Surgery Expert Witnesses in Florida

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Surgery expert witnesses specialize in a variety of fields, including general surgery, orthopedic surgery, cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, and plastic surgery. Some of the most common specialties among these experts also include trauma surgery, pediatric surgery, vascular surgery, bariatric surgery, and colorectal surgery. They have provided opinions on the effects of surgical errors, post-operative complications, issues with informed consent, violations of standard care, and malfunctions of surgical instruments.

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Dr. Atif Iqbal, MDView profile

ID: 28824

Dr. Atif Iqbal, MD

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Florida

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Texas

This expert is a double board-certified surgeon with certifications in general surgery and colorectal surgery. He received his MBBS from King Edward Medical College. This expert then completed a surgery internship at the Mayo Hospital, followed by surgery residencies at Khan Hospital and the University of Missouri, and a colorectal surgery fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. He is...

General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Expert WitnessView profile

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General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Expert Witness

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Florida

This highly-qualified expert has 25 years of experience as a surgeon and is actively involved in acute care surgery which includes trauma, surgical critical care (ICU), and emergency general surgery. He earned his BS in biological sciences and chemistry from the University of California at Irvine and his MD from the University of California at San Francisco. He subsequently completed a general...

Dr. Stephen Smith, MD, FACSView profile

ID: 1100279

Dr. Stephen Smith, MD, FACS

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Florida

Dr. R. Stephen Smith has 33 years of experience in the field of Surgical Critical Care and Surgery. He earned his BS from Arkansas Tech University and his MD from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine. After completing his residency in General Surgery at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, he went on to complete a fellowship in Trauma and Surgical Critical...

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General and Colorectal Surgery  GI Endoscopy Hernia Expert WitnessView profile

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General and Colorectal Surgery GI Endoscopy Hernia Expert Witness

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Florida

This highly qualified General and Colorectal Surgery expert is board certified. He has been selected by his peers and experts as a Castle Conolly local Top Doctor in his specialty and included in US News Top Doctors list. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is a member of several highly regarded professional societies including the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons....

Dr. Omar Beidas, MDView profile

ID: 13596

Dr. Omar Beidas, MD

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Florida

This highly qualified expert has over ten years of experience in the plastic surgery field. After receiving his BS in bioscience and biotechnology from Drexel University, he went on to earn his MD from Temple University. Following the completion of his degrees, this expert pursued a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Oklahoma as well as a fellowship in body...

Colorectal  Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Expert WitnessView profile

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Colorectal Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Expert Witness

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Florida

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New York

This expert is Chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Surgery at a major medical university. He has numerous peer reviewed publications, articles and textbook chapters, and published abstracts. He has given many academic presentations and has won several honors and awards including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow's Honorary...

Dr. Steven Michael Henriques, MD, FACSView profile

ID: 1831805

Dr. Steven Henriques, MD, FACS

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Florida

Dr. Steven M. Henriques has nearly a decade of experience in the field of General and Bariatric Surgery. He earned his BA in Arts and Letters from the University of Notre Dame and his MD from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. After completing his residency in General Surgery at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, he went on to complete a fellowship in Minimally...

Neurosurgery Expert WitnessView profile

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Neurosurgery Expert Witness

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Florida

This double board certified expert has been practicing for over 15 years. He received his Ph.D. and M.D., from Cornell University prior to completing a neurosurgical residency at the Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia University, where he received the Congress of Neurological Surgeons' Resident Award. He then went on to complete a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the Children's...

Dr. Jorge Alexander Perez, MDView profile

ID: 1920939

Dr. Jorge Perez, MD

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Florida

Dr. Jorge A. Perez has 33 years of experience in the field of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He earned his BS in Mathematics from Iona College and his MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his two residencies in Plastic Surgery at Jacobi Medical Center and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center. Today, this expert is board certified in Plastic...

Trauma and Critical Care Expert WitnessView profile

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Trauma and Critical Care Expert Witness

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Florida

This highly qualified expert is board certified in surgical critical care and has been practicing for 12+ years. He completed his residency training in general surgery and his fellowship training in trauma and surgical critical care at the University of Miami. He also concluded a NIH research training fellowship at the University of Texas. He is a fellow at the American College of Surgeons and a...

Dr. Melissa AmundsonView profile

ID: 26940

Dr. Melissa Amundson

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Florida

This well-qualified oral and maxillofacial surgeon earned her BS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her DDS from the University of Illinois. She then went on to complete an internship at the University of Pennsylvania and a residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Miami. She then completed an additional fellowship in trauma and advanced craniomaxillofacial...

Intensive Surgery Expert WitnessView profile

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Intensive Surgery Expert Witness

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Florida

This board certified expert earned his BS from Allegheny College and MD from the University of Pittsburgh. Residency training in General Surgery was completed at the University of Colorado Health Science Center. He is a member of several prestigious surgical committees and societies and he has been recognized for his numerous contributions to improving patient care and enhancing resident and...

