64 Spinal Stimulator Expert Witnesses Found

Results Sorted Below by State

Benjamin Bjerke, MD

Nationwide, Alabama
Spine Surgery & Spine Care, Neurological Surgery - ACDF, ALIF, Complications, Decompression, Defense, Interbody Fusion, Kyphoplasty, Microdiscectomy, MVC, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Spine Surgery, Plaintiff, Spine Fusion, Spinal Cord Stimulation, XLIF
...Clinical practice is fully dedicated to the diagnosis and surgical treatment of spinal conditions. Available to provide expert opinion, testimony, or medical-legal consultation in all areas of spine surgery, including cases of orthopedic spine and neurosurgical cases. Extensive experience in standard of care, causation, damages, and need for future care regarding spinal injuries. Provides expert testimony for Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation, Medical Malpractice, and cases of Physician Competence, including depositions and testinomy in both plaintiff and defense cases for malpractice matters. Thorough imaging review (xray, MRI, CT scan) and expedited turnaround will be provided as needed. Has reviewed an extensive breadth of medical-legal matters as they relate to spinal injuries and surgery, and provided written opinion in well over 150 cases nationwide. Dr....

Cristy M Schade, MD, PhD, PE Advanced Pain Solutions

Alabama
Pain Management - Medicine, Disability Evaluation - CRPS, complex regional pain syndrome, RSD, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, implanted drug pumps for pain, ESI, epidural steroids, nerve pain, chronic pain, sciatic leg pain, opioid abuse, opioid addiction, illegally manufactured fentanyl deaths, failed back surgery syndrome, IME, Future Medical Needs
...Schade’s 35+ years of forensic experience includes medical malpractice, CRPS, complex regional pain syndrome litigation, spinal cord stimulation litigation, medical device-related litigation, pain and suffering, opioid overdoses, including the current epidemic of illegally manufactured fentanyl deaths, future medical and disability claims, and fraud and abuse related to billing and coding, having authored many billing controverting affidavits. Judges have told Dr. Schade that he was the most outstanding testifying expert they had ever heard because of his ability to combine medical expertise, training, and experience with the scientific literature using straightforward and logical engineering-based analysis and presentation. Dr. Schade completed PhDs in electrical engineering and computer science in artificial intelligence at Stanford University. Dr....

Rich Woolley, DC, MS, ATC, CMTPT/DN, CIDN

Palmer, Alaska
Chiropractic, Acupuncturist - Spinal Manipulation Injury, Stroke, Vertebral Artery Dissection, Disc Herniation Rib Fracture, Dry Needling Injury, Collapsed Lung, Pneumothorax, Spinal Epidural Hematoma, Nerve Injury, Infection, Abscess, Needling Implants (Shunts, Spinal Cord Stimulators, Pacemakers, Breast Implants, Etc.)
...His areas of focus as an expert witness include dry needling injuries and adverse reactions, as well as spinal manipulation injuries and adverse reactions.

Fardad Baroumand, MD

Arizona
Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Pain (spine, nerve, joint, soft tissue), Interventional pain management (epidural steroid/other injections, nerve blocks), Opioids/pain medications, Second opinion, Ineffective/failed spine/other surgeries, Complex/catastrophic cases, CRPS/RSD, Back pain, Motor vehicle accidents, chronic pain
....) - Work-related & personal injuries - Surgical indications for painful orthopedic conditions - Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary treatment of pain - Failed or ineffective pain interventions or surgeries - Nerve blocks, epidural, interventional pain management, nerve injury, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation - Opioid management, tolerance, dependence and addiction - Complex or catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries - Chronic pain with delayed recovery - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (CRPS/RSD) - Muscle spasms, fibromyalgia, low back pain, neck pain, and mid-back pain - Arthritic and degenerative disease - Spinal cord injury - Brain injury (TBI) - Diseases of discs, nerve roots, facet joints - Injuries in correctional settings (prisons, jails, detention centers) - Injuries caused by sliping or falling - Injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents (whiplash, fractures, brain damage, spinal cord injury, or death) - Injuries caused by acts...

Simon Dardashti, MD, MS

Arizona
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Pain Management, Causation, Disability, Sciatica, Epidural, Radiculopathy, Back Neck Pain, Peer review, Overdose, Personal Injury, Spinal injury, Whiplash, Slip Trip Fall, Spondylosis, Radiofrequency, Facet Injections, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Opiate Narcotic
...Simon Dardashti is a distinguished Pain Management Physician with a wealth of experience and expertise in the field of spinal injury. His professional background includes: Education: Dr. Dardashti graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, followed by a Master’s degree from Georgetown University and an MD degree from the Chicago Medical School. Training: He completed a rigorous four-year internship/residency in Anesthesiology at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center, and further specialized in Interventional Spine and Pain Management through a Fellowship program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Professional Experience: Dr. Dardashti has been actively practicing since 2016, focusing on Pain Management, Anesthesiology, and Medical Corporate Compliance. He has worked in various settings including outpatient private practice and inpatient hospital practice....

F. Michael Ferrante, MD

Arizona
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Spinal interventions. Nerve Blocks, Implantable Intrathecal Pumps, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Spinal cord stimulation, Peripheral nerve stimulation, Spinal Injections, Epidural steroid Injections, Radiofrequency, Failed back syndrome, Spinal Medicine, neuropathic pain, MILD.
F. Michael Ferrante, MD, holds a BS in Biology from Tulane University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and a MD from New York Medical College. Dr. Ferrante completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. Between his residencies he did one year of an infectious disease fellowship at Barnes Hospital, Washington University. After Anesthesiology residency, he received his fellowship in Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ferrante is currently the Director of the UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center and Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles. Prior to coming to UCLA, Dr. Ferrante was the Director of Pain Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital and before that, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He was a member of the ASRA Board of Directors (1996-2011) and former President of ASRA (2007-2009). He is Board...

Paul Lynch, MD

Glendale, Arizona
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Pain Management/Medicine, Interventional Pain Management, Back Pain, Neck Pain, Nerve Blocks, Intrathecal Pumps, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Spinal Injections, Epidural, Cervical Injections, Radiofrequency, Anesthesia, Opioid Prescribing, Opioid Overdose
Dr. Lynch is a double board-certified and fellowship-trained pain management physician and anesthesiologist, with 17 years’ experience treating all types of chronic pain conditions. Throughout his career, Dr. Lynch has been focused on providing comprehensive and evidenced-based treatment, with vigilant attention to the standard of care and best practices. He has managed pain practices in 15 different states and is currently licensed to practice in 7 states. Dr. Lynch continues to actively see patients in a clinical setting and perform interventional pain management procedures, including performing independent medical examinations. Dr. Lynch is also focused on research and the advancement of chronic pain treatment, publishing over 30 journal articles relevant to pain management, specifically regarding the use of interventional procedures and practice of comprehensive pain management with responsible opioid prescribing. He has taught extensively across the country to other physicians and...

