Kayur V Patel, MD, MRO, FACP, FAAPL, FACHE, FACEP Expert Witness
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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Emergency Medicine and Hospital Administration

Keywords/Search Terms:

Stroke, Pulmonary Embolism, Hospital Administration, ED Medical Director, Hospital Negligence, Central Line Placement, Heart Attack, Appendicitis, Sepsis, Aneurysm, Blood Clots, Pneumonia, Emergency Medicine, Thoracic Aortic Dissection (TAD), Hospital Standard of Care

Education:

MD, Bangalore University; FACP, FACHE, American College of Physicians; FAAPL, American College of Physician Executives; FACEP, American College of Emergency Physicians

Years in Practice:

30

Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:

38

Additional Information

Practicing Emergency Department Physician. Trained in both Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. Board Certified in Emergency Medicine. Highly experienced physician executive, with over 30 years of practical experience. Former Chief Medical Officer of a 278-bed Community Hospital in Terre Haute, former Medical Director for Emergency Medicine and Occupational Health, and current Chief Medical Officer of Proactive MD, which operates clinics for large employers. Frequent speaker on the subject of quality in healthcare. Extensive chart review experience focused on quality and adverse events. Special clinical interest in Pulmonary Embolism and Thrombolytics in an Acute Stroke. Serve as consultant to KEPRO, the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for more than 30 states. Primary responsibility is to review medical records to see whether they meet the Standard of Care. Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Physician Executives, and American College of Healthcare Executive and American College of Emergency Physicians. Active medical licenses in the states of Indiana, Illinois, Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Colorado.