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

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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.

  
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• Expert 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.

  
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• Expert 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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• Expert Witness #210252

  This medical device patent expert holds a PhD and has held scientific and leadership roles in large pharmaceutical companies, including Senior Scientist and Director roles in the cardiovascular field for over 10 years. This expert was involved in the development of an FDA-approved renal vasodilator and led in vivo discovery work for an FDA-approved anti-platelet agent.

  This expert served multiple terms as a Special Government Employee Advisor to a Cardio/Renal CDER Division of FDA. After work in large pharmaceutical companies, this expert became a serial entrepreneur and has led numerous startup drug and medical device development efforts for over 20 years.

  This expert has experience as an expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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• Expert Witness #231538

  This medical device expert holds a PhD and, after completing post-doctoral research, served as a lead medical device reviewer in a federal cardiovascular medical device review division.

  Since leaving federal service, this expert has worked as a forensic expert witness and medical device consultant, with additional experience at federal agencies focused on consumer product safety and intellectual property.

  This expert has also served as a faculty member at multiple universities and developed courses in mechanical and biomechanical engineering.

  
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• Expert Witness #261648

  This medical device expert holds a PhD and is a cardiovascular device product development and research engineer with experience in medical device research and development. This expert has published peer-reviewed articles and abstracts in heart failure device therapy research and development and has ongoing interests in medical devices used in atrial fibrillation, heart failure, cardiac pacing, and congestive heart failure applications.

  
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• Expert Witness #280139

  This cardiology expert is a board-certified interventional cardiologist with expertise in hemostasis and thrombosis as those areas relate to cardiovascular disease, and serves as a Professor of Medicine and director of cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology at a university.

  This expert has experience as an expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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• Expert Witness #288289

  This cardiology expert is triple-board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure, and Internal Medicine and is qualified to treat a wide range of cardiology conditions, including mild to advanced heart failure, evaluation for heart transplant or mechanical heart, hypertension, diagnosis and surveillance of aortic aneurysm, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, heart attack (myocardial infarction), and pre-operative cardiac risk assessment, also known as cardiac clearance.

  As a cardiologist in active clinical practice, this expert diagnoses, treats, and provides counseling and medications to prevent intracoronary thrombus and has been retained as a causation witness in cases involving intracoronary thrombus.

  
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• Expert Witness #288337

  This cardiology expert is a board-certified heart failure specialist with experience and expertise in the treatment of heart failure. This expert completed Internal Medicine training at a prestigious teaching hospital, served as a fellow in Medicine at a prestigious university, and trained in Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Cardiology at well-regarded academic medical institutions.

  This expert holds five board certifications and is certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology. This expert was among the early board-certified heart failure specialists in a Florida county and in the state.

  This expert has held cardiology and medicine leadership roles at hospital and Veterans Affairs medical institutions, including senior departmental and medical staff leadership positions. This expert directs a heart failure program and an echocardiography laboratory at a regional health system.

  This expert has been funded to conduct original research, delivered papers at national and international meetings, and authored publications in peer-reviewed journals. In over 25 years of post-fellowship clinical practice, this expert has treated thousands of patients with congestive heart failure. This expert has participated in heart failure clinical trials, directed a hospital heart failure program, and managed heart failure clinics.

  
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• Expert Witness #297604

  This environmental health expert holds a PhD and is an occupational and environmental epidemiologist with experience assessing the public health effects of trimethylamine (TMA), including how it relates to drinking water.

  Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) is a gut microbiota-derived metabolite produced from dietary nutrients. Many studies have found that circulating TMAO concentrations are linked to a wide range of health outcomes. A recent review paper noted associations between TMAO and all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and glomerular filtration rate in the kidney, presenting highly suggestive evidence. Another recent review paper identified additional health effects from dietary exposure to TMAO, including cardiovascular diseases and cardiorenal disorders, atherosclerosis, hypertension, ischemic stroke, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, cancers including stomach and colon cancer, and neurological disorders. Current data suggests links between TMAO from dietary sources and heart disease, kidney disease, and diabetes, but not specifically to TMAO in water or contamination of water sources by leaking TMAO.

  This expert has experience involving asbestos fibers in water and soil, alkaline formulated bottled water and the risk of acute liver diseases among children and adults, and chemical contamination of water supplies.

  
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• Expert Witness #305160

  This general surgeon/small bowel expert is a double-board-certified general surgeon and surgical critical care specialist who maintains an active full-time clinical practice in acute care surgery, with responsibilities encompassing emergency general surgery, trauma surgery, and critical care service lines within a Level I trauma hospital.

  This expert brings a broad perspective through experience across a wide range of intensive care units, including surgical, medical, neurocritical, cardiovascular, and transplant ICUs. In an administrative capacity, this expert serves as Medical Director of a Surgical Intensive Care Unit at a Level I trauma center, implementing new clinical practice guidelines and refining existing protocols through performance improvement initiatives. This experience supports objective chart review focused on patient care and the identification of barriers to optimal outcomes, skills central to expert witness work.

  This expert has performed thousands of surgical cases, with a large portion involving gastric and small bowel injuries requiring repair. This expert is familiar with intraoperative and postoperative management of gastric and small bowel injuries, including standard of care and best practices. This expert has conducted medical-legal review for over 5 years, with experience involving over 100 cases, a balanced mix of plaintiff and defendant work, and prior deposition, courtroom, and testimony experience.

  This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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