Robert H. Odell, Jr., MD, PhD Neuropathy & Pain Center of Las Vegas

Arizona
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Low back pain, neck pain, personal injury, facet syndrome, discogenic disease, radiculopathy, CRPS, electromedicine, neuropathic pain, interventional pain management; medication management, including malpractice & DEA defense; over billing in pain management, over utilization in pain management
...His pain management experience includes lumbar decompression, spinal cord stimulator placement, and the new larger lesion radiofrequency procedures in the spine and for joint denervation as well as all standard interventional procedures. Other procedures offered include and lumbar, cervical and knee decompression and regenerative medicine techniques such as PRP. He is the Las Vegas representative for Stella, a program dedicated to helping patients with PTSD & anxiety using the stellate ganglion block. Dr. Odell has had extensive experience treating patients with the Sanexas device; he was instrumental in the development of the Combined Electrochemical Technique (CET), an innovative treatment for neuropathies and inflammation-based pain using local anesthetic blocks with Electronic Cell Signal Techniques (EST). He has done multiple reviews for plaintiff and defense medical-legal cases, including hundreds of medical records reviews....

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Newport Beach, California
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
...considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Health Risk Assessments, Risk Adjustment, HCC Medicare Part C Accountable Care • PBMs, Pharmaceuticals, CLIA, lab, pathology billing accuracy, privacy Pain management, ketamine, spinal...

Fardad Baroumand, MD

Los Gatos , California
Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Pain (spine, nerve, joint, soft tissue), Interventional pain management (epidural steroid/other injections, nerve blocks), Opioids/pain medications, Second opinion, Ineffective/failed spine/other surgeries, Complex/catastrophic cases, CRPS/RSD, Back pain, Motor vehicle accidents, chronic pain
....) - Work-related & personal injuries - Surgical indications for painful orthopedic conditions - Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary treatment of pain - Failed or ineffective pain interventions or surgeries - Nerve blocks, epidural, interventional pain management, nerve injury, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation - Opioid management, tolerance, dependence and addiction - Complex or catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries - Chronic pain with delayed recovery - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (CRPS/RSD) - Muscle spasms, fibromyalgia, low back pain, neck pain, and mid-back pain - Arthritic and degenerative disease - Spinal cord injury - Brain injury (TBI) - Diseases of discs, nerve roots, facet joints - Injuries in correctional settings (prisons, jails, detention centers) - Injuries caused by sliping or falling - Injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents (whiplash, fractures, brain damage, spinal cord injury, or death) - Injuries caused by acts...

Simon Dardashti, MD, MS

Los Angeles, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Pain Management, Causation, Disability, Sciatica, Epidural, Radiculopathy, Back Neck Pain, Peer review, Overdose, Personal Injury, Spinal injury, Whiplash, Slip Trip Fall, Spondylosis, Radiofrequency, Facet Injections, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Opiate Narcotic
...Simon Dardashti is a distinguished Pain Management Physician with a wealth of experience and expertise in the field of spinal injury. His professional background includes: Education: Dr. Dardashti graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, followed by a Master’s degree from Georgetown University and an MD degree from the Chicago Medical School. Training: He completed a rigorous four-year internship/residency in Anesthesiology at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center, and further specialized in Interventional Spine and Pain Management through a Fellowship program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Professional Experience: Dr. Dardashti has been actively practicing since 2016, focusing on Pain Management, Anesthesiology, and Medical Corporate Compliance. He has worked in various settings including outpatient private practice and inpatient hospital practice....

F. Michael Ferrante, MD

Pacific Palisades, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Spinal interventions. Nerve Blocks, Implantable Intrathecal Pumps, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Spinal cord stimulation, Peripheral nerve stimulation, Spinal Injections, Epidural steroid Injections, Radiofrequency, Failed back syndrome, Spinal Medicine, neuropathic pain, MILD.
F. Michael Ferrante, MD, holds a BS in Biology from Tulane University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and a MD from New York Medical College. Dr. Ferrante completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. Between his residencies he did one year of an infectious disease fellowship at Barnes Hospital, Washington University. After Anesthesiology residency, he received his fellowship in Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ferrante is currently the Director of the UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center and Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles. Prior to coming to UCLA, Dr. Ferrante was the Director of Pain Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital and before that, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He was a member of the ASRA Board of Directors (1996-2011) and former President of ASRA (2007-2009). He is Board...

Mikiko Murakami, DO

Campbell, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Spinal cord injury, Low back pain, Neck pain, Shoulder rotator cuff, Knee, Hip, Fracture, Amputation, Arthritis, Laceration, Headache, Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), Motor Vehicle Accident, Construction Accident, Crush Injury, Medical Malpractice, Forklift, Cumulative trauma
...Her current practice: * Private practice * Adjunct Assistant Professor at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine * Qualified Medical Examinations (QMEs) for the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) * Expert Witness Her publications and lecture topics include neuromodulation (spinal cord stimulator), acupuncture, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), musculoskeletal pain, acupuncture, regenerative medicine and integrative medicine. Dr. Murakami has served many attorneys and claimants in cases involving: * Falls * Motor vehicle accidents * Construction accidents * Premises liability * Ladder accidents * Forklift accidents * Cumulative trauma * Product liability * Abuse * Crush Injuries Dr....

Robert H. Odell, Jr., MD, PhD Neuropathy & Pain Center of Las Vegas

California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Low back pain, neck pain, personal injury, facet syndrome, discogenic disease, radiculopathy, CRPS, electromedicine, neuropathic pain, interventional pain management; medication management, including malpractice & DEA defense; over billing in pain management, over utilization in pain management
...His pain management experience includes lumbar decompression, spinal cord stimulator placement, and the new larger lesion radiofrequency procedures in the spine and for joint denervation as well as all standard interventional procedures. Other procedures offered include and lumbar, cervical and knee decompression and regenerative medicine techniques such as PRP. He is the Las Vegas representative for Stella, a program dedicated to helping patients with PTSD & anxiety using the stellate ganglion block. Dr. Odell has had extensive experience treating patients with the Sanexas device; he was instrumental in the development of the Combined Electrochemical Technique (CET), an innovative treatment for neuropathies and inflammation-based pain using local anesthetic blocks with Electronic Cell Signal Techniques (EST). He has done multiple reviews for plaintiff and defense medical-legal cases, including hundreds of medical records reviews....

