Sports Medicine Expert Witnesses in California

The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of sports medicine expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on sports medicine and related issues. Sports medicine 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 sports medicine expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Sports Medicine, Trauma, Arthroscopy, Knee, Shoulder, Arthritis, Causation, Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement, Personal Injury, Shoulder Replacement, Arthroscopic Surgery, Disability, Fractures, and Ime.

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Benjamin Busfield, MD, FAAOS, FACS

Diablo Orthopedic Consultants

Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine - Shoulder replacement, hip replacement, knee replacement, joint replacement, fractures, trauma, personal injury, arthroscopic surgery
Fellowship trained and board certified in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine, fellow of AAOS, 10 years of practice as a community surgeon, author of over 15 peer reviewed journal Articles Dr. Benjamin Busfield specializes in arthroscopy, care of athletes, and sports-related injuries. His interests include injuries to the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee. He completed an additional year of Fellowship training for sports medicine and arthroscopy at the prestigious Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, the birth place of the Tommy John elbow surgery. Dr. Busfield is board certified as a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (ABOS) and is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery (AAOS). Furthermore, he has been awarded the Certificate of Additional Qualification (CAQ) for Orthopedic Sports Medicine. This distinction, in conjunction with his Sports Medicine fellowship training, is held by very few local surgeons in the area. As a general...
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Afshin Arianjam, MD, FAAOS, FAAHKS, QME

Board-Certified Orthopedics: QME, General & Sports

Chino Hills, California
Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine - Joint Preservation, Cartilage Restoration, Arthroscopy, Knee Replacement, Shoulder Replacement, Hip Replacement, Robotics, Trauma, Fractures, Stem Cell, Biologics, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Qualified Medical Evaluator, QME
Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon with specialized expertise in Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, and Total Joint Replacements, serving as an active Team Physician for a local university and providing Level 1 Trauma care. Qualified Medical Evaluator with a reputation for exceptional bedside manner and credibility. Education & Affiliations: Renaissance Scholar, Magna Cum Laude, University of Southern California Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Fellow of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) Medical Director Total Joint Program at Local Hospital Experience with complex cases and a solid foundation in evaluating injury mechanisms, treatment appropriateness, and standard of care in legal settings: Joint Preservation: cartilage transplantation, biologics (PRP, stem cell, amnion), reconstructive ligamentous surgery, meniscal repair/transplantation, rotator cuff repair, labral repair, and shoulder instability. Modern Joint Replacement: m...
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Kevin F Barrette, MD

Head of Interventional Pain - Stanford trained

Scripps Clinic Medical Group

Oceanside, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Spine Surgery & Spine Care - Interventional Spine, Interventional Pain, Orthobiologics, Regenerative Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Basivertebral Nerve Ablation, Intracept, Cervical Transforaminal, Sports Medicine, Musculoskeletal Medicine, Epidural Steroid Injection, Radiofrequency Ablation, Nerve Ablation
Kevin F. Barrette, MD is an Interventional Spine and Pain Management doctor and head of Interventional Pain at Scripps Clinic Medical Group in San Diego, CA. He is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine and completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well as his fellowship in Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine at Stanford University. His fellowship included direct training under the tutelage of the current and past presidents of the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS). Prior to his work at Scripps Clinic, he was an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Barrette holds the following certifications and licenses: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, diplomat American Board of Pain Medicine, diplomat California State Medical License (unrestricted) DEA license (unrestricted) Dr. Barrette is an innovator in the field and continues to adopt ...
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Avram A. Bram-Mostyn, DO, FAAPMR, FS

Los Angeles based PM&R Physician- Board Certified

Maimonides Physiatry

GLENDALE, California
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Occupational Medicine - Pediatric rehabilitation, Wound care, brain injury, Sports medicine, Spinal cord injury, Polytrauma, Pain management, Burns, Chiropractic, Diabetes, Disability, Electrodiagnostic medicine, Independent medical examinations, Orthopedics, Regenerative med, Spine, Nerve injury, Neuropathy, Amputation
Dr. Bram-Mostyn is a Baylor trained, board-certified physiatrist and Fellow of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (FAAPMR). He completed his residency at Baylor College of Medicine, one of the top training programs in the country. His education also includes a Diploma in Tropical Medicine from Baylor's National School of Tropical Medicine, broadening his expertise in infectious diseases and global health. Dr. Bram-Mostyn's clinical experience spans inpatient and outpatient settings, including a recent position at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles where he served as a clinical instructor for resident physicians from UCLA, USC, and Casa Colina. Known for his excellent communication skills, he excels at explaining complex medical concepts clearly and compassionately. Dr. Bram-Mostyn is licensed in California, Colorado, and Texas and actively serves as a Flight Surgeon in the United States Air Force Reserve. Committed to patient care and advancement in physi...
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Timothy Bundy, DO, CIME, CLCP, CMCPS, ATC

