Occupational and Environmental Medicine Expert Witnesses

This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience in occupational medicine, pain management, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. He received his BA in biology from the University of Pennsylvania before earning his MPH in public health leadership from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his MD at Temple University. He subsequently completed an internal medicine internship at the Naval Medical Center, an occupational and environmental medicine residency at Duke University, and both a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation and a fellowship in pain medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He is board-certified by both the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Board of Preventive Medicine, holding certifications in physical medicine and rehabilitation, pain medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, and undersea and hyperbaric medicine. This expert is active in his field as a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. He formerly served as the associate program director for the anesthesia pain medicine fellowship at the National Capital Consortium and the assistant department head of occupational and preventive medicine at the Naval Health Clinic in San Diego. He spent several years working at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, serving as the White House medical unit physician, the associate program director of the pain medicine fellowship, and the director of interventional pain medicine. Currently, this expert serves as the director of interventional medicine at a major medical center in Washington DC and as an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at a medical school in Maryland.

This double board-certified expert has over 30 years of experience in preventive medicine, specifically aerospace and occupational medicine. He received a M.D. from the University of Kansas and finished a fellowship in Space Medicine at NASA and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. A Senior FAA Medical Examiner, he has been elected as a Fellow to the American College of Preventive Medicine, the Aerospace Medical Association, and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He is currently very active in academic and clinical positions. He serves as a Medical Consultant to various companies including a major airline. He holds professorships at three different medical universities where he teaches preventive medicine and also teaches aerospace medicine at a military school.

This expert received his medical degree from Wayne State University and an MSc in Environmental Health from the City University of New York. He completed his residency at Brown University and the Mayo Clinic, and he is board-certified in Internal Medicine and in Occupational Medicine. In his current clinical role, he provides diagnostic and intervention advice to patients concerned with exposure to toxins. He also collaborates with clinical laboratory scientists and clinicians to create comparative effectiveness research for laboratory utilization practices. In the past, this doctor served as Interim Founding Dean, School of Public Health, at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center. He was also the chair of the WVU Department of Community Medicine for 15 years, and director of WVU's Occupational Medicine residency program. His national leadership history includes service as Chair, Residency Review Committee in Preventive Medicine, and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. He has also served as Chair, of the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Environmental Health Center and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He frequently acts as a consultant to industry, government, nonprofit organizations, and patient or community groups regarding occupational and environmental health, and public health interventions. He has served as a member of the West Virginia Governors Advisory Council on Substance Abuse, as well as to the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health.

This highly qualified and fellowship trained expert earned his BS in Biology from Cornell University and his MD with Distinction from the University of Rochester. He also holds an MPH from SUNY Albany's School of Public Health. He completed both residency and fellowship training in occupational and environmental medicine at prestigious Harvard University. As a result, he is board certified in occupational and environmental medicine as well as public health and general preventative medicine. He has authored numerous journal articles and delivered over 40 national and internal presentations on topics in his field. Currently, he serves as Attending Physician and Associate Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at a top tier medical school. He is also Program Director of the Preventative Medicine and Public Health Residency.

This expert has over 40 years of experience in the occupational health and safety field. He received his BS from Oakland University and MPH in Environmental Health from the University of Michigan. He has been certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene since 1980. He is also certified by the State of California, Division of Occupational Safety and Health as a Certified Asbestos Consultant, and holds all accreditations for asbestos offered by the US Environmental Protection Agency. In 2008, he was presented the Fellow Award by the American Industrial Hygiene Association for his contributions to the practice of industrial hygiene. He has served on several Cal/OSHA Technical Advisory Committees and sits on the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee. He has co-authored three books on OSHA compliance and more than two dozen technical papers on exposure to hazardous substances in occupational settings.

This expert received her doctorate from the University of Michigan and worked as an environmental toxicologist for Syracuse Research Corporation, where she did quantitative human health risk assessment for the EPA on a variety of substances including solvents, pesticides and metals. As a certified industrial hygienist, certified professional ergonomist and environmental scientist she continues to apply her knowledge to improve occupational and environmental health.

This highly-qualified expert has over 25 years of experience in the medical field and over 12 years of experience as a physician assistant. She earned her BA in psychology at Boston College and her master of medical science in the physician assistant program at Emory University. She is a licensed physician assistant and is active in her field as a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, Academy of Physician Assistants in Legal Medicine and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. She has formerly served as a patient educator/counselor at Comprehensive Health and as an education coordinator/family planning counselor at C.E.O.C. After receiving her physician assistant license, she served as a PA in several hospitals and clinics including Hughes Medical Centre, Southern Hills Medical Center, North Memorial Urgent Care & Walk-In Clinic, Memorial Health Occupational and Urgent Care Clinic, Memorial Health University Medical Center and more. In addition, she has formerly served as an adjunct professor and the director of clinical education in the physician assistant program at South University. This expert is currently an adjunct professor in the physician assistant program at a major university in Missouri. She also serves as a physician assistant in an occupational and urgent care clinic in Kansas and Missouri.

This highly qualified expert has extensive experience in occupational medicine and is board-certified in undersea and hyperbaric medicine. He earned his BA in biochemistry from Canisius College, his MS in immunology from Roswell Park Cancer Institute, his JD from Case Western Reserve School of Law, his MS in aerospace medicine from the NASA Grant Program, and his MD from the State University of New York at Buffalo. After finishing his general medical internship at Cook County Hospital, this expert went on to complete his residency in aerospace medicine from Wright State University. He is an active member and past president of the Midwest Chapter of the Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society and has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles. Formerly, he has served as a physician on the homeland security medical team and a professor of occupational medicine at Wright State University. In addition to his work as a medical professional, he is also a licensed attorney, having owned a private legal practice for 15 years and served as a partner of Fisher Broyles LLP. Currently, this expert serves as a physician at multiple hospitals, in private practice, and is an actively practicing attorney in Ohio.

This highly qualified expert in the field of occupational and environmental medicine earned his BA from the University of Western Ontario. He went on to complete his MD from the University of Toronto followed by an MPH at Tulane University. He completed his residency in occupational medicine from the University of Toronto and is board certified in occupational and environmental medicine. Formerly, he served as a travel and tropical medicine consultant, as a clinical occupational medicine specialist, and as a director of travel and tropical medicine. Currently, he serves as founder and director of a private occupational medicine consultancy, as an investigating coroner, as the founder and director of an addiction medicine group, as a medical consultant for a public workplace insurance board in Ontario, as a medical director at an addiction treatment center in Ontario, and as a medical officer and senior occupational medicine advisor for a public health service in Ottawa.