Scott Pritzlaff, MD University of California, Davis

Sacramento, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Spine Surgery & Spine Care - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Neuropathic Pain, Postop Pain, Procedure Complications, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Peripheral Nerve Stimulation, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Epidural Steroid Injection, Radiofrequency Ablation, PNS, SCS, Bleeding, Hematoma, Nerve Injury, Chronic Pain, Causalgia, RSD
...Pritzlaff's dedication to advancing the field is evident through his contributions as an author and editor of the textbook "Spinal Cord Stimulation: Percutaneous Implantation Techniques" (2023), as well as his involvement in position and guideline papers. Additionally, he plays influential roles in various professional societies, including serving as a Past Board Member of the Pacific Spine and Pain Society, a Board Member of the Association of Pain Program Directors, and a Member of the North American Neuromodulation Society Advocacy Committee. He holds dual board certification in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine from the American Board of Anesthesiology.

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Colorado
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
...considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Health Risk Assessments, Risk Adjustment, HCC Medicare Part C Accountable Care • PBMs, Pharmaceuticals, CLIA, lab, pathology billing accuracy, privacy Pain management, ketamine, spinal...

Eric Mehlberg, MD

Golden, Colorado
Anesthesiology, Pain Management - Medicine - Facet, MBB/RFA, epidural SI, major/minor joints and bursae, paravertebrals, peripheral nerve blocks, RFA, SCS, pumps
...Spinal Cord Stimulation Percutaneous Trials and Implants. Intrathecal Pump trials, insertion and management (although I prefer not to utilize this modality). Minimally invasive Interspinous fixation and Sacroiliac Joint Fusion. Medication Management. Clear communication and coordination of care between surgical specialties, physical therapy, behavioral medicine and myself. Impairment evaluations using AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment 3rd and 6th edition. Chart Review, utilization management, disability review and pain-relate future needs. IME provided to 3rd edition (for CO WC) and 6th edition

Roshni N. Patel, MD Ctr of Excellence in Pain & Regenerative Medicine

Farmington, Connecticut
Pain Management - Medicine, Neurology - Headaches, Migraines, Medication Management, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Disability review, Concussion, Chronic Pain, Back Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Nerve Pain, Peripheral Neuropathy, Neck Pain, IME, Independent medical examiner, medical review, Seizures, Spinal Injury, Stroke
...Pain Expertise in the areas includes Interventional Pain procedures, Chronic Pain, opioid and non-opioid Medication Management, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (CRPS/RSD), Spinal Pain, Neck injuries, Back injuries, Herniated disc, Sciatica, Radiculopathy, Joint injuries, Nerve injuries, Soft tissue injuries, Causation of injuries, Epidurals, Nerve blocks, Radiofrequency ablation, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Intrathecal infusion pumps, Fluoroscopic guidance of procedures, chronic pain, headaches, migraines, concussions, seizures, tremors and traumatic brain injury. Rated Top three Pain Management physician in the Hartford area. Highly experienced physician with active medical practice.

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Florida
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
...considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Health Risk Assessments, Risk Adjustment, HCC Medicare Part C Accountable Care • PBMs, Pharmaceuticals, CLIA, lab, pathology billing accuracy, privacy Pain management, ketamine, spinal...

John A Coats, M.D. Neurological Surgery Associates

Lighhtouse Point, Florida
Neurological Surgery - Complex Spine Cases, Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Surgery , Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Fusion Surgery , Anterior, Posterior Fusions, Brain/Spine Trauma, Brain/Spinal Tumors, Subdural Hematoma, Spinal Cord Stimulators, Head Injury, Cauda Equina , Pedicle Screw Instrumentation

Harold J Cordner, MD Florida Pain Management

Sebastian, Florida
Pain Management - Medicine - legal medicine, interventional pain management, spinal cord stimulation, epidural, pain medicine, narcotics, post laminectomy, pain management, back pain, chronic pain
Extensive experience in all facets of Pain Management, medical record review, IME and legal expert witness evaluation and testimony. Presently serves on the Board of Directors of ASIPP, FSIPP, editorial Board for Pain Physician and Board examiner for ABIPP. Has served as an expert witness for Florida Board of Medicine, Florida Dept. of Health and DEA. Currently Board Certified by ASA, ABIPP and certified as a worker's compensation expert.

Simon Dardashti, MD, MS

Florida
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Pain Management, Causation, Disability, Sciatica, Epidural, Radiculopathy, Back Neck Pain, Peer review, Overdose, Personal Injury, Spinal injury, Whiplash, Slip Trip Fall, Spondylosis, Radiofrequency, Facet Injections, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Opiate Narcotic
...Simon Dardashti is a distinguished Pain Management Physician with a wealth of experience and expertise in the field of spinal injury. His professional background includes: Education: Dr. Dardashti graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, followed by a Master’s degree from Georgetown University and an MD degree from the Chicago Medical School. Training: He completed a rigorous four-year internship/residency in Anesthesiology at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center, and further specialized in Interventional Spine and Pain Management through a Fellowship program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Professional Experience: Dr. Dardashti has been actively practicing since 2016, focusing on Pain Management, Anesthesiology, and Medical Corporate Compliance. He has worked in various settings including outpatient private practice and inpatient hospital practice....

Anthony H Guarino, MD GES, Inc.

Florida
Pain Management - Medicine - Injection Complications, Opioid, Improper medication management, Spinal and epidural injections, Spinal cord injury from an injection, Nerve injury, Radiofrequency neuroablation injuries, Spine laser surgery, Spinal endoscopic surgery, spinal cord stimulators, intrathecal pumps
Dr. Anthony Guarino is a nationally recognized pain management expert and a celebrated clinician, teacher, author and researcher. His interest in pain management began during his undergraduate work at Yale University, and developed further during graduate studies in religion at Yale Divinity School. He completed a medical degree at the University of Maryland, an internship in medicine at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore and an anesthesiology residency and formal training in pain management at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Guarino served as director of pain management services for Washington University at Barnes Jewish West County Hospital for 21 years before accepting a new director position for Physician Partners of America in FL. He has over 20 years of experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys. The thoroughness of his work in combination with his ability to clearly communicate his findings to both attorneys and juries has lead him to have a very busy consultant practice...

Eli Loch, D.O.

Jacksonville, Florida
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Interventional, injection, epidural, facet, radiofrequency ablation, rhizotomy, neck, back, cervical, lumbar, sciatica, radiculopathy, neuropathy, pain, spinal cord stimulation, nerve injury, herniated disc, joint, knee, shoulder, hip, orthopedic, opioid, musculoskeletal, stimulation, stem cell, PRP
Dr. Loch started his medical education at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. After graduating medical school, he completed a highly competitive residency in anesthesiology at the University of Florida in Gainesville. While there, he developed a passion for treating patients with complex spine, joint, and nerve pathology. Staying at the University of Florida, he was selected for an elite fellowship in interventional pain management to train with nationally recognized leaders in the field. Dr. Loch is board certified in both anesthesiology and interventional pain management by the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is very experienced in image guided interventional procedures, having personally performed over 10,000 spine, joint, and nerve injections. He is active at Baptist Hospital Nassau, being both a consulting physician and member of the credentialing committee. Dr. Loch has also been involved with numerous professional societies including the American Society of Interventional...