National Life Care Planners

California
Pain Management - Medicine, Life Care Planning - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, PM&R, Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI, sports medicine, IME, traumatic injuries, complex regional pain syndrome, CRPS, defense and plaintiff, Tampa, Florida, Impairment Ratings, Causation, Permanency, Independent Medical Examiner, Physician Expert Witness
Board-certified in Brain Injury Medicine, Pain Medicine, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with over 25 years of experience. Expertise in the areas of musculoskeletal, spine, brain, and central and peripheral nerve injuries, as well as disability and sports medicine. Active clinical practice. Certified Independent Medical Examiner and Certified Physician Life Care Planner. Has performed over 500 Future Cost of Care and Life Care Plan assessments. Experienced expert at trial and has testified in over 50 depositions. Medical licenses in Florida, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Kansas.
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Benjamin Busfield, MD, FAAOS, FACS

Diablo Orthopedic Consultants

San Francisco Bay area, California
Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine - Shoulder replacement, hip replacement, knee replacement, joint replacement, fractures, trauma, personal injury, arthroscopic surgery
Fellowship trained and board certified in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine, fellow of AAOS, 10 years of practice as a community surgeon, author of over 15 peer reviewed journal Articles Dr. Benjamin Busfield specializes in arthroscopy, care of athletes, and sports-related injuries. His interests include injuries to the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee. He completed an additional year of Fellowship training for sports medicine and arthroscopy at the prestigious Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, the birth place of the Tommy John elbow surgery. Dr. Busfield is board certified as a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (ABOS) and is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery (AAOS). Furthermore, he has been awarded the Certificate of Additional Qualification (CAQ) for Orthopedic Sports Medicine. This distinction, in conjunction with his Sports Medicine fellowship training, is held by very few local surgeons in the area. As a general...
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Anthony C Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS

Seasoned witness/ pediatric cardiac intensive care

Children's Hospital of Orange County

Irvine , California
Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Surgery, Sudden Death, Cardiac Intensive Care, Heart Failure, Postoperative Care, Pulmonary Hypertension, Adult with Congenital Heart Disease, Public Health, Sports Medicine, Artificial Intelligence
Seasoned expert witness with over 200 cases over period of 35 years. Training and attending services at the three top pediatric heart programs. Editor of textbooks Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care and Heart Failure in Children and Young Adults with expertise in congenital heart disease and perioperative care as well as cardiomyopathy and sudden death in pediatric patients. Background in artificial intelligence in medicine.
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Benjamin Cullen, DPM

Foot and Ankle Surgery, Podiatry

San Diego, California
Foot & Ankle Surgery, Podiatry - Standard of Care, Malpractice, Disability, Peer Review, Lower Extremity, Arthroscopy. Foot Pain, Foot Surgery, Foot and Ankle Fractures, Ankle Pain, Ankle Surgery, Tendon Tears, Arthritis, Bunions, Reconstructive surgery, trauma, sports medicine, arthritis, hammertoes
Dr. Cullen is a Foot and Ankle Specialist in private practice in San Diego, CA. He is board certified by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery in both Foot and Reconstructive Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery. After completing his medical training at CSPM in 2010, Dr. Cullen was then accepted to a top residency program at Kaiser Hayward where he served as Chief Resident. He received comprehensive medical and surgical training by leaders in the field covering all variety of pathology in the foot and ankle. Thereafter, Dr. Cullen went into private practice in San Diego, and served as the Chief of Podiatric Medicine & Surgery at Scripps Mercy Hospital for 4 years. He has been the Program Director of the Scripps Mercy Podiatric Surgery Residency since 2020. Dr. Cullen is a Past President of the San Diego Podiatric Medical Society. He is a national lecturer with the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.
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Joanne Halbrecht, MD

