Inmate Access To Care Expert Witnesses

Napa, California

Correctional Healthcare, Family Medicine - Correctional Medicine, Prison Medicine, Jail Medicine, Deliberate Indifference, Serious Medical Needs, § 1983 Claims, Monell/Municipal Liability, Inmate Access to Care, Delayed Diagnosis/Treatment, Standard of Care, Chronic Care, Formulary Issues, MAT/Opioid Withdrawal

David M. Mathis, MD, CCHP-P, FAAFP, has been Board Certified in Family Medicine for more than 30 years. He is designated as a Certified Correctional Health Care Professional-Physician by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, and he has also achieved Advanced Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine. Dr. Mathis has more than 25 years of experience in prison medicine. He most recently served as a Physician and Surgeon at the California Medical Facility, a California state prison caring for medium- to high-acuity incarcerated patients. In that role, he coordinated transfers of inpatients to CMF, as well as hospice-ready patients from other California prisons. He previously served for more than four years as Medical Director of Eastern Correctional Institution, Maryland’s largest prison, with approximately 3,500 inmates. Before his correctional medicine career, Dr. Mathis spent more than 24 years in solo private practice in Virginia, treating patients acros...

Avondale Estates, Georgia

Correctional Healthcare, Emergency Medicine - Jail Standard of Care, Chronic disease mgt, Addiction and Detox, Cancer in jail, Medical Care in jail, Infectious disease in jails, HIV, Wound care, Delay in diagnosis in jail, Jail Emergency Care, Hep C, Inmate access to care, NCCHC Standards, In-custody Death, Mental Health Emergencies, Diabetes, Malnutrition and Starvation

I am a board-certified Emergency Physician with nearly 2 decades in the Emergency Department and 10 plus years of experience in correctional healthcare, including service as Medical Director for two large Metro-Atlanta county jail systems. My background includes frontline clinical care, executive medical leadership, and operational oversight within correctional environments. After transitioning from emergency medicine, my career has focused on the delivery, management, and evaluation of healthcare services in jails and correctional facilities. I have extensive experience with correctional standards of care, compliance, quality improvement, and NCCHC accreditation, as well as a practical understanding of how policies, staffing, and operational constraints impact medical decision-making. I provide expert analysis in matters involving correctional medicine, medical negligence, standards of care, and system operations. I am known for impeccable clinical skills, meticulous medical reco...