Medicine Expert Witnesses in Oregon

This highly qualified toxicologist earned his PhD in Toxicology at Oregon State University, as well as a BS at the University of Texas and MS in Applied Environmental Sciences at the University of North Texas. He has served on several expert panels with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Academies of Science and other scientific agencies and government organizations. He has a strong expertise in risk assessment and the toxicology of pesticides and metals. Formerly, this expert served as a Public health Toxicologist for Oregon State Public Health. Currently, he is a tenured Associate Professor and Director of an Environmental Health Center at a major research-based university where he focuses on human health concerns related to chemical exposure and approaches to risk assessment.

This expert is board certified in Medical Toxicology, Addiction Medicine, and Preventive Medicine. He has over 15 years of experience in academia, conducting research, teaching, and publishing peer-reviewed articles in occupational and environmental toxicology. His clinical practice is specialized in addiction medicine, and he provides patient care in Oregon. This expert has provided consulting and expert witness services for over 15 years, in a diverse range of toxicology-related matters. Areas of specific expertise include addiction medicine, postmortem toxicology, overdose and adverse effects from drugs of abuse (alcohol, opioids, opiates, stimulants, benzodiazepines), and health effects from human exposure to mold, mycotoxins, pesticides, metals, irritant gases and carbon monoxide.

This expert received his BA in Business Administration from the University of Puget Sound, his MBS in Mathematics from the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, his MD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and his MS in Clinical Research from the Oregon Health and Science University. He completed his Residency in Emergency Medicine from the University of Pittsburgh and his Fellowship in Emergency Medicine at the Oregon University Health Science University. He is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and is Certified in Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and Advanced Trauma Life Support. He has 25+ Publications on Emergency Medicine Research and is Currently an Attending Physician for a Major Children's Hospital, a Major Emergency Department, and a Community Hospital, as well as an Assistant Professor for a Major Medical School on the West Coast.