Drowsy Driving Expert Witnesses

California

Human Factors, Biomechanics - Human Factors Engineering, User Experience, UX/UI, Perception-Reaction Time, PRT, Slips Trips and Falls, Drowsy Driving, PERCLOS, Looked But Failed To See, Satisfaction of Search, Warning Labels, Visual Conspicuity, Premises Liability, Software Platform Liability, Heavy Machinery, Elevator Accidents, Intersection Sight Distance, App

EXPERT OVERVIEW Michael Vredenburgh, M.S., is the Founder and Principal Expert at Vantage Forensics. With over 15 years of forensic consulting and scientific research experience, he specializes in the intersection of Human Factors Engineering, Applied Biomechanics, and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Mr. Vredenburgh applies fundamental physics, computational simulations, and validated human-performance metrics to objectively evaluate human-system interactions and accident causation. Retained as a primary expert in over 100 complex litigation matters, he maintains a rigorously objective, 50/50 balanced practice serving both plaintiff and defense counsel. He has been deposed and testified at trial 17 times since 2021 with zero Daubert exclusions, regularly qualifying in both state and federal courts. PHYSICAL HUMAN FACTORS & APPLIED BIOMECHANICS Mr. Vredenburgh analyzes the critical interaction between individuals, their environment, and physical forces. He utilizes state-of-the-a...

Los Angeles, California

Pulmonary Disease, Sleep Medicine - Asthma, Central Sleep Apnea, COPD, Cough, CPAP, Drowsy Driving, Emphysema, Hypersomnia, Insomnia, Lung Cancer, Narcolepsy, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Parasomnia, Pneumonia, Pulmonary Embolism, Pulmonary Nodule, REM Behavior Disorder, Respiratory Failure, Restless Legs Syndrome, Sarcoid

Dr. Roy Artal is a multi-board-certified physician specializing in pulmonary medicine, sleep medicine, and critical care medicine, with more than 20 years of full-time clinical practice in Southern California. He has served as a medical-legal expert witness on behalf of both plaintiff and defense counsel for over 20 years, having reviewed 100-plus cases, provided deposition testimony on approximately 20 occasions, and authored detailed, evidence-based medical-legal reports; his opinions have never been excluded. A graduate of the UCLA School of Medicine, Dr. Artal completed his undergraduate degree with honors at the University of Southern California, his Internal Medicine residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine through the Cedars-Sinai–UCLA–Veterans Administration Combined Fellowship Program. He has been in full-time clinical practice since 2001 and is a member of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine...

Tampa, Florida

Human Factors, Biomechanics - Human Factors Engineering, User Experience, UX/UI, Perception-Reaction Time, PRT, Slips Trips and Falls, Drowsy Driving, PERCLOS, Looked But Failed To See, Satisfaction of Search, Warning Labels, Visual Conspicuity, Premises Liability, Software Platform Liability, Heavy Machinery, Elevator Accidents, Intersection Sight Distance, App

EXPERT OVERVIEW Michael Vredenburgh, M.S., is the Founder and Principal Expert at Vantage Forensics. With over 15 years of forensic consulting and scientific research experience, he specializes in the intersection of Human Factors Engineering, Applied Biomechanics, and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Mr. Vredenburgh applies fundamental physics, computational simulations, and validated human-performance metrics to objectively evaluate human-system interactions and accident causation. Retained as a primary expert in over 100 complex litigation matters, he maintains a rigorously objective, 50/50 balanced practice serving both plaintiff and defense counsel. He has been deposed and testified at trial 17 times since 2021 with zero Daubert exclusions, regularly qualifying in both state and federal courts. PHYSICAL HUMAN FACTORS & APPLIED BIOMECHANICS Mr. Vredenburgh analyzes the critical interaction between individuals, their environment, and physical forces. He utilizes state-of-the-a...

