Hospital Expert Witnesses in Tennessee

This double board certified, distinguished Professor of Thoracic Surgery is Fellow of both the American College of Surgery and the American College of Chest Physicians. He is a member of multiple professionals societies including the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery. This expert serves as a reviewer for multiple medical publications such as the Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He also sits on the scientific Editorial Board for the journal Thoracic Cancer and has published 35 peer-reviewed journal articles. He has received countless honors throughout his career and has been named on numerous Top Doctor lists. He is frequently invited to lecture as a guest speaker both nationally and internationally.

This expert is a Registered Nurse, certified in Medical/Surgical and ambulatory care nursing, and received a masters degree in Nursing Education from Tennessee Tech University. He is a former Surgical Nurse for the US Navy Hospital in Okinawa, and the Division Officer of the Same Day Surgery and Conscious Sedation Suite at the Navy Hospital in Pensacola. Currently, he is a Medical and Surgical Instructor at a Tennessee-based nursing university.

This qualified expert has been an attending pediatric endocrinologist and associate professor at an academic medical center since 2004, and is currently the medical director at a major regional children's hospital. He earned his MD from Vanderbilt University and belongs to the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society and the Society for Pediatric Research. He has authored more than 20 publications in the pediatric endocrinology field.

This highly qualified expert earned his BS in biology from University of Louisville and his MD from University of Louisville School of Medicine. He completed postgraduate training and his residency in internal medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina where he acted as chief resident. He is board certified in internal medicine and licensed in South Carolina and Tennessee. This expert has been published two times and is a member of the American College of Physicians and the Society of Hospital Medicine. He has served as a clinical instructor at both the Medical University of South Carolina as well as the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center and as a hospitalist at the Vibra Long Term Acute Care Center. Currently he sees patients and teaches residents as an assistant professor at a prestigious Tennessee university.