Emergency Room Malpractice Expert Witnesses

Scottsdale, Arizona

Emergency Medicine - Emergency Medicine, ER, Emergency Room Malpractice, Emergency Department Standard of Care, ER Negligence, Trauma Care, Acute Care Expert, ER Treatment Delay, Critical Care, Stroke Misdiagnosis, Heart Attack, Sepsis, Emergency Room Wrongful Death, Stroke, Pulmonary Embolism, Meningitis, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Eric Van Moorlehem, M.D., is a Physician Executive, board-certified in Emergency Medicine, with 24 years of clinical experience and executive-level leadership. Dr. Van Moorlehem most recently retired as the Executive Vice President and Regional Chief Clinical Officer of the West and Central divisions for Envision Healthcare, a large national multispecialty medical group. His role was responsible for $500M in gross revenues, 110 clinical practices, over 2,500 clinicians, serving 2.5 million annual patient visits in 11 states. Hospital clients included large national, regional, and local health systems, including: UHS Hospitals, Tenet Healthcare, Adventist Health, Lifepoint Health, Banner Health, HonorHealth, Trinity Health, HSHS, Henry Ford, U. of Chicago. Dr. Van Moorlehem possesses a unique background of business experience drawing from his diverse leadership positions ranging from his recent post as EVP/CCO; Integrated Health Ventures board membership (Envision-UHS joint ven...

Los Alamitos, California

Emergency Medicine - Emergency Medicine Expert Witness, Emergency Department Standard of Care, Missed Diagnosis, Delayed Diagnosis, Failure to Diagnosie, Emergency Room Malpractice, Chest Pain, Myocardial Infarction, Sepsis, Stroke, Triage Error, Delay in Treatment, Diagnostic Error, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Airway Management, Lactic Acidosis

Brett W. Lorber, MD, MPH is a board-certified and actively practicing emergency physician and Chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Torrance Memorial Medical Center, a Cedars-Sinai affiliate hospital in Torrance, California. He has more than 20 years of clinical experience practicing in high-volume emergency departments and provides independent medical-legal consultation regarding emergency department standard of care, missed or delayed diagnosis, and time-sensitive emergency conditions including myocardial infarction, stroke, sepsis, and pulmonary embolism. Dr. Lorber reviews cases involving emergency department evaluation, triage decisions, diagnostic workups, and clinical management. He is available for case review, deposition, and trial testimony for plaintiff or defense matters. Rapid initial case review available. Dr. Lorber is experienced in clearly explaining complex emergency medicine concepts to attorneys, judges, and juries.

Port Jefferson Station, New York

Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Services - pediatric emergency medicine, sepsis management (ED), emergency room malpractice, stroke tPA decision-making, ER standard of care, EMTALA transfer, emergency medicine chart review, emergency department delay, medication error, ED delay, myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, misdiagnosis

I am a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician practicing in New York with 15+ years of front-line clinical experience. I provide impartial expert consultation for both plaintiff and defense counsel, including case screening, merit reviews, literature-supported reports, deposition, and trial testimony. Core expertise (ED standard of care): • Triage, EMTALA compliance & inter-facility transfer • Sepsis, stroke (thrombolysis decisions), acute coronary syndromes, pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, appendicitis, and other time-sensitive diagnoses • Trauma resuscitation, airway management/intubation, procedural sedation • Medication safety, documentation quality, ED operations & crowding, delay in care Quality & leadership: • Member, General Surgical Performance Improvement (PI) Committee—collaborating on morbidity & mortality review, systems improvement, and guideline adherence • Experienced in EMR/audit-trail analysis, timeline reconstruction, and standards-based critique R...