Chronic Illness Expert Witnesses

Vista, California

Life Care Planning - Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Multiple Trauma, Burn Injury, Pain Management, Chronic Illness, Chronic pain, Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome, Catastrophic Injury, Amputation Injury, Crush Injury, Life Care Plan Rebuttal, Life Care Plan

Erika Browning, BSN, RN, CCM, CLCP, is the founder and CEO of EB Medical Planning, a company that provides life care plans, life care plan rebuttals, medical record reviews, medical bill reviews, and future medical cost projections. Ms. Browning has been a Registered Nurse for 13 plus years. She graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2011. She has extensive clinical experience in ER and ICU settings. Ms. Browning transitioned to nurse case management in 2018 where she manages, coordinates, and assesses the healthcare needs for catastrophically injured patients. She is a Certified Case Manager and a Certified Life Care Planner. Ms. Browning has extensive experience with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, burns, multiple trauma, orthopedic injuries, chronic pain, and amputations. She has deposition experience and has given presentations on life care planning to various organizations. She primarily works in California, but is available...

Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania

Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine - environmental medicine, sick building syndrome, dual diagnosis, disability, family medicine, mold toxicity, opioid addiction, medication assisted treatment, low back disorders, impaired drivers, wrongful death, mycotoxin illness, chronic pain, motor vehicle accidents, hospitalist/ hospital medicine, chronic illness, sciatica

April Vukelic, D.O., IFMCP, ReCODE 2.0 Certified Physician, is quadruple board certified by The Institute for Functional Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine(Addiction Medicine), and The American Board of Addiction Medicine. In 2022, she was named a faculty member as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.  Dr. Vukelic holds 2 board certifications in addiction medicine. She can offer expert witness services regarding impairment, intoxication, withdrawal, motor vehicle accidents involving drug and alcohol use, methadone use and impairment, and opiate addiction. Dr. Vukelic can speak not only to the toxicology of drug and alcohol use, but also to behavior. Dr. Vukelic works in the field of biotoxin illness, including mold illness caused by water-damaged buildings. She has written a textbook chapter and co-wrote 8 other chapters with Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker, Dr. Andy Heyman, and Larry Schwar...

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...