Pain Medicine Expert Witnesses in Florida

This highly qualified expert is in private practice representing an institute of pain management in Florida. He was formerly the medical director and CEO of Comprehensive Pain Medicine. He is board certified in Anesthesiology with added qualifications in pain management from the American Board of Anesthesiology and a Diplomate in Pain Medicine from the American Board of Pain Medicine. This expert is also a Diplomate in Addiction Medicine from the American Board of Addiction Medicine. His practice consists of interventional and medical treatment of chronic pain and opioid addiction. He is the past-president of the Florida Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (FSIPP) and the past president Broward County Medical Association. This expert currently serves on the board of FSIPP and ASIPP (American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians) as a director at large. He is the author of articles and letters in publications such as Anesthesiology, the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, the Canadian Journal of Anesthesiology and Pain Physician. He has also lectured nationally on topics including interventional pain management, controlled substance management and addiction issues, prescription drug abuse, and in the area of forensic medicine.

This qualified expert earned his Master of Health Administration from the University of La Verne and his Doctor of Nursing from Rush University. He has a unique specialty in ophthalmic anesthesia developed over a 35+ year career, performing over 30,000 eye blocks. He is a member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and is the founding member of the Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society. He has served as the chief of anesthesia at Westlake Eye Surgery Center in California and as the director of anesthesia at Associated Eye Surgery Center in Kansas. He is currently a visiting anesthesiologist at various clinical practices.

This expert has nearly 20 years of experience in advanced nursing practice. He received his BS in biology from Alexandria University before earning his MS in nursing anesthesia from Wolford College and his MS in critical care nursing from San Francisco State University. The expert holds several certifications, including CCRN, CNA, APRN, and hyperbaric medicine. He formerly served as a cardiac CRNA for hospitals in multiple states and as a CVICU nurse for California Pacific Medical Center. This expert currently serves as a locum tenens CRNA in multiple locations and as CEO of an advanced nursing consulting firm in Florida.

This highly-qualified, board-certified expert has over 25 years of experience in anesthsiology. He received his BA in biology and psychology from Washington University at St. Louis before earning his MD from the University of Miami. He then completed his residency training in internal medicine and anesthesiology at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He is an active member of several professional societies and has received numerous funded grants for his contributions to post-operative anesthesiology research. In addition, this expert has authored over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and abstracts and 13 books. He formerly served as the chief of perioperative medicine, the chief operating officer of the department of anesthesiology, perioperative medicine, and pain management, and the vice chair of clinical research in anesthesiology, perioperative medicine, and pain management, all at the University of Miami. Currently, this expert serves as a tenured professor of anesthesiology at a medical school in Florida, as well as the chairman of the anesthesiology, perioperative medicine, and pain management department and the chief of perioperative medicine for a university-affiliated hospital, also in Florida.