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Procedural Sedation Expert Witnesses

Procedural sedation expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on procedural sedation. The procedural sedation expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, and Urgent Care Medicine.

Jason Goodwin, RN, MSN, MPH

Nursing Administration Expert
Operating Room Nursing
Experienced Expert Witness

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Joshua Verson, MD

Emergency Medicine Expert Witness

Scottsdale, Arizona

Emergency Medicine - Emergency Medicine, EMTALA, Airway, Procedural Sedation, Sepsis, Stroke, Trauma Care, Myocardial Infarction, Chest Pain, Shortness of breath, Ectopic Pregnancy, Pulmonary Embolism, Emergency Ultrasound, Medical Education, Altered Mental Status, Miscarriage, Cardiac Arrest, Appendicitis, Cholecystitis, Intracranial Hemorrhage

I am a board-certified emergency medicine physician with active clinical practice at a Level I trauma center, multiple community hospitals, Native American healthcare systems and free standing emergency rooms. I also hold the position of Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Creighton University School of Medicine, where I provide bedside teaching. I have taught medical students and trainees, developing expertise in conveying complex clinical concepts in a clear and accessible manner. I developed my interest in medical expert witness work through a longstanding interest in the intersection of medicine and law, particularly as it pertains to the legal and ethical dimensions of healthcare delivery. As an expert witness, I am dedicated to providing comprehensive, objective, and evidence-based case reviews. I welcome the opportunity to assist in the objective evaluation of your case.

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Marc Zosky, DO

Emergency Medicine Physician

Gilbert, Arizona

Emergency Medicine - Emergency medicine management, Medical Screening Exam (MSE), EMTALA, Airway, Procedural sedation, Sepsis, Stroke, Trauma care, Myocardial infarction (heart attack), Chest pain, Medical capacity, triage, discharge instructions

I am a board certified emergency medicine physician, and actively practice at a level I trauma center, as well as a smaller community hospital. Additionally, I am an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, and actively teach in their simulation and innovation center. Teaching medical students for over nine years has given me extensive experience in teaching complex concepts in easy to understand terms. I became interested in medical expert witness work while sitting on my hospital's medical staff quality committee, which reviews the quality and safety of patient care. Medicine is an imperfect science, and the care delivered to patient's can be incredibly nuanced, and sometimes there will be poor outcomes. You will find that I am meticulous and honest in my review of each case, with prompt and dependable turnaround times I look forward to working with you.

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Alexander Toledo, DO, Pharm.D, FAAEM, FAAP

Pediatric Emergency Consultants

Gold Canyon, Arizona

Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine - Clinical Pharmacology, Drug Toxicity, Pediatrics, Pediatric Psychiatric Emergencies, Procedural sedation, Pediatric procedural sedation, Emergency Department Violence, Pediatric Trauma, Pharmacokinetics, Medication Errors, Forensic Pharmacology, Forensic Image review, Age Estimation

Alexander Toledo, DO, PharmD, FAAEM, FAAP is the Owner of Pediatric Emergency Consultants, LLC. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and a specialty fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Alexander is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Child Health at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and Creighton University in Phoenix, AZ. He currently practices Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Phoenix Children's Hospital and Emergency Medicine at Valleywise Health Medical Center. He holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree with special interest in Pediatric Pharmacokinetics and Forensic Pharmacology Dr. Toledo is fluent in Spanish and experienced with chart review of Puerto Rico medical files. He is licensed in AZ and TX. Pediatric Emergency Consultants, LLC provides specialized consultation in the fields of Emergency Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology, and P...

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Steven W Kohler, MD, FAAEM

Lodestar Emergency Medicine Consulting, LLC

San Diego, California

Emergency Medicine - Emergency Medicine, Stroke, Sepsis, Myocardial Infarction, Cardiac Dysrhythmias, Pulmonary Embolus, Respiratory Failure, Advanced Airway Management, Ectopic Pregnancy, Pediatric Emergencies, DKA, Closed Head Injury, COVID-19, Procedural Sedation, ED/Hospital Operations, Medical Education

Dr. Kohler is a residency trained, board certified emergency physician with a nearly 30 year of clinical practice at a high volume, high acuity tertiary care medical centers in Tucson AZ, and San Diego, CA. He was appointed and has served as both Assistant Chief and Chief of his emergency department as well as serving as the hospital Emergency Management Chair and ED delegate to the hospital Bioethics Committee. After many years of reviewing cases for the Emergency Department, Hospital Peer Review and Quality Improvement committees, he was appointed as founding core faculty to establish an Emergency Medicine Residency Program at his medical center. Among other duties, he was tasked with creating the Quality Improvement, Patient Satisfaction and Risk Management curricula for the residency program, which included a novel collaboration with University of San Diego School of Law to integrate medical malpractice didactics between emergency medicine residents and law students. He is liste...

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Sumeet Gopwani

Director of Pediatric Anesthesia, Georgetown Univ.

Georgetown University

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 ...

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Jason D. May, MD, FAAEM, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Case Review and Testimony

Illinois

Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine - Emergency Medicine Standard of Care, Community Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, Medical Malpractice, Airway/Difficult Airway, Procedural Sedation, Pulmonary Embolism, Trauma, Headache, Chest Pain, Abdominal Pain, Stroke/TPA

Award winning, board-certified emergency medicine physician. Full time clinical practice. Significant leadership experience including former Chief of Staff at Columbus Regional Hospital and Board of Directors of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. Experienced teacher and expert witness case reviewer. Recognized by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine as having expertise in pediatric, trauma, neurological, and cardiac resuscitation. Completed multiple SEAK expert witness training courses.

