Spinal Cord Stimulators Expert Witnesses

Pompano Beach, Florida

Neurological Surgery - Complex Spine Cases, Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Surgery, Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Fusion Surgery, Anterior, Posterior Fusions, Brain/Spine Trauma, Brain/Spinal Tumors, Subdural Hematoma, Spinal Cord Stimulators, Head Injury, Cauda Equina, Pedicle Screw Instrumentation

Illinois

Pain Management - Medicine - Nerve damage, epidural steroid injection complications, Spinal and epidural injections, Spinal cord injury, Nerve injury, Radiofrequency neuroablation injuries, spinal cord stimulators, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS, RSD), medication errors, failed back surgery syndrome

Dr. Anthony Guarino is a nationally recognized pain management expert and a celebrated clinician, teacher, author and researcher. His interest in pain management began during his undergraduate work at Yale University and developed further during graduate studies in religion at Yale Divinity School. He completed a medical degree at the University of Maryland, an internship in medicine at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore and an anesthesiology residency and formal training in pain management at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Guarino served as director of pain management services for Washington University in St. Louis, MO at Barnes Jewish West County Hospital for 21 years before entering private practice in 2019. He has over 20 years of experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys. The thoroughness of his work in combination with his ability to clearly communicate his findings to both attorneys and juries has led him to have a very busy consultant practice.

Lafayette, Louisiana

Spine Surgery & Spine Care, Orthopedic Surgery - Disc replacement, Kyphoplasty, Sacroiliac Fusion, Spinal cord stimulators, Minimally invasive surgery

Julio Petilon, MD, is an American Board-Certified orthopedic spine surgeon specializing in treating degenerative, traumatic and other disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, including herniated discs, deformity, revision surgery and disease of the sacroiliac joint, as well as general orthopedic surgery. He is licensed to practice medicine in the states of Louisiana and Georgia. Dr. Petilon evaluates each patient individually with a comprehensive approach, offering both non-operative and surgical treatment plans to help alleviate acute and chronic pain, as well as associated neurological symptoms. When surgery is indicated, Dr. Petilon utilizes both open and the latest minimally invasive techniques to provide patients optimal results and recovery, including endoscopic spine surgery. Dr. Petilon earned a Doctorate of Medicine from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. He then completed an internship and orthopedic surgery residency at the Nav...

Chesterfield, Missouri

Pain Management - Medicine - Nerve damage, epidural steroid injection complications, Spinal and epidural injections, Spinal cord injury, Nerve injury, Radiofrequency neuroablation injuries, spinal cord stimulators, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS, RSD), medication errors, failed back surgery syndrome

Dr. Anthony Guarino is a nationally recognized pain management expert and a celebrated clinician, teacher, author and researcher. His interest in pain management began during his undergraduate work at Yale University and developed further during graduate studies in religion at Yale Divinity School. He completed a medical degree at the University of Maryland, an internship in medicine at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore and an anesthesiology residency and formal training in pain management at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Guarino served as director of pain management services for Washington University in St. Louis, MO at Barnes Jewish West County Hospital for 21 years before entering private practice in 2019. He has over 20 years of experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys. The thoroughness of his work in combination with his ability to clearly communicate his findings to both attorneys and juries has led him to have a very busy consultant practice.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Pain Management - Medicine, Life Care Planning - Anesthesia, Expansion of Claim, Spinal Cord Stimulators, Post-Laminectomy Pain, Interventional Pain, Opioid Prescribing, Medical Malpractice, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Independent medical evaluations, Radiofrequency ablation, Workers' Compensation, Records Review, Intrathecal Pumps (Medtronic), Workman's Comp

Dr. Edson Erkulvrawatr is an interventional pain physician based out of Las Vegas who has been practicing for over 18 years in the community. His medical training includes Anesthesia Residency and Pain Fellowship at New York University. Dr. Erkulvrawatr's medicolegal expertise includes 300+ Independent Medical Evaluations for Worker's Compensation claims, expert witness in medical malpractice cases and medical case review physician for Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Erkulvrawatr has also been involved in Life Care planning in malpractice cases. His focus is spine related injuries and treatments including epidural injections, facet radio frequency ablation, spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal drug pumps. He has a special interest in CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome). He has offices in Las Vegas and Reno.