Complex Wound Care Expert Witnesses

Palo Alto, California

Physician Assistant, Plastic Surgery - reconstructive surgery, complex scars, breast reconstruction, breast reduction, body contouring, facial trauma, abdominal wall reconstruction, complex wound care, postoperative complications, documentation review, Scar management, PA standard of care, abdominoplasty, liposuction, Keloid scar, hypertrophic scar, Free flap recon

Tavish Spargo is a board‑certified physician associate who has practiced plastic and reconstructive surgery at Stanford Health Care since 2019. After earning his Master of Physician Assistant Studies at the University of Southern California, he moved to the Bay Area and joined Stanford’s plastic surgery program. During his training he completed an intensive senior clerkship in trauma plastic surgery and worked for a prominent trauma/plastic surgery group in Pasadena. In his current role he supports several plastic surgeons and manages outpatient care for cosmetic and reconstructive patients. Tavish’s clinical focus includes breast reconstruction, body contouring, facial trauma/reconstruction, abdominal wall reconstruction, soft tissue reconstruction, free flap reconstruction, lymphedema, complex wound care and cosmetic surgery. He is the lead clinician for Stanford’s Scar Clinic and organizes/operates Reconstruction Clinic Teaching Rounds, creating protocols and lectures for mu...

Oak Park, Illinois

Trauma Surgery, Wound Care - Burns, Burn Care, Burn Surgery, Pediatric burns, Acute wounds, Complex wound care, Frostbite, SJS and TENS, Surgical Critical Care, Inhalation injury, Severe soft tissue infection, Necrotizing fasciitis

Dr. Carson is an academic burn surgeon and intensivist practicing at one of the busiest burn centers in the country. He is board certified in general surgery and surgical critical care. His clinical and academic interests both focus on burn injuries and other injuries to the skin and soft tissues, including both acute management and management of long term sequelae (eg burn reconstruction and scar management). He treats both adult and pediatric patients. Dr. Carson has treated thousands of patients with serious burn injuries, and has published extensively on burn surgery, wound care and related topics. A respected authority in the field of burn care, Dr. Carson is a member of the editorial board of the field's pre-eminent journal (JBCR), and serves on national committees of several burn-related professional associations (American Burn Association, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma).

West Chester, Pennsylvania

General Surgery, Critical Care Surgery - Burns, Wounds, Complex wound care, Pressure wounds, General surgery, Inhalation Injury, Chemical burn, Scald, Contact burn

Board certified by the American Board of surgery in general surgery and surgical critical care, with specialization in burn care. Experience includes thermal, chemical, contact injuries, scalds, electrical injuries, inhalation injuries as well as complex wound care, necrotizing soft tissue infections, pressure related injuries. Licensed and currently practices in Pennsylvania.