Ventilator Expert Witnesses

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Ventilator expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including critical care medicine, pulmonology, anesthesiology, respiratory therapy, and emergency medicine. Some of the most common specialties among ventilator expert witnesses also include mechanical ventilation, non-invasive ventilation, ventilator-associated pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and weaning from mechanical ventilation. They can opine on the effects of ventilator settings, patient-ventilator synchrony, lung protective strategies, complications of prolonged ventilation, and ventilator-induced lung injury.

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Average Ventilator Expert Witnesses Court Fees

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Review Fee $385/hr
Deposition Fee $450/hr
Court Fee $500/hr

This expert has earned his BA at the California State University and his Certificate in Respiratory Therapy at California Param & Tech college. Formerly, he was an RCP Manager at Christian Hospital Medical Center. Currently, he is a Respiratory Care Provider and The Clinical Director of Respiratory Therapy at a medical college in California.

Clinical Director, A College in CA

Master of Arts (MA), University of Redlands

Vacaville |

California

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Review Fee $250/hr
Deposition Fee $400/hr
Court Fee $500/hr

This expert in pediatric respiratory therapy has almost two decades of experience in her field. She earned her BS in management from the University of Phoenix and her MSc in education from the University of Wisconsin. This expert is licensed to practice respiratory therapy in Arizona. She is certified by the American Heart Association as a PALS Provider, as an ACLS Provider, and as a BLS Healthcare Instructor. This expert formerly served as an adjunct instructor of primary care at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and as a faculty instructor of primary care at Rutgers University. She previously served as an adjunct instructor of primary care and as a Director of Clinical Education in the Respiratory Care Division at Rutgers University. Prior to her current position, this expert served as a pulmonary rehab staff therapist for the Pulmonary and Critical Specialists of New Jersey. She currently serves as a respiratory care practitioner at a university-affiliated hospital in New Jersey via online teaching, and as a faculty instructor of respiratory therapy at a healthcare education institution in Arizona.

Program Director, A healthcare education institution in AZ

Master of Science (MS), University of Wisconsin, Stout

Goodyear |

Arizona

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Review Fee $300/hr
Deposition Fee $300/hr
Court Fee $300/hr

This highly qualified expert has over 10 years of experience working as a respiratory therapist. She earned her AS in respiratory care from North Essex Community College and her BA in healthcare management from Northeastern University. She went on to complete an MS in healthcare administration from Southern New Hampshire University. She is a licensed respiratory care practitioner and a registered respiratory therapist. She holds several certifications and is an active member of the American Association of Respiratory Care. This expert formerly has worked as a respiratory therapist at several locations including Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital, Lowell General Hospital, Winchester Hospital, and Anna Jacques Hospital. She is currently a respiratory therapist and service line care manager in the hospital setting in Massachusetts.

Service Line Care Manager, A Hospital in MA

Master of Science (MS), Southern New Hampshire University

West Newbury |

Massachusetts

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Review Fee $450/hr

This expert is located in Georgia and has nearly 15 years of experience as a registered respiratory therapist. She earned her BS in respiratory therapy and her MPH both at Georgia State University. She later attended Mercer University in Atlanta to complete her MBA in accounting. She is very active in her field as a member of multiple professional societies including the Georgia Society of Respiratory Care, the American Association for Respiratory Care, and the California Society for Respiratory Care. In addition, this expert participated in a poster presentation at the International Respiratory Congress. This expert has held many roles throughout her career including clinical improvement advisor and charge respiratory therapist at Shepherd Center Hospital, respiratory therapy instructor at America Career College, and assistant manager of respiratory care at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. She was also the system respiratory educator at WellStar Health System. Currently, this expert is a consultant and a member of the advisory board for a biotech company as well as the patient safety coordinator for a health system in Georgia.

Patient Safety Coordinator, A Health System in GA

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Mercer University- Atlanta

Georgia

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Review Fee $400/hr
Deposition Fee $450/hr
Court Fee $459/hr

This highly-qualified expert has over 35 years of experience as a respiratory therapist. She has experience with pulmonary disease management, tracheostomy care And management, arterial blood gases, teaching and training patients with new diagnosis, and home ventilation devices such as CPAP, BIPAP, and ventilators. She earned her AAS in respiratory care therapy from Sanford-Brown College, is a registered respiratory therapist, and certified as a neonatal resuscitation provider and a basic life support instructor. She began her career serving as a registered medical assistant to various physicians, internists, surgeons, and pediatricians. She then served as a registered respiratory therapist for SSM Health in the emergency and trauma departments, cardiac intensive care, and the NICU. Currently, this expert is a registered respiratory therapist at a children's hospital for children, where she works on pre-op and post-op treatment for orthopedic surgery, pulmonary function testing, and education for patients and parents on lung deformities. Additionally, she works as a registered respiratory therapist for a major hospital system in Missouri, where she works on the pulmonary care management and CODE teams.