Damien Doute, MD Spine and Orthopaedics of Atlanta, LLC

Decatur, Georgia
Spine Surgery & Spine Care, Orthopedic Surgery - Pedicle Screws, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Joint Replacement, Fracture/Dislocation, Paralysis, Spine Fusion, Degenerative Spine, Scoliosis, Radiculopathy, Nerve Injury, Laminectomy, Discectomy,
...My spinal expertise lies in the treatment of the cervical, thoracic and lumbosacral spine in terms of nonoperative and operative treatment, congenital, traumatic, and degenerative problems. I am comfortable in anterior, posterior and lateral approaches to the entire spine. Spine Surgery, complex and non-complex, cervical, thoracic and lumbar, including revision surgery, is my forte. I have also practiced a large amount of general orthopedics surgery since residency, concentrating on total joint replacement, arthroscopy, and fractures. I am comfortable with hip, knee and shoulder surgery and diagnosis, including trauma/fractures. I have taken general emergency room call consistently. I also routinely perform knee and shoulder arthroscopy and deal with foot and ankle problems and trauma. I have given both trial and deposition testimony in a variety of cases. My medical reports are very thorough and concise, and I try to be as responsive and timely as possible for attorneys....

Eli Loch, D.O.

Georgia
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Interventional, injection, epidural, facet, radiofrequency ablation, rhizotomy, neck, back, cervical, lumbar, sciatica, radiculopathy, neuropathy, pain, spinal cord stimulation, nerve injury, herniated disc, joint, knee, shoulder, hip, orthopedic, opioid, musculoskeletal, stimulation, stem cell, PRP
Dr. Loch started his medical education at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. After graduating medical school, he completed a highly competitive residency in anesthesiology at the University of Florida in Gainesville. While there, he developed a passion for treating patients with complex spine, joint, and nerve pathology. Staying at the University of Florida, he was selected for an elite fellowship in interventional pain management to train with nationally recognized leaders in the field. Dr. Loch is board certified in both anesthesiology and interventional pain management by the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is very experienced in image guided interventional procedures, having personally performed over 10,000 spine, joint, and nerve injections. He is active at Baptist Hospital Nassau, being both a consulting physician and member of the credentialing committee. Dr. Loch has also been involved with numerous professional societies including the American Society of Interventional...

Sudheer Potru, DO, FASA, FASAM

Atlanta, Georgia
Pain Management - Medicine, Addiction Medicine - opioids, opioid prescribing, overdose, addiction, suboxone, MAT, alcohol, alcohol use disorder, anesthesiology, pain medicine, chronic pain, interventional pain, spinal injections, spinal cord stimulation
...He has special interest in opioid safety/prescribing, opioid and other substance use disorders (addiction), and interventional pain medicine (joint injections and spinal procedures (including epidural injections, facet injections, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation, and intrathecal drug delivery, among others). In addition to his academic credentials, Dr. Potru has very strong writing and speaking skills as well as extensive experience in depositions, in-court testimony, disability evaluations, chart review, and utilization review. He would be happy to discuss his experience in more detail at your request.

Jerry Allen Spivey, Jr, MD, D.ABA, CIME Spivey Medical LLC

Greensboro, Georgia
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Addiction Medicine, Narcotics, Opioids, Fentanyl, Benzodiazepines, Spine, Spinal Cord Stimulator, Nerve Blocks, Facet Injection, Steroid injection, Epidural, Pharmacist
...I became very proficient in performing the pain relieving procedures including but not limited to cervical, thoracic and lumbar translaminar and transforaminal epidural steroid injections, radiofrequency ablation of medial branches, lateral branches and peripheral nerves after the appropriate preliminary blocks, spinal cord stimulator trial placement and permanent placement. The work in pain medicine required management of narcotics, a progression to additional training in addiction medicine became necessary. Obtained special training and waiver from Dept. of Health and Human Services for Opiod addiction treatment to manage Suboxone, Subutex and buprenorphine. Obtained the ACGME recognized board certification for Addiction Medicine. Maintained experience in anesthesiology managing certified registered nurse anesthetist, anesthesiologist assistants and managing own cases....

Jessica Jameson, MD, FASA

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Pain Management - Medicine, Obesity - Spinal Cord Stimulator, Opioid, Facet, Epidural, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Radiofrequency Ablation, Neuromodulation, Failed back, Opioid, Interspinous spacer, Intrathecal pump, Cervical injections, Nerve blocks, Narcotic overdose, Spinal injections
Dr Jessica Jameson is a board certified anesthesiologist and Harvard trained Interventional Pain Physician. In addition, she is board certified in Obesity Medicine. She has been in clinical practice over 10 years and has numerous publications. She is actively involved in the boards of multiple pain societies. She holds one patent and has one patent pending. She is the founder of her current multi-disciplinary pain practice and continues to be actively involved in numerous clinical research trials.

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Illinois
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
...considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Health Risk Assessments, Risk Adjustment, HCC Medicare Part C Accountable Care • PBMs, Pharmaceuticals, CLIA, lab, pathology billing accuracy, privacy Pain management, ketamine, spinal...

Anthony H Guarino, MD GES, Inc.

Illinois
Pain Management - Medicine - Injection Complications, Opioid, Improper medication management, Spinal and epidural injections, Spinal cord injury from an injection, Nerve injury, Radiofrequency neuroablation injuries, Spine laser surgery, Spinal endoscopic surgery, spinal cord stimulators, intrathecal pumps
Dr. Anthony Guarino is a nationally recognized pain management expert and a celebrated clinician, teacher, author and researcher. His interest in pain management began during his undergraduate work at Yale University, and developed further during graduate studies in religion at Yale Divinity School. He completed a medical degree at the University of Maryland, an internship in medicine at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore and an anesthesiology residency and formal training in pain management at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Guarino served as director of pain management services for Washington University at Barnes Jewish West County Hospital for 21 years before accepting a new director position for Physician Partners of America in FL. He has over 20 years of experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys. The thoroughness of his work in combination with his ability to clearly communicate his findings to both attorneys and juries has lead him to have a very busy consultant practice...

