Endocarditis Expert Witnesses

Redwood city , California

Infectious Diseases, Hospital Administration - Standard of care, Sepsis, Hospital-Acquired infection, Surgical site infection, Post-operative infection, Endocarditis, Bacteremia, Osteomyelitis, Spine/Joint Infection, Device/Port infection, Infection prevention, Wound management, Nursing home infection, Antibiotic complications, Food poisoning, Meningitis, Immunocompromised

Dr. Andres Romero is a double-board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, with an active California medical license. He completed Internal Medicine residency training at Yale–New Haven Hospital and Infectious Diseases fellowship training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, with focused experience in immunocompromised patients. He maintains an active clinical practice across hospital, outpatient, wound care, and post-acute settings, caring for patients with complex infectious diseases. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Romero serves as Chief Health Officer at a full-service acute care hospital. He has leadership experience in infection prevention and control, antimicrobial stewardship, peer review, patient safety, quality improvement, regulatory readiness, and evidence-based policy implementation. He works closely with the hospital, Emergency Department, and Intensive Care Unit teams on infection-related protocols, standards of care, and effor...

Oakland, California

Infectious Diseases - Infections in all medical Specialties, Sepsis, HIV, AIDS, hepatitis, food poisoning, pneumonia, orthopedic infections, meningitis, surgical infections, wound infections, urinary tract infections, endocarditis, abdominal infections, abscess, septic arthritis, infection control

Clinical Infectious Disease Specialist in active practice; Extensive experience in medico-legal review for both plaintiffs and defense; Board Certified in Infectious Disease; HIV Specialist; Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at two Northern California Hospitals; Chief of Infectious Disease at Summit Medical Center. See CV for further details.

Los Angeles, California

Infectious Diseases - Infection Control, Infection Prevention, Clostridium Difficile, Meningitis, Sepsis, Surgical Infection, Bacteria, Osteomyelitis, Pneumonia, Abdominal Infections, Endocarditis, Hospital Infections

Dr. Uslan is a board-certified infectious disease specialist and serves as chief of infection prevention at a major academic teaching hospital. Dr. Uslan has extensive experience with diagnosis, management, and treatment of a wide range of infectious diseases including pneumonia, urinary tract infections, meningitis, endocarditis, and osteomyelitis. He received his medical degree from the University of Southern California and completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in infectious diseases at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Uslan has a particular interest in hospital infections, infections due to multi-drug resistant organisms, prevention of infections/infection control, and appropriate antibiotic use.

San Diego, California

Nurse, Nurse Practitioner - Nurse Practitioner, Nurse, Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, MRSA, MDRO, bacteremia, sepsis, endocarditis, fungal disease, UTI, pneumonia, orthopedic infections, hardware associated infections, wound infection, abdominal infection, epidural abscess

Actively working in the hospital setting focused on infectious diseases for the last 10 years with a strong understanding of internal medicine and ICU medicine. Nearly 20 years of experience as both a RN and nurse practitioner working both inpatient and outpatient with complex cardiovascular disease patients in pursuit of medical, interventional, and surgical care. I am well versed in explaining what is happening in the body and can give understandable analogies to patients and their families. I can explain these processes to you as a medical record consultant and provide an opinion regarding causation of injury or death with comprehensive medical record analysis or as an expert witness. I also can help you with the case review and prepare you for deposition.

Boca Raton, Florida

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - Sepsis, delayed antibiotics, delayed diagnosis, Epidural abscess, Endocarditis, Bacteremia, MRSA, C. DIFF, Osteomyelitis, Septic Arthritis, Healthcare associated infection, CLABSI, Meningitis, Failure to diagnose, Necrotizing, Septic shock, Prosthetic device infection, Failure to act on test result, Failure to follow up, Surgical

Board-certified Infectious Disease expert witness with over 17 years of combined clinical and leadership experience with a focus on infectious disease management and standard of care. Expertise includes failure to diagnose infection, sepsis management, delayed antibiotic therapy, and hospital-acquired infections. Readily available to be retained for case review, deposition, and trial testimony as an infectious disease expert witness in cases involving sepsis, failure to diagnose, delayed treatment, and infection-related complications. I evaluate deviation from the standard of care and causation in complex infectious disease cases. Case focus includes: - Failure or delay in diagnosis of infection and sepsis - Delayed or inappropriate antibiotic therapy (standard of care) - Hospital-acquired infections: CLABSI, MRSA, C. difficile - Failure to obtain an infectious disease consult - Bacteremia, endocarditis, osteomyelitis - Epidural abscess and meningitis mismanagement - Device/prost...

