemic brain injury, delirium, encephalopathy, guillain barre, traumatic brain injury, meningitis, encephalitis
I was born and raised in a suburb of Pittsburgh and went to college at the University of Pittsburgh. I completed residency and fellowship at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and then started practicing as an academic Neurointensivist at UT Health San Antonio for 5 years prior to my recruitment to Pittsburgh. In my current role as medical director of the Neuro ICU at Presbyterian hospital, I am responsible for ensuring the highest standard of care is delivered for patients with Neurocritical care diseases in the region. I must keep myself and my team updated with any new guidelines, ground breaking publications, and treatments that may help our patients. I regularly review all mortalities and unforeseen morbidities in my ICU for opportunities for improvement. I am involved with 3 national societies: Neurocritical Care Society, American Academy of Neurology, and Society of Critical Care Medicine in various capacities representing Neurocritical Care and critical care Ne...
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Rahul Guha, MD
Pennsylvania
Neurology, Neurophysiology
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Epilepsy, Seizures, Electroencephalogram, EEG, Prognosis of Cardiac Arrest, Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI, HIE, anoxic brain injury, Headache, Concussion, Coma, Anti-Seizure Drug Toxicity, Stroke, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Seizures in Pregnancy, Seizure Meds causing fetal malformations
Fellowship trained epilepsy neurologist in active clinical practice. Triple board- certified (neurology, clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy). University of Virginia educated and trained. University of Lynchburg and Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty. Experienced public speaker.
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Ramin Zand, MD, FAHA, FANA
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Neurology, Independent Medical Examinations
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Ischemic stroke, Hemorrhagic Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion, Cerebral venous thrombosis, Headaches, Migraines, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), Intracranial aneurysm, Moya Moya disease, Patent foramen ovale, Carotid disease, Interventional Neurology, Tele neurology, Anoxic brain injury
Dr. Zand is a Professor of Neurology; Board Certified in Neurology, Vascular Neurology, and Neuroimaging; Fellow of the American Neurological Association (FANA) and American Heart Association (FAHA); Former chair of the Great River Affiliate Stroke Task Force, American Heart Association; Professional Member of the American Academy of Neurology, European Stroke Society, World Stroke Organization, and International Stroke Genetics Consortium; Editor and ad hoc reviewer of multiple scientific journals; More than 200 publications and five book chapters; Received more than 43000 citations (H-index 56, Google scholar).
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Norman V. Kohn, MD
Physician Experienced in Neurology and psychiatry
Pennsylvania
Neurology, Neuropsychiatry
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Neuropsychiatry, traumatic brain injury, cognitive deficits and psychiatric symptoms following illness or injury, seizures and epilepsy, psychotherapy, medical ethics, complex causation, litigation consulting
Trained and board certified in neurology, with additional subspecialty training in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
Experience includes neurology practice, with years as neurology chair in a major teaching hospital and trauma center; practice and teaching of psychiatry, psychotherapy; and psychoanalysis.
Expertise in
-alcoholism and addiction
-chronic pain
-motivation, secondary gain, and malingering
-doctor-doctor and doctor-patient communication
-physician role responsibilities
-medical decisionmaking
-medical ethics
-distinguishing coexisting psychiatric and medical factors
-explaining medical concepts to juries
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