Mechanical Circulatory Support Expert Witnesses

Tucson, Arizona

Cardiovascular Disease - Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Myocarditis, Heart Trasnplant, Left Ventricular Assist Device, LVAD, Mechanical Circulatory Support, ECMO, Cardiogenic Shock

Specializes in Heart Failure Cardiology, actively practicing with over 15 years of experience. Scientist, educator and physician. Experience providing written opinions, online/in-person depositions, and trial expert witness. Opinions based on specialized knowledge, skills, education, and experience. Board certified in Arizona, Ohio and Arkansas, performs guideline and evidence-based reviews nationwide. Opinions address the medical facts with rigor, applicable to both defense and plaintiff cases.

San Francisco, California

Cardiovascular Disease - Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Right Heart Failure, Right Ventricular Failure , Right Ventricular Dysfunction , Heart Failure, Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Ventricular Assist Device, Heart Transplantation

I am a board-certified cardiologist with 25 years of post-training clinical experience and subspecialty expertise in pulmonary hypertension, right heart failure, advanced heart failure, heart transplantation, cardiogenic shock, and advanced echocardiography. I am the founder and Director of the Regional Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, established in 2015, which operates a hub-and-spoke model providing comprehensive PH care across San Francisco, Roseville, and Sacramento. I am a recognized national thought leader in pulmonary vascular disease, with clinical and academic expertise spanning all five WHO classification groups of pulmonary hypertension. I have contributed to international consensus guidelines on both the perioperative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension and on pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease (WHO Group 2). My clinical training includes a cardiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic Arizona and an Advanced...

Tallahassee, Florida

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Disease - Aortic dissection, ECMO, mechanical circulatory support, ventricular assist device, TAVR (traanscatheter aortic valve replacement), CABG, surgery, shock, heart failure, aortic, mitral, tricuspid, aneurysm, cardiac, cardiothoracic, cardiovascular, heart

I am a very experienced, well published, well-versed cardiac surgeon who performs the full spectrum of cardiac surgery. My results are excellent. I have held many academic positions. I am well published in cardiac surgery, with over 80 national and international publications in the field of cardiothoracic surgery. I serve at the editorial board of the Aorta journal and I am reviewer of many prestigious cardiothoracic surgery journals. I frequently present at National and International meetings and I am asked to provide expert opinion in the field of cardiothoracic surgery.

Illinois

Cardiothoracic Surgery - mechanical circulatory support, ECMO, advanced heart failure, donor heart management, heart transplant, adult cardiac surgery, adult heart surgery, coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections)

Dr. Hannah Copeland graduate from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and completed her general surgery training at the University of California San Diego. She completed her Thoracic Surgery Residency at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. She went on to complete an advanced heart and lung transplant fellowship at Indiana University. She is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She also graduated with a Master of Business Administration from University of Arizona Eller College of Management. Dr. Copeland is currently the Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and ECMO. She has also been the surgical director of a heart transplant program and led programs to produce excellent survival outcomes. Dr. Copeland practices the full extent of adult cardiac surgery - including coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections), VAD surgery, heart transplantation and redo operations. She has publish...

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Cardiothoracic Surgery - mechanical circulatory support, ECMO, advanced heart failure, donor heart management, heart transplant, adult cardiac surgery, adult heart surgery, coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections)

Dr. Hannah Copeland graduate from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and completed her general surgery training at the University of California San Diego. She completed her Thoracic Surgery Residency at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. She went on to complete an advanced heart and lung transplant fellowship at Indiana University. She is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She also graduated with a Master of Business Administration from University of Arizona Eller College of Management. Dr. Copeland is currently the Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and ECMO. She has also been the surgical director of a heart transplant program and led programs to produce excellent survival outcomes. Dr. Copeland practices the full extent of adult cardiac surgery - including coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections), VAD surgery, heart transplantation and redo operations. She has publish...

New York

Physical Therapy, Neurology - Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Rehabilitation, Intensive Care Unit, Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation, Acute Care, Differential Diagnosis, Medically Complex, Post-surgical, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Fall Risk, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Mechanical Ventilation, Neurodegenerative Disease, Demyelinating Disease, Hospital, Emergency

Caitlyn Anderson, PT, DPT is board-certified in Neurology and Geriatric specialty physical therapy practice and has been a licensed physical therapist for 12 years. She has extensive experience treating patients in both urban and rural emergency room, intensive care unit, inpatient rehabilitation, and acute care environments. Caitlyn has been an invited speaker and provided continuing education on local, regional, and national platforms focusing on rehabilitation and patient management of medically complex populations, emergency room triage and care, differential diagnosis, and the intensive care unit. She has speciality training across critically-ill populations including those that require mechanical circulatory support and mechanical ventilation, as well as in stroke and traumatic brain injury. She currently is core faculty at the University of Utah Doctor of Physical Therapy program with primary teaching responsibilities in the Neuromuscular Management, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary,...

New York

Cardiothoracic Surgery - mechanical circulatory support, ECMO, advanced heart failure, donor heart management, heart transplant, adult cardiac surgery, adult heart surgery, coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections)

Dr. Hannah Copeland graduate from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and completed her general surgery training at the University of California San Diego. She completed her Thoracic Surgery Residency at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. She went on to complete an advanced heart and lung transplant fellowship at Indiana University. She is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She also graduated with a Master of Business Administration from University of Arizona Eller College of Management. Dr. Copeland is currently the Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and ECMO. She has also been the surgical director of a heart transplant program and led programs to produce excellent survival outcomes. Dr. Copeland practices the full extent of adult cardiac surgery - including coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections), VAD surgery, heart transplantation and redo operations. She has publish...

Washington, Utah

Physical Therapy, Neurology - Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Rehabilitation, Intensive Care Unit, Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation, Acute Care, Differential Diagnosis, Medically Complex, Post-surgical, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Fall Risk, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Mechanical Ventilation, Neurodegenerative Disease, Demyelinating Disease, Hospital, Emergency

Caitlyn Anderson, PT, DPT is board-certified in Neurology and Geriatric specialty physical therapy practice and has been a licensed physical therapist for 12 years. She has extensive experience treating patients in both urban and rural emergency room, intensive care unit, inpatient rehabilitation, and acute care environments. Caitlyn has been an invited speaker and provided continuing education on local, regional, and national platforms focusing on rehabilitation and patient management of medically complex populations, emergency room triage and care, differential diagnosis, and the intensive care unit. She has speciality training across critically-ill populations including those that require mechanical circulatory support and mechanical ventilation, as well as in stroke and traumatic brain injury. She currently is core faculty at the University of Utah Doctor of Physical Therapy program with primary teaching responsibilities in the Neuromuscular Management, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary,...

Charlottesville, Virginia

Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, MitraClip, Valve Disease, Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Transcatheter Mitral Replacement, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure, Congenital Heart Disease, Atrial Septal Defects

Board-certified interventional cardiologist with over 12 years of clinical experience specializing in structural heart interventions, transcatheter valve therapies, and complex coronary interventions. Director of the Advanced Cardiac Valve Center and Structural Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Virginia. Extensive experience in procedural decision-making, standard of care, and management of catheterization laboratory complications. Available for case review, deposition, and trial testimony for both plaintiff and defense. Board Certifications Interventional Cardiology Cardiovascular Disease ACHD Internal Medicine Clinical Experience Structural Heart Interventions Over 3,000 structural heart procedures performed, including: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair (MitraClip / TEER) Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair and Replacement Left Atrial Appendage Closure (Watchman) Adult Congenital Heart Interventions Patent Foramen Ovale (...