Constantine L Fotopoulos, MD

Overland Park, Kansas
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Pain Management - Medicine - Back Pain, Neck Pain, Knee Pain, Sacroiliac Joint, SIJ, Radiofrequency Ablation, RFA, Genicular, Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, SpineJack, Vertiflex, PainTEQ, Spinal Cord Stimulation, SCS, Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation, Epidural Steroid Injections. ESI, Medial Branch Blocks, Compression Fracture
...Additionally he preforms and educates in Spinal Cord Stimulation. He was one of the earliest adaptors of the MILD procedure, Vertiflex, PainTEQ percutaneous SIJ fusion, and the Intracept procedure. He also regularly preforms and teaches in Vertebroplasty, Balloon Assisted Vertebroplasty (Kyphoplasty), Sacropasty and SpineJack. Dr Fotopoulos is a proud veteran of the United States Navy Diving community and an active Police Captain and additionally a SWAT Medical Director. He is also an instructor for the Police academy in Tactical Combat Casualty Care and Tactical Medicine. Voted “Kansas City Top Doctor” 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 Voted “Kansas City Super Doc” 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Louisiana
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
...considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Health Risk Assessments, Risk Adjustment, HCC Medicare Part C Accountable Care • PBMs, Pharmaceuticals, CLIA, lab, pathology billing accuracy, privacy Pain management, ketamine, spinal...

Michael B. Jacobs, MD, MPH

Potomac, Maryland
Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Interventional, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulator, SCS, DRG, PNS, Pain Pump, Epidural, Radiofrequency, PRP, Stem Cells, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Nerve Injury, Post-Operative Pain, Work Injury, Opioids, Buprenorphine, Medical Marijuana, Causation, Impairment
Dr. Jacobs is board certified in Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Occupational Medicine. He served over 20 years as a Navy physician, including roles as director of Pain Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and specialty consultant to the Navy Surgeon General and White House. He now practices as an Interventional Pain Management physician and is an associate professor of anesthesiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Jacobs has served on the guidelines committee of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, published numerous articles, and lectured at national conferences. Dr. Jacobs has an active clinical practice, including the management of complex chronic pain conditions, such as failed back surgery syndrome (post-laminectomy syndrome), complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), post-surgical pain (e.g hernia, joint replacement, nerve injury), and chronic joint, neck, and back pain. He performs advanced interventional...

Tom Simopoulos, M.D., M.A. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Southborough, Massachusetts
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - opioids, spinal cord stimulator, radiofrequency procedures, spinal injections, complex regional pain syndrome, Persistent pain after injuries, interventional pain, criminal, fraud, CRPS, ablations, nerve injury, chronic pain, failed back surgery, over dose, personal injury, RSD, disc herniation
...Simopoulos has strong clinical interests that include radiofrequency technology, intradiscal therapies and electrical stimulation of the spinal cord and peripheral nerves for chronic nerve injury related pain. His career includes serving as the immediate past division Chief of Pain Medicine at BIDMC for 5 years and the Director of Acute Post Operative Pain Service at BIDMC for five years as well. He sits on the Editorial Board for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and Interventional Pain Medicine. His articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Pain Physician, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Neuromodulation, and Anesthesia and Analgesia. In addition, he has authored clinical reviews in journals and book chapters in medical textbooks. He is an editorial consultant for Pain Practice and has been an ad hoc reviewer for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine....

Maricela Schnur, MD, MBA

Duluth, Minnesota
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Opioid Safety, Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, Neck Pain, Spinal Cord Simulation, Intrathecal Pumps, Low back Pain, Epidural safety, Cervical, thoracic, lumbar injections, Peripheral nerve blocks, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type I/II, Radiofrequency Ablations, Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
...She is skilled in performing a variety of interventional procedures to alleviate pain and improve quality of life for patients including epidurals, facet joint injections, medial branch blocks (cervical/thoracic/lumbar), radiofrequency ablations, spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulators and intrathecal pump placements. She is active in a number of professional societies and was a founding member of the Society of Women Innovators in Pain Management. She consults for device companies several times a year and teaches at cadaver courses around the country. She currently works full time at a hospital in Northern Minnesota as as interventional pain physician where she also has an administrative position as the Neuromusculoskeletal Dyad Leader at her hospital. Dr. Schnur is seeking opportunities to utilize expertise as an expert witness in legal cases related to the field of pain management, personal injury and medical malpractice....

Constantine L Fotopoulos, MD

Missouri
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Pain Management - Medicine - Back Pain, Neck Pain, Knee Pain, Sacroiliac Joint, SIJ, Radiofrequency Ablation, RFA, Genicular, Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, SpineJack, Vertiflex, PainTEQ, Spinal Cord Stimulation, SCS, Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation, Epidural Steroid Injections. ESI, Medial Branch Blocks, Compression Fracture
...Additionally he preforms and educates in Spinal Cord Stimulation. He was one of the earliest adaptors of the MILD procedure, Vertiflex, PainTEQ percutaneous SIJ fusion, and the Intracept procedure. He also regularly preforms and teaches in Vertebroplasty, Balloon Assisted Vertebroplasty (Kyphoplasty), Sacropasty and SpineJack. Dr Fotopoulos is a proud veteran of the United States Navy Diving community and an active Police Captain and additionally a SWAT Medical Director. He is also an instructor for the Police academy in Tactical Combat Casualty Care and Tactical Medicine. Voted “Kansas City Top Doctor” 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 Voted “Kansas City Super Doc” 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018

Anthony H Guarino, MD GES, Inc.

Chesterfield, Missouri
Pain Management - Medicine - Injection Complications, Opioid, Improper medication management, Spinal and epidural injections, Spinal cord injury from an injection, Nerve injury, Radiofrequency neuroablation injuries, Spine laser surgery, Spinal endoscopic surgery, spinal cord stimulators, intrathecal pumps
Dr. Anthony Guarino is a nationally recognized pain management expert and a celebrated clinician, teacher, author and researcher. His interest in pain management began during his undergraduate work at Yale University, and developed further during graduate studies in religion at Yale Divinity School. He completed a medical degree at the University of Maryland, an internship in medicine at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore and an anesthesiology residency and formal training in pain management at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Guarino served as director of pain management services for Washington University at Barnes Jewish West County Hospital for 21 years before accepting a new director position for Physician Partners of America in FL. He has over 20 years of experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys. The thoroughness of his work in combination with his ability to clearly communicate his findings to both attorneys and juries has lead him to have a very busy consultant practice...

Tobias A Mattei, MD Saint Louis University

St. Louis, Missouri
Neurological Surgery, Spine Surgery & Spine Care - spine surgery, lumbar disc herniation, spinal fusion, spinal trauma, spinal fracture, spinal fusion, kyphoplasty, vertebroplasty, spinal cord injury, myelopathy, radiculopathy, artificial disc replacement, spinal cord stimulation, failed back syndrome, chronic back pain, pseudarthrosis
I am a fellowship-trained academic neurosurgeon specialized in complex spine/deformity surgery, currently practicing as Assistant Professor of the Division of Neurosurgery of St. Louis University. I have been an active member of the North American Spine Society, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons as well as many other international societies. I am member of the editorial board of The Spine Journal and Deputy Editor of the North American Spine Society Journal, the new open access initiative of the North American Spine Society. I am an active reviewer of several other neurosurgical journals including World Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurology & Neurosurgery, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, Journal of Engineering in Medicine: Part H, British Journal of Neurosurgery and Neurological Sciences. I have already provided expert review services for several scientific funding agencies in the U.S. (including the NIH Panel...

