Advance Directives Expert Witnesses

Centennial, Colorado

Hospitalist, Hospice and Palliative Care - Clinical ethics, Medical ethics, Hospital medicine, Internal Medicine, Palliative medicine, Hospice, End of life care, Power of attorney, Surrogate decision making, MOST, POLST, MOLST, Advance Directives, CPR directive, organ procurement, organ donation, Medicolegal, Organizational ethics, bioethics

Practicing high quality adult hospital medicine and inpatient palliative and hospice medicine in high-volume academic urban teaching hospitals since 2010, including the care of incarcerated adult patients. Medical Director of Colorado Works for International Physicians - pre-residency clinical training program for international medical graduates seeking to do primary care residency in the United States. Board certified through ABIM in Internal Medicine since 2009. Founding member the Division of Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Denver Health and Hospital Authority. Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Pending dissertation in Healthcare Ethics on moral formation of physicians Performing clinical ethics consultations in academic hospitals since 2011, covering a range of topics including but not limited to capacity/competency, informed consent, withdrawal of life sustaining treatment and end-of-life-care (including medical aid in dying-MA...

Gainesville, Georgia

Hospice and Palliative Care, Geriatrics - Hospice Fraud, Terminality, Medical Necessity, Capacity Assessments, Testamentary Capacity, Undue Influence, Standards of Care, Palliative Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicare Compliance, False Claims Act, Informed Consent, Patient Autonomy, Goals of Care, Surrogate Decision-making, Dementia, Terminal Prognosis, Advance Directives

As a board-certified physician in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, I have been at the forefront of the field for over two decades. In 2008, I founded and developed WellStar Health System's Palliative Care program, establishing the clinical protocols, ethical frameworks, and documentation standards at a time when only one other program (Emory) existed in the region. Having served as a hospice medical director before Face-to-Face (F2F) documentation was a regulatory requirement, I have experienced the full evolution of hospice oversight. This foundational experience provides me with a unique and historically grounded perspective on the National Standard of Care. I bring extensive clinical experience in leading high-stakes goals-of-care conversations and thoroughly documenting patient wishes. I have firsthand experience with the nuances of family disagreements and the challenges of evaluating the validity of Advance Directives. My forensic expertise lies in determining whether clinica...

Austin, Texas

Hospice and Palliative Care, Internal Medicine - End of life, Serious illness, Chronic illness, End-of-life decision making, Goals of care documentation, Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine, Hospice, Medical decision-making, Clinical decision-making, Advanced Directives, Advance Directives, General Inpatient Hospice, GIP Hospice, Complex symptom management, Surrogate decision

I have been practicing as a Board-certified Internal Medicine physician since 2001 and as a Board-Certified Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician since 2008. I practiced hospital-based palliative medicine in an urban teaching hospital prior to transitioning to work as a community-based hospice physician. I have worked as a Hospice Medical Director since 2020 and have been involved in multiple quality improvement projects and audits. I oversee multiple physicians and nurse practitioners and make hospice visits in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and private residences. I continue to participate in Maintenance of Certification for my primary and secondary board certifications. I am also board certified as a Hospice Medical Director by the Hospice Medical Director Certification Board. I am a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. I am also the site director for the Dell Medical School Hospice a...

Houston, Texas

Geriatrics, Family Medicine - nursing home expert, elder abuse expert, elder neglect expert, geriatric medicine, long-term care, assisted living, hospice, pressure ulcers, falls, sepsis, cognitive impairment, dementia, medication errors, DNR, medical malpractice, injury and death causation, nursing home neglect, advance directives, bedsores, independent medical exam

Pippa Schnee, M.D. is a board-certified family medicine physician with over a decade of experience in geriatric care. She has provided hands-on medical treatment and oversight for elderly patients in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospice settings, and currently serves as medical director for several hospice organizations in Texas. Dr. Schnee is available to assist attorneys with expert medical review and analysis in cases involving nursing home and assisted living care, geriatric injuries, elder neglect, capacity and consent, and end-of-life care. Her clinical practice has included direct care for patients with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple chronic conditions, and complex medical needs in long-term care environments. She offers unbiased, medically grounded evaluations of: Alleged nursing home neglect resulting in injury or death Pressure ulcers (bedsores) Falls and physical injuries Sepsis and delayed treatment Medication mismanagement Malnutrition or d...