Internal Medicine Expert Witnesses
What is an internal medicine expert witness?
Internal medicine deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of internal diseases. Internal medicine expert witness candidates are board certified internal medicine physicians, clinical professors, cardiologists, nurse practitioners, and/or serve as legal nurse consultants. Subspecialties include Allergy Asthma and Immunology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Oncology, Nephrology, and Pulmonology, among others. Physicians who pass board exams by the American Board of Internal Medicine or the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine to receive board certification status.
What types of cases require an internal medicine expert witness?
Litigation support matters requiring an internal medicine expert witness often involve a medical malpractice case, personal injury, standards of care, or medical negligence.
Internal medicine expert witness case examples
Example matters that Cahn Litigation Services has searched for expert for have encompassed:
- neurology,
- interventional radiology,
- congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) health care,
- chart reviews at a New York City skilled nursing facility,
- pharmacology,
- emergency medicine hospitalist,
- geriatrics,
- hospital medicine,
- gastroenterology case reviews,
- nursing home infectious disease outbreak,
- cardiovascular disease primary care,
- pediatric toxicology evaluation, and
- orthopedic surgery.
What litigation support work might an internal medicine expert witness be expected to perform?
Expert witness services by a medical professional specializing in internal medicine could include medical records review, independent medical examinations (IME), research, literature review, authoring expert reports, and testimony at deposition and at trial. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request a medical expert witness with prior expert witness testimony experience.
Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for an internal medicine expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.
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Internal Medicine 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 Internal Medicine experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Internal Medicine landscape.
Expert Witness #255928
This expert is a board-certified pulmonologist, intensivist and chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at a University School of Medicine. This expert is active clinically in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. As Director of Sleep Medicine, this expert provides a full spectrum of in-clinic diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients with sleep-related disorders associated with medical or psychiatric conditions including insomnia and circadian rhythm disorders and has prescribed all available medications for these conditions.
This expert has taught and presented this expert's research on sleep-related disorders locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. This expert has published more than 200 original manuscripts in leading journals. This expert is a principal- and co-investigator on numerous projects relating to sleep apnea and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for many leading journals.
As a professor in a Department of Medicine, this expert is involved in training medical students, residents and fellows. This expert is triple board-certified in pulmonary disease, sleep medicine and critical care medicine. Considered a key opinion leader in sleep medicine, this expert has given many legal opinions in the past on a variety of cases although has not spent a lot of time in the court room.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #257976
This expert earned an MD degree and is Board Certified in Pulmonology, Internal Medicine, and Sleep Medicine. This expert served as Medical Director of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation services facility. This expert also established a full pulmonary program at a Hospital. This expert maintains a full-time practice with hospital privileges at three Hospitals. This expert also provides consultative and expert witness services. This expert is well-published and is a frequent presenter at local symposia.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #260553
This expert is a multiple board-certified pulmonary internist and has maintained a private practice in Chest Medicine. This expert's long career in patient care includes emergency medicine and a practice which utilizes the advanced technology of the emerging field of anti-aging medicine for the early detection and reversal of coronary heart disease.
This expert has also been involved in the education of medical students, interns, and residents, and currently teaches a course at a School of Medicine on Pathophysiology.
In addition, this expert has provided expert witness services for many years in medical malpractice and personal injury cases. This expert specializes in the causation, disability, and life expectancy of complex, multi-system catastrophic injury cases, defining pre-existing conditions and the status of the affected internal organs before the catastrophic injury occurred. This approach is then used to assess the level of contribution of the injury to organ dysfunction, permanent disability, or death, and to evaluate pre- and post-injury life expectancy.
This expert's strong background in basic science and clinical practice uniquely qualifies this expert to opine on such topics as:
- Asthma- Catastrophic Injury- Chronic Lung Disease (COPD)- Life Expectancy- Perioperative Care- Pneumonia- Pulmonary Embolism- Respiratory Failure- Septic Shock- Wrongful Death
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #258011
This expert earned an MD degree and completed a pulmonary fellowship and is Board Certified as a pulmonologist. This expert is involved in various research projects and occasionally publishes and presents at medical conferences on pulmonology and internal medicine.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #261501
This expert is Board certified in Urology and is licensed to practice medicine. This expert received an MD and performed both Urology and Surgical residencies. Aside from private practice, this expert serves as Assistant Professor of Surgery. This expert is well-published, and is a frequent presenter at medical conferences.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #247616
This COPD/pharma development expert holds an MD, FCCP, MBA, and CPE and is a clinical pulmonologist with Board Certifications in Pulmonary Disease and Internal Medicine. This expert opened a pulmonary disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine practice that eventually grew to a number of offices, a number of sleep labs, dozens of employees, and over 5 providers.