Registered Respiratory Therapist, A healthcare staffing platform

Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Sanford-Brown College

Missouri

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Review Fee $550/hr
Deposition Fee $750/hr

This qualified expert has nearly 10 years of experience in internal medicine. She received her BA in rhetoric and molecular/cell biology from UC Berkeley and earned her MD from the University of Chicago. She completed two residencies and two fellowships: an internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a diagnostic radiology residency at Oregon Health and Science University, a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at Vanderbilt University, and a cardiothoracic radiology fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University. This expert is currently board-certified in internal medicine with a subspecialty in pulmonary disease. She is active in her field as a member of several societies, including the American College of Radiology and the American Roentgen Ray Society. She is also involved in research, having authored numerous publications. Her former positions include critical care nocturnist for Skyline Medical Center and medical director of inpatient respiratory therapy at Kaiser Permanente's Westside Medical Center. Current, this expert serves as an assistant professor of cardiothoracic imaging at a medical school in Oregon.

Chief, Cardiac Imaging, A VA medical center in OR

Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Chicago

Lake Oswego |

Oregon

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Review Fee $700/hr
Deposition Fee $900/hr

This highly-qualified interventional pulmonology expert specializes in benign and malignant airway disease, including lung nodule management, pulmonary masses, endobronchial valves, endobronchial stents, and bronchoscopy. He earned his BS in biology and political science, as well as his MBA from Union College, before earning his MD from Albany Medical College. He subsequently completed an internal medicine residency and a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and an interventional pulmonology fellowship at the University of Chicago. This expert is board certified in internal medicine, critical care medicine, and pulmonary disease. He is active in his field as a member of several professional organizations, including the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Association for Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, and the American Thoracic Society. Currently, this expert is based in Wisconsin, where he is the director of interventional pulmonology at an academic medical center and an assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care at a medical school.

Director, An Academic Medical Center in WI

Doctor of Medicine (MD), Albany Medical College

Whitefish Bay |

Wisconsin

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Review Fee $400/hr
Deposition Fee $500/hr
Court Fee $600/hr

This board certified expert has been practicing for over 40 years. A former Fellow of the College of American Pathologists, he is currently an Associate Editor for the Atlas of Pathology - Non-Tumor Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, as well as a member of the Editorial Board of both Modern Pathology and Fetal and Pediatric Pathology. Currently, this expert is a Professor in the Department of Pathology at a major medical university, where he has been a full professor for 18 years.

Emeritus Professor, A Medical University in MD

Doctor of Medicine (MD), Northwestern University

Bethesda |

Maryland

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Review Fee $700/hr
Deposition Fee $700/hr
Court Fee $700/hr

This board-certified and fellowship-trained expert has over 15 years of experience as a pathologist. He has presented both nationally and internationally and has authored over 50 publications on the topic of pulmonary pathology. Elected as a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists, he currently serves as a tenured Associate Professor of Pathology and Staff Pathologist at a major university medical center.

Pathologist, Major University Medical Center

Doctor of Medicine (MD), Georgetown University School of Medicine

Durham |

North Carolina

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Review Fee $500/hr
Deposition Fee $600/hr
Court Fee $600/hr

This highly qualified and triple board certified pulmonologist earned his MD at the University of Minnesota. He completed an internship and residency training in internal medicine at the University Colorado, in addition to fellowship training in pulmonology and critical care at the University of California, San Francisco. This expert has received numerous awards for his academic and clinical work and is a member of the American Thoracic Society. He has authored 70+ articles and serves as an editor and reviewer for a number of peer reviewed journals. Currently, this expert is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Pulmonary Consult Service and Director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Program at a top ranking university as well as an attending pulmonologist at a university affiliated hospital.