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Nevada
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
...considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Health Risk Assessments, Risk Adjustment, HCC Medicare Part C Accountable Care • PBMs, Pharmaceuticals, CLIA, lab, pathology billing accuracy, privacy Pain management, ketamine, spinal...

Fardad Baroumand, MD

Nevada
Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Pain (spine, nerve, joint, soft tissue), Interventional pain management (epidural steroid/other injections, nerve blocks), Opioids/pain medications, Second opinion, Ineffective/failed spine/other surgeries, Complex/catastrophic cases, CRPS/RSD, Back pain, Motor vehicle accidents, chronic pain
....) - Work-related & personal injuries - Surgical indications for painful orthopedic conditions - Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary treatment of pain - Failed or ineffective pain interventions or surgeries - Nerve blocks, epidural, interventional pain management, nerve injury, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation - Opioid management, tolerance, dependence and addiction - Complex or catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries - Chronic pain with delayed recovery - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (CRPS/RSD) - Muscle spasms, fibromyalgia, low back pain, neck pain, and mid-back pain - Arthritic and degenerative disease - Spinal cord injury - Brain injury (TBI) - Diseases of discs, nerve roots, facet joints - Injuries in correctional settings (prisons, jails, detention centers) - Injuries caused by sliping or falling - Injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents (whiplash, fractures, brain damage, spinal cord injury, or death) - Injuries caused by acts...

F. Michael Ferrante, MD

Nevada
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Spinal interventions. Nerve Blocks, Implantable Intrathecal Pumps, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Spinal cord stimulation, Peripheral nerve stimulation, Spinal Injections, Epidural steroid Injections, Radiofrequency, Failed back syndrome, Spinal Medicine, neuropathic pain, MILD.
F. Michael Ferrante, MD, holds a BS in Biology from Tulane University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and a MD from New York Medical College. Dr. Ferrante completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. Between his residencies he did one year of an infectious disease fellowship at Barnes Hospital, Washington University. After Anesthesiology residency, he received his fellowship in Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ferrante is currently the Director of the UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center and Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles. Prior to coming to UCLA, Dr. Ferrante was the Director of Pain Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital and before that, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He was a member of the ASRA Board of Directors (1996-2011) and former President of ASRA (2007-2009). He is Board...

Robert H. Odell, Jr., MD, PhD Neuropathy & Pain Center of Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Low back pain, neck pain, personal injury, facet syndrome, discogenic disease, radiculopathy, CRPS, electromedicine, neuropathic pain, interventional pain management; medication management, including malpractice & DEA defense; over billing in pain management, over utilization in pain management
...His pain management experience includes lumbar decompression, spinal cord stimulator placement, and the new larger lesion radiofrequency procedures in the spine and for joint denervation as well as all standard interventional procedures. Other procedures offered include and lumbar, cervical and knee decompression and regenerative medicine techniques such as PRP. He is the Las Vegas representative for Stella, a program dedicated to helping patients with PTSD & anxiety using the stellate ganglion block. Dr. Odell has had extensive experience treating patients with the Sanexas device; he was instrumental in the development of the Combined Electrochemical Technique (CET), an innovative treatment for neuropathies and inflammation-based pain using local anesthetic blocks with Electronic Cell Signal Techniques (EST). He has done multiple reviews for plaintiff and defense medical-legal cases, including hundreds of medical records reviews....

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

New Jersey
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
...considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Health Risk Assessments, Risk Adjustment, HCC Medicare Part C Accountable Care • PBMs, Pharmaceuticals, CLIA, lab, pathology billing accuracy, privacy Pain management, ketamine, spinal...

John D. Tydings, MD Central Jersey Spine Associates, PA

Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Spine Surgery & Spine Care, Orthopedic Surgery - Lumbar Spine Surgery, Cervical Spine Surgery, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Spinal Trauma, Spinal Stenosis, Sacroiliac Joint Fusion, Failed Back Surgery, Spinal Instrumentation, Workers Compensation
I am a board certified, fellowship trained orthopaedic spinal surgeon in practice since 1990. I am familiar with all aspects of spinal surgery including the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine from a variety of approaches, both with and without instrumentation. I have been performing sacroiliac fusions since 1990. I have been implanting spinal cord stimulators since 1991. My practice predominantly involves Workers Compensation patients and patients injured as the result of motor vehicle accidents. I regularly perform Independent Medical Evaluations and I have testified numerous times as an expert witness.

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

New York
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
...considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Health Risk Assessments, Risk Adjustment, HCC Medicare Part C Accountable Care • PBMs, Pharmaceuticals, CLIA, lab, pathology billing accuracy, privacy Pain management, ketamine, spinal...

Joel Lane Kent, MD University of Rochester

Victor, New York
Pain Management - Medicine - Opioids, Buprenorphine, Interventional , Nerve blocks, Palliative care, Opioid, Morphine, CRPS, Epidural injections, Spinal hematoma, Narcotic, Methadone, Spinal cord stimulation, Overdose, hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Fentanyl, Intrathecal drug delivery, RSD, Nerve injury
...His specialties include acute and chronic pain management, opioid analgesics, interventional pain management therapies, spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal drug delivery, RSD/CRPS and low back pain. Dr. Kent has provided expert case reviews and testimony for over twenty years. The majority of his expert work has focused on the standard of care in the practice of Pain Medicine and the use of opioid analgesics. Dr. Kent has provided expert case opinions in Federal and State courts. He has provided defense support to the US Department of Justice in two cases. He has served as an expert witness and case reviewer for both Maryland and New York State. Dr. Kent assisted the District Attorney of New Jersey in prosecuting a case of unlawful prescribing of controlled substances. He has provided expert case review and litigation support to health insurance carriers seeking restitution for fraudulent expenses related to opioid therapy. Over the course of his career, Dr....

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Oregon
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
...considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Health Risk Assessments, Risk Adjustment, HCC Medicare Part C Accountable Care • PBMs, Pharmaceuticals, CLIA, lab, pathology billing accuracy, privacy Pain management, ketamine, spinal...

F. Michael Ferrante, MD

Oregon
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Spinal interventions. Nerve Blocks, Implantable Intrathecal Pumps, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Spinal cord stimulation, Peripheral nerve stimulation, Spinal Injections, Epidural steroid Injections, Radiofrequency, Failed back syndrome, Spinal Medicine, neuropathic pain, MILD.
F. Michael Ferrante, MD, holds a BS in Biology from Tulane University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and a MD from New York Medical College. Dr. Ferrante completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. Between his residencies he did one year of an infectious disease fellowship at Barnes Hospital, Washington University. After Anesthesiology residency, he received his fellowship in Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ferrante is currently the Director of the UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center and Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles. Prior to coming to UCLA, Dr. Ferrante was the Director of Pain Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital and before that, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He was a member of the ASRA Board of Directors (1996-2011) and former President of ASRA (2007-2009). He is Board...