This expert has diagnosed and managed thousands of patients with COPD. While this expert has no history of working on patent cases, this expert has testified as a pulmonary disease expert hundreds of times in Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine and product liability cases. This expert also has clinical trial experience.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #285254
This mold exposure/pulmonology expert is a board-certified Pulmonologist and Internal Medicine physician with over 25 years of experience in pulmonary care, including treatment for mold inhalation. This expert has experience as an expert witness and litigation consultant and has been engaged in over 20 expert witness cases over a number of recent years, for both plaintiff and defendant matters. Topics have included lung cancer, sepsis, ventilator management, aspiration pneumonia, obstructive sleep apnea, mold, reactive airways disease, and hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #287351
This endocrinology/diabetes expert is a licensed physician with current board certification in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. This expert received a B.Sc. in Human Nutrition from a well-regarded public university followed by an MD degree from another public university, and completed residency training in General Internal Medicine at a prestigious academic medical campus. Following residency, this expert pursued clinical and research training in Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition at a prominent university.
This expert has served as a faculty member at several academic centers in the Pacific Northwest, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana. In addition, this expert has served in a variety of community and academic clinics and remains active in clinical, research, and consulting activities.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #287614
This endocrinology and diabetes expert is a Certified Diabetes Education and Care Specialist in clinical practice and an academic faculty member in endocrinology and medicine at a well-regarded university. This expert is a nationally recognized Type 2 diabetes specialist with over 25 years of experience in internal medicine, endocrinology, and diabetes management, and has experience as an expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #287649
This cancer epidemiology expert holds an MD and MPH, is a FACOEM, is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Preventative Occupational Medicine, serves on the medical staff of a well-regarded academic medical institution, and is a member of the program evaluation committee for an Occupational and Environmental Medicine residency program at a prominent school of public health.
This expert is knowledgeable in cancer causation from an epidemiological perspective and medical attribution for cancer cases.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert 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.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert 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.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #289035
This internal medicine/general practitioner expert is board-certified in Internal Medicine, has practiced medicine for over 25 years, and served for over 10 years as affiliate faculty for an Internal Medicine Residency Program at a medical college-affiliated hospital. This expert has held medical leadership roles including Vice Chief of Medicine, Chief of Medicine, and Chief Medical Informatics Officer at a regional hospital.
This expert sees a range of patients with a variety of illnesses and complaints, including upper and lower respiratory illnesses, headaches, and fatigue/malaise. This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant, having testified at deposition approximately 25 times and given trial testimony a number of times.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #289040
This oncologist and cancer causation expert is board-certified in Hematology & Oncology and Internal Medicine, holds a leadership role in solid tumor cellular therapy at a cancer institute, and serves as an Assistant Professor at two medical colleges.
This expert has acted as Principal Investigator for a number of clinical trials and efficacy studies for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #299874
This infectious disease expert holds an MD and is a board-certified Infectious Diseases physician with extensive clinical, administrative, and academic experience. This expert completed residency training in Internal Medicine at a prestigious teaching hospital and pursued specialized fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at a prominent cancer center. This expert holds dual board certifications in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease and maintains an active medical license in California.
This expert has held leadership roles as a medical director and division chief of Infectious Diseases, overseeing antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and control, and COVID-19 response strategies. This expert's infectious diseases experience includes foodborne illness and Clostridium infection.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #300245
This foodborne illness expert is an M.D. and is a triple-boarded specialist in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine. This expert's research interests include the spatial epidemiology of infectious diseases.
This expert received an MD from a university and an MS from a prestigious university.
Start Internal Medicine 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 Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #301128
This gerontology expert is an MD who is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, has over 40 years of clinical experience, and serves as a Clinical Professor of Medicine at a medical school. This expert previously served as a Chief Medical Officer for a large academic tertiary care referral hospital and as a Nursing Home Medical Director.
This expert has worked part-time for over 25 years for a large not-for-profit hospice organization and is familiar with end-of-life issues involving individuals with advanced dementia. This expert is also familiar with disputes involving adverse events such as falls or infections, including whether those events were fully preventable despite reasonable and prudent efforts by treating clinicians and skilled nursing facility staff.
This expert has provided Expert Witness services in numerous matters, including nursing home matters, for both defense and plaintiff-side contexts.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #302956
This gastroenterology/colitis expert holds an MD and MHDS, serves in a gastroenterology leadership role at a prestigious university medical school, and is board-certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and hepatology, with expertise in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
This expert conducts research, teaches students and trainees, and directs general and inpatient gastroenterology programs. This expert has over 10 years of experience as a physician directing the care of patients with gastrointestinal conditions, has performed thousands of colonoscopies, and has evaluated patients for inflammatory conditions and GI bleeding.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant, including experience with report writing and deposition testimony under oath.
Start Internal Medicine Expert SearchExpert Witness #305110
This gastroenterology standard of care expert holds an MD and is a retired double board-certified gastroenterologist and internist, a Fellow of a prominent professional medical college, and a former member of a state professional medical conduct office. After practicing gastroenterology and internal medicine for over 15 years, this expert transitioned to medical oversight and medical-legal work, conducting professional conduct reviews and evaluating standards of care. This expert has extensive experience reviewing medical records, assessing causation, and serving as an expert witness for both plaintiff and defense matters.
This expert is a Board-Certified gastroenterologist and internist. Although not a surgeon, this expert is familiar with the standard of care for the type of surgery described and can evaluate whether there was a deviation from the standard of care and whether any deviation caused injuries to the patient.
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