Professor, A university in CA

Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Minnesota School of Medicine

San Francisco |

California

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Review Fee $500/hr
Deposition Fee $500/hr
Court Fee $500/hr

This quadruple board certified doctor completed his postdoctoral fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine as well as Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven. He established the University of New Mexico Occupational and Environmental Lung Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico and is board certified in Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine and Occupational Medicine; a B-reader certified by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); and a teaching faculty member for the annual National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) spirometry training course held in Albuquerque. He is also a national leader in the field of Occupational Lung Disease within professional organizations like the American Thoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians and on the advisory board of the sixth edition of the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. He is on the teaching faculty at the respected university in New Mexico, for the Pulmonary and Critical care fellowship programs, as well as the Preventive Medicine and Internal Medicine residency program

Medical Staff Physician, A regional medical center in NM

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Albuquerque |

New Mexico

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Review Fee $550/hr
Deposition Fee $750/hr

This highly qualified and double board certified pulmonologist earned his BA at the University of Rochester and MD at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He complete residency training in pediatrics and fellowship training in pediatric pulmonary medicine at the University of North Carolina. This expert is a member of several professional organizations. He is a former Chair, Section of Pediatric Pulmonology at the American Academy of Pediatrics. This expert is a highly regarded authority in pediatric and pulmonary field. He has received numerous awards throughout his career, has received millions of dollars of research grants, and is a frequently invited guest speaker at pulmonary practices. Currently this expert is the Chief, Division of Pulmonary Medicine and a Professor at a top ranking university, the Director of a major Cystic Fibrosis Center, and a Director of Pediatric Pulmonology at a university affiliated hospital.

Director, A University-Affiliated Children's Hospital in VA

Master of Public Health (MPH), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Richmond |

Virginia

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Review Fee $750/hr

This expert is board certified in pediatrics. Trained at top universities, his commitment to pediatric clinical care began during his internship years. Since then, he has served as the director of a pediatric outpatient clinic, authored numerous peer-reviewed publications on the subject of pediatric care and completed over 20 grant funded pediatrics research projects. Currently serving as professor and physician leader at a top medical university.

Physician in Chief, Major Medical Center

Doctor of Medicine (MD), Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Chicago |

Illinois

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Review Fee $500/hr
Deposition Fee $750/hr
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This highly qualified expert is board certified in pediatrics with a sub-specialty in pediatric pulmonology, He is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, and belongs to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Thoracic Society. He has authored more than 150 publications in the pediatric pulmonology field, and has held a number of titles in the space. Currently, this expert is the medical director of pediatric pulmonology services at an area hospital system, the chief of pediatric pulmonology at a children's clinic, and a professor of pediatrics at a top university medical center.

Medical Director, A hospital system in FL

Doctor of Medicine (MD), Aegean University School of Medicine, Turkey

Gulf Breeze |

Florida

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Review Fee $650/hr
Deposition Fee $800/hr

This highly qualified expert is board certified and Fellowship trained in Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine. He is widely published with 150+ journal articles, book chapters, and abstracts and is award winning for his performance as both a clinician and an educator, including 'america's best doctors'. He is an invited lecturer and presenter for professional conferences located all over the world and is a reviewer and editor for numerous professional publications. He currently serves as Chief for the Pulmonary & Critical Care section at a major cancer center, a Medical Director of the medical intensive care unit at a major hospital, and Professor at a research-based University.

Medical Director, A university-affiliated hospital in MI

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), University of Jordan School of Medicine

Detroit |

Michigan

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Review Fee $700/hr
Deposition Fee $500/hr
Court Fee $625/hr

This expert is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and occupational medicine, with over 40 years of experience in simultaneous clinical and academic roles. He has held numerous prestigious positions including a professorship at the University of Cincinnati. He also formerly served as head of clinical studies at Cincinnati and the Coordinator of Research at the University of South Florida. He has been the director of several programs over his long career, and he is currently the director of a breath laboratory at a major university health center, and an attending physician at a major area hospital.