Matthew Tormenti, MD, MBA

Newtown, Pennsylvania
Spine Surgery & Spine Care, Neurological Surgery - Spine Surgery, Spinal Fusion, microdiscectomy, cervical fusion, TLIF,Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion,Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Healthcare Economics Intraoperative Neuromonitoring, Cauda equina, pedicle screw, Spinal cord injury, spinal cord stimulation,
I am a board-certified neurosurgeon with an active clinical practice based in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I am a down to earth and straightforward individual. Patients often comment on my approachability. I received my residency training at the University of Pittsburgh, one of the top rated clinical and research programs in the country. I've authored over 20 peer reviewed articles and given presentations nationally and internationally. I operate at several community hospitals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. I was the Chief of Neurosurgery at a level -2 Trauma center in Pennsylvania for 5 years. Consistently, I am selected for Castle Connolly Top Doctors and Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors. Following several years in practice I went back to school to obtain my MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. I currently am a partner at my practice and assist with management and strategy development and deployment. I have testified numerous times as an expert...

Matthew P Rupert, MD MS FIPP DABIPP DABA Vertex Spine

Franklin, Tennessee
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Interventional Pain Medicine, Minimally Invasive Spine, Spinal Cord Stimulator, Peripheral Nerve Stimulator, Headache Stimulator, Facial Pain, Headache, Migraine, CRPS, Non-drug Therapy, MIS, Laser Spine, Medical Device, Biomechanics, Injury Forces, Balanced Review, Conflict Resolution
My mission is to promote the advancement and development of cutting-edge truly minimally invasive surgery for acute and chronic pain conditions. I provide individualized treatment and not cookie cutter care. I am appreciative of various viewpoints on the treatment of pain, the current evidence based medicine as well as treatments that are not mainstream. Board certified Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice internationally by the World Institute of Pain Board certified Interventional Pain Physician by the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Board certfifed in Interventional Pain Medicine by the American Board of Medical Specialties Board certified in Anesthesiology by the American Board of Medical Specialties Multiple medical and biomechanical device inventions Ability to give neutral and bilateral viewpoints of difficult medical treatment situations Active involvement of local, national and international educational societies Author of many interventional pain medicine...

Kenneth T. Sykes, MD, PhD Mid-Tennessee Bone and Joint Cinic, a division of Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance

Spring Hill , Tennessee
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Pain Management, Interventional Pain Management, Anesthesiology, Back and Neck Pain, Facet Blocks, Epidurals, Peripheral Nerve Blocks, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Intrathecal Pumps, Radiofrequency, Medication Errors, Narcotic Prescriptions, Opioids, CRPS, Sedation by non-anesthesiology practitioner
...Kenneth Sykes, MD PhD is a fellowship-trained interventional pain anesthesiologist who treats both acute and chronic pain conditions, specializing in treating spinal pain, ranging from work accidents, personal injuries, sports injuries, and degenerative conditions. He is also an expert in other areas of general anesthesiology including patient safety, perioperative processes, surgical positioning, same day surgery, and regional (nerve block) anesthesia. He completed a family medicine internship at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa, then went on to complete a residency in anesthesiology and a pain management fellowship at the prestigious Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Dr....

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Texas
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
...considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Health Risk Assessments, Risk Adjustment, HCC Medicare Part C Accountable Care • PBMs, Pharmaceuticals, CLIA, lab, pathology billing accuracy, privacy Pain management, ketamine, spinal...

Simon Dardashti, MD, MS

Texas
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Pain Management, Causation, Disability, Sciatica, Epidural, Radiculopathy, Back Neck Pain, Peer review, Overdose, Personal Injury, Spinal injury, Whiplash, Slip Trip Fall, Spondylosis, Radiofrequency, Facet Injections, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Opiate Narcotic
...Simon Dardashti is a distinguished Pain Management Physician with a wealth of experience and expertise in the field of spinal injury. His professional background includes: Education: Dr. Dardashti graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, followed by a Master’s degree from Georgetown University and an MD degree from the Chicago Medical School. Training: He completed a rigorous four-year internship/residency in Anesthesiology at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center, and further specialized in Interventional Spine and Pain Management through a Fellowship program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Professional Experience: Dr. Dardashti has been actively practicing since 2016, focusing on Pain Management, Anesthesiology, and Medical Corporate Compliance. He has worked in various settings including outpatient private practice and inpatient hospital practice....

Vishal Kancherla, DO Texas Orthopedics Sports and Rehabilitation

Austin, Texas
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Pain Management - Medicine - radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulators, nerve blocks, EPI steroid injections, spine injections, sacroiliac injections, trigger point injections, regenerative medicine, transforaminal epidural steroid injections, ultrasound guided injections, fluoroscopic guided injections
...I currently opine on multiple diagnoses and treatments including, but not limited to: INJURIES & CONDITIONS - CAUSATION & TREATMENT Whiplash Low Back Pain Neck Pain Thoracic Pain Sciatica Spinal Stenosis Radiculopathy Spondylolisthesis Hip Injuries Knee Injuries Shoulder Injuries Nerve Pain Spinal Fractures Tendon And Ligament Injuries Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Occipital Neuralgia Headaches Neuropathic Pain Opioid And Pharmaceutical Management Chiropractic Care Physical Therapy Complications Related To Interventional Pain Procedures Chiropractic Care Physical Therapy PROCEDURES & TREATMENTS Radiofrequency Ablation Spinal Cord Stimulators Nerve Blocks Epidural Steroid Injections Spine Injections Sacroiliac Injections Trigger Point Injections Joint Injections Regenerative Medicine Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections Ultrasound Guided Injections Fluoroscopic Guided Injections Complications of Interventional Pain Procedures Opioid and Pharmacological Pain Management

Edrick E Lopez, MD, JD DFW Interventional Pain Institute

Irving, Texas
Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, Life Care Planning, Nerve Injury & Pain, Nerve Blocks, Epidural Injections, Cervical Injections, Spinal Injections, Chronic pain, Opioids, Pill Mill, Overprescribing, Addiction, Back Pain, Neck Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulation
...He has published articles related to SI joint pain, spinal stenosis, epidural steroid injections, and chronic pain among others.

