Cesarean Delivery Expert Witnesses

Arlington Heights, Illinois

Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal & Fetal Medicine - Audit Trails, Cesarean Delivery, Vacuum Assisted Delivery, Forcep Assisted Delivery, PreEclampsia, Eclampsia, Gestational Diabetes, Gestational Hypertension, Multiple Gestation, Percreta/Increta, Hemorrhage, Thrombocytopenia, Induction, Maternal Fetal Hemorrhage, Oxytocin, Magnesium, Cytotec/Misoprostol, Foley/Cook Balloon, L&D, Insulin

I am a master’s prepared Registered Nurse, Board Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics, Inpatient Antepartum, and Electronic Fetal Monitoring. With a career rooted in direct patient care, I have spent years providing expert nursing services in a high-acuity Level III perinatal center, including labor and delivery, antepartum, postpartum, newborn nursery, and limited neonatal intensive care settings. My clinical practice reflects a strong commitment to patient and family-centered care, with a consistent record of excellence in managing complex obstetrical and perinatal cases. Beyond bedside care, I have played a key role in professional development and clinical education. I have trained and oriented new staff nurses and nursing assistants, coordinated and led obstetric emergency simulation drills, and served as an instructor for yearly competencies and new policies and protocols. My experience also includes direct involvement in fetal surgeries during the antenatal period as well as com...

New York, New York

Anesthesiology, Obstetrical Anesthesiology - epidurals, airway management, failed intubation, aspiration, hypoxic injury, medication errors, procedural sedation, patient safety, systems failures, standard of care, neuraxial anesthesia, OB hemorrhage, anesthesia complications, adverse events, informed consent, cesarean delivery, maternal safety, Post dural puncture headache

Hilary Gallin, MD, MBA Obstetric & General Anesthesiology | Expert Witness Services Dr. Hilary Gallin is a Harvard-trained, board-certified anesthesiologist on faculty at a major academic medical center in New York City. She maintains an active clinical practice in both obstetric and general anesthesia, giving her broad expertise across a wide range of anesthesia-related litigation. She accepts plaintiff and defense cases equally and is available for record review, written opinions, and testimony nationwide. Dr. Gallin's obstetric anesthesia expertise covers the full scope of labor and delivery anesthesia care, including neuraxial complications, obstetric hemorrhage and emergency resuscitation, medication errors, and the standard of care in high-risk obstetric settings. Her general anesthesia practice extends her medicolegal reach to perioperative complications, airway management, monitored anesthesia care (MAC), and adverse events across surgical subspecialties, making her an eff...