Hospital Safety Expert Witnesses

Phoenix, Arizona

Radiation Oncology, Oncology - Radiation injury, quality assurance, radiation safety, delayed diagnosis, breast cancer, radiation induced cancer, product liability, malpractice, radiation causation, mesothelioma, prostate cancer, causation, toxic tort, hospital safety, secondary cancer, latency, head neck cancer, radiation exposure, environmental exposure, cancer

https://www.cancercausationexpert.com pberonmd@gmail.com 310-709-4604 Board-certified radiation oncologist with more than 20 years of active clinical experience and longstanding expert witness experience in medical malpractice, radiation oncology standard of care, product liability, toxic tort, environmental exposure, radiation exposure, and radiation-induced cancer matters. Retained by both plaintiff and defense counsel. Expertise includes general and specific causation, radiation dose assessment, exposure pathway analysis, latency, tumor biology, competing risk factors, epidemiology, radiobiology, and mechanistic cancer causation. Frequently evaluates whether an alleged malignancy is medically and biologically consistent with the type, magnitude, dose, timing, and pathway of an alleged ionizing radiation or environmental exposure. Served as Chair of a national Radiation Oncology Quality Assurance Committee for the American Society for Radiation Oncology. Form...

Palo Alto, California

Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatrics - Standard of Care, Case Management, Newborn Care, Hospital Safety, Medication Safety, Physician Billing, Clincal Care Guidelines, Standard of Care, Joint Commission, Hospital Finance, Healthcare Insurance, Physician Group Practice, Pediatric Best Practice

Dr. Francisco Javier Alvarez is a nationally recognized leader in pediatric hospital medicine, with more than two decades of experience in inpatient pediatrics, medical education, healthcare quality improvement, and clinical leadership. His multifaceted career spans academic teaching, hospital leadership, policy development, and medical consulting. He currently serves as Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine and as Associate Chief of the Stanford Regional Pediatric Hospital Medicine Programs. In addition, he is the Medical Director of Case Management at Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Dr. Alvarez provides oversight and care in high-acuity inpatient settings, where he integrates clinical excellence with evidence-based approaches to patient management. Prior to joining Stanford, Dr. Alvarez held multiple leadership roles at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., including Medical Director for multi...

Medford, Oregon

Physician Assistant, Psychiatry - Inpatient psychiatry, Consult Liason, Suicide risk, Crisis care, Psychosis, Mood disorders, Substance use, Patient safety, Involuntary hold, Discharge planning, Medication management, Malpractice, Standard of care, Behavioral Health, Acute psychiatry, Psychiatric hold, Assessment, Telemedicine, Documentation, Hospital Safety

Levi D. Vance, PA-C – Psychiatric Expert Witness I am a board-certified Physician Assistant with over six years of experience in inpatient psychiatry at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Unit. My practice involves daily evaluation and management of patients with acute psychiatric conditions including psychosis, severe mood disorders, substance use disorders, and suicidal ideation requiring crisis stabilization. Courtroom Experience I regularly provide testimony in civil commitment hearings, which has familiarized me with legal proceedings, communicating psychiatric concepts to legal audiences, and responding to examination. Clinical Background My clinical work encompasses suicide risk assessment, psychiatric medication management, involuntary hold determinations, discharge planning for high-acuity patients, and crisis intervention. I treat patients across the full spectrum of acute psychiatric presentations and work within multidisciplinary teams to addr...