Icu Procedure Complication Expert Witnesses

San Ramon, California

Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine - Sepsis, Respiratory failure, Trauma, Stroke, Neuro, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), ICU, Anoxic Brain Injury, Mechanical Ventilation, Acute Respiratory Distress (ARDS), Shock, ICU procedure complication, ICU delay of care, Pulmonary Embolism, Multi-Organ Failure, Brain hemorrhage , Overdose , Infection , Airway management , Sedation

Shawn Kaku, MD, is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University Hospital Dr Kaku has over 10 years of clinical experience in Critical Care Medicine, and hold privileges at 3 hospitals systems in the California Bay Area (Kaiser Permanente, Sutter and Stanford). He has extensive experience with medical and surgical patients, including traumatic and neurological injuries. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr Kaku has held multiple leadership roles including ICU Director, Vice Chair of Medicine, and Chair of Medicine and has helped develop the ICU program at Sutter Eden as well as the Emergency Critical Care program at Stanford University

Los angeles, California

Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease - Intensive Care, Inhalation lung disease, Pulmonary nodules, Interstitial Lung Disease, ARDS, Pulmonary embolism, Sepsis, Occupational lung disease, Lung Cancer, pleural effusion, Pulmonary hypertension, ICU delay in Care, ICU procedure complication, Tracheostomy, Mechanical ventilation, Hospital Acquired infections, Pressure wound

I am a board certified seasoned Pulmonologist and Intensivist, currently in full time active clinical practice. My current position which I have held for 7 years, is as the medical director of the intensive care unit and pulmonary services at a busy downtown Los Angeles community hospital. I have extensive experience in all fields of critical care medicine including cardiac and neurological critical care. I also have vast experience and knowledge regarding the treatment and prevention of pulmonary embolism, management of sepsis, mechanical ventilation, respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, interstitial lung disease, and obstructive lung diseases. At my hospital I am a respected educator of residents, and I am a leading member of our peer review committees, quality and safety committees, resuscitation committees, venous thromboembolism treatment and prevention committees and I am chairwoman of our hospital bylaws committee. I am a clear communicator and pride myself on being fair and ...

Burbank, California

Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine - ICU litigation , ICU procedure complication , Critical Care physician , ICU delay in care , ICU Physician , Critical care legal expert , ICU legal case review , ICU Medical expert , ICU Medical malpractice , ICU negligence , Critical care consultant , Wrongful death , ICU complication

I am a dual board certified physician, in active clinical practice with over 10 years of experience. I currently serve as ICU medical director at USC Arcadia hospital and Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. I am currently active in my clinical practice with over 40 over per week being spent on patient care. My medical expertise includes standard ICU care for medical & surgical patients including (but not limited to), Ventilator management, septic shock, postoperative ICU care, ICU procedures such as central line , chest tube, tracheostomy, thoracentesis, paracentesis, lumbar puncture, intubation, arterial line placement. Specialty care experience include pericardiocentesis, post cardiac arrest care, post MI care, post stroke care including post neurosurgery and post Thrombectomy care. I have fair amount of experience reviewing physician care as part of intra-hospital peer reviews, RCT analysis and medicolegal cases on behalf of medicolegal law firms. I like to ...