Coronary Artery Bypass Expert Witnesses

Colorado

Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine - Cardiac Anesthesiology, Vascular Anesthesiology, Thoracic Anesthesiology, Airway, Aortic Valve Replacement, Mitral Valve Replacement, Coronary Artery Bypass, Central Line, Arterial Line, Nerve Block, Critical Care Medicine, ICU, Cardiovascular ICU, VATS, Thoracotomy, Aortic surgery, TEE, Transesophageal Echocardiography

Paul Pisklak, MD, is a triple board-certified physician with active certification in Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE, ultrasound imaging of the heart via the esophagus) with over 12 years of clinical experience across Texas, Iowa and Colorado. He specializes in the perioperative care of patients undergoing complex cardiac, thoracic, and vascular procedures, including coronary artery bypass grafting (heart bypass surgery), heart valve replacement and heart valve repair surgery, aortic surgery (repair of major blood vessels), video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and management of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Dr. Pisklak has held multiple hospital appointments and has served on key committees focused on quality improvement, ethics, and cardiovascular outcomes. He has taught nurses and residents through formal lectures, simulation training, and clinical education programs. He has...

Ormond Beach, Florida

Cardiothoracic Surgery - Valvular Heart Disease, Heart valve repair or replacement, Structural Heart, Coronary artery disease e, Minimally invasive heart surgery, Heart surgery, Coronary artery bypass, Open heart surgery, Ascending Aortic surgery, Aortic dissection, Ascending aortic aneurysm

I have spent over 30 years in both academic cardiac surgery (10 years at Vanderbilt) and private practice (initially in Tennessee and subsequently in Florida). I participated in the initial US trial for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and have continued involvement with TAVR and structural heart programs. My surgical practice has focused on valve repair and replacement and coronary artery bypass, but I have experience in the breadth of cardiac surgery.

Columbia, South Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease, Legal Nurse Consulting - Falls, Telemetry, General Cardiology, Cardiac procedures, Catheterization Lab, EKGs, Case Management, Coronary Artery Bypass, Cardiac rehabilitation, Anticoagulation medication

Yvette Twum-Danso, PhD, RN, CCRN With 29 years of nursing experience, Dr. Yvette Twum-Danso is a CCRN-certified cardiology nurse expert in cardiac procedures, heart catheterization, and telemetry nursing. She holds a PhD in Nursing. A veteran captain in the US Army, Dr. Twum-Danso brings leadership and precision to her work. She has been retained as a nurse expert over 30 cases, with deposition testimony seven (7) times, and has testified in 1 trial.

Sugar Land, Texas

Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine - Cardiac Anesthesiology, Vascular Anesthesiology, Thoracic Anesthesiology, Airway, Aortic Valve Replacement, Mitral Valve Replacement, Coronary Artery Bypass, Central Line, Arterial Line, Nerve Block, Critical Care Medicine, ICU, Cardiovascular ICU, VATS, Thoracotomy, Aortic surgery, TEE, Transesophageal Echocardiography

Paul Pisklak, MD, is a triple board-certified physician with active certification in Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE, ultrasound imaging of the heart via the esophagus) with over 12 years of clinical experience across Texas, Iowa and Colorado. He specializes in the perioperative care of patients undergoing complex cardiac, thoracic, and vascular procedures, including coronary artery bypass grafting (heart bypass surgery), heart valve replacement and heart valve repair surgery, aortic surgery (repair of major blood vessels), video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and management of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Dr. Pisklak has held multiple hospital appointments and has served on key committees focused on quality improvement, ethics, and cardiovascular outcomes. He has taught nurses and residents through formal lectures, simulation training, and clinical education programs. He has...