Post Operative Care Expert Witnesses

Menlo Park, California

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Hospitalist - Sepsis, Multi-Organ Failure, Respiratory Failure, Stroke, Cardiac Arrest, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation), Cardiac Surgery, Shock, Septic Shock, Pediatric Critical Care, Trauma, Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Post-Operative Care

Pediatric Critical Care Expert – Failure to Recognize Deterioration, Escalation, and ICU Management I am a double board-certified pediatric and pediatric critical care physician with over 22 years of clinical experience, including 16 years at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and 8 years at Stanford University. My medicolegal work focuses on cases involving clinical deterioration, delayed recognition, and failures in escalation of care in hospitalized children. I help attorneys evaluate: - Whether deterioration should have been recognized earlier - Whether escalation to ICU, subspecialty care, or higher-level monitoring was appropriate and timely - Whether management in the PICU met the standard of care - Whether adverse outcomes were preventable I have extensive experience managing critically ill children with: - Respiratory failure and progressive decompensation - Sepsis and septic shock - Post-operative deterioration - Cardiac arrest and resuscitation - Neurologic ...

Tampa, Florida

Nurse, Critical Care Surgery - Nurse, Medical ICU, Surgical ICU, Legal Nurse Consultant, Expert Witness, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, General Surgery, Neurovascular Assessments, Medication Errors, Sepsis, Standards of Care, Post Operative Care, Ventilator, Personal Injury, IV Medication, Wound Care, Evidence Based

Florida

Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery & Spine Care - Medical Surgical Nursing, Trauma, Urology, Post-operative Care, Fractures, Spine, Neurology

Clinical Nurse Manager for a 31 bed Orthopedics, Spine, Trauma & Surgical Specialty Unit. Highly skilled nursing professional with 34 years of experience in medical/surgical and orthopedic nursing. Available for expert witness assistance for a wide variety of cases. Services include: Organize, summarize and analyze medical records. Analyze cases for merit and strategy. Develop chronologies, summaries and other reports. Assist attorneys with fact witness preparation.

West Palm Beach, Florida

Critical Care Medicine - Cardiac surgery, Sepsis, Respiratory failure, Intubation, ARDS, Stroke, Pneumonia, Resuscitation, Invasive line, Pulmonary embolism, Mechanical ventilator, Shock, Bleeding, Misdiagnoses, Delay in care, Fall, Myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, Post operative care, aspiration

Dedicated and experienced Internal Medicine, Intensivist and Cardiac Intensivist. Board certified physician in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Critical Care ECHO. Extensive training and expertise in managing medical cases from general medicine to complex cardiac surgery patients including transplant and mechanical circulatory support. Proven track record of excellence in tele-health, clinical care, research, and academic teaching.

Lawrenceville, Georgia

Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery & Spine Care - Medical Surgical Nursing, Trauma, Urology, Post-operative Care, Fractures, Spine, Neurology

Clinical Nurse Manager for a 31 bed Orthopedics, Spine, Trauma & Surgical Specialty Unit. Highly skilled nursing professional with 34 years of experience in medical/surgical and orthopedic nursing. Available for expert witness assistance for a wide variety of cases. Services include: Organize, summarize and analyze medical records. Analyze cases for merit and strategy. Develop chronologies, summaries and other reports. Assist attorneys with fact witness preparation.

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...