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Jason D. May, MD, FAAEM, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Case Review and Testimony

Greenwood, Indiana

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Josh D Weber, MD, ABA

Anesthesiologist Expert Witness | Harvard-trained

Weber Medical Consulting, LLC

Fairway, Kansas

Anesthesiology, Ambulatory Surgery Centers - Airway management, Perioperative monitoring, Regional anesthesia, Obstetric anesthesia, Difficult airway, MAC sedation, Peripheral nerve blocks, Labor epidural, Failed intubation, Procedural sedation, Epidural anesthesia, Cesarean section anesthesia, Hypoxic / Anoxic injury, General anesthesia, Spinal anesthesia, Harvard, MGH

Josh Weber, MD, ABA is a Harvard-trained, board-certified anesthesiologist with 19+ years of clinical experience providing anesthesia care in high-volume community hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. He offers independent, evidence-based expert witness services in matters involving anesthesiology standards of care, perioperative patient safety, and anesthesia-related complications. Dr. Weber’s clinical expertise includes general anesthesia, advanced airway management, difficult and failed intubation, obstetric anesthesia, epidural and spinal anesthesia techniques, peripheral nerve blocks, procedural and MAC sedation, invasive line placement, and perioperative monitoring. He has served in multiple physician leadership roles, including obstetric anesthesia liaison, executive committee member of a private anesthesia group, and clinical instructor in obstetric anesthesia for an academic anesthesiology training program. He provides medical record review, early case screening, wri...

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Jason D. May, MD, FAAEM, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Case Review and Testimony

Kentucky

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Paola Vietoris, RN, BSN

DUNKIRK, Maryland

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics - Pediatric Critical Care, Sedation, Cardiac Arrest, Respiratory Failure, Sepsis, child abuse, Liver, Kidney, Pancreatic and Intestinal Transplantation, Peds Gastroenterology, Peds Hematology/Oncology, Seizures, Procedural Sedation, Pre-op and post-op surgical care

I am a full-time practicing RN with over 30 years' experience working in a pediatric ICU at a major medical institution in Washington, DC. My work primarily is with critically ill newborns and young adults. Skills and experience include caring for patients in multisystem organ failure, respiratory distress, respiratory failure, liver, small bowel, pancreatic and kidney transplant, neurological, pre-op and post-op surgical care, and neurosurgical diseases, infectious diseases, non-accidental trauma (NAT) and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). Consistent focus on evidence-based nursing care as well as other nursing standards. I am a licensed registered nurse (RN) with an unrestricted nursing license in 37 states and the District of Columbia. My extensive experience enables me to provide expert witness services to attorneys and other legal professionals. Available for consultation, case evaluation, deposition and testimony.

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David A Meguerdichian, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Natick, Massachusetts

Emergency Medicine - Trauma, Orthopedic Injuries, Difficult Airway, Emergency Procedures, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Procedural Sedation, Medical Simulation, Sepsis, Appendicitis, Stroke, Pulmonary Embolism, Cauda Equina Syndrome, Clinical Operations

Dr. David Meguerdichian is a board certified emergency medicine physician and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is an instructor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School and practices emergency medicine at the academic and community sites for Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). Dr. Meguerdichian is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine and completed his residency training in emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center where he served as chief resident in his final year. Through his years in practice, Dr. Meguerdichian has educated hundreds of students and resident physicians. In his current role as the assistant medical director of the Neil and Elise Wallace STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation, he has focused on the use of simulation to improve physician procedural skills, patient safety, and closed-loop physician communication. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications and lectured on key topics in emergency medicine. R...

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Debra F Hillier, MD, MS-HPEd

Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Winchester, Massachusetts

Pediatrics, Hospitalist - Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Pediatric Urgent Care, Sleep Apnea, Complex Care Pediatrics, Pediatric Intermediate Care, Asthma, CPAP, BiPAP, Procedural Sedation, Hypoxemia, Feeding Disorders, Congenital Syndromes, Metabolic Disorders, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Sepsis, Pediatric Overdoses, Transport

Dr. Debra Hillier is a board certified pediatric and pediatric hospital medicine physician. She brings over 20 years of clinical experience in an incredibly broad range of care areas, including pediatric hospital medicine, pediatric intermediate and critical care, pediatric emergency medicine, and pediatric procedural sedation. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at a world-renowned medical institution. Dr. Hillier has extensive clinical experience both in a top-tier children’s quaternary care center as well as pediatric community hospital sites. Dr. Hillier brings unique expertise to consulting work given her master’s degree in medical education, with specific interests in medical curriculum development, simulation and procedural competency. She has won numerous teaching awards for her work with pediatric residents and medical students. She has been an invited guest speaker for peer faculty development within the realms of medical education and pediatric interme...

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Jason D. May, MD, FAAEM, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Case Review and Testimony

Michigan

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Jason D. May, MD, FAAEM, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Case Review and Testimony

Ohio

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Maarij Baig, MD

Specialized in Critical Care & Internal Medicine

Reston, Virginia

Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine, ventilation management, Internal Medicine, procedural sedation, airway management, Expert Witness, bronchoscopy

Dr. Maarij Baig, DO, MS is double board-certified in Critical Care Medicine (2023) and Internal Medicine (2021) by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He currently serves as an Intensivist and ICU Assistant Medical Director at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, Maryland, where he manages critically ill patients in the medical and surgical ICU, leads multidisciplinary teams, performs advanced procedures, and provides medical and administrative oversight to maintain the highest standards of care. Dr. Baig earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Mary Washington. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Inspira Medical Center in Vineland, New Jersey, where he also served as Chief Medicine Resident, and went on to complete fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey...