Failure To Rescue Expert Witnesses

Granite Bay, California

Nursing Administration, Nurse - Wrong site surgery , Retained surgical item, Operating Room Nurse, Ambulatory Surgery Nurse, Anesthesia error, Falls, Perioperative Services Administration, Post Anesthesia Nurse, Procedural Sedation, GI procedures, CNOR, RN, Med Surg, Medical Devices, Nurse, Preoperative, Consent, Failure to rescue , Standard of Care, Pressure injuries

I am a highly skilled and decorated Veteran Nurse Corps Lieutenant, honorably discharged in 2006. An experienced RN and perioperative leader, I have successfully influenced high-quality care and service excellence since 2002. I am committed to building strong relationships and providing detailed clinical assistance. Facilitation with relevant stakeholders including C-suite healthcare administrators and Physician has been a growing responsibility as my career progressed. An expert with quality and safety compliance regulation, I have successfully prepared teams for Joint Commission, AAAHC, Medicare, Inspector General, and State audits. I have experience managing as many as 20 managers, 4 Lean/Six Sigma processimprovement personnel, 500 total employees, and $1.8 Billion in annual gross revenue. Clinical Experiences include:  Medical Surgical Nursing  Shock / Trauma Intervention  Procedural Services  Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Care  Procedural Sedatio...

San Diego, California

Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine - Acute respiratory failure, Sepsis, Critical Care, Cardiogenic shock, Thoracic imaging, Mechanical ventilation, Septic shock, ICU Medicine, Mixed / undifferentiated shock, ARDS, Airway management, Failure to rescue, Ventilator acquired pneumonia, Pulmonary embolism, Delayed intubation, Hemorrhagic shock, Pulmonary nodules

I am a board-certified physician in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Internal Medicine with active clinical practice in both critical care and pulmonary medicine. My practice includes managing a wide range of critically ill patients with medical, surgical, cardiovascular, and neurologic pathologies in a closed ICU at a community hospital in San Diego, California. I have extensive knowledge in the diagnosis and management of airway emergencies, acute respiratory failure / ARDS, ventilator management, shock, pulmonary embolism, and ICU procedures and complications. I also have experience in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), serving as a key decision-maker in determining candidacy and timing of cannulation for both veno-venous (VV) and veno-arterial (VA) ECMO in patients with severe respiratory failure or circulatory collapse. I am experienced in the evaluation of hospital-acquired complications, including ventilator-associated pneumonia and line-associated inf...

Land O Lakes, FL, Florida

Hospitalist, Hospital Administration - Elderly abuse in Nursing homes, ED, ICU, Acute rehabilitation, Disability, Documentation expert, Surgical adverse outcomes, Failure to rescue, Institutional liability, Gross negligence, Deviation from Standards of care, GME, Residency program director, Board‑Certified Internal Medicine, Failure to treat & transition, SNF, Fraud

Dr. Mohamad Saad is a double board‑certified Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine physician with more than 15 years of clinical and academic experience. He has trained hundreds of resident physicians and faculty on standards of care, clinical decision‑making, and patient safety. He has authored more than 200 lectures, served as CME Director for faculty development, Team Based Learning for residents' IM board training, and is the recipient of multiple teaching and patient‑care awards, including the Distinguished Program Director Award. He currently serves as the Internal Medicine Residency Program Director. Dr. Saad holds an MBA with a specialization in Healthcare Management, including coursework in healthcare law, and is a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) through the American Association for Physician Leadership. He has held multiple senior leadership roles, including Chairman of Medicine, Chief of the Hospital Medicine Department, and Associate Chief Medical Officer. Th...

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...

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Internal Medicine, Hospitalist - point of care ultrasound, resident supervision, inpatient care, failure to rescue, ICU triage, APP supervision, sepsis, escalation of care, medical malpractice, clinical deterioration, internal medicine, hospital medicine, respiratory failure, delayed diagnosis, shock, heart failure, acute kidney injury, failure to diagnose

Dr. Pahresah L. Roomiany is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician and practicing academic hospitalist who provides independent, evidence-based expert witness services in adult inpatient internal medicine and hospital medicine matters nationwide. She maintains active inpatient clinical practice and regularly manages complex hospitalized adult patients. Her areas of expertise include hospital medicine standard of care, inpatient internal medicine standard of care, failure to diagnose, delay in diagnosis or treatment, clinical deterioration, escalation of care, sepsis management, chest pain and cardiovascular risk assessment, anticoagulation management, thromboembolic disease, electrolyte and metabolic emergencies, medication-related adverse events, and hospital-based systems issues affecting patient outcomes. Dr. Roomiany serves as Vice Chair of Peer Review at Duke Regional Hospital, where she participates in structured evaluation of physician performance and formal assessme...

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 - Focused expertise in neurocritical care and ICU brain injury – Specialized in failure to rescue, delayed diagnosis, neurologic deterioration, and escalation-of-care breakdowns - Rapid case screening (72-hour turnaround) – Early case viability assessment to guide strategy - Clear, persuasive communication – Adjunct faculty experienced in translating complex ICU and neurologic issues into jury-friendly explanations - Concise, high-impact reports – Direct analysis of standard of care, causation, and key vulnerabilities - Dual training (Internal Medicine + Neurocritical Care) – Whole-patient analysis in complex, multisystem cases - Real-world systems insight – Experience across ED, ICU, and inpatient workflows, including consultation delays and escalation failures - Balanced and objective – Retained by both plaintiff and defense; evidence-driven opinions Professional Background Dr. Junling Dong, DO is a triple board-certified physician in Neurocritical ...

Mercer Island, Washington

Trauma Surgery, Burns - Failure to rescue, Intensive or critical care, Delayed diagnosis or missed injury, Emergency surgery and complications, Sepsis recognition and management delays, Post-operative or ICU complications, Trauma system, Complex causation, Pediatric injury, Transfer failures, Gun shot wounds, Shock, Falls, Road traffic incident

Barclay T. Stewart, MD, PhD, MSc, FACS is a board-certified trauma, burn, surgical critical care, and general surgeon practicing at Harborview Medical Center, the University of Washington’s Level I adult and pediatric trauma center and regional burn center. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Chief of Trauma and Burns, and Pediatric Trauma Medical Director, with an active clinical practice spanning trauma, emergency general surgery, burn care, surgical critical care and ECMO/ECLS across the emergency department, operating room, and intensive care unit. Dr. Stewart provides objective, evidence-based medical-legal consultation and expert witness services in cases involving acute surgical illness, traumatic injury, burns, and/or critical care. His expertise is particularly relevant in cases requiring detailed analysis of clinical decision-making over time, including failure to rescue, delayed or missed diagnosis, escalation of care, and complex causation in critically i...