Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Expert Witnesses
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of pediatric critical care medicine expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on pediatric critical care medicine and related issues. Pediatric critical care medicine expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these pediatric critical care medicine expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Respiratory Failure, Sepsis, Pediatrics, Cardiac Arrest, Ecmo, Pediatric Critical Care, Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Intensive Care, Resuscitation, Child Abuse, Mechanical Ventilation, Meningitis, Pediatric Hospitalist, and Pediatric Sedation.
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Santa J. Bartholomew, M.D., FAAP, FCCM
PME Consulting, LLC
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics
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Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), Abusive Head Trauma (AHT), TBI, Child Abuse, Munchausen (MSP), Respiratory Failure, Burn Care, Sepsis, Shock, Post-Op Care, Congenital Heart Disease, COVID, Meningitis, Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA), Craniofacial Disorders, Cardiac Arrest, ECMO, Pediatric Asthma, Poisoning
Dr. Santa J. Bartholomew (formerly Santa J. Johnston, M.D.) is an award-winning Pediatrician with more than 30 years of clinical experience, and is a distinguished medical educator serving as a Professor of Pediatrics at two esteemed medical universities. She is double-boarded by the American Board of Pediatrics in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care medicine.
Her primary specialty has been Pediatric Critical Care medicine since 1990, and Dr. Bartholomew has practiced for decades in nearly every conceivable setting from state-of-the-art quaternary care centers, to large academic centers and level I trauma centers with very busy Pediatric Emergency Departments and Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs). She has worked in many small and medium-sized community hospitals throughout the nation including Alaska, and has traveled around the world to serve patients in remote areas.
Practice roles have consisted of Pediatric Intensivist, Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatric Emergency C...
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KAMNA JAISWAL, MD
Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Expert
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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PEDS, PED CRITICAL CARE/NEONTAL/EMERGENCY MEDICINE, STROKE, CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT, ECMO, BRAIN INJURY, TRAUMA, PICC/CENTRAL LINES, RESPIRATORY FAILURE, CARDIAC ARREST/CODE, RENAL FAILURE/DIALYSIS, SEPSIS, ANTIBIOTICS, MENINGITIS, ORTHO, SCOLIOSIS, POSTOP CARE, APPENDICITIS, INTUBATION, CHEST TUBE
My name is Kamna Jaiswal. I am a pediatric critical care physician with over 14 years of experience. I have vast clinical experience with all types of critical and general pediatric conditions. I am board certified in both pediatrics and pediatric critical care.
I am currently in clinical practice at Dallas/FortWorth, Tx where we take care of the sickest pediatric patients from newborn to 21 years of age with all forms of critical and non critical illnesses including respiratory failure, difficult airways, cardiac arrest, sepsis, septic shock, multi-organ system failure, congenital heart disease, trauma, renal failure, post operative care of the surgical, neurosurgical, trauma, orthopedic patients, pediatric stroke, oncology and hematology patients. I also have vast experience with ECMO,CRRT, Dialysis, emergency care in pediatrics.
I hold unrestricted license in states of Texas and in active practice. Ours is a teaching program and I am actively involved in the teaching of the ...
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Peter A Meaney
Pediatric Critical Care – Deterioration & ICU Care
Cadence Health Strategies
Menlo Park, California
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Hospitalist
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Sepsis, Multi-Organ Failure, Respiratory Failure, Stroke, Cardiac Arrest, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation), Cardiac Surgery, Shock, Septic Shock, Pediatric Critical Care, Trauma, Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Post-Operative Care
Pediatric Critical Care Expert – Failure to Recognize Deterioration, Escalation, and ICU Management
I am a double board-certified pediatric and pediatric critical care physician with over 22 years of clinical experience, including 16 years at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and 8 years at Stanford University.
My medicolegal work focuses on cases involving clinical deterioration, delayed recognition, and failures in escalation of care in hospitalized children.
I help attorneys evaluate:
- Whether deterioration should have been recognized earlier
- Whether escalation to ICU, subspecialty care, or higher-level monitoring was appropriate and timely
- Whether management in the PICU met the standard of care
- Whether adverse outcomes were preventable
I have extensive experience managing critically ill children with:
- Respiratory failure and progressive decompensation
- Sepsis and septic shock
- Post-operative deterioration
- Cardiac arrest and resuscitation
- Neurologic ...
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Anthony C Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS
Seasoned Expert in Pediatric Cardiology and AI
Children's Hospital of Orange County
Irvine , California
Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Congenital Heart Disease, Artificial Intelligence, Sudden Death, Cardiac Intensive Care, Heart Failure, Postoperative Care, Pulmonary Hypertension, Adult with Congenital Heart Disease, Public Health, Sports Medicine, Cardiac Surgery
Seasoned expert witness in pediatric cardiology and cardiac intensive care with AI background. I have been involved in well over 200 cases over period of 35 years. Training and attending services at the top pediatric heart programs. Frequent speaker in pediatric cardiology, cardiac intensive care, and artificial intelligence at the international level. Editor of the textbooks Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care and Heart Failure in Children and Young Adults with expertise in congenital heart disease, perioperative care, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, and sudden death in pediatric patients. Strong background in artificial intelligence in medicine and editor of textbook and journal called Intelligence-Based Medicine.
