Pediatric Hospitalist Expert Witnesses in California

Cajon, California

Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatrics - Pediatrics, Cardiology, MD, FAAP, General Pediatrics, Congenital heart disease, Pediatric heart failure, Pediatric echocardiography, Pediatric hospitalist, Neonatal and pediatric inpatient care, Pediatric infectious disease, Pediatric malpractice, Myocarditis, Pericarditis, Arrhythmias, Post-operative cardiac complications

Dr. Juliana Gomez-Arostegui is a dedicated and accomplished medical professional who specializes in pediatric cardiology and pediatrics. Having a diverse background in clinical practice, medical education, and patient care, Dr. Gomez-Arostegui has made significant contributions to the field of healthcare. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at the Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, UCSD, where she brings her expertise to a dynamic academic environment. She cares for patients in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Between 2004 and 2011, Dr. Juliana Gomez-Arostegui served as a pediatric hospitalist in the San Francisco Bay Area, working in two county hospitals. At Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC), she held the position of inpatient attending, overseeing patients in the pediatric ward and the level III neonatal intensive care unit in collaboration with Stanford University pediatric residents. Concurrently, she also worked at ...

Menlo Park, California

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Hospitalist - Sepsis, Multi-Organ Failure, Respiratory Failure, Stroke, Cardiac Arrest, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation), Cardiac Surgery, Shock, Septic Shock, Pediatric Critical Care, Trauma, Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Post-Operative Care

Pediatric Critical Care Expert – Failure to Recognize Deterioration, Escalation, and ICU Management I am a double board-certified pediatric and pediatric critical care physician with over 22 years of clinical experience, including 16 years at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and 8 years at Stanford University. My medicolegal work focuses on cases involving clinical deterioration, delayed recognition, and failures in escalation of care in hospitalized children. I help attorneys evaluate: - Whether deterioration should have been recognized earlier - Whether escalation to ICU, subspecialty care, or higher-level monitoring was appropriate and timely - Whether management in the PICU met the standard of care - Whether adverse outcomes were preventable I have extensive experience managing critically ill children with: - Respiratory failure and progressive decompensation - Sepsis and septic shock - Post-operative deterioration - Cardiac arrest and resuscitation - Neurologic ...

Palo Alto, California

Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatrics - Standard of Care, Case Management, Newborn Care, Hospital Safety, Medication Safety, Physician Billing, Clincal Care Guidelines, Standard of Care, Joint Commission, Hospital Finance, Healthcare Insurance, Physician Group Practice, Pediatric Best Practice

Dr. Francisco Javier Alvarez is a nationally recognized leader in pediatric hospital medicine, with more than two decades of experience in inpatient pediatrics, medical education, healthcare quality improvement, and clinical leadership. His multifaceted career spans academic teaching, hospital leadership, policy development, and medical consulting. He currently serves as Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine and as Associate Chief of the Stanford Regional Pediatric Hospital Medicine Programs. In addition, he is the Medical Director of Case Management at Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Dr. Alvarez provides oversight and care in high-acuity inpatient settings, where he integrates clinical excellence with evidence-based approaches to patient management. Prior to joining Stanford, Dr. Alvarez held multiple leadership roles at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., including Medical Director for multi...

Loma Linda, California

Pediatrics, Hospitalist - 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...

Coronado, California

Pediatric Hospitalist, Epidemiology - Birth Defects, Teratogens, Pharmacovigilance, Genetics, Autism, Rare Disease, Prematurity, Birth trauma, Asthma, Neonatology, Adolescence, Ingestions, Respiratory failure, Vaccines, Artificial Intelligence, Misdiagnoses, Sudden Infant Death, Electronic Medical Records, Congenital heart defects, Infectious diseases

Physician Scientist with more than 30 years of experience. Expertise in clinical medicine, and clinical and translational research, including pediatrics, neonatal medicine epidemiology, precision health, rapid whole genome sequencing, and clinical informatics. Pediatric Hospitalist for 29 years during which served as expert witness for individual cases, class action suits, and pharmacovigilance duties. Inaugural Director of multiple NIH and CDC-funded Centers of Excellence. Experienced national and international public speaker, lecturer, and moderator. Demonstrated success obtaining, sustaining and growing state and federal funding for research and public health programs. Executive level leadership of research programs, including regulatory infrastructure, in large university setting resulting in implementation of innovative clinical research programs among large multi-disciplinary faculty. Additional collaborative projects with Pharma on clinical trials, natural history studies fo...