Trauma Orthopedic Surgery Expert Witnesses in Illinois

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Expert witnesses in Trauma Orthopedic Surgery practice in a variety of fields, including sports medicine, joint replacement, pediatric orthopedics, hand surgery, and spine surgery. Some of the most common specialties among these expert witnesses also include fracture care, arthroscopic surgery, musculoskeletal injuries, trauma-related deformities, and post-traumatic reconstruction. They have provided opinions on the effects of surgical errors, complications from joint replacements, sports-related injuries, workplace accidents leading to orthopedic trauma, and the impact of car accidents on the musculoskeletal system.

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Dr. Mark Robert Hutchinson, MD, FACSM, FAAOS, FAANAView profile

ID: 132777

Dr. Mark Hutchinson, MD, FACSM, FAAOS, FAANA

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Illinois

Dr. Mark R. Hutchinson has 30 years of experience in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery with expertise in Sports Medicine. He earned his B.A. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois and his M.D. from the University of Illinois College of Medicine-Chicago. After completing his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Michigan State University Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, he went on to...

Orthopedic Surgery & Upper Extremity Expert WitnessView profile

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Orthopedic Surgery & Upper Extremity Expert Witness

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Illinois

This extremely qualified and fellowship trained expert earned both his BA and MD from University of Chicago. He completed an internship at UNC followed by a residency in orthopedic surgery at University of Chicago. This expert pursued his expertise in hand surgery by completing two hand surgery fellowships in Switzerland. He is board certified in orthopedic surgery with advanced qualification in...

Dr. David Fetter, MDView profile

ID: 136292

Dr. David Fetter, MD

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Illinois

This expert has been in medical practice for more than 30 years, he earned his medical degree from Emory University Medical School. He went on to complete a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Albany Medical Center and a Fellowship at Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Orthopedic Surgery – Sports Medicine Fellowship Expert WitnessView profile

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Orthopedic Surgery – Sports Medicine Fellowship Expert Witness

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Illinois

This highly qualified expert earned his BA from the University of Illinois and his MD from The Chicago Medical School. He then went on to complete a residency in orthopedic surgery at Rush University Medical Center. He then completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at Massachusetts General of Harvard University. He is active in his field as a member of American Orthopedic Society for Sports...

Dr. Mason Wayne Milburn, MDView profile

ID: 1874648

Dr. Mason Milburn, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Mason W. Milburn has 11 years of experience in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He earned his BA in Chemistry from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and his MD from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. After completing his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin, he went on to complete a fellowship in Orthopaedic Trauma at Grant Medical...

Dr. Randon Charles Johnson, MDView profile

ID: 2053965

Dr. Randon Johnson, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Randon Charles Johnson has 14 years of experience in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He earned his BA and BS from the University of Arizona and his MD from the University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson. After completing his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy, he went on to complete a fellowship in Orthopedic Surgery and...

Dr. Shawn Palmer, DOView profile

ID: 24109

Dr. Shawn Palmer, DO

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Illinois

This expert has over 17 years of experience as a reconstructive joint surgeon. After receiving his DO from the Midwestern University, he completed a residency in orthopedic surgery from Midwestern University and a ACGME accredited fellowship in adult reconstruction surgery from the University of Chicago. He has formerly served as a reconstructive joint surgeon at DeKalb Clinic Chartered and at...

Dr. Seth Philip Levitz, MDView profile

ID: 29218

Dr. Seth Levitz, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Seth P. Levitz has 14 years of experience in Orthopaedic Hand Surgery. He earned his BA in Psychology from Amherst College and his MD from UMass Chan Medical School. After completing both an internship and a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Boston Medical Center, he went on to complete a fellowship in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery at Curtis National Hand Center. Today, this expert is...

Dr. Jason Strelzow, MDView profile

ID: 34539

Dr. Jason Strelzow, MD

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Illinois

This orthopaedic trauma expert is familiar with fractures and injuries throughout the body, with an additional emphasis on trauma of the upper extremity, including the hand. This expert has a particular expertise in caring for complex fractures and post-traumatic deformity, including complex periarticular injuries and hand injuries. He also specializes in arthroscopy and arthroscopy-assisted...

Dr. Jeffrey Scott Meisles, MD, FAAOSView profile

ID: 551974

Dr. Jeffrey Meisles, MD, FAAOS

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Illinois

Dr. Jeffrey S. Meisles has 32 years of experience in the field of Orthopedic Surgery. He earned his BA in Biology from Grinnell College and his MD from Rush University Medical College. He completed his residency in Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center. Today, this expert is board-certified in Orthopedic Surgery. Formerly, this expert held roles as the Chairman of Surgery at...

Dr. Thomas Francis Gleason, MD, FACSView profile

ID: 5934

Dr. Thomas Gleason, MD, FACS

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Illinois

Dr. Thomas F. Gleason has 38 years of experience in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He earned his BA from Dartmouth College and his MD from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. After completing his residency at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, he went on to complete a fellowship in Adult Spinal Problems at Toronto General Hospital. Today, this...

Dr. Sherwin Sung Wun Ho, MD, FAAOSView profile

ID: 605988

Dr. Sherwin Ho, MD, FAAOS

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Illinois

Dr. Sherwin S. W. Ho has 32 years of experience in the field of Orthopedic Sports Medicine. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and his MD from the University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine. After completing his residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, he went on to complete a...

Dr. Wellington Kanwen Hsu, MDView profile

ID: 632311

Dr. Wellington Hsu, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Wellington K. Hsu has 16 years of experience in the field of Orthopedic Surgery. He earned his BS in Music Performance from University of Wisconsin Madison and his MD from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. After completing his residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, he went on to complete his fellowship in Spine Surgery at the University of...