Halbrecht Orthopedics Biologics and Sports Medicine

California
Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine - Shoulder, Rotator Cuff, Shoulder Instability, SLAP lesion, Impingement, Labral Tear, Knee, ACL Tear, MCL Tear, Meniscus Tear, Patella Dislocation, Arthritis, Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, Cartilage, Stem Cell Therapy, Regenerative Medicine, Mechanism of Injury, Causation
Dr. Halbrecht is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon fellowship-trained in Sports Medicine with over 25 years of experience in private practice. She specializes in the conservative and surgical treatment of musculoskeletal injuries. Dr. Halbrecht has been recognized for her expertise in arthroscopic surgery. As a result, she has taught courses in knee and shoulder arthroscopy at the Orthopedic Learning Center in Chicago to orthopedic surgeons from all over the world. She has several publications in orthopedic journals and has been a team physician for football and hockey. The unique combination of her medical training and undergraduate degree in Engineering offers special expertise on causation. She has extensive medical-legal experience and has performed over 1000 IMEs serving as an expert for plaintiff and defense. She is known for taking complicated medical cases and terminology and presenting it in an organized fashion, using lay terms that are easy for all parties to comprehen...
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Lysander Jim

Lysander Jim, M.D. Inc.

South Pasadena, California
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Sports Medicine - mold illness, chronic inflammatory response syndrome, immune disorder, toxic encephalopathy, environmental injury, water-damaged building, sinusitis, allergy, mast cell activation, spine pain, low back pain, disc injury, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, spinal instability, autoimmune injury
I am a Board-certified physician and medical legal expert with an active clinical practice specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mold-related injury and low back pain. I have treated over five hundred mold injured patients and spine patients. In my legal expert career, I have been admitted as an expert on the topics of mold injury, chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS), toxic encephalopathy, neurological injury, and other medical issues. I have presented at national environmental conferences since 2018 and have served as a course instructor at the 2023 national conference for doctors and other clinicians. I published my first book SPECIFIC SPINE this year.
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Kirt M Kimball, MD

Kirt Kiimball MD PC

California
Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine - trauma, complex Orthopedic conditions, knee, shoulder, spine, knee replacement, hip replacement, shoulder replacement, work related, apportionment issues, pre-existing issues, fractures, arthroscopy
​Experienced in IME, AME, evaluation in California. Have ability to make sense out of complex musculoskeletal situations including issues of apportionment and impact of preexisting conditions. My years of experience in general orthopedic conditions as well as subspecialty focus have equipped me with a skill set in evaluating complex issues. Brigham Young University (BYU) 1965-’69. ​​Univ. Of Southern California (USC) 1969-70 ​​Univ. of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)​ M.D. Degree 1970-1974 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society Surgical Internship: ​Orange County Medical Center​1974-75. Orthopedic Surgery Residency: ​Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital ​1975-79. ​​Univ. of Southern California (USC) – Orthopedic Surgery Residency ​Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners​​​​1975 ​Diplomat, American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons​​​​1980 ​Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)​​1981-present ​Fellow, American Orthopedic Society Sports Medicine (AOSSM)​​1982-pr...
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Guenther O Knoblich, MD

Carmel, California
Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine - Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Trauma, Shoulder Surgery, Total Joint Replacement, Orthopedics - Non-operative, Hand Surgery, Orthopedic Malpractice, Personal Injury, Work Related Trauma, Independent Medical Exams, Standard of Care, Medical Records Review
Guenther Knoblich M.D. is an orthopedic surgeon extensive training in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal conditions and injuries, both surgical and nonsurgical. His clinical experience includes sports medicine, arthroscopy, hand and elbow surgery, shoulder surgery, knee and hip replacement, joint reconstruction, and orthopedic trauma. His areas of orthopedic consulting involve assisting both plaintiff and defense in issues regarding standard of care, surgical complications, injury causation, and orthopedic malpractice. Dr. Knoblich is dual board certified in Orthopedic Surgery as well as Orthopedic Sports Medicine and is a Qualified Medical Examiner. Dr. Knoblich was the team physician for the College of the Siskiyous. He is a member of Health Volunteer Overseas and has done teaching assignments with Orthopedic Overseas in Vietnam, Nepal, and Bhutan. He is licensed in California.
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Thomas Peatman, CIME, MD