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Meghna D Patel
Pediatric Cardiology & Critical Care -Stanford Fac
Belmont, California
Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Pediatrics
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Monique M Robles, MD, MS
Pediatric Specialist, Bioethicist
Parker, Colorado
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics
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Bioethics, Patient advocate, Parental rights, Physician Advisor, Medical Ethics
Monique Robles MD, MS, is a board-certified physician, specializing in both pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. She received her Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas. She completed a pediatric residency, chief residency, and pediatric critical care fellowship at Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, Texas (2001-2008). Dr. Robles has served in many pediatric centers throughout the country, providing medical, surgical, cardiac, and trauma care.
Dr. Robles received a Certificate in Health Care Ethics from the National Catholic Bioethics Center and completed a Master of Science degree in Bioethics in 2018 at the University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota. She is an unwavering advocate for the dignity of the patient. Dr. Robles is available for case reviews, consultations, and expert testimony.
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Alberto A. Marante, M.D
Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care, Child Abuse.
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Palm City, Florida
Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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General Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergencies, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Pediatric Procedures, Pediatric Procedural Sedation, Pediatric Rehabilitation, Pediatric Critical Care, Chronic Care, Child Abuse or Neglect, Pediatric Injuries, Pediatric Surgeries, Child illness or Accidents, Newborns
Dr. Marante is a highly experienced Pediatrician with 39 years of practice experience. During his career has been responsible for oversight and management of patients at various hospitals totaling 38 pediatric ICU and over 100 general pediatric beds. He has coordinated patient care across multiple pediatric subspecialties and environments, including a pediatric sedation clinic, pediatric cancer program, pediatric trauma units, pediatric burn care, pediatric rehabilitation and complex chronic pediatric care among others. Dr. Marante is currently practicing general pediatrics in the outpatient environment.
In addition, for most of his career, Dr. Marante has actively participated in medical education. He has served as teaching faculty for Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Pediatrics. He has been responsible for teaching pediatric residents and medical students. He has also served as Assistant and then as Program Director for a Pediatric Residency program. Dr. Marante has multi...
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Timothy G Carroll, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Critical Care, Hospitalist and ER
Pensacola, Florida
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Pediatric Transport, Pediatric Trauma, Pediatric Sedation, Pediatric Cardiac Care, sepsis, cardiac arrest, resuscitation, ECMO
My name is Timothy Carroll and I I have extensive clinical experience in Pediatric hospital medicine, Pediatric emergency medicine and Pediatric critical care. I am focused on education as a professor of pediatrics and quality improvement.
I was heavily involved in intra-collegiate debate and took 2nd in the country in the 1996 CEDA national debate championships. I attended medical school at the University of Kansas in Kansas City, KS and trained in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, TX. I am board certified in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care.
I have extensive clinical experience in Pediatric hospital medicine, Pediatric emergency medicine and Pediatric critical care. I practiced pediatric emergency medicine for 4 years at Children’s Medical Center Dallas which is the busiest pediatric ER in the country. I have been practicing pediatric critical care and hospital medicine for over 15 years at tertiary and qu...
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Santa J. Bartholomew, M.D., FAAP, FCCM
PME Consulting, LLC
Green Cove Springs, Florida
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics
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Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), Abusive Head Trauma (AHT), TBI, Child Abuse, Munchausen (MSP), Respiratory Failure, Burn Care, Sepsis, Shock, Post-Op Care, Congenital Heart Disease, COVID, Meningitis, Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA), Craniofacial Disorders, Cardiac Arrest, ECMO, Pediatric Asthma, Poisoning
Dr. Santa J. Bartholomew (formerly Santa J. Johnston, M.D.) is an award-winning Pediatrician with more than 30 years of clinical experience, and is a distinguished medical educator serving as a Professor of Pediatrics at two esteemed medical universities. She is double-boarded by the American Board of Pediatrics in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care medicine.
Her primary specialty has been Pediatric Critical Care medicine since 1990, and Dr. Bartholomew has practiced for decades in nearly every conceivable setting from state-of-the-art quaternary care centers, to large academic centers and level I trauma centers with very busy Pediatric Emergency Departments and Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs). She has worked in many small and medium-sized community hospitals throughout the nation including Alaska, and has traveled around the world to serve patients in remote areas.
Practice roles have consisted of Pediatric Intensivist, Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatric Emergency C...