Dr. Benjamin Gilbert Domb, MD, FAAOSView profile

ID: 634167

Dr. Benjamin Domb, MD, FAAOS

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Illinois

Dr. Benjamin G. Domb has over 16 years of experience in the field of Orthopedic Surgery with expertise in Sports Medicine. He earned his BA in Biology from Princeton University and his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. After completing his residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery, he went on to complete a fellowship Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy at...

Dr. David Mark Kalainov, MD, MBA, FAAOSView profile

ID: 655499

Dr. David Kalainov, MD, MBA, FAAOS

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Illinois

Dr. David M. Kalainov has 26 years of experience in the fields of Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery. He earned his BA in Human Biology from Stanford University and his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and his MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. After completing his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery, he went on to...

Dr. Gary Scott Shapiro, MDView profile

ID: 683418

Dr. Gary Shapiro, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Gary S. Shapiro has 20 years of experience in the field of Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery. He earned his BS in Biology from SUNY at Albany and his MD from SUNY Upstate Medical University. The expert completed his residency in Orthopedic Surgery and his Spine Surgery fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Today, this expert is board certified in Orthopedic Surgery. Formerly, this expert...

Dr. Anish Raj Kadakia, MD, FAAOSView profile

ID: 688141

Dr. Anish Kadakia, MD, FAAOS

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Illinois

Dr. Anish R. Kadakia has 19 years of experience in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He earned his BA in Physiology from Northwestern University and his MD from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. After completing a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at McGaw Medical Center, he went on to complete a fellowship in Foot and Ankle Surgery at Mercy Medical Center. Today, this...

Dr. Anis Onsy Mekhail, MD, FAAOSView profile

ID: 704520

Dr. Anis Mekhail, MD, FAAOS

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Illinois

Dr. Anis O. Mekhail has 20 years of experience in the field of Orthopedic Surgery and he earned his MD from the Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine. He completed a residency in Orthopedics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago and a fellowship in Spine Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic and today, this expert is board-certified in Orthopedic Surgery. Currently, he serves...

Dr. Linda Idris Suleiman, MDView profile

ID: 712775

Dr. Linda Suleiman, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Linda I. Suleiman has 6 years of experience in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. She earned her BS in Physiology and Neurobiology from University of Maryland, Baltimore and her MD from Howard University College of Medicine. After completing her residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, she went on to complete a fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Hip...

Dr. Christopher James DeWald, MD, FAAOSView profile

ID: 718641

Dr. Christopher DeWald, MD, FAAOS

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Illinois

Dr. Christopher J. DeWald has 28 years of experience in the field of Orthopedic Surgery. He earned his BA in Chemistry from Knox College and his MD from Rush University Medical College. After completing his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Illinois Hospital, he went on to complete a fellowship in Spinal Surgery and Research at Rush University Medical Center. Today, this...

Dr. Kern Singh, MDView profile

ID: 8990

Dr. Kern Singh, MD

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Illinois

This expert orthopedic spine surgeon has served as an expert witness in numerous disability cases. He earned his MD from Jefferson Medical College following a BA from Pennsylvania State University. The expert completed a Residency in Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University and a Fellowship in Spinal Surgery at Emory University. He is a member of numerous societies and serves as Editor-in-Chief of...

Dr. Andrew Steve Agos, MD, FACSView profile

ID: 114622

Dr. Andrew Agos, MD, FACS

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Illinois

Dr. Andrew S. Agos has 24 years of experience in the field of General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. He earned his BA from the University of Chicago and his MD from Chicago Medical School - Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science. After completing his residency in General Surgery at Metropolitan Group Hospitals - University of Illinois, he went on to complete a fellowship in...

Dr. Jennifer Turney Cone, MD, FACS, MHSView profile

ID: 160023

Dr. Jennifer Cone, MD, FACS, MHS

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Illinois

Dr. Jennifer T. Cone has over 5 years of experience in the field of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. She earned her BA in Biology from Johns Hopkins University, her MHS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and her MD from Tulane University School of Medicine. After completing her residency in General Surgery at Tulane University...

Dr. James Frank Boffa, MD, FACSView profile

ID: 395188

Dr. James Boffa, MD, FACS

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Illinois

Dr. James F. Boffa has over 26 years of experience in the fields of Gastrointestinal, Trauma and General Surgery. He earned his BS from George Williams College and his MD from Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. He completed his residency in General Surgery at the Metropolitan Group Hospitals Residency in General Surgery program. Today, this expert is board certified in Surgery. Formerly, this...

The Average Trauma Orthopedic Surgery Expert Witness
Charges $909 / Hour

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    $650

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  • Deposition Fee

    $975

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  • Court Fee

    $1100

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Trauma Orthopedic Surgery Expert Witness FAQs

A trauma orthopedic surgery expert witness provides insight on cases involving injuries to the musculoskeletal system, such as fractures or dislocations, based on their specialized knowledge and experience.

These experts are often crucial in personal injury cases, medical malpractice suits, workers' compensation claims, and any case involving bone or joint injuries.

Subspecialties include hand surgery, spine surgery, pediatric orthopedics, sports medicine, and joint replacement. The specific expertise needed will depend on the case details.

They can review medical records, evaluate standard of care issues, provide testimony on the appropriateness of surgical procedures used, and assess potential long-term impacts of injuries.

Current or recent clinical experience ensures the expert is up-to-date with the latest techniques, standards of care, and advancements in trauma orthopedic surgery.

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