Attending Physician, A Prominent Florida Hospital

Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Palm Harbor |

Florida

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This highly qualified and double board certified pulmonologist has advanced training in pulmonary and critical care. Currently, he is a Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow at the University of Illinois and is board certified in Pulmonary Medicine and Internal Medicine. He completed residency training in internal medicine at George Washington University, a fellowship training in pediatric sleep medicine and neuroscience, and a fellowship training in infectious diseases at the University of Louisville. He earned his MD at the Qazvin University of Medical Science and MPH at the University of Tehran in Iran. This expert is a member of a number of professional organizations and is a frequently invited guest speaker at major pulmonary conferences. He has authored 80+ publications and sits on the editorial board and serves as a reviewer for numerous peer reviewed journals. Prior to his fellowship in pulmonary and critical care, this expert held several senior positions abroad in the pulmonary field. He served as the Head of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Infections Unit, Department of Medicine, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Director of Internal Medicine Internship Program, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, and Assistant Professor of Medicine National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

Assistant Professor, A Distinguished University in FL

Doctor of Medicine (MD), Qazvin University of Medical Science

Miami |

Florida

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Review Fee $500/hr
Deposition Fee $750/hr

This highly qualified expert is board certified in internal and pulmonary medicine and has been practicing for 39+ years. He completed his internship and residency training in internal medicine at Brookdale Hospital and his fellowship training in pulmonary medicine at both Queens Hospital Center and Brookdale Hospital. He is a fellow at the American College of Chest Physicians, the former president of the International Lung Sounds Association and a member of various other professional organizations, including the American Thoracic Society. He has published 55+ peer-reviewed journal articles and serves as a reviewer for 29 renowned medical journals. He lectures both nationally and internationally and was listed in Marquis's list of "Who's Who in the World". He is the former Chief of Staff of the VA Medical Center and the former medical director of the Pulmonary Clinic at the University of Kentucky, where he also served as associate chief of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. Currently, he is a professor of medicine at a major university and a staff physician at a major medical center. He is currently employed half-time practicing outpatient pulmonary medicine at a major university.

Staff Physician, A Major Medical Center in KY

Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Puerto Rico

Lexington |

Kentucky

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This highly qualified expert has 30+ years experience in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is board certified in Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care and Internal Medicine. He received his MD at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London and continued his medical training within the United States at Mount Sinai Hospital and Columbia University (Department of Medicine). He has served a claims adviser and expert witness both for defense and plaintiff in local and national cases regarding Medical Malpractice, Product Liability and Workers Compensation. He has 50+ publications and conducted extensive research in acute and chronic lung diseases. He has been awarded NY Times Magazine Super Doctors in 2013 and New York Magazine Best Doctors in NY three times and Castle Connolly Top Doctors N.Y. for 13 consecutive years. He is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of Respiratory Care for one of the top hospitals in the New York City area.

Medical Director Respiratory Care, Hospital in NYC area

Doctor of Medicine (MD), Imperial College London, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School

New York

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Review Fee $700/hr
Deposition Fee $700/hr
Court Fee $700/hr

This highly qualified expert is 3X board certified in pulmonary, critical care, and interventional pulmonary medicine. He completed 2 Fellowships in interventional pulmonology and pulmonary and critical care medicine, and earned his M.D. from University of North Carolina. He holds membership with numerous professional associations, and is extensively published with 35+ peer-reviewed journal articles and abstracts. He has won numerous awards including 'best doctors in Virginia' and 'best doctors in America' for multiple years, and is an invited lecturer and presenter across the country. Expertise includes general pulmonary and critical care and interventional pulmonology procedures.

Vice-Chair, A Major VA University

Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of North Carolina

Richmond |

Virginia

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FAQs for Ventilator Expert Witnesses

What is the role of a ventilator expert witness in legal cases?

A ventilator expert witness provides specialized knowledge on the use, maintenance, and potential malfunctions of ventilators. They can offer critical insights in medical malpractice or product liability cases.

What types of cases might require a ventilator expert witness?

Cases involving alleged medical negligence, wrongful death, personal injury, or product defects related to ventilators may benefit from the testimony of a ventilator expert witness.

Can a ventilator expert witness provide insight into different types of ventilators and their uses?

Yes, a ventilator expert witness can explain the differences between invasive and non-invasive ventilation, mechanical ventilation, and other types used in various clinical settings.

How can a ventilator expert witness assist in cases involving COVID-19 patients?

In COVID-19 cases, a ventilator expert can testify about appropriate usage, potential complications, and standards of care for patients requiring ventilation due to severe respiratory symptoms.

Are there subspecialties within the field of ventilator expertise?

Yes, some experts may specialize in pediatric ventilation, neonatal ventilation, or specific types of mechanical ventilation such as high-frequency oscillatory ventilation.

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