Robert John Nocerini, MD, MHSA Northstar Joint and Spine

Plano, Texas
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, Life Care Planning, Nerve Injury & Pain, Nerve Blocks, Epidural Injections, Cervical Injections, Spinal Injections, Chronic pain, Opioids, Pill Mill, Overprescribing, Addiction, Back Pain, Neck Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulation
Triple Board-Certified Pain Physician in active clinical practice. Boarded in Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine. Highly experienced expert witness and life care planner – has testified at over 50 depositions and multiple trials.

Robert H. Odell, Jr., MD, PhD Neuropathy & Pain Center of Las Vegas

Texas
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Low back pain, neck pain, personal injury, facet syndrome, discogenic disease, radiculopathy, CRPS, electromedicine, neuropathic pain, interventional pain management; medication management, including malpractice & DEA defense; over billing in pain management, over utilization in pain management
...His pain management experience includes lumbar decompression, spinal cord stimulator placement, and the new larger lesion radiofrequency procedures in the spine and for joint denervation as well as all standard interventional procedures. Other procedures offered include and lumbar, cervical and knee decompression and regenerative medicine techniques such as PRP. He is the Las Vegas representative for Stella, a program dedicated to helping patients with PTSD & anxiety using the stellate ganglion block. Dr. Odell has had extensive experience treating patients with the Sanexas device; he was instrumental in the development of the Combined Electrochemical Technique (CET), an innovative treatment for neuropathies and inflammation-based pain using local anesthetic blocks with Electronic Cell Signal Techniques (EST). He has done multiple reviews for plaintiff and defense medical-legal cases, including hundreds of medical records reviews....

Cristy M Schade, MD, PhD, PE Advanced Pain Solutions

Mesquite, Texas
Pain Management - Medicine, Disability Evaluation - CRPS, complex regional pain syndrome, RSD, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, implanted drug pumps for pain, ESI, epidural steroids, nerve pain, chronic pain, sciatic leg pain, opioid abuse, opioid addiction, illegally manufactured fentanyl deaths, failed back surgery syndrome, IME, Future Medical Needs
...Schade’s 35+ years of forensic experience includes medical malpractice, CRPS, complex regional pain syndrome litigation, spinal cord stimulation litigation, medical device-related litigation, pain and suffering, opioid overdoses, including the current epidemic of illegally manufactured fentanyl deaths, future medical and disability claims, and fraud and abuse related to billing and coding, having authored many billing controverting affidavits. Judges have told Dr. Schade that he was the most outstanding testifying expert they had ever heard because of his ability to combine medical expertise, training, and experience with the scientific literature using straightforward and logical engineering-based analysis and presentation. Dr. Schade completed PhDs in electrical engineering and computer science in artificial intelligence at Stanford University. Dr....

Ramesh Singa, MD HealthAdvise

Austin, Texas
Anesthesiology, Pain Management - Medicine - Interventional pain management, intrathecal targeted drug delivery, pump, injection, epidural, facet, radiofrequency ablation, rhizotomy, neck, back, cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sciatica, radiculopathy, neuropathy, spinal cord stimulation, nerve injury, herniated disc, degeneration, osteoarthritis
Ramesh Singa, MD, is a pain management physician board certified in Pain Management and Anesthesiology. He is part of the Republic Spine and Pain team in Leander and Austin, TX. With over 15yrs experience, Dr. Singa’s top areas of expertise are Invertebral Disc Disease, Sacroiliac Joint Disease, Cervical Spondylosis, and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Training Medical Rusha Medical College Residency St. Barnabas Health Care System Fellowship Rush University Medical Center Board Certifications American Board of Anesthesiology American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

Robert H. Odell, Jr., MD, PhD Neuropathy & Pain Center of Las Vegas

Utah
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Low back pain, neck pain, personal injury, facet syndrome, discogenic disease, radiculopathy, CRPS, electromedicine, neuropathic pain, interventional pain management; medication management, including malpractice & DEA defense; over billing in pain management, over utilization in pain management
...His pain management experience includes lumbar decompression, spinal cord stimulator placement, and the new larger lesion radiofrequency procedures in the spine and for joint denervation as well as all standard interventional procedures. Other procedures offered include and lumbar, cervical and knee decompression and regenerative medicine techniques such as PRP. He is the Las Vegas representative for Stella, a program dedicated to helping patients with PTSD & anxiety using the stellate ganglion block. Dr. Odell has had extensive experience treating patients with the Sanexas device; he was instrumental in the development of the Combined Electrochemical Technique (CET), an innovative treatment for neuropathies and inflammation-based pain using local anesthetic blocks with Electronic Cell Signal Techniques (EST). He has done multiple reviews for plaintiff and defense medical-legal cases, including hundreds of medical records reviews....

Jackson B Salvant, MD, FAANS, FACS Southeastern Neurosurgical Consulting LLC

Newport News, Virginia
Neurological Surgery, Spine Surgery & Spine Care - Craniotomy, Spinal Fusion, Head Injury, Spinal Injury, Brain Injury, Spinal Surgery, Pituitary , Brain Tumor, Brain Aneurysm, Deep Brain Stimulation, MRIGFUS neuro critical care, brain surgery, radiosurgery, AVM, Parkinson's, Gamma Knife, neck injury, back injury, spinal fracture, subdural
...I have lengthy experience in head and spinal injury treatment, spinal surgery, brain tumor surgery, pituitary surgery, gamma knife treatment, deep brain stimulation and neurosurgical critical care. I can provide review of medical records and expert testimony as required. I do not currently care for pediatric patients or perform endovascular procedures for stroke or vascular conditions. I have provided review for defense and plaintiff counsel.

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Washington
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
...considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Health Risk Assessments, Risk Adjustment, HCC Medicare Part C Accountable Care • PBMs, Pharmaceuticals, CLIA, lab, pathology billing accuracy, privacy Pain management, ketamine, spinal...

Justin B Boge, DO, DABA, MHA, MS, BS Chamuel, LLC

La Crosse, Wisconsin
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Nerve epidural joint injections, quality assurance, risk management, ketamine, cannabis, marijuana, opioids, rhizotomy, radio frequency ablation, Chronic Pain, postoperative pain, Spinal Cord stimulator, pain pump, CRPS/RSD, interventional medical management, injury, infection, paralysis, death
Award winning teacher and lecturer, double board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine by the American Board of Anesthesia (ABA). Dr. Boge received a Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP), medical school scholarship from the US Air Force (1996-2000). Dr. Boge has worked in Risk Management and Quality Assurance as an Active Duty Pain and Anesthesia physician with the US Air Force. Dr. Boge also served as an Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (2006 to 2016). Dr. Boge has over 23 years of experience reviewing medical records and practicing pain and anesthesia medicine. Dr. Boge has experience in report writing, deposition and courtroom testimony. Dr. Boge recently completed a master’s in health care administration (MHA) from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (December 2021), utilizing his veteran Post 9-11 scholarship. He answers phone calls/emails promptly and is respectful of deadlines....