Neonatology Expert Witnesses

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - Brain injury causation - fetus/newborn, Encephalopathy - Newborn, prematurity, low birth weight, intrauterine growth restriction, birth trauma, birth injuries, birth defects, sepsis, hypoglycemia, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, bilirubin encephalopathy, newborn resuscitation

-Board certified neonatologist who has practiced for 35 years in both private and academic practices. -Has worked in all levels of care from normal newborn nurseries to Level IV NICUs -Experience as a Medical Director of a Level IV NICU for 18 years -On faculty at University of Illinois College of Medicine for 28 years -Has worked with Advanced Practice Nurses, Residents and medical students at the bedside and in the classroom -Over 10 years of experience as Medical Expert Witness for both plaintiff and defense -Multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - Neonatology, Prematurity, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, Therapeutic Hypothermia, Antecedents of Cerebral Palsy, Medical Director, Experienced legal expert

I have been in the clinical practice of Neonatology for 38 years. I have been Medical Director of Neonatology in a large community Level IIIB NICU for 35 years. I have reviewed 600-700 malpractice cases for both plaintiff and defense attorneys over the past 35 years. I am Board Certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal medicine. I have testified in numerous depositions and trials and am quite experienced in all aspects of medical malpractice litigation. I am quite familiar with the preparation of Affidavits, Declarations, etc. in such matters. I graduated 1st in my class in both pre-med and medical school and subsequently "built" and directed a state-of-the-art Level III NICU. I am expertly familiar with the Standard of Care and Causation in all matters related to Neonatal-Perinatal medicine.

Coronado, California

Pediatric Hospitalist, Epidemiology - Birth Defects, Teratogens, Pharmacovigilance, Genetics, Autism, Rare Disease, Prematurity, Birth trauma, Asthma, Neonatology, Adolescence, Ingestions, Respiratory failure, Vaccines, Artificial Intelligence, Misdiagnoses, Sudden Infant Death, Electronic Medical Records, Congenital heart defects, Infectious diseases

Physician Scientist with more than 30 years of experience. Expertise in clinical medicine, and clinical and translational research, including pediatrics, neonatal medicine epidemiology, precision health, rapid whole genome sequencing, and clinical informatics. Pediatric Hospitalist for 29 years during which served as expert witness for individual cases, class action suits, and pharmacovigilance duties. Inaugural Director of multiple NIH and CDC-funded Centers of Excellence. Experienced national and international public speaker, lecturer, and moderator. Demonstrated success obtaining, sustaining and growing state and federal funding for research and public health programs. Executive level leadership of research programs, including regulatory infrastructure, in large university setting resulting in implementation of innovative clinical research programs among large multi-disciplinary faculty. Additional collaborative projects with Pharma on clinical trials, natural history studies fo...

Coeur D Alene, Idaho

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Pediatrics - brain injury, HIE, respiratory distress syndrome, neonatology, necrotizing enterocolitis, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, BPD, newborn, infant death, birth asphyxia, NICU staffing, prematurity, infant injury, neonatal infection, baby care, birth injury, NEC, neonatal sepsis, standards of NICU care

Dr. Kimberly Judd, MD MHA is a double board certified physician in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal medicine. She has nearly 20 years of clinical experience as a physician, 15 years as a Neonatologist and over 5 years experience providing expert witness work for both public and private-firm cases involving injury to neonates and infants. She specializes in Neonatal-Perinatal (Neonatology) cases involving infants as young as periviable gestational ages (22-23weeks) up to one year of age. Her goal is to provide complete and thorough review of records to provide assessments and opinions that are rooted in evidence-based quality care for neonates in an effort to help clients to make informed decisions about their case.

Boston, Massachusetts

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - Neonatology, Neonatal ICU, Birth injury, Birth trauma, Birth defects, Newborn resuscitation, Newborn, Prematurity, Low birth weight, Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), Hypoglycemia, Jaundice, Neonatal infection (sepsis), Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), Cooling

Dr. Nasim Gorji, DO is a board-certified neonatologist employed by Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians with a decade of experience managing critically ill newborns in both academic and community neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). She attends high risk deliveries, stabilizes these newborns in the delivery room, and cares for medically complex neonates for months after their birth. She also has extensive experience stabilizing critically ill neonates for transport to higher-level tertiary care hospitals. She is a distinguished educator, having held academic appointments as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and interim Associate Program Director of a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship program in the Boston area. Her expertise extends to curriculum development, where she has designed and implemented educational programs for medical students, residents, and fellows. Dr. Gorji is a leader in neonatal resuscitation, serving as an instructor who trains multidisciplinary teams in l...

