Neurology Expert Witnesses
What is a neurology expert witness?
Neurology expert witness candidates are board certified neurologists with extensive experience in private practice, clinical research, neurosurgery, or as a professor of neurology. Neurologist expert witnesses can specialize in neuroscience, neurology, neuropathology, or practice in pediatric neurology (also known as child neurology). The chosen neuro expert witness may a member of an industry organization such as the American Neurological Association (ANA), the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), and/or the Association for Clinical Neurology and Mental Health (ACNM).
What types of cases require a neurology expert witness?
Litigation support matters requiring neurology expert witness often involve a medical malpractice case, personal injury, standard of care, or medical negligence.
Neurology deals with the diagnosis and treatment of nervous systems disorders. Neurologists may have medical specialties areas of interests (subspecialty), such as vascular neurology (stroke), encephalitis, epilepsy, neuromuscular (e.g., Parkinson’s disease), multiple sclerosis, pain management, Alzheimer’s disease, or movement disorders.
Neurology expert witness case examples
Representative cases that Cahn Litigation Services has sourced neurologists for include:
- epilepsy medical record review at a Massachusetts medical center,
- pediatric neurologic disorders,
- independent medical examination (IME) for a spinal cord injury case in Florida,
- New York clinical practice investigation,
- vascular neurology medical malpractice case in Los Angeles,
- workers’ compensation qualified medical evaluator (QME) evaluation for a nerve injury,
- Colorado high school sports traumatic brain injury, and
- medical evaluation of a head injury victim in Kansas.
What litigation support work might a neurology expert witness be expected to perform?
Expert witness services by a specialist in neurology could include medical record reviews, IMEs, research and authoring expert reports, providing expert opinions, depositions, and courtroom testimony. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request a neurologist or neurosurgeon with prior expert witness testimony experience.
Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for a neurology expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.
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Neurology Expert Witness - Representative Bios
Please Note: All Cahn Litigation expert witness searches are customized to attorneys' precise specifications and preferences. Attorneys are encouraged to discuss search parameters with a Cahn search specialist.
The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Neurology experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Neurology landscape.
Expert Witness #247349
This expert specializes in Criminal Forensic Psychiatry, Addiction, and the effects of substances on the brain including cannabis and synthetic cannabis, opioids, tobacco and more. This expert serves on the Chemical Dependency team at a nationally known health insurance provider, and has been the Medical Director of the Opiate Replacement Therapy Program at a VA hospital. This expert is board certified, a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has added a Certificate of Qualification in Forensic Psychiatry from the same Board. Besides being a practitioner, this expert is also involved in current research and is well-published. This expert attends and presents at conferences and symposia and is well recognized as an authority in the field.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #247579
This expert, a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, is certified in both General and Addiction Psychiatry. This expert has worked in Drug Treatment and Addiction therapy for nearly a decade. Currently the Medical Director of a Treatment Center, this expert is well versed not only on the medical aspects of substance abuse and addiction therapy, but also in the rules, guidelines and local practices that govern methadone clinics.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #258038
This expert holds an M.D. and is certified in both Pediatrics and Neurology. This expert did both Neurology and Child Neurology Residencies and a special Child Neurology Fellowship at a Children's Hospital.
This expert is a Board certified, full-time practicing Pediatric Neurologist experienced in both civil cases (plaintiff and defense) and criminal cases (prosecution and defense) with expertise in causation, damages, and prognosis of children and adolescents with asphyxia, birth injury, birth trauma, brain injury, concussion, cerebral palsy, and brain damage from diverse causes.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #258042
This expert received a B.A. degree and an M.D. degree. This expert completed a pediatric internship, residency, and neurochemistry fellowship. This expert's neurology residency and pediatric neurology fellowship were completed at a prestigious University and Hospital. This expert is Board Certified in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology as well as in Pediatrics.
After many years of pediatric neurology practice, this expert was appointed Chief of Pediatric Neurology at a Children's Hospital. This expert's interests include the broad array of childhood neurological conditions, and in particular, those so complex that multidisciplinary diagnostic or therapeutic approaches are required.
This expert has extensive knowledge of complex epilepsy, pharmacology, and injured brain. This expert has many patients receiving nursing care at home. This expert has served both sides and enjoys the sharp legal thinking required in medical analytics. This expert has been deposed and testified in court and is comfortable with the adversarial process.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #261397
This expert is a Board-Certified neurologist and is a member of good standing in the major medical and professional associations of this expert's specialty including the Neurological Society and the American Academy of Neurology. This expert has published on Motor Neuron disease and Myasthenia Gravis and has been awarded fellowships in this expert's specialty. This expert has served as Chair of the neurology Section, and in addition to a private practice, this expert is Medical Director at an Epilepsy Foundation.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #261453
This expert is accredited by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a member in good standing of the leading professional associations of this expert's specialty. This expert has deep experience as an expert witness, having provided professional consultation and evaluation in over 650 legal matters to both Plaintiff and Defense counsel. This expert is a frequent presenter at continuing education courses.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #247822
This expert has acquired a unique expertise in opioid pharmacology and safety. This expert's experience as a former Medical Officer and Senior Medical analyst included literally hundreds of cross-disciplinary team reviews and meetings with pain/neurology experts establishing this expert as a valued pharmacology and drug safety expert. This expert is currently an Associate Professor at a University, and served as an FDA/Healthcare advisor in a presidential campaign. As part of this expert's research duties this expert routinely analyzes drug safety and personally owns and maintains a specialized server which houses an exact copy of the FDA's AERS/ FAERS database. This expert has been quoted dozens of times by major news organizations.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #283752
This neurology expert is triple board-certified in Neurocritical Care, Vascular Neurology, and Neurology by a national psychiatry and neurology certifying board, and is board-certified in Neurovascular Interpretation by a national neuroimaging professional society.