San Ramon, California
Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine - Hip, Knee, Shoulder, Trauma, Causation, Spine Surgery & Spine Care, Orthopedics Non Surgical, Independent Medical Examinations, IME, Life care planning, Disability evaluation, Impairment Evaluation, Medical Coding, Medical billing, Fraud, Workers’ Compensation, Motor Vehicle Accident, Patents, MVA
Board-Certified orthopedic surgeon in active clinical practice. Additional sub-specialty Certification in Sports Medicine. IME certified. Have performed over 8,000 joint replacements, hip, knee and shoulder arthroscopies and open surgeries. After developing a hand tremor, I now focus on the non-operative management of orthopedic disease and trauma. Former Team Physician for the Oakland Athletics. United States Navy veteran. I have been participating in expert witness work for 13+ years. I perform complex case reviews with or without an exam, as well as provide clarity to simpler incidents. I am timely and prioritize scheduling exams, depositions and court appearances.
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Andrew Shubov, MD

Pain MD - Acupuncture / Internal Medicine at UCLA

UCLA

Los Angeles, California
Internal Medicine, Acupuncturist - Integrative, Alternative, Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture, Hospital, Inpatient, TENS, TEAS, neck pain, Supplements, Complementary Medicine, Trigger Point, Sports Medicine, Chronic Pain, Myofascial, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Long COVID, low back pain, Chronic Lyme
Dr. Andrew Shubov is the director of the inpatient East-West medicine consult service at UCLA. As part of the service, he and other East-West medicine physicians provide acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine diagnostic and treatment strategies to critically ill hospitalized patients. He also works in the outpatient setting to bring integrative East-West medicine to complex patients with multiple medical conditions. He is board certified both in Internal Medicine and Integrative Medicine. Dr. Shubov believes that the integrative East-West approach is an excellent companion to traditional Western medicine, as it incorporates the treatment of the whole patient and minimizes side effects of common modern therapies. He frequently works with patients who have chronic conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune disorders and chronic pain. Dr. Shubov obtained his medical degree from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, and completed his in...
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William B Stetson, MD

Associate Clinical Voluntary Professor USC

Stetson Lee Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine

Burbank, California
Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine - Board certified in orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery, shoulder, knee, elbow, ankle, trauma, gunshot wounds to the extremities, Qualified Medical Examiner (QME), medical malpractice, product liability, personal injury
Dr. Stetson specializes in sports medicine with an expertise in arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery of the shoulder, knee, elbow and ankle. He has first-hand knowledge of athletic injuries and trauma related injuries with over 27 years of experience. Dr. Stetson is a full time practicing orthopaedic surgeon and he is a Qualified Medical Examiner (QME) for the state of California. He has served as an expert witness for the last 17 years in over 75 cases involving complex personal injury, workers compensation, malpractice and product liability cases. He has over 25 years of teaching experience as a volunteer professor of orthopaedic surgery at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center where he teaches the residents orthopaedic surgery and arthroscopy. He has also served as the medical director and on the management committee of out-patient surgery centers. He is the author of over 45 peer reviewed publications and has over 100 national and international presentations. He has ...
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Vishal Thakral

Double Board-Certified Sports Physician

Westlake Village, California
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Sports Medicine - Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation, Muscoloskeletal sonography, Platelet rich plasma, Stem cell injections, Steroid injections, Tendon injections, Trigger point, Achilles tendinitis, Adhesive capsulitis, ACL, Biceps tendinitis, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Cervical rediculopathy, Cervical stenosis
Credentials: Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Diplomate, American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine Registered in Musculoskeletal Sonography Affiliations: Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA Memberships: American Osteopathic Association of Sports Medicine American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation American Osteopathic Association American Association of Orthopedic Medicine Dr. Vishal Thakral is double board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine with a subspecialty in Musculoskeletal Sonography. Dr. Thakral specializes in musculoskeletal and orthopedic injuries related to the joints and spine. Dr. Thakral's medical interests include sports medicine utilizing musculoskeletal ultrasound-guided procedures to perform regenerative treatments for ...
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