Failure To Rescue Expert Witnesses

Verona, New Jersey

Internal Medicine, Hospitalist - Hospitalist Expert Witness, Internal Medicine Expert Witness, Hospital Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Sepsis Delayed Treatment, PE Missed Diagnosis, Anticoagulation Errors, Medication Errors, Failure to Diagnose, Failure to Rescue, Patient Deterioration, Pressure Ulcers, Inpatient Standards, SNF Negligence, Rapid Response

I am a board certified Internal Medicine physician and Hospitalist Medical Director with more than a decade of continuous inpatient practice at a large tertiary academic medical center. My clinical work focuses on the management of complex hospitalized patients and the oversight of hospital quality, patient safety, and clinical decision making in the inpatient setting, including transplant and high acuity medical services. I provide objective, evidence based expert opinions for plaintiff and defense counsel in matters involving medical malpractice, hospital negligence, and professional liability. My work frequently involves the evaluation of complex hospital records, multidisciplinary care environments, evolving clinical conditions, and time sensitive medical decision making in hospitalized patients. Common case themes include delayed or missed diagnosis, failure to recognize or appropriately respond to clinical deterioration, failure to escalate care, failure to rescue events, se...

Cold Spring, New York

Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine - Neurocritical Care, Sepsis, Delayed Diagnosis, Obesity & Metabolic Risk Factors in Critical Illness, Failure to Rescue, Inpatient Triage Errors, ICU Malpractice, Hospital Negligence, Failure to Escalate Care, Stroke, Systems & Communication Failures, Acute Respiratory Failure, Brain Injury, Anoxic Brain Injury

Actively practicing board-certified intensivist and core faculty member providing independent medical record review and expert consultation regarding critical care and neurocritical care standards of care. Experienced in evaluating complex malpractice matters involving life-threatening illness, neurologic emergencies, hospital escalation pathways, and management of critically ill patients. Currently managing high-acuity ICU populations across multiple hospital systems, providing current real-world perspective on contemporary protocols, monitoring expectations, and decision-making environments. Serves as core faculty involved in physician education, clinical oversight, and development of trainees, reinforcing familiarity with accepted standards, guideline interpretation, and documentation expectations. Clinical experience includes management of a high volume of critically ill patients with diverse pathology and acuity, providing extensive exposure to complex decision-making, escala...

Charlotte, North Carolina

Neurocritical Care, Brain Injury Medicine - Stroke, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Traumatic Brain Injury, Intracranial hemorrhage, Encephalopathy, Status epilepticus, Catastrophic brain injury, Brain Death, Failure to rescue, Spinal Cord injury, Post-Neurosurgical complication, Emergency Neurology, ICU complication, Critical Care Neurology, Anoxic brain injury

Why Attorneys Retain Dr. Dong Timely. Precise. Persuasive. - Rapid case screening with preliminary opinions available within 72 hours - Courtroom-ready communication – Adjunct faculty with extensive experience translating complex neurologic and medical issues into clear, compelling testimony for judges, juries, and counsel - Calm, credible presence under cross-examination – Years as a neurointensivist managing high-stakes ICU decision-making - Concise, high-impact reports – Clear analysis of strengths, weaknesses, causation, and standard-of-care issues without unnecessary fluff - Dual training in Internal Medicine and Neurocritical Care – Enables comprehensive, whole-patient and system-level evaluation in complex, multisystem failure cases - End-to-end care insight – Firsthand understanding of emergency department workflows, ICU escalation, neurologic consultation delays, and inpatient decision-making - Balanced and objective – Retained by both plaintiff and defense; opinions groun...