Operating Room Nurse Expert Witnesses

Cave Creek, Arizona

Legal Nurse Consulting, Nurse - Surgeries: General Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Spine Surgery, Urology Surgery, URO/GYN Surgery, GYN Surgery, Plastic Surgery, da Vinci Robotic Surgery. Operating Room Nurse. I have experience with Standard of Care, infection prevention/sterile technique, injury prevention and positioning

I have been an RN since 1999 in the operating room, both as a circulator, a scrub, and Perioperative Clinical Educator. My experience ranges from Level 1 trauma to outpatient surgery center. I have experience in the surgical specialties of cardiac, general, gynecology, orthopedic (spine), plastics, and urology. I also have assisted with the implementation of the DaVinci Robotic program in the specialties of cardiac, gynecology, and urology. I have been employed in Scottsdale, AZ since August 2009, where I perform the duties of scrub and circulator. I was promoted to Clinical Nurse Educator in April 2015 for Shea and Piper Perioperative Department (OR, pre-op, PACU, Endoscopy, and CSPD). In this position I educated staff in the newest technologies and remain current with policies and procedures. I also reviewed and updated policies for the hospital system. I was also the Laser Safety Officer for the Scottsdale campus. I have also successfully concluded several AORN: 101 Perioperativ...

Calabasas, California

Legal Nurse Consulting, Orthopedic Surgery - Operating Room Nurse, Circulator Nurse, Scrub Nurse, Orthopedic Surgery, Neurosurgery, General Surgery, ENT Surgery, Plastic Surgery, DaVinci Robotic Surgery, GYN Surgery, Urological Surgery, and Pediatric Surgery, SPD, Pre-Op, PACU/Recovery, Surgery Center, GI, Nursing Leadership, Patient Safety

Alexis Chaudron is the owner of AEC Consulting LLC, an independent consulting practice through which she provides healthcare expertise honed through almost 20 years of healthcare experience. Ms. Chaudron has provided expert witness services for medical legal cases. She has analyzed medical charts, depositions, declarations and other related documents to ascertain if the nursing standard of care has been met. Ms. Chaudron has provided depositions and expert testimony as needed depending on case requirements. She has worked for both plaintiffs and defense in medical malpractice, negligence, and wrongful termination cases. Ms. Chaudron has a Bachelor of Arts in Public Health Studies from the Johns Hopkins University and a Master's of Healthcare Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She continued to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master’s of Science in Nursing from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing after working for years in h...

Valencia, California

Nurse, Health Informatics - Operating Room Nurse, Circulating Nurse, RN First Assistant, Audit Trail Analysis, Robotic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Vascular, Gynecology, Spine/Neuro, Documentation Errors, Operating Room, Surgery Center, Trauma, Surgical Errors, Health Informatics, EMR Review, Intraoperative Injury, Surgical Standards of Care, Scrub Nurse

Anna Gray, RN, CRNFA, CNOR is a Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant with over 25 years of perioperative experience across hospital-based operating rooms and ambulatory surgery center leadership. Her operating room expertise spans robotic (gynecologic oncology, urology, general surgery, hepatobiliary, vascular), complex general, vascular (bypass, carotid, endovascular), orthopedic (total joints: knee, hip, shoulder), neurological (spinal, bleed evacuation, tumor resection), & trauma. With hands-on experience in first assisting, circulating, scrubbing, and precepting. This multi-role background provides a comprehensive understanding of surgical team dynamics, role-specific responsibilities, and intraoperative decision-making. Ms. Gray is a former Clinical Director of Operations for a free-standing surgery center, where she oversaw operating room workflow, staffing, regulatory compliance, and quality assurance initiatives. She has extensive experience evaluating adherence to...

Granite Bay, California

Nursing Administration, Nurse - AAAHC Surveyor, Professor of Nursing at Sacramento City College, Operating Room Nurse, Ambulatory Surgery Nurse, Legal Nurse Consultant, Falls, Perioperative Services Administration, Post Anesthesia Nurse, Procedural Sedation Nurse, GI procedures RN, CNOR, RN, Med Surg, Medical Devices, Nurse, Preoperative, Endoscopy

Clinical Experiences include:  Medical Surgical Nursing  Shock / Trauma Intervention  Procedural Services  Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Care  Procedural Sedation  Clinical Educator Operational / Leadership Experiences include:  2003 Iraqi War Veteran  Multi-site surgical venues - UC Davis Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente  Level 1 Trauma academic medical center – UC Davis Medical Center  Military – Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Operation Iraqi Freedom  Fee for service ambulatory surgery and procedural services – ABSMC Surgery Center  Clinic management – Perioperative Medicine Clinic, Kaiser Permanente -As a procedural department administrator and clinician, I have personally supervised the safe care in and around various procedures and operating room venues for 18 years, totaling approximately 300,000 individual patient encounters. As a Registered Nurse, Operating Room Manager, Director, and Administrator, I have extensive experience with reg...

Cumming, Georgia

Nurse - Surgical Nurse, Operating Room Nurse, Certified Operating Room Nurse, CNOR, Circulator, Circulating Nurse, OR Nurse, Perioperative Nurse, RN Circulator, Ambulatory Surgery Nurse, Clinical Educator

I am a Certified Operating Room Nurse with over 18 years of hands-on clinical experience in perioperative nursing. My background includes practice in both Level I Trauma Centers and Outpatient/Ambulatory Surgery Centers, providing a broad, real-world perspective on operating room standards of care. - Certified Operating Room Nurse (CNOR) since 2011 - Member, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) for over 15 years I have extensive circulating nurse experience across multiple surgical specialties, including: - General and Laparoscopic Surgery - Orthopedic Surgery - Urological Surgery - Gynecological Surgery - Plastic Surgery - Robotic Surgery - Vascular Surgery - Kidney Transplant Surgery - Surgical Oncology I currently practice in an Ambulatory Surgery Center, delivering direct patient care and ensuring strict adherence to perioperative nursing standards, policies, and protocols. I hold a Multistate Compact ...