Stoneham, Massachusetts

Transportation, Human Factors - Driver Fatigue, Fatigue Impairment, Human Fatigue, Accident Invesitgation, Human Factors, Operator Fatigue, Driver Alertness, Circadian Rhythms, Sleep Deprivation, Drowsy Driving, Fatigue Risk Management, Chronobiology, Truck Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Rail Accidents, Marine Accidents, Circadian Rhythms, Shift Work

Dr. Martin Moore-Ede is an internationally recognized authority on sleep, fatigue, circadian rhythms, human performance, occupational safety, and fatigue risk management. He is the Founder and Chairman of Circadian® and Circadian Expert Services and has spent more than four decades helping organizations understand and mitigate the effects of sleep loss, fatigue, and circadian disruption on safety, health, and operational performance. A physician and physiologist, Dr. Moore-Ede earned his medical degree from the University of London and his Ph.D. in Physiology from Harvard University, where he later served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School as Associate Professor of Physiology. He is widely recognized for pioneering research into the biological clock and the impact of fatigue and sleep disruption on human behavior, cognition, decision-making, and safety. Dr. Moore-Ede has directed more than 100 research studies and over 300 consulting projects involving sleep, fatigue, shift ...

Stoneham, Massachusetts

Transportation, Human Factors - Driver Fatigue, Fatigue Impairment, Human Fatigue, Accident Investigation, Human Factors, Operator Fatigue, Driver Alertness, Circadian Rhythms, Sleep Deprivation, Drowsy Driving, Fatigue Risk Management, Chronobiology, Truck Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Rail Accidents, Marine Accidents

Dr. Fred W. Turek is an internationally recognized authority on sleep, circadian rhythms, fatigue, shift work, and human performance. He is the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Biology at Northwestern University and Founder and Director of Northwestern University's Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, one of the world's leading research centers in the field. For more than 40 years, Dr. Turek has conducted pioneering research on the biological mechanisms that regulate sleep, alertness, fatigue, cognition, performance, and health. He is widely recognized for his role in the discovery of the first mammalian CLOCK gene, a landmark breakthrough that transformed modern circadian biology. He is also a co-inventor on multiple U.S. patents related to sleep and circadian regulation. Dr. Turek founded and served as the first President of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms and has held leadership positions with the Sleep Research Society and numerous scientific jour...

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Sleep Medicine, Telemedicine - Restless legs syndrome (RLS), Insomnia, Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), Central sleep apnea (CSA), Drowsy driving, Sleep-related accidents, Shift work, Narcolepsy, Idiopathic hypersomnia, Oral appliance treatment, CPAP, Sleepwalking, Parasomnias, Sleep behaviors, Sleep deprivation, Daytime sleepiness

Andy Berkowski, MD is a neurologist and sleep medicine specialist who can provide his depth of knowledge to a variety of sleep-related situations in medical expert witness work. Dr. Berkowski earned an undergraduate degree in religious studies from Stanford University before attending medical school at Wayne State University in Detroit. He completed an internship at Henry Ford Hospital and residency in adult neurology at the Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University. He returned to Stanford for fellowship training at the renown Stanford Sleep Medicine Center. Following training, he spent seven years as an academic sleep physician at the University of Michigan and Cleveland Clinic before founding ReLACS Health in 2022. ReLACS Health is a direct specialty care clinic specializing in the personalized treatment of complex sleep conditions including restless legs syndrome (RLS) and insomnia disorder through telemedicine. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Berkowski is a Fellow...

Memphis, Tennessee

Sleep Medicine, Pediatric Neurology - sleep disorders, excessive sleepiness, narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep deprivation, motor vehicle accidents and sleep, post-traumatic hypersomnia, commercial drivers and sleepiness, complex sleep behaviors, polysomnography, sleep studies, external peer reviews, drowsy driving

Board certified neurologist and full-time sleep medicine specialist (Board certified) who evaluates and manages the full range of sleep disorders in children, adolescents and adults; focus on excessive sleepiness and hypersomnia, narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, accident risk and sleep disorders, drowsy driving, cognitive impairment, post-traumatic hypersomnia, and complex sleep behaviors. Active in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) including board of directors 2010-2016, participation on numerous national committees and task forces including the AASM Standards of Practice committee, numerous publications related to diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, and prior academic appointments at Baylor College of Medicine (1998-2006) and University of Alabama at Birmingham (1991-1998). In practice since 2006 in Memphis, TN, a large quadra-modal transportation and shipping hub (world hub and headquarters for FedEx) with thousands of pilots, air traffic controllers, c...