Neuromonitoring Expert Witnesses

Naperville, Illinois

Anesthesiology - Neuroanesthesia, Ambulatory anesthesia, Preoperative assessment, General anesthesia, Airway management, Obstetric anesthesia, Medication errors, Spinal and epidural anesthesia, Positioning injuries, Documentation, Dental injury, Neurosurgery, Spine, Nerve injury, Neuromonitoring

Dr. Ryan Vealey is a board-certified anesthesiologist with fellowship subspecialty training in neurosurgical anesthesiology. Dr. Vealey completed a Bachelors of Science Degree at Villanova University and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. He completed both a general anesthesiology residency and neuroanesthesia fellowship training at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine/Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Vealey is currently Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at a large community hospital in suburban Chicago and Director of the Neurosurgery/Spine Anesthesia section. He holds several leadership positions within the hospital and physician group setting, including those dedicated to ensuring high quality care and case review. Dr. Vealey remains a full-time clinical anesthesiologist in a predominantly physician-only practice. Specialty expertise in all facets of anesthesia concerning neurological surgerie...

Cincinnati, Ohio

Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology - neuromonitoring, neuroanesthesiology, difficult airway management, neonatal anesthesiology, anesthesia management for scoliosis surgery, PACU management, laryngospasm, bronchospasm, intraoperative resuscitation, codes

Michale Ok, MD is double board-certified in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology and has completed a pediatric neuroanesthesia and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring fellowship. He practices full-time at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, one of the premier children's hospitals in the world, and has extensive experience medically directing anesthesiology residents, fellows, nurse anesthetists, and student nurse anesthetists. His special interests focus on management of anesthesia and neuromonitoring during surgeries involving the brain and spine and he has co-authored the neurophysiological monitoring chapter in the 10th edition of Miller's Anesthesia, the preeminent reference book in the field of anesthesiology. Dr. Ok has received the designation of FASA (Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists) which is given to anesthesiologists that are leaders of the field in recognition of significant contributions and commitment to patient care, education, and the...

WEST JORDAN, Utah

Neurocritical Care, Neurology - Stroke, Traumatic brain injury, TBI, Brain hemorrhage, ICU neurology, Neurointensivist, Seizures, Tele-Neurocritical care, Status epilepticus, Coma, Brain death, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Cerebral edema, Intracranial pressure, Malpractice, Tele-Stroke, Neurological injury, Delayed diagnosis, Anoxic brain injury, Neuromonitoring

Kevin T. Meier, MD, is a board-certified neurologist and fellowship-trained neurointensivist with nearly a decade of clinical experience in neurocritical care. He is a full-time clinical neurointensivist actively providing direct patient care and serves as the founder of Meier Medical Consulting, based in Utah, where he offers expert witness and medical case review to attorneys and legal teams nationwide. Dr. Meier earned his Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology from Brigham Young University before completing his medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He completed his neurology residency at the University of Utah and a fellowship in neurocritical care at McGovern Medical School at UT Houston. His clinical expertise encompasses the full spectrum of neurocritical care, including the management of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, status epilepticus, cerebral edema, intracranial hypert...

Seattle, Washington

Neurophysiology, Clinical Neurophysiology - Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring, IONM, Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEP), Neurosurgery, Spine, IONM Technologist, Deep Brain Stimulation, Neurophysiologist, Neurophysiology, Motor Evoked Potentials (MEP), Electromyography (EMG), Neuromonitoring, Brain Surgery Monitoring, Standard of Care, Medical Malpractice

Dr. Vicente Martinez is a intraoperative neurophysiologist with over a decade of clinical and academic experience in intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM), including more than 6,000 brain, spine, and peripheral nerve procedures. He holds a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan and completed a clinical fellowship in IONM at the University of Washington, where he currently serves as Associate Professor/Neurophysiologist in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. Dr. Martinez’s expertise includes real-time interpretation of somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP), motor evoked potentials (MEP), electromyography (EMG), and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) during neurosurgical and orthopedic procedures. He regularly provides protocol development, technologist supervision, and intraoperative decision support for complex cranial and spinal surgeries. He has specific experience with IONM in pediatric neurosurgery, trauma surgery, deep brain stimulat...