Cardiovascular Expert Witnesses
What is a cardiovascular expert witness?
Cardiovascular expert witness candidates have years of experience and expertise in diseases and disorders of the cardiovascular system. Cardiovascular expert witness candidates typically have extensive experience as a board-certified cardiologist, medical examiner, medical school professor, cardiothoracic surgeon, interventional cardiologist, legal nurse consultant, nurse practitioner, as an internal medicine specialist, in medical device design, or with a focused area of expertise in pediatric cardiology. Cardiovascular expert witnesses may be members of professional organizations such as a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) or the American Society for Preventative Cardiology (ASPC).
What types of cases require a cardiovascular expert witness?
Oftentimes, matters requiring medical expert witnesses involve intellectual property, such as patent infringement litigation, inter partes review or trade secret disputes. A cardiologist/cardiovascular expert witness could also be called in on medical malpractice cases, personal injury cases, medical device product liability, standards of care, or medical negligence. Cases may be civil or criminal and require not only cardiovascular expertise, but the ability to communicate findings to juries for ease of understanding.
Cardiovascular expert witness case examples
Example cases that Cahn Litigation Services has provided expert witness candidates for have encompassed:
- pediatric cardiac catheterization,
- pacemaker device failure,
- arrhythmia,
- pulmonary hypertension treatment,
- aortic dissection procedure,
- electrophysiology study,
- New Jersey critical care medical services,
- valvular heart disease,
- nuclear cardiology clinical practice standard of care in Florida,
- medical malpractice involving an angioplasty procedure at a Michigan health care facility,
- medical center records review of echocardiography patients,
- acute myocardial infarction,
- atrial fibrillation clinical study in New York,
- congestive heart failure case reviews from an Illinois facility,
- coronary artery disease risk factors,
- Connecticut-based vascular stent patent infringement.
What litigation support work might a cardiovascular expert witness be expected to perform?
Litigation support by a cardiovascular expert witness could include research and authoring expert reports, medical case reviews, independent medical exams (IME), medical device failure analyses, providing expert opinions, forensic engineering services, deposition testimony, and expert testimony at a trial. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request an expert with prior expert witness experience. In addition, clients may seek a cardiovascular expert for pre-litigation consulting work.
Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for a cardiovascular expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.
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Cardiovascular 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 Cardiovascular experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Cardiovascular landscape.
Expert Witness #258792
This expert is a pulmonologist and an expert in sleep disorders. This expert treats patients with a wide variety of sleep disorders, ranging from respiratory disorders of sleep -- such as sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome -- to non-respiratory sleep disorders including circadian rhythm disorders, narcolepsy, parasomnias, and insomnia. This expert currently serves as a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Sleep Disorders Center and a Sleep Medicine Fellowship training program. In practice, this expert cares for patients in clinic as well as in the intensive care unit.
This expert's research has focused on REM-related sleep-disorders, perioperative complications in patients with sleep apnea, as well as best treatment strategies in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome. This expert is also interested in studying the impact of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy on metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes in obstructive sleep apnea.
This expert has authored several book chapters and articles.
Start Cardiovascular Expert SearchExpert Witness #211550
This expert holds a Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering and serves as:
- Associate Professor with Tenure
- Director of Graduate Studies
- Director - Laboratory for Translational, Experimental and Computational Cardiovascular Research
- Adjunct Professor - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
This expert is also the Founder, Member and Manager of a prolific consultancy and medical device innovation firm.
This expert's familiarity with medical device design and innovation dates back years while working as a cooperative education student in a Quality Assurance and Research & Development continuing through this expert's Postdoc in Pediatrics and Bioengineering. During this time, this expert advanced several concepts for a progressive expansion diameter stent through the patentability, market assessment and prototype stages of development. This expert subsequently started a company to focus R&D efforts on a pediatric stent for the staged treatment of stenoses in children.
This expert has served as an expert for litigation in about a dozen cases, none have been patent matters. This expert has written expert reports for both plaintiff and defendant, been professionally prepped for deposition, given one deposition, helped prepare attorneys for deposing opposition experts, and been prepped for trial. This expert has not yet had the opportunity to testify in court. This expert is however, very familiar with the patent process and understands the role of the subject matter expert in associated litigation.
Start Cardiovascular Expert SearchExpert Witness #257788
This expert co-leads a highly successful cardiac practice. This expert received a medical degree and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. This expert performed an internship and residency at a well-known hospital where this expert was the Chief Resident. This expert completed a Cardiology Fellowship at prestigious hospital. This expert was Associate Division Head of Cardiology, where this expert directed the Coronary Care Unit, conducted dozens of research studies and contributed extensively to cardiovascular literature, publishing several key papers on platelet aggregation inhibitors. This expert has received numerous teaching awards. Throughout clinical experiences, this expert has utilized many different platelet inhibitors and is highly familiar with their success at various dosages.
This expert's legal experience includes expert work in medical malpractice, product liability, and workers' compensation and disability, which accounts for 5% of this expert's effort, primarily in three areas.
1.Workers comp as designated provider, as well as examiner for plaintiffs, defense, and judge of compensation claims (as expert medics advisor).2.Medical malpractice as defense and plaintiff expert.3.Product liability. Working with firm representing tobacco companies.
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