Dr. Fawad Naeem Khawaja, MD, FACSView profile

ID: 314116

Dr. Fawad Khawaja, MD, FACS

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Florida

Dr. Fawad N. Khawaja has 12 years of experience in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He earned his BS in Biology from Jacksonville University and his MD from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine. After completing his residency in General Surgery at the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama, he went on to complete fellowships in...

Orthopedic Surgery & Spine Expert WitnessView profile

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Orthopedic Surgery & Spine Expert Witness

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Florida

This board certified expert earned a BA magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University and MD from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Residency and fellowship training were completed at Duke University Medical Center and Texas Back Institute, respectively. He is well recognized in the spinal surgery community for his work in spinal arthroplasty and endoscopic procedures. He is called...

Dr. Seth Ian Felder, MDView profile

ID: 351302

Dr. Seth Felder, MD

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Florida

Dr. Seth I. Felder has 6 years of experience in the field of Colorectal Surgery. He earned his BA from the University of Pennsylvania and his MD the from University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. After completing his residency in General Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, he went on to complete a fellowship in Colorectal Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School...

Orthopedic Surgery & Spine Surgery Expert WitnessView profile

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Orthopedic Surgery & Spine Surgery Expert Witness

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Florida

This qualified expert of Orthopedic Surgery obtained his BS in Exercise Science magna cum laude from Rutgers University and his MD in Medicine magna cum laude from the Jefferson Medical College. He completed his Internship and Residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Miami and his Fellowship in Spine Surgery at the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. He is Board Certified in Orthopedic...

Dr. John Peter Pirris, MD, FACSView profile

ID: 687531

Dr. John Pirris, MD, FACS

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Florida

Dr. John P. Pirris has 21 years of experience in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He earned his BS from the University of Notre Dame and his MD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. After completing his residency in Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine, he went on to complete his fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Texas Heart Institute. Today, this...

General Surgery Expert WitnessView profile

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General Surgery Expert Witness

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Florida

This highly qualified and fellowship trained expert earned his medical degree from King Edward Medical College in Pakistan. Following this, he went on to complete a general surgery residency at University of Missouri as well as a fellowship in colorectal surgery at Washington University. He is active in his field as a member of multiple medical societies including The American College of...

Neurosurgery & Spine Expert WitnessView profile

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Neurosurgery & Spine Expert Witness

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California

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Florida

This expert is a neurosurgeon at a Spine and Brain Institute in Florida. He was a consultant in Neurosurgery at the Mayo Clinic in Florida from 2009-2015 and an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. He was the director of the Mayo Clinic Florida spine surgery fellowship from 2013-2015. He received a BS degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina...

Orthopedic Surgery & Wrist Expert WitnessView profile

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Orthopedic Surgery & Wrist Expert Witness

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Florida

This highly qualified expert of Orthopedic Surgery obtained his BA at Yale University, completed Pre-Med at Duquesne, and acquired his MD from the Hahneman School of Medicine (Drexel). He completed his Residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital and his Fellowship in Hand and Microvascular Surgery at the University of Washington and Harborview Hospital. He is Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and...

Plastic Surgery Expert WitnessView profile

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Plastic Surgery Expert Witness

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Florida

This qualified expert received his BS in biological sciences from Brown University and went on to earn his MD from Stony Brook University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at the UCSF Department of Surgery and UCSF Department of Plastic Surgery. This expert specializes in aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery and has presented over a dozen times on the subject....

Board Certified General/Vascular Surgeon Expert WitnessView profile

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Board Certified General/Vascular Surgeon Expert Witness

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Florida

This highly qualified expert received his MD from The Ohio State Medical School and went on to complete a residency in surgery at Loyola University Medical Center and in general surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He is a board certified general vascular surgeon with over 26 years of practice in Florida. This expert served as a trauma and general/vascular surgeon in eight Florida hospitals as...

Colon and Rectal Surgery/General Surgery Expert WitnessView profile

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Colon and Rectal Surgery/General Surgery Expert Witness

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Florida

This highly qualified, board certified colon and rectal surgeon has extensive experience in her field. She completed her BS in microbiology from the University of Florida and her MD from SUNY Downstate Medical Center. She completed her residency in general surgery from at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and was fellowship-trained in colon and rectal surgery at Robert Wood Johnson Medical...

The Average Surgery Expert Witness
Charges $784 / Hour

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    $550

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  • Deposition Fee

    $800

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  • Court Fee

    $1000

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

Surgery Expert Witness FAQs

A surgical expert witness provides insight into standard surgical procedures, patient care, and potential malpractice. They can review medical records, provide testimony, and clarify complex surgical issues.

Surgery expert witnesses can handle a variety of cases including medical malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, and workers' compensation claims.

In a medical malpractice case, a surgical expert witness can identify if there was a deviation from standard care during surgery which led to patient harm or death.

Yes, there are many subspecialties in surgery such as cardiothoracic, neurosurgery, orthopedic, plastic and reconstructive surgery. Expert witnesses are available for these subspecialties.

Each type of surgery has unique standards and procedures. An expert with specific experience can accurately assess whether those standards were met or breached.

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