Emtala Violations Expert Witnesses

New Orleans, Louisiana

Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine - trauma, appendicitis, sepsis, febrile seizures, EMTALA violations, hospital system errors, orthopedic injuries, special needs children, chronically ill children, resident and student supervision, stroke, heart attack, precipitous deliveries, newborn care, general pediatrics, meningitis, DKA

Dr. Rebecca Hutchings is board certified in Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and Pediatrics (ABP), and has been in full time post residency clinical practice for over 17 years. Dr. Hutchings got her undergraduate degree at Columbia University, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a major in Biology and a minor in Spanish Language and Literature. She then went on to earn her medical degree at New York University School of Medicine. She completed her Emergency Medicine training with Louisiana State University School of Medicine at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, and then completed a residency in Pediatrics at the Tulane School of Medicine. Dr. Hutchings began her career as the director of the Pediatric Emergency Department at Ochsner Hospital and then took an academic position at Tulane Medical Center. She currently works in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Children’s Hospital of New Orleans (a level II trauma center), supervising students and residents from both Louisiana State Univers...

Timonium , Maryland

Emergency Medicine, Hospital Administration - missed diagnosis , Delayed Diagnosis , Trauma , Failure to admit , Medical Staff Leadership, Triage Errors , EMTALA violations , Chest Pain/Acute Coronary Syndrome , Stroke/TIA , Sepsis , Head Injury , Emergency Dept Throughput , Patient Flow , Observation Medicine, Hospital Administration, Department Operations , Hospital Policy

I am a Board-certified Emergency Medicine physician with over 16 years of clinical experience and current leadership roles across multiple emergency departments in Maryland. I have extensive experience in evaluating emergency care, with a focus on cases involving missed or delayed diagnosis, triage decision-making, and improper discharge or disposition. I regularly review cases involving chest pain and myocardial infarction, stroke and neurologic emergencies, sepsis, trauma evaluation, and other high-risk emergency presentations. I served as Medical Director for two free-standing emergency departments within the University of Maryland Medical System. Previously served as Director of Emergency Medicine at Carroll Hospital and as Systems Director for Emergency Medicine at LifeBridge Health, with medical directorship at Sinai Hospital, a large urban academic center. I currently serve as Director of Medical Education for the Emergency Departments at Sinai of Baltimore and Northwest Hos...

Rockwall, Texas

Hospital Administration, Safety - Hospital Administration, Healthcare Operations, Hospital Negligence, Patient Safety, CMS Conditions of Participation, Joint Commission Standards, EMTALA violations, Infection Control, Standard of Care, Hospital policies and procedures, Healthcare Regulatory Compliance, Staffing and Capacity management

Ron Norris, DHA, MBA, MHSM, FACHE, CPPS, is a hospital administration and healthcare operations executive with extensive experience in large academic medical centers and complex healthcare systems. He currently serves in a senior hospital operations leadership role at a major academic medical center in Dallas, Texas, where he is responsible for operational oversight across multiple service lines, including inpatient units, emergency services, and support departments. Dr. Norris has deep expertise in patient safety, quality improvement, regulatory compliance, and hospital risk management. His work routinely involves oversight of CMS Conditions of Participation, Joint Commission standards, EMTALA compliance, infection prevention, and performance improvement initiatives. He has direct experience addressing adverse events, including hospital-acquired infections, sepsis, post-surgical complications, and patient safety incidents, as well as developing and enforcing hospital policies and ...