Failure To Treat Cardiovascular Risk Factors Expert Witnesses

Gilbert, Arizona

Internal Medicine - Primary care standard of care, Chronic disease management, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Diabetes mellitus, Failure to treat cardiovascular risk factors, Failure to screen, Failure to diagnose, Failure to refer, Failure to follow up, Cardiovascular risk management, Myocardial infarction, Stroke, Stroke prevention

Board-certified Internal Medicine physician with 15+ years of experience — currently practicing outpatient primary care at Optima Medical in Gilbert, Arizona, with a clinical niche in the cardiometabolic triad: Diabetes, Hypertension, and Hyperlipidemia — the most prevalent and most litigated chronic conditions in adult primary care. Since transitioning fully to outpatient medicine in 2019, I have built a practice centered on the longitudinal management of complex chronic disease — catching what gets missed, managing what gets complicated, and preventing the acute crises that send patients back to the hospital. Poorly controlled Diabetes, Hypertension, and Hyperlipidemia are not just clinical challenges; they are the upstream drivers of myocardial infarction, stroke, renal failure, and cardiovascular death — outcomes that frequently become the subject of medical-legal scrutiny. My prior decade-long career in hospital medicine gives me a clinician's understanding of exactly how outp...