Spinal Anesthesia Expert Witnesses

Chico, California

Anesthesiology - cardiac anesthesia, airway trauma, intubation, operating room fires, positioning, central lines, airway management, regional anesthesia, ambulatory anesthesia, epidurals, spinal anesthesia, ICU sedation, preoperative assessment, general anesthesia, echocardiography

Dual board-certified, cardiovascular fellowship-trained (Emory University) anesthesiologist in full-time clinical practice. Additionally board certified in peri-operative transesophageal echocardiography. Over 21 years of experience in hands-on patient care and direction/supervision of CRNAs and medical students. • General anesthesia including: Induction and maintenance of anesthesia, ventilator management, intra-operative monitoring, management of emergence from anesthesia, and transportation to and from the operating room. • Airway management including endotracheal tubes, single-lung ventilation, and non-invasive techniques. • Epidural and spinal anesthesia. • Regional anesthesia. • Invasive Monitoring including central Lines, arterial Lines, and pulmonary arterial catheters. • Pre-operative assessment and post-operative patient management. • Echocardiography and ultrasound assessment. Areas of practice include: General, cardiovascular, vascular, thoracic, bariatric, orthopedic,...

Beverly Hills, California

Anesthesiology, Obstetrical Anesthesiology - Airway Management, Maternal Mortality, Epidural Anesthesia, Nerve Injury, Anesthesia Malpractice, Standard of Care, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Obstetric Anesthesia, Difficult Intubation, Patient Safety, Failure to Monitor, Spinal Anesthesia, Wrongful Death, Regional Anesthesia, Hypoxic Brain Injury, Intraoperative Monitoring, PACU

Dr. Brian Bensadigh is a board certified anesthesiologist with over a decade of clinical experience and specialized fellowship training in obstetric anesthesiology. He currently serves as Director of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety for the anesthesia department at a large Southern California hospital and holds an active volunteer academic appointment. His dual focus on high risk obstetrics and clinical quality provides attorneys with authoritative insights into standard of care, systems failures, and adverse outcomes. He possesses deep expertise in labor analgesia, complex airways, epidural complications, and institutional protocol evaluation. He provides objective medical record analysis, case review and merit evaluation, deposition, and trial testimony for both plaintiff and defense counsel. He maintains an active medical license in California and is an expert reviewer for the Medical Board of California. Areas of Practice: General, bariatric, ambulatory, orthopedic, tra...

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...

Brookline, Massachusetts

Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine - General Anesthesia, Surgery complications, Critical Care, ICU, Difficult Airway, ACLS, Shock, Sepsis, Resuscitation, Perioperative medicine, PACU, Orthopedic anesthesia, General Surgery, Endoscopy, Airway Management, Spinal Anesthesia, Informed Consent, Central Line, Cardiac Arrest

Dr. Ilan Mizrahi is a Harvard-trained, double board-certified anesthesiologist and critical care physician. He teaches at Harvard Medical School and practices at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is recognized as a "Top Doctor" by Boston Magazine and Castle Connolly. Dr. Mizrahi specializes in the full spectrum of anesthesia care—from preoperative clearance to operative management and postoperative recovery. He has extensive experience evaluating whether the standard of care was met during anesthesia and in managing complications that arise in the recovery room, hospital ward, or ICU. In addition to his operating room practice, Dr. Mizrahi is a senior physician in the ICU, caring for critically ill surgical and medical patients. He provides expert insight into the care of hospitalized patients during emergencies such as cardiac arrest, code-blue events, CPR, and emergency intubation. He has particular expertise in “failure-to-rescue” cases involving delays in recognizing or resp...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Anesthesiology, Pain Management - Medicine - Regional Anesthesiology, Nerve Injury, Pain Management, Peripheral Nerve Blocks, Epidural Anesthesia, Spinal Anesthesia, Orthopedic Anesthesia, Ultrasound guided procedures, General Anesthesia, Sedation, Intubation, Extubation, Difficult Airway, Trauma, Positioning, IV infiltration, cryoablation

Dr. Grosh is the Fellowship Director and Chief of Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a board-certified Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and fellowship trained in Regional Anesthesiology Acute and Chronic Pain management. He is the Director of Orthopedic Anesthesiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center overseeing clinical care of orthopedic surgical patients. Additionally, he is Chair of the Procedural Sedation Committee and the co-chair of Penn Presbyterian Medical Center's Clinical Effectiveness Committee in which he oversees quality improvement and safety metrics for patients in the perioperative space. Dr. Grosh is an expert in the field of regional anesthesiology, peripheral nerve blocks with local anesthetics and cryoablation, nerve injury, anesthesia for total joint replacement including knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, wrist as well as trauma resusci...

Roanoke, Texas

Anesthesiology - Regional Anesthesia, General anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, critical care, anesthesiology, epidural anesthesia, nerve blocks, spinal anesthesia

Mark Ettinger, M.D. is a board-certified anesthesiologist and independent expert witness with more than 15 years of active clinical practice. He completed his anesthesiology residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital after training in general surgery and neurological surgery at UT Southwestern. He graduated valedictorian from LSU Health Sciences Center and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Ettinger has provided expert-witness consultation and testimony since 2015 in matters involving anesthesiology and critical care. His current practice areas include general anesthesia; airway management and difficult intubation; obstetric, regional, and neuraxial anesthesia; preoperative evaluation; postoperative complications; informed consent; medication errors; equipment issues; and physician supervision. He accepts both plaintiff and defense matters. Dr. Ettinger is President of Meridian Anesthesia, where he oversees clinical operations, physician recruitment, and quality assurance across m...