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Paola Vietoris, RN, BSN
DUNKIRK, Maryland
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics
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Pediatric Critical Care, Sedation, Cardiac Arrest, Respiratory Failure, Sepsis, child abuse, Liver, Kidney, Pancreatic and Intestinal Transplantation, Peds Gastroenterology, Peds Hematology/Oncology, Seizures, Procedural Sedation, Pre-op and post-op surgical care
I am a full-time practicing RN with over 30 years' experience working in a pediatric ICU at a major medical institution in Washington, DC. My work primarily is with critically ill newborns and young adults. Skills and experience include caring for patients in multisystem organ failure, respiratory distress, respiratory failure, liver, small bowel, pancreatic and kidney transplant, neurological, pre-op and post-op surgical care, and neurosurgical diseases, infectious diseases, non-accidental trauma (NAT) and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). Consistent focus on evidence-based nursing care as well as other nursing standards.
I am a licensed registered nurse (RN) with an unrestricted nursing license in 37 states and the District of Columbia.
My extensive experience enables me to provide expert witness services to attorneys and other legal professionals.
Available for consultation, case evaluation, deposition and testimony.
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Gabriel J Hauser, MD, MBA, FCCM
Pediatric Critical Care Physician - Georgetown
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Rockville, Maryland
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics
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sepsis, cardiac arrest, resuscitation, pediatrics, critical care, pneumonia, respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation, newborn, brain injury, infection, respiratory distress, stridor, heart failure, meningitis, child abuse, bronchiolitis, asthma, shock, airway obstruction
I am a practicing pediatric intensive care physician. I also practice pediatric sedation. I have practiced pediatric intensive care since 1989. I am professor of Pediatrics at Georgetown University School of Medicine. In the past I have held the positions of Chief Medical Officer at St. Christopher Hospital for Children, Director of the Pediatric ICU Director of Pediatric Inpatient Services and Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, and in these roles I have dealt with the Standard of Care for pediatricians and pediatric specialists.
I am board certified in Pediatrics and in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and am a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine.
I have been serving as expert witness for over 25 years.
My areas of expertise are acute, emergency and critical care pediatrics and pediatric sedation.
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Anya J. Freedman
Pediatric Critical Care; Cardiac Arrest Expert
Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
Saint Louis, Missouri
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Dr. Freedman completed her pediatric critical care fellowship in 2011 at UCSD/Rady Children's Hospital. This was followed by an additional year of training in pediatric cardiology at UCLA/Mattel Children's Hospital. She went on to work for 1.5 years in a dedicated pediatric cardiac intensive care unit before moving on to a combined medical/surgical and cardiac pediatric intensive care unit.
Her locums tenens work experience at multiple hospitals in multiple states has familiarized Dr. Freedman with a variety of approaches to, and unit models for, providing care to critically ill infants and children. She also has extensive experience volunteering in pediatric intensive care units in resource limited settings around the world
She currently works at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, MO and is a faculty member in the department of pediatrics at Saint Louis University. This is a level 1 trauma center and an award winning ECMO center. Dr. Freedman has been...
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Linda Siegel, MD
Pediatric critical care medicine expert
New York, New York
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care
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Pediatrics, sepsis, respiratory failure, ARDS, multi-organ system failure, pediatric sedation, cardiac arrest, ICU procedures
I am a practicing pediatric intensivist with 25+ years experience. I am currently an assistant professor of Pediatrics at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New York. I am board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Palliative Medicine. I have extensive experience in caring for infants and children with all forms of critical illness including respiratory failure, ARDS, multi-organ system failure, septic shock, congenital heart disease, trauma, renal failure, and liver failure. I have cared for children after bone marrow transplant as well as liver and kidney transplants and children on ECMO. I have experience in chart review and with depositions. I will give you an honest opinion about the validity of your case.
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Roger P Barton, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Critical Care Physician (PICU)
Covenant Children's Hospital - Lubbock, Texas
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics
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Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Trauma, sepsis, septic shock, ECMO, Pediatrics, respiratory failure, Pediatric Transport, pneumonia, pulmonary hypertension, multiorgan failure, renal failure, CPR, mechanical ventilation
I have practiced for over 30 years in pediatric critical care medicine and have been medical director of Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis (Tulsa, OK) 20-bed tertiary care PICU from 1998 - 2021. I am currently the Director of Pediatric / Neonatal ECMO at Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas and also work as a pediatric intensivist at El Paso Children's Hospital in El Paso, Texas.
I am board certified in both Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and General Pediatric Medicine. I have significant experience in pediatric critical care, pediatric cardiovascular surgical intensive care, pediatric emergency medicine, and pediatric hospital medicine. I am also well versed in both VV and VA ECMO and have directed ECMO programs (10 annual average cases) for over 25 years. Working in Level 1 (tertiary) PICU's, I have extensive experience with high frequency ventilation (HFOV), inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).
