Decompression Illness Expert Witnesses

Neurology, Brain Injury Medicine - Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine, Maritime Injury, Decompression Sickness, Arterial Gas Embolism, Diving Injury, Decompression Illness, Dysbaric Osteonecrosis, Undersea Medicine, Hyperbaric Oxygen, Spinal cord, Diving Accidents, Traumatic Brain Injury TBI, Concussion, SCUBA, Saturation, barotrauma

Provide objective evidence of abnormalities using eye tracking device, balance tracking device, home sleep study, and actigraphy (sleep/wake cycles over days-weeks). Dr. Diana Barratt, a board-certified neurologist, has received awards from the American Academy of Neurology and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She earned a BS in engineering and an MD from the University of Florida; she earned a Master’s in Public Health degree from Harvard. Her national awards include the American Academy of Neurology Clerkship Director Teaching Award, the American Academy of Neurology Clerkship Director Innovation Award, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Faculty Innovation Award, and the Association of American Medical College’s MedEdPORTAL Editor’s Choice Special Distinction for an EEG and Sleep publication. She has also published on increased intracranial pressure and traumatic brain injury. Dr. Barratt is a reviewer for Neurology, the most widely read and highly ci...

Emergency Medicine - High altitude illness, hypothermia, frostbite, dehydration, heat illness, heat stroke, dive injuries, arterial gas embolism, decompression illness, marine medicine, envenomations, travel medicine, animal attacks, acquired angioedema, ozone toxicity, physical/chemical restraints, stroke, sepsis

I am an Emergency Medicine (EM) physician and have been practicing EM full-time for over 15 years. I currently work in freestanding Emergency Departments (EDs) in both urban and rural areas, which are EDs not attached to a hospital. I am board certified with the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and also hold a Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) with a specialization on subjects such as hypothermia, frostbite, heat stroke, altitude illness, and animal attacks/envenomations. I am currently a candidate for a Diploma in Dive & Marine Medicine (DiDMM) with a further focus on dive injuries and marine medicine. I earned my medical degree (MD) at the University of Oklahoma and completed my EM residency at the University of Florida - Jacksonville, a designated level 1 trauma center, which is the highest designation for trauma centers for the sickest trauma patients. I have worked for several years in a variety of settings such as trauma centers, academic inst...

Emergency Medicine - High altitude illness, hypothermia, frostbite, dehydration, heat illness, heat stroke, dive injuries, arterial gas embolism, decompression illness, marine medicine, envenomations, travel medicine, animal attacks, acquired angioedema, ozone toxicity, physical/chemical restraints, stroke, sepsis

I am an Emergency Medicine (EM) physician and have been practicing EM full-time for over 15 years. I currently work in freestanding Emergency Departments (EDs) in both urban and rural areas, which are EDs not attached to a hospital. I am board certified with the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and also hold a Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) with a specialization on subjects such as hypothermia, frostbite, heat stroke, altitude illness, and animal attacks/envenomations. I am currently a candidate for a Diploma in Dive & Marine Medicine (DiDMM) with a further focus on dive injuries and marine medicine. I earned my medical degree (MD) at the University of Oklahoma and completed my EM residency at the University of Florida - Jacksonville, a designated level 1 trauma center, which is the highest designation for trauma centers for the sickest trauma patients. I have worked for several years in a variety of settings such as trauma centers, academic inst...