Alpharetta, Georgia

Hospitalist, Medical Management - Acute Care, Consultation errors, GI Bleed, Polypharmacy in Elderly adults, Acute kidney failure, Delay in Diagnosis, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Embolism, Anticoagulation, Diabetes, Hospital acquired Infections, Sepsis, Aspiration Pneumonia, Diagnostic Error, Medication Error, Standard of care, Code Blue, Endocarditis, Pneumonia, Stroke

HOSPITAL MEDICINE CLINICIAN AND LEADER WHO BREAKS DOWN COMPLEX CONCEPTS INTO PLAIN LANGUAGE Dr Titilola Britto is a Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist Expert Witness who is board certified in internal medicine and has extensive clinical, leadership and operations experience in hospital medicine. Dr Britto is known for her ability to break down complex medical concepts into plain language. In addition to her expertise as a clinician, Dr. Britto has a fund of knowledge regarding the operation of Hospitalist practices, how patients transition through departments in hospitals, how gaps occur and areas of concern regarding safety and quality. Dr Britto's leadership roles have included medical director of a hospitalist program, chief of medicine, hospital chief medical officer, as well as health system leader of hospital medicine (16 hospitals) and hospital based specialties (28 hospitals). In these roles, Dr Britto was responsible for clinical excellence, patient safety, reducing variat...

Bethesda , Maryland

Internal Medicine, Hospitalist - anticoagulation, GI Bleed, Sepsis Protocols, Delay in diagnosis, tumor lysis, Diagnostic Delay, Medication reconciliation, Sepsis Bundle Compliance, Standard of Care, Hospital Acquired Infection, acute kidney injury, postoperative complications, aspiration pneumonia, endocarditis, Chemotherapy complications

Board‑certified Internal Medicine physician (ABIM), Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), and experienced hospitalist with over 20 years of practice across Level I trauma and tertiary academic medical center, suburban and community hospitals, and large research institution. Trained at the Cleveland Clinic Health System, where I served as Chief Resident, I currently practice as a hospitalist within the Johns Hopkins Health System and at the NIH Clinical Center / National Cancer Institute (NCI). In this role, my focus is on inpatient internal‑medicine care, supporting the medical management of hospitalized oncology patients undergoing cancer treatment. I provide comprehensive hospitalist oversight by reviewing each case in depth, managing medical comorbidities, anticipating and preventing treatment‑related complications, recognizing clinical deterioration early, and escalating care when appropriate. I coordinate timely involvement of the necessary multidisciplinary t...

East Brunswick, New Jersey

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - COVID-19, sepsis, endocarditis, bacteremia, bacterial infections, virus, MRSA, urinary tract infections, surgical infections, sexually transmitted infections, necrotizing fasciitis, osteomyelitis, prosthetic joint infections, spine infections, device-related infections, nursing home infections

I am a board-certified infectious disease physician and internist. I am active in a busy clinical practice in New Jersey. I am an attending at three hospitals and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. I have been doing expert medical reviews for over 10 years. I am comfortable evaluating the merits of a case both for plaintiff and defense. I am comfortable with deposition and trial testimony. Clinically I consult and manage infectious diseases in outpatients and hospitalized patients including the emergency room and ICU. I also consult and manage patients in long-term care facilities and nursing homes. These reviews have included but are not limited to: COVID-19, sepsis, septic shock, endocarditis, bacteremia, bacterial infections including MRSA, diabetic foot infections, urinary tract infections, surgical infections and complications of surgery, viral infections, necrotizing fasciitis, osteomyelitis, spine infections, prostheti...

East Brunswick, New Jersey

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - COVID 19, HIV, AIDS, surgical infections, necrotizing fasciitis, prosthetic joint infection, diabetic foot infection, bacteremia, endocarditis, urinary tract infection, prostatitis, cellulitis, wound, vaccine, Lyme disease, antibiotics, fungal infections, bacterial infections, travel medicine

I am a board certified infectious diseases physician and internist in active clinical practice in central New Jersey for 25 years. I have had the privilege of being retained for independent medical evaluations in a variety of cases. The goals of these examinations have included evaluating the merits of a case for trial, evaluating insurer’s liability, workman’s compensation, and medical malpractice. Diagnoses involved in these matters have included COVID-19 infections, Legionnaires disease exposure, diabetic foot infection leading to limb loss, surgical site infections, orthopedic hardware infections, necrotizing fasciitis, cellulitis, pneumonia, wound care, food-borne infections, HIV and many others. I have the ability to break down complex medical jargon and make it understandable. I am willing to provide redacted reports. In the last 8 years, I have evaluated hundreds of cases, written more than 100 reports, and testified at deposition and trial more than 25 times for both th...

