Nursery Expert Witnesses

San Diego, California

Pediatrics, Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - Pediatrician, Pediatrics, Child Abuse, Children, Newborn, Neonate, Neonatal, Nursery, Telemedicine, Emergency, Urgent care, Infant, Teen, Hospitalist, Child Injury, Developmental Delay

Dr. Lawrence-Reid is board-certified in General Pediatrics and diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics. She has over 14 years of post-graduate experience diagnosing and treating a wide variety of pediatric illness affecting newborns, infants, children and adolescents of all ages. Such conditions include: prematurity, hyperbilirubinemia, birth injury, hypoglycemia, prenatal substance use, respiratory distress syndrome, newborn screen, dehydration, sepsis, child abuse, and child neglect. Dr. Lawrence-Reid also has substantial experience managing a wide range of acute and chronic general pediatric conditions, as well as routine preventative care such as immunizations. Such conditions include, but are not limited to various infections, gastrointestinal issues, respiratory issues, allergies, and rashes. Dr. Lawrence-Reid has served on hospital quality improvement committees reviewing adverse events and improving patient safety and outcomes. She cares for a large volume of patient...

Lake Worth, Florida

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine - NICU, neonatal, neonatal intensive care, transition, fetal loss, prematurity, birth asphyxia, birth trauma, birth defects, congenital abnormalities, premature, hypoglycemia, low birth weight, nursery, newborn, HIE, full body cooling, baby, infant, central lines

• 18 years of Neonatal Intensive Care nursing experience (including bedside nurse, clinical manager, and assistant nurse manager positions) All experience in level III NICUs. • Four advanced Neonatal Nursing certifications: -Certification in Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (RNC-NIC) -CCRN-Neonatal certification -Certification in Extremely Low Birth Weight infants (C-ELBW) -Certification in Neonatal Neuro-Intensive Care (C-NNIC) • Extensive experience in providing direct patient to care to complex and critically ill neonates, including: ELBW infants, LBW infants, post-delivery stabilization, pre- and post-op surgical infants, full body cooling, EEG monitoring, exchange transfusions, as well as, providing NRP resuscitation efforts to critically unstable neonates • Attends high-risk deliveries including post-delivery stabilization and resuscitation o...

PLAINVIEW, New York

Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatrics - Neonatal resuscitation, Birth injury, GBS sepsis, Hypoglycemia, Kernicterus, Erb Palsy, Brachial Plexus, HIE, Cooling, Missed delayed wrong diagnosis, BRUE or ALTE, Late preterm, Subgaleal hemorrhage, Nursery, NICU, Shoulder Dystocia, Septic joint, Hip dysplasia, Osteomyelitis, Status Asthmaticus

I am available via call, text, and email, 24/7. If I missed you, expect a reply within 8 hours. Double board-certified pediatric hospitalist and pediatrician; focus on newborn care from delivery to discharge; Level II NICU co-management with home-call neonatologists. -8+ years of clinical practice in nursery and level II NICU (plus 3 years of residency) -2,800+ newborns cared for -1,000+ high-risk deliveries attended -Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) instructor -Hundreds of residents and medical students educated -Clinical Associate Professor -Editor-in-Chief -Policy developer

Poughkeepsie, New York

Pediatrics - General pediatrics, General Pediatric care, Pediatric Standard of Care, Pediatric, Community pediatrics, Outpatient pediatrics, Board Certified, Newborn, infant, adolescent, infections, hip dysplasia, respiratory illness, Pediatric emergencies, documentation, nursery

Dr. Herschel Lessin has been a practicing Pediatrician from 1982 - 2023, and has served as an expert witness in Pediatric malpractice litigation since 1987, working for both plaintiff and defense. Trained at Stanford and Yale, Dr. Lessin has experience in case review as well as both deposition and trial testimony. He was a founding member and Vice President of one of the larger US single specialty Pediatric practices with 8 locations and 26 clinicians, His practice includes children from birth through college. Dr. Lessin is active on a national policy level, having been co-lead author on several American Academy of Pediatrics policy statements and technical reports, as well as being a member of the authoring committee on several others. He is co-editor of the 2019 AAP ADHD Toolkit. He reviews a majority of AAP policy statements making comments for possible revision as needed. He has been a member of the Committee on Practice/Ambulatory Medicine and the Payer Advocacy Advisory Commi...