Failed Intubation Expert Witnesses

Laguna Woods , California

Obstetrical Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology - nerve injury from epidural, failed spinal anesthesia, failed intubation, maternal hemorrhage, maternal cardiac arrest, local anesthesia toxicity, total spinal anesthesia, respiratory arrest, seizure related to anesthesia, awareness under anesthesia, permanent neurological injury, post partum bleed

Stephen Z. Garber, MD Fellowship-Trained Obstetric Anesthesiologist Fellowship-trained Obstetric Anesthesiologist with more than 30 years of clinical experience at a Level III Labor and Delivery Center. I have personally performed over 15,000 regional anesthetics, including epidural and spinal techniques for labor and cesarean delivery. Throughout my tenure, I have led institutional Best Practices initiatives and served as the point person for two successful Center of Excellence designations through the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP). I have implemented numerous innovations in obstetric anesthesia practice, including: Transition from epidural to spinal anesthesia as the preferred technique for cesarean delivery Implementation of Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia (PCEA) Introduction of advanced difficult airway equipment and protocols Adoption of Combined Spinal-Epidural (CSE) techniques for labor analgesia Deployment of rapid infusion systems fo...

Florida

Anesthesiology, Obstetrical Anesthesiology - Airway management, failed intubation, aspiration, hypoxia, hypotension, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, anesthesia awareness, medication errors, spinal and epidural complications, epidural hematoma, nerve injury, obstetric hemorrhage, anesthesia equipment and monitoring standards

I am a board-certified anesthesiologist with extensive experience in hospital and ambulatory anesthesia, airway management, procedural sedation, perioperative medicine, and quality/safety leadership. I provide expert case review, standard of care analysis, causation opinions, expert reports, depositions, and trial testimony for both plaintiff and defense. My clinical background includes high-acuity surgical anesthesia, MAC and deep sedation, endoscopy/office-based anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, regional anesthesia (epidural, spinal, peripheral nerve blocks), PACU care, and perioperative complications. I have leadership experience in quality improvement, morbidity and mortality review, sedation policy development, peer review, and systems-based safety initiatives. I provide clear, objective, well-supported opinions, timely turnaround, and the ability to explain complex anesthesia issues in plain language.

Naperville, Illinois

Anesthesiology - General anesthesia,Pediatric anesthesia,Regional anesthesia,Obstetrical anesthesia,Spinal and epidural anesthesia,Ambulatory anesthesia,Office-based anesthesia,Airway management,Failed intubation,Positioning injuries,Medication errors,Operating room fires,Preoperative assessment and testing,

Board certified anesthesiologist with more than 25 years of experience in practice. Since completing residency training at Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals I have provided anesthesia care in a large suburban hospital, three ambulatory surgery centers as well as the office setting. My experience includes, but is not limited to, general, pediatric, obstetrical, ambulatory, vascular, neuro, and endoscopy anesthesia. I also have extensive experience in regional anesthesia including spinal, epidural and ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks.

Fairway, Kansas

Anesthesiology, Ambulatory Surgery Centers - Airway management, Perioperative monitoring, Regional anesthesia, Obstetric anesthesia, Difficult airway, MAC sedation, Peripheral nerve blocks, Labor epidural, Failed intubation, Procedural sedation, Epidural anesthesia, Cesarean section anesthesia, Hypoxic / Anoxic injury, General anesthesia, Spinal anesthesia, Harvard, MGH

Josh Weber, MD, ABA is a Harvard-trained, board-certified anesthesiologist with 19+ years of clinical experience providing anesthesia care in high-volume community hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. He offers independent, evidence-based expert witness services in matters involving anesthesiology standards of care, perioperative patient safety, and anesthesia-related complications. Dr. Weber’s clinical expertise includes general anesthesia, advanced airway management, difficult and failed intubation, obstetric anesthesia, epidural and spinal anesthesia techniques, peripheral nerve blocks, procedural and MAC sedation, invasive line placement, and perioperative monitoring. He has served in multiple physician leadership roles, including obstetric anesthesia liaison, executive committee member of a private anesthesia group, and clinical instructor in obstetric anesthesia for an academic anesthesiology training program. He provides medical record review, early case screening, wri...

Omaha, Nebraska

Emergency Medicine - Missed Myocardial Infarction, Chest Pain Evaluation, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Missed Stroke, Ischemic Stroke, Standard Of Care, Sepsis and Septic Shock, Missed Infection, Pulmonary Embolism, Aortic Dissection, Failure to Diagnose, Delayed Diagnosis, Trauma Evaluation, Head Injury, Appendicitis, Airway Management, Failed Intubation

Daniel Milyavsky, MD is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician actively practicing in an academic Level I Trauma Center emergency department. He is an attending physician at Creighton University Medical Center – Bergan Mercy in Omaha, Nebraska, where he provides emergency care in a high-acuity setting and is involved in the education and supervision of emergency medicine residents and medical students as Creighton University faculty. Dr. Milyavsky completed his Emergency Medicine residency training at Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey and has practiced in a variety of emergency department settings, including academic trauma centers, high-volume community hospitals, and freestanding emergency departments. His clinical experience includes care of patients presenting with chest pain and acute coronary syndromes, stroke and other neurologic emergencies, sepsis and septic shock, trauma, airway and respiratory emergencies, and undifferentiated medical complaints. He is exp...

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Anesthesiology, Obstetrical Anesthesiology - Airway management, failed intubation, aspiration, hypoxia, hypotension, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, anesthesia awareness, medication errors, spinal and epidural complications, epidural hematoma, nerve injury, obstetric hemorrhage, anesthesia equipment and monitoring standards

I am a board-certified anesthesiologist with extensive experience in hospital and ambulatory anesthesia, airway management, procedural sedation, perioperative medicine, and quality/safety leadership. I provide expert case review, standard of care analysis, causation opinions, expert reports, depositions, and trial testimony for both plaintiff and defense. My clinical background includes high-acuity surgical anesthesia, MAC and deep sedation, endoscopy/office-based anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, regional anesthesia (epidural, spinal, peripheral nerve blocks), PACU care, and perioperative complications. I have leadership experience in quality improvement, morbidity and mortality review, sedation policy development, peer review, and systems-based safety initiatives. I provide clear, objective, well-supported opinions, timely turnaround, and the ability to explain complex anesthesia issues in plain language.