This expert has led a Neurovascular Lab at a state university and served in an assistant professor role in Neurology and Anesthesiology. This expert has worked in multiple Neurocritical Care units around the country and has extensive experience treating patients with acute traumatic brain injury and providing follow-up care after traumatic brain injury.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #284281
This neurology/TBI expert is board-certified in neurology and neuromuscular medicine, completed a clinical neurophysiology fellowship in a Department of Neurology at a prestigious medical school, and has served in attending, supervisory, medical director, and neurohospitalist roles across military, neurodiagnostic, and hospital settings.
This expert has extensive experience evaluating and treating patients with TBI and gained significant TBI experience while serving as the sole Air Force neurologist in Europe at a primary referral center for Airmen suffering combat-related TBIs during a multi-year assignment.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #287576
This neurology expert is retired from clinical practice but remains actively involved in child neurology through research, consulting, journal peer review, and teaching. This expert earned a B.Sc. and MD from a prestigious university and completed further residency training in pediatric neurology and neuroimmunology at well-regarded medical institutions in the United States and Canada.
This expert has conducted extensive research on the causes and treatments of autism and has led autism evaluation and treatment programs at prominent academic and hospital-based institutions. This expert has experience as an expert witness and litigation consultant, including providing expert medical opinions in matters that resolved before deposition.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #297668
This TBI expert holds ND, DC, FACFN, and FABBIR credentials and has focused almost exclusively on brain injury rehabilitation for over 10 years.
This expert holds an ownership role in a neurology-focused rehabilitation practice specializing in Functional Neurology.
This expert is available to provide IMEs and has litigation support experience.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #300615
This neurology expert holds a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and is a highly accomplished neurologist with extensive training and decades of experience in both academic and clinical settings. This expert earned the medical degree from a well-regarded Canadian university, completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at a prominent Canadian teaching hospital, and completed a residency in Neurology at prominent academic medical and cancer centers.
This expert holds board certifications from the American Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Internal Medicine, and the American Board of Neurology. This expert is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in both Internal Medicine and Neurology. Throughout this expert's career, this expert has held numerous clinical and leadership positions, including attending neurologist and internist roles at an academic medical center and division chief of neurology at a regional hospital, where this expert continues to serve as a staff neurologist. This expert has maintained a private neurology practice for decades.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #301558
This neurology expert holds MD, MBA, and FAAN credentials and has over 40 years of experience treating patients and teaching neurology at a graduate level, rendering unbiased, professional opinions in legal cases involving neurology.
This expert has cared for and evaluated thousands of individuals with varying degrees of traumatic brain injuries and has served as a neurology expert in hundreds of TBI legal cases.
Over more than 40 years of practicing neurology, this expert has treated thousands of inpatients and outpatients with TBIs and continues to teach neurology residents about head injuries. This expert has been involved in hundreds of plaintiff and defense cases involving mild, moderate, and severe TBIs and has not had testimony or reports excluded.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #303305
This neurology expert holds an MA, MD, and FAAN, trained at a prestigious university, and is triple-board certified in Neurology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Neurology/Neuropsychiatry. This expert serves as an academic professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at a well-regarded medical school and is the principal author of a leading textbook on mild TBI, concussion, and traumatic encephalopathy.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #305607
This PSP expert holds MD and FAAN credentials and is Board Certified in Neurology, with extensive experience personally examining and treating hundreds of patients with Parkinson's disease, PSP, and similar neurological syndromes.
This expert routinely lectures on the principles of diagnosis and treatment of involuntary movement disorders, including PSP, to medical students, residents, neurologists, and other health care providers.
This expert completed a Neurology Residency program at a medical center in New York and passed a national neurology board examination, with later re-certifications. This expert currently holds senior academic and clinical leadership roles in movement disorders and neurology at a major medical center.
This expert has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications and given over 400 lectures on neurological movement disorders at local, national, and international levels.
Start Neurology Expert SearchExpert Witness #900719
This neurology/TBI expert holds an M.D., is a Diplomate of a national medical examination board, and holds medical licenses in California and Alaska. This expert is certified in Neurology by a psychiatry and neurology certifying board and by a neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic medicine association. This expert has served as an Independent Medical Examiner and Qualified Medical Evaluator for California and provides independent medical evaluations for both plaintiff and defense counsel in personal injury cases.
This expert began a professional career as a Neurologist with an adult and pediatric neurology branch at a regional naval medical center in California and subsequently served in associate and acting chief roles within a neurology service at a Veterans Administration hospital in California. This expert has since maintained a private practice in Clinical and Forensic Neurology. This expert is an active member of numerous professional organizations, including neurologic, neurology, EEG, medical, and regional neurology associations.
This expert has extensive experience as a testifying neurologic expert, including over 100 trials and several hundred depositions. This expert's area of expertise is TBI.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
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