Epidural Injection Expert Witnesses

playa vista, California

Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Interventional Pain, Independent Medical Exam, Standard of Care, Sedation Complication, Spine Injection, Nerve Injury, Epidural Injection, Medical Causation, Facet Injection, Future Medical Care, Radiofrequency Ablation, Permanent Impairment, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Deposition Testimony, Chronic Pain, Opioid Management

Dr. Jonathan Varghese is a board-certified anesthesiologist with advanced training and active clinical practice in both anesthesiology and interventional pain management. He maintains a high-volume procedural practice and routinely performs complex image-guided spine and peripheral nerve interventions, including epidural steroid injections, facet joint interventions, medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation, and other neuromodulation procedures. In addition to his interventional work, he remains actively engaged in perioperative anesthesia care, including procedural sedation, intraoperative management, and postoperative pain control. Dr. Varghese’s expertise spans the full continuum of pain medicine and anesthesia care, including perioperative management, procedural sedation, injection-related complications, nerve injury, chronic pain syndromes, CRPS, opioid management, and long-term treatment planning. His work frequently involves detailed analysis of...

Washington, District Of Columbia

Pain Management - Medicine, Independent Medical Examinations - Chronic Pain, Epidural Injection, Meningitis, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Neuromodulation, Nerve Pain, Opioid - Abuse, Addiction, Overdose, Prescribing, Methadone, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Causalgia, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, Post-laminectomy, Failed Back, Workers Compensation

Alexander Kiefer, MD, D.ABA is a Harvard-trained, double board-certified, actively-practicing physician specializing in Interventional Chronic Pain Medicine. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and is the Director of the Chronic Pain Rotation for Georgetown University's Anesthesiology Residency Program. He is a clinician with extensive experience caring for patients suffering from all chronic pain diagnoses. He maintains busy practices in Washington, DC and Maryland. He attended medical school at Weill Cornell Medical College and completed his residency training in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care at Georgetown University. He completed fellowship training in Chronic Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kiefer is an active member of the medical staff of Georgetown University Hospital. He has a special interest in research, medical edu...

Potomac, Maryland

Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Future medical care needs, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulator, SCS, DRG, PNS, Pain Pump, Epidural injection, Radiofrequency, Future medical damages, Life care plan, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Nerve Injury, Post-Operative Pain, spinal cord injury, Opioid overdose, Procedure Complication, Sacroiliac joint fusion, Causation

Dr. Jacobs is a triple board-certified physician in Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Occupational Medicine, with over 25 years of clinical experience. He is a U.S. Navy veteran who served as Director of Pain Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and as a specialty consultant to the Navy Surgeon General and the White House Medical Unit. Dr. Jacobs previously served as an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, reflecting his strong commitment to education and academic medicine. He currently maintains an active clinical practice specializing in interventional pain management. Throughout his career, Dr. Jacobs has contributed to advancing the field through peer-reviewed publications, lectures at national medical conferences, and participation on the Guidelines Committee for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Expert Witness Experience • Over the past 4 years, Dr. Jacobs has...