Stroke And Tia Expert Witnesses

San Diego, California

Emergency Medicine, Military - Minority, Academic, Military, Diving Medicine, Community Medicine, Overseas, Executive Medicine, Urgent Care, Telemedicine, Resident Supervision, Stroke and TIA, Fracture, Failure to Diagnose, Abdominal Pain, Chest Pain, Appendicitis, Infection, Headache, Heart Attack, Trauma

- Board-certified in Emergency Medicine - Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP) - Bachelor of Science (BS) Chemistry with minor in Biochemistry from Duke University - Medical degree (MD) from the Uniformed Services University, the nation’s military medical school - Retired US Navy Captain with over 25 years of active duty service - Full time expert clinician with broad clinical experiences encompassing academic, community, rural, and overseas hospitals - Extensive combat trauma experience with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan serving as Trauma Tram Leader for complex trauma resuscitations - Prior Chair Emergency Medicine Department community military hospital with over 60,000 annual visits - Prior Chair Credentials Committee military community hospital responsible for oversight of credentialing and privileging for hospital’s approximately 800 medical licensed practitioners. As chair, responsible for advising Privileging Authority on privileging recomm...

San Diego, California

Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care Medicine - Stroke and TIA, Myocardial Infarction and Heart Attack, Aortic Dissection, Sepsis, Airway Management, Appendicitis, Trauma, COPD and Asthma, Fractures, Mental Health, Addiction, Socioeconomic, Abdominal Pain, Headache, Subarachnoid Hemorrage, Brain Bleed, Blood Clots, Injury, Pain and Suffering, Failure to Diagnose

I am a board certified Emergency Medicine physician with extensive experience in many different areas of clinical practice, from Level 1 Tertiary Academic Emergency Departments to small community hospitals. Through mentoring, SEAK training, experience, and research I have developed a strong understanding to the intricacies of the medical-legal system, and the long-term commitment and persistence required to be an effective medical expert. I began my medical career in 2014 as a US Navy Physician, serving as Flight Surgeon and medical department head with a Marine Corps squadron. During deployment overseas, with over 2500 Navy and Marine personnel, I served as sole Flight Surgeon, ensuring our Marine and Navy pilots maintained flight and combat readiness. Working in mainly medically austere environments, my duties included care for acute and emergent conditions, mass casualty operations, coordinating MedEvac transport, and medical support for real-world combat missions, for which I ...