Cortlandt Manor, New York

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Critical Care Medicine - Heart transplant Coordinator, lung transplant, robotic surgery, TAVR, ECMO, LVADs, CABG, Valvular disease, endocarditis, dissections, discharge Nurse practitioner, thoracic nurse practitioner, Cardiothoracic NP, Cardiothoracic Nurse practitioner, Critical care, Pericardial effusion, Pneumonia, Pleural effusion, Arrhythmias, Hypertension

I am a board-certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with more than 15 years of experience in cardiothoracic surgery and critical care at leading academic medical centers, including NYU Langone Health, Mount Sinai, Montefiore Medical Center, the University of Pennsylvania, and Maimonides Medical Center. My clinical expertise includes the perioperative management of complex cardiac and thoracic surgical patients, such as those requiring heart and lung transplantation, LVAD therapy, ECMO initiation and management, and advanced mechanical circulatory support. As a cardiothoracic surgery NP, I have managed patients across the continuum of care, performed invasive procedures (central lines, arterial lines, Swan-Ganz catheters), developed and implemented evidence-based protocols, and trained Acute Care Nurse Practitioner students in both academic and clinical settings. My academic roles have included curriculum development and instruction at Pace University, where I co-developed the Adul...

Bronx, New York

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - Surgical infections, Orthopedic infections, Endocarditis, Pneumonia, Necrotizing fasciitis, Osteomyelitis, Diabetic foot infections, Meningitis, Urinary tract infections, Fungal infections, Pneumonia, Clostridium difficile, Transplant infections, Intensive Care Unit infections, Oncology infections, Sepsis

I am a board-certified adult Infectious Diseases physician and internist, as well as a full Professor of Medicine at a major medical school. In my busy clinical practice I treat complex bacterial, fungal, and viral infections in the inpatient and outpatient settings. I have special expertise in infections in transplant recipients and other immunocompromised hosts. I am also an experienced educator, teaching trainees on rounds and frequently lecturing in the hospital and at other institutions. I am the recipient of a number of professional honors, I have an extensive publication record, and am an editorial board member for leading journals in infectious diseases and transplantation. I am an experienced medical expert witness and have been reviewing cases since 2010 for both defense and plaintiffs. I have worked with more than 50 different law firms in CT, GA, IA, IN, IL, ME, MI, NJ, NM, NY, and PA, and had multiple repeat clients. My broad expertise in infectious diseases has ...

Houston, Texas

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - Travel Medicine , UTI's, Mycobacterial Diseases, Soft Tissue Infections, Prosthetic Device Infxn, Malaria, Multi-Drug Resistant infections, Endocarditis, CNS Infxns, STDs, Osteomyelitis, Staphylococcal Infxns, Dental Infxns, Abdominal Infxns, Sepsis, MRSA, Pneumonia, Animal Bite Exposure/Infxns

ABIM Board-Certified: Internal Medicine ABIM Board-Certified: Infectious Diseases The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health The international Society of Travel Medicine: Certificate of Travel Health

Roanoke, Virginia

Cardiovascular Disease - Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging, Stress Testing, Surgical Clearance, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CT, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Atrial Fibrillation, Anticoagulation (Blood Thinners), Cardiac Arrest, Clinical Informatics, Information Technology, Echocardiogram, Endocarditis

Dr. Schumaecker provides medical-legal consulting and expert witness services in the fields of diagnostic and clinical cardiology. He is Chief of Cardiology and Associate Professor of Medicine at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. He has over 15 years of experience in clinical practice and teaching in an academic setting. An experienced public speaker, he is able to explain complex medical concepts in a simple and articulate manner. He has won several teaching awards throughout his career. Dr. Schumaecker holds five post-secondary diplomas including degrees in medicine, biology, music, information technology and business administration. He also holds five medical board certifications including cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, cardiac computed tomography and clinical informatics. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and has served on committees for both of these professional societies.

Abrams, Wisconsin

Infectious Diseases - defendant, meningitis, tick, telemedicine, plaintiff, pneumonia, endocarditis, bacteremia, resistance, osteomyelitis, spine, transplant, surgical

I am a practicing infectious diseases physician in Wisconsin with nearly 25 years of clinical inpatient and outpatient experience in both academic and hospital-based private medical systems, and I have 10 years of experience as an expert witness in infectious disease-related medical-legal cases for both plaintiffs and defendants. During my medical career, I have diagnosed and treated thousands of patients with a wide array of infections, including bacteremia, endocarditis, meningitis and encephalitis, osteomyelitis and spinal infections, surgical site infections, pneumonia, tick-borne infections, HIV, transplant-related complications such as fungal infections, mycobacterial infections including tuberculosis, and infectious due to multi drug-resistant organisms such as methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA), carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales (CRE), and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE). I am currently licensed in both Wisconsin and Michigan and I am board certified in both...