Northville, Michigan

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Pediatrics - Neonatology, NICU, ELBW, Critical care, Jaundice, Hyoglycemia, Sepsis, Congenital infections, Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, Developmental delay, Neonatal resuscitation, Prematurity, Pulmonary hypertension, Meconium aspiration, Birth injury, Newborn nursery, Necrotizing enterocolitis, NRP, Exchange transfusions, Pneumothorax

Stephanie Gallagher, MD, FAAP is an Attending Neonatologist with over 13 years experience in urban academic and community level Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) since graduating medical school. Dr. Gallagher is double board certified in General Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. She currently practices in a semi-academic level III NICU and level II special care nursery where she oversees and teaches medical students, residents, and neonatal nurse practitioners. Dr. Gallagher attends high risk and extremely preterm deliveries, manages complex patients, performs NICU-specific procedures, and provides prenatal consultations. She also rounds on well, less complex, newborns in the nursery. Dr. Gallagher received her bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Detroit Mercy, College of Science and Engineering. Her medical degree was obtained from Wayne State University, one month of which was spent in a Law & Medicine elective. Dr. Gallagher completed her residency ...

New Jersey

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Intellectual Property - Neonatology, NICU, Newborn Fever, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), Therapeutic Hypothermia (HIE cooling protocols), Chorioamnionitis, Perinatal Informed Consent, Epidural, Cerebral Palsy, ERMF, Hypoglycemia, Neonatology Patents, Resuscitation, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Brachial Plexus, Neonatal transport, Infant MRI, Jaundice

Award-winning neonatologist (newborn intensive care physician) in active clinical practice. Columbia and UCLA educated. Licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Treated what were (1994) the smallest surviving premature twins ever as attending physician. First use of NO (nitric oxide) for pulmonary hypertension (1995) and therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal brain injury (2008) in a community neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Pennsylvania. Extensive NICU administrative experience including quality assurance and root cause analysis of newborn morbidity and mortality. Patented inventor. 35+ years experience specializing in therapeutic hypothermia (HIE cooling protocols), Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), Neonatal hyperthermia and hypothermia, NICU temperature management, failure to initiate cooling protocol, issues related to perinatal informed consent, neonatal respiratory distress, delayed recognition of neonatal distress, criteria for transport and performa...

Dix Hills, New York

Pediatric Surgery, General Surgery - laparoscopic surgery, neonatal surgery, pediatrics, neonatology, robotic surgery, GI surgery, gastroenterology, pediatric urology, pediatric gynecology, adolescent gynecology, global surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, pediatric thoracic surgery

I am a pediatric general and specialist surgeon with 24 years experience, spanning both academic and a busy clinical practice. After having the opportunity to train at some of the busiest centers in the world in India and Australia, I worked as a pediatric surgeon abroad for 9 years, followed by a busy practice as an Attending Pediatric Surgeon in the United States for the last 15 years. My training abroad was recognized by the University of State of New York and the American College of Surgeons. I am licensed to practice medicine in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida. My unique experience makes me adept at both open and minimal invasive surgery and has enabled me to amass a large experience relevant to my specialty in a relatively short period of time. Concurrent with my clinical practice has been an academic practice that has included training medical students, resident pediatricians, resident general surgeons and pediatric surgery fellows. I have 30 peer reviewed pub...

Rego Park, New York

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Pediatrics - Neonatology, Neonatologist, NICU, Periviable, Newborn, Resuscitation, NRP, Simulation, Director, Education, HIE, Prematurity, Baby, NEC, Formula, Breastfeeding, Sepsis, Intubation, Hypothermia, Seizures

Natasha Shapiro, MD is a board-certified neonatologist and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College. She serves as an attending physician in the Division of Neonatology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens, where she has practiced since 2016, and since 2024 has been the Director of the Newborn Simulation and Education Program. Dr. Shapiro earned her B.A. from Columbia University and her M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Hospital, followed by a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship at NYU Langone Medical Center and a Simulation Education fellowship at Weill Cornell Medicine. She is double board-certified in General Pediatrics (2013) and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (2018). Her clinical expertise spans neonatal intensive care, resuscitation, perinatal counseling, breastfeeding education, and healthcare quality improvement. She has spearheaded several innovative programs, including t...

Pipersville, Pennsylvania

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Intellectual Property - Neonatology, NICU, Newborn Fever, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), Therapeutic Hypothermia (HIE cooling protocols), Chorioamnionitis, Perinatal Informed Consent, Epidural, Cerebral Palsy, ERMF, Hypoglycemia, Neonatology Patents, Resuscitation, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Brachial Plexus, Neonatal transport, Infant MRI, Jaundice

Award-winning neonatologist (newborn intensive care physician) in active clinical practice. Columbia and UCLA educated. Licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Treated what were (1994) the smallest surviving premature twins ever as attending physician. First use of NO (nitric oxide) for pulmonary hypertension (1995) and therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal brain injury (2008) in a community neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Pennsylvania. Extensive NICU administrative experience including quality assurance and root cause analysis of newborn morbidity and mortality. Patented inventor. 35+ years experience specializing in therapeutic hypothermia (HIE cooling protocols), Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), Neonatal hyperthermia and hypothermia, NICU temperature management, failure to initiate cooling protocol, issues related to perinatal informed consent, neonatal respiratory distress, delayed recognition of neonatal distress, criteria for transport and performa...