Pediatric Sedation Expert Witnesses

Washington, District Of Columbia

Pediatric Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology - Airway Management, Pediatric Sedation, Procedural Sedation, Regional Anesthesiology, Obstetric Anesthesiology, Pediatric Transplant Anesthesia

Director of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pediatric Transplant Anesthesia at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Lead expert in dozens of pediatric and adult anesthesiology cases, with extensive experience in merit review, expert witness report writing, and providing deposition testimony. Focused on quality and safety, I am a member of multiple advisory groups within the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, as well as Georgetown University Anesthesiology Quality Committee. My primary clinical niche within pediatric anesthesiology focuses around abdominal organ transplant (liver/small bowel). My clinical practice is 50% pediatric/50% adult, allowing me to care for all manner of peri-operative patient. As an associate professor of anesthesiology, I have given >50 research and educational presentations at local, regional and national conferences. My research focus is education technology and just-in-time teaching, as applied to graduate medical education. I have taken part ...

Pensacola, Florida

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine - Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Pediatric Transport, Pediatric Trauma, Pediatric Sedation, Pediatric Cardiac Care, sepsis, cardiac arrest, resuscitation, ECMO

My name is Timothy Carroll and I I have extensive clinical experience in Pediatric hospital medicine, Pediatric emergency medicine and Pediatric critical care. I am focused on education as a professor of pediatrics and quality improvement. I was heavily involved in intra-collegiate debate and took 2nd in the country in the 1996 CEDA national debate championships. I attended medical school at the University of Kansas in Kansas City, KS and trained in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, TX. I am board certified in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care. I have extensive clinical experience in Pediatric hospital medicine, Pediatric emergency medicine and Pediatric critical care. I practiced pediatric emergency medicine for 4 years at Children’s Medical Center Dallas which is the busiest pediatric ER in the country. I have been practicing pediatric critical care and hospital medicine for over 15 years at tertiary and qu...

Nashville, Tennessee

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Hospitalist - Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Cardiac Care, Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric Sedation, ECMO, Cardiac Arrest, Respiratory Failure, Resuscitation, Post-Operative Care, Clinical Informatics, Opioid Management, Ventricular Assist Device (VAD), Heart Transplant

Dr. Barbara-Jo Achuff is a dual board-certified physician in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Informatics with over 25 years of clinical experience in high-acuity medical environments. She currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Her distinguished career includes tenure at three of the nation's top-tier pediatric institutions: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Texas Children’s Hospital, and Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Dr. Achuff completed an advanced fellowship in Cardiac Intensive Care and specializes in the management of complex congenital heart disease, post-operative cardiac care, and mechanical circulatory support, including ECMO. She is a recognized leader in medication safety and sedation stewardship, having served as a leader on Sedation Oversight Committees for over a decade and published NIH-funded research on opioid weaning and analg...