Hemodialysis Access Expert Witnesses

Los Angeles, California

Vascular Surgery, Wound Care - limb salvage, vascular injury, limb ischemia, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolus, aortic aneurysm repair, vascular trauma, hemodialysis access, wound care, non healing wounds, endovascular, amputation, gangrene, PAD, claudication, rest pain, carotid artery surgery, leg bypass surgery

Board certified, private practice Vascular Surgeon with 20 years experience in the medicolegal field. I have been in practice since 2002 in Vascular Surgery with extensive experience in open surgery and endovascular interventions done in the hospital, ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and office based lab (OBL). I have expertise in limb salvage and wound care for diabetic foot wounds, arterial related gangrene and venous disease as well as dialysis access and vascular trauma. Training: Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, New York 1991-1995, Alpha Omega Alpha General Surgery internship and residency 1995 - 2000: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center Fellowship in Vascular / Endovascular Surgery 2000-2002: Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York

San Diego, California

Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Disease - Peripheral arterial disease, claudication, limb ischemia, atherectomy, thrombolysis, bypass, abdominal aortic aneurysm, stent, vascular trauma, vessel injury, hemodialysis access, angiogram, mesenteric ischemia, endarterectomy, carotid, AAA, amputation, ultrasound, ECMO, statin

Lily Johnston, MD, MPH is board-certified in Vascular as well as General Surgery with over 10 years of experience operating on adult patients in Virginia, Minnesota, and California. She specializes in operating on blood vessels in the neck and body including aortic and other aneurysms; aortic dissections; peripheral arterial disease in the arms and legs; carotid artery and cerebrovascular disease; renal and mesenteric vascular disease; venous or vein disease; connecting vessels for hemodialysis access; exposing and protecting blood vessels for spine surgery; vascular trauma or injury, and assistance with tumor resection when blood vessels are involved. Dr. Johnston received her BA (summa cum laude) from Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa followed by her MD from the University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA) where she received an award for Academic Excellence. After a residency in General Surgery at the University of Virginia (Cha...

Vero Beach, Florida

Vascular Surgery - Limb Salvage, Peripheral Artery Disease, Leg bypass, Carotid Artery Stenosis, Abdnominal Aortic Aneurysms, Gangrene, Trans Carotid Artery Revascularization - TCAR, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Hemodialysis Access, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Atherectomy, Ischemia, Wound Care, Varicose Veins, Rest Pain

Specialty & Experience I am a board-certified private Vascular Surgeon, and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. I hold active privileges at two area hospitals. I am a member of the Florida Vascular Society, and for three years served on the board of Indian River Medical Center, now Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Vero Beach Florida. I am also a faculty member of Florida State University and train medical students who rotate through my practice. I have been practicing Vascular Surgery for over 24 years. My extensive clinical experience includes all aspects of arterial and venous surgery, repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms, carotid arteries, dialysis access, diabetic foot wounds, leg bypass surgery, invasive non-surgical treatment of varicose veins, vascular trauma, and much more. My mastery of both traditional open surgeries and cutting edge minimally invasive techniques allows me to customize the appropriate level of care for my patients with the goal of redu...

Rockville, Maryland

Vascular Surgery, Interventional & Vascular Radiology - Vascular, Endovascular Surgery, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Venous Disease, Vein ablation, Varicose veins, Aortic aneurysms, lower extremity amputations, carotid disease, hemodialysis access, outpatients vascular interventions, sclerotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, stent placement, atherectomy

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Vascular Surgery - Carotid Artery Stenosis, Carotid Artery Occlusion, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Critical Limb Ischemia, Acute Limb Ischemia, Acute Arterial Occlusion, Abdominal Aortic Aneurys, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Thrombectomy, Endarterectomy, Angioplasty, Angiogram, Varicose Veins, Stroke, Thrombectomy, Peripheral Bypass, Hemodialysis Access

I am a board-certified vascular surgeon in active clinical practice since 2013, based in a tertiary academic center in Grand Rapids, MI. I offer plaintiff and defense expert witness services, including case review, standard of care opinions, causation analysis, deposition, and trial testimony. My clinical expertise spans the full range of vascular surgery, with a particular focus on carotid artery disease and stroke prevention. I am a founding member of our institution’s Carotid and Endovascular Board (established 2014), participating weekly in multidisciplinary collaborative case reviews involving complex ischemic cerebrovascular disease. This experience has given me advanced expertise in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of carotid artery occlusive disease, including asymptomatic and symptomatic cases. As the Quality Lead for our busy vascular surgery group for nearly a decade, I have extensive experience reviewing patient outcomes, quality metrics, and identifying deviat...

Richmond, Virginia

Vascular Surgery, Interventional & Vascular Radiology - vascular surgery, arterial line trauma, hand ischemia, compartment syndrome, deep vein thrombosis, access site bleeding, limb amputation, aortic aneurysm, claudication, venous insufficiency, venous disease, arterial disease, lymphedema, endovascular interventions, hemodialysis access, critical limb ischemia

Dr. Michael Amendola is a practicing vascular surgeon at the Central Virginia VA Health Care System in Richmond Virginia. He serves as the Division Chief of Vascular Surgery and the Clinical Director of The Vascular Duplex Laboratory. He graduated from the College of William and Mary with a Bachelor of Science as well as a Master’s of Chemistry in 1995. In 2002, Dr. Amendola received his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Dr. Amendola completed his general surgery residency at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in 2007 and his Vascular Surgery fellowship at the same facility in 2009. He is board certified in vascular and general surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He was selected in 2024 to be an American Board of Surgery certifying examinator in vascular surgery. Dr. Amendola is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as the Society for Vascular Surgery. Dr. Amendola is a Professor of Surgery at Virginia Commonwea...