I have been a medical ad...
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Andre Fallot, MD,MPH
Pediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care Expert
EC3 Consulting
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Pulmonology
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Pediatrics, pediatric emergency medicine, respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation, tracheostomy, Bronchiolitis, pneumonia, dialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy, ecmo, septic shock, anaphylaxis, Asthma, status asthmaticus, status epilepticus, croup, altered mental status, ems transport, intubation, pneumothorax
Dr. Fallot is a triple board-certified physician and retired Army Colonel with over 25 years of combined academic medicine and military service. He serves as the Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Saint Francis Children's Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He maintains a full time clinical workload caring for the regions’s sickest children, to include patients needing mechanical ventilation, ECMO, or continuous renal replacement therapy (dialysis). He actively teaches residents, nurses, and respiratory therapists.
He completed his undergraduate education at West Point. He then trained at Georgetown (MD), UC Berkeley (MPH), and fellowship-trained in Pediatric Pulmonology at UCSF and Pediatric Critical Care at Seattle Children's / University of Washington. Dr. Fallot has served as Consultant to the Army Surgeon General and has been recognized with the Legion of Merit and two Bronze Stars.
He has served as an expert witness in over 25 cases, provided 6 depositions, an...
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Barbara-Jo Achuff, MD
Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Physician
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Hospitalist
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Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Cardiac Care, Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric Sedation, ECMO, Cardiac Arrest, Respiratory Failure, Resuscitation, Post-Operative Care, Clinical Informatics, Opioid Management, Ventricular Assist Device (VAD), Heart Transplant
Dr. Barbara-Jo Achuff is a dual board-certified physician in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Informatics with over 25 years of clinical experience in high-acuity medical environments. She currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Her distinguished career includes tenure at three of the nation's top-tier pediatric institutions: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Texas Children’s Hospital, and Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Dr. Achuff completed an advanced fellowship in Cardiac Intensive Care and specializes in the management of complex congenital heart disease, post-operative cardiac care, and mechanical circulatory support, including ECMO. She is a recognized leader in medication safety and sedation stewardship, having served as a leader on Sedation Oversight Committees for over a decade and published NIH-funded research on opioid weaning and analg...
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Jennifer Snow, MD, MBA
Memphis, Tennessee
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics
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Healthcare Administration
I have extensive experience in Pediatric Critical Care and Pediatric Hospital Medicine and am board certified in both Pediatric Critical Care and General Pediatrics. My residency and fellowship training were completed at Weill Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital. I have over 15 years of clinical experience and have served as Department Chair and Medical Director for 8 years. I am now Chief Medical Officer at Baptist Women’s and Children’s Hospital. I am highly experienced in caring for infants, children, and adolescents with all forms of critical illness including respiratory failure, ARDS, multi-system organ failure, sepsis, shock, and procedural sedation.
I am highly experienced in pediatric case reviews serving on multiple hospital professional practice evaluation committees. I also hold a Physician Executive MBA with education, knowledge, and experience in health care law and administration. I am in good standing with Tennessee and Virginia medical boards, hold active licen...
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Ronald Bronicki, MD
Houston, Texas
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology
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Pediatrics, pediatric intensive care, pediatric cardiac intensive care
I have been a medical legal expert for upwards of 20 years. My area of expertise is pediatric critical care medicine and pediatric cardiac critical care medicine.
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KAMNA JAISWAL, MD
Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Expert
SOUTHLAKE, Texas
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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PEDS, PED CRITICAL CARE/NEONTAL/EMERGENCY MEDICINE, STROKE, CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT, ECMO, BRAIN INJURY, TRAUMA, PICC/CENTRAL LINES, RESPIRATORY FAILURE, CARDIAC ARREST/CODE, RENAL FAILURE/DIALYSIS, SEPSIS, ANTIBIOTICS, MENINGITIS, ORTHO, SCOLIOSIS, POSTOP CARE, APPENDICITIS, INTUBATION, CHEST TUBE
My name is Kamna Jaiswal. I am a pediatric critical care physician with over 14 years of experience. I have vast clinical experience with all types of critical and general pediatric conditions. I am board certified in both pediatrics and pediatric critical care.
I am currently in clinical practice at Dallas/FortWorth, Tx where we take care of the sickest pediatric patients from newborn to 21 years of age with all forms of critical and non critical illnesses including respiratory failure, difficult airways, cardiac arrest, sepsis, septic shock, multi-organ system failure, congenital heart disease, trauma, renal failure, post operative care of the surgical, neurosurgical, trauma, orthopedic patients, pediatric stroke, oncology and hematology patients. I also have vast experience with ECMO,CRRT, Dialysis, emergency care in pediatrics.
I hold unrestricted license in states of Texas and in active practice. Ours is a teaching program and I am actively involved in the teaching of the ...
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