Survivability Expert Witnesses

Ormond Beach, Florida

Aviation & Aerospace, Human Factors - Aviation, Pilots, Flight Crew, Cabin Crew, FAA Aeromedical Certification, HIMS, Accident Investigation, Survivability, Injury Causation, Human Factors & Aerospace Safety, HSEQ, Airlines, Patient Safety, Medical Error, NTSB, Aerospace Medicine, Flight Surgeon, Occupational Medicine, Medical Device Usability, Medical Technolog

Award-winning physician-scientist, aerospace medicine specialist, and human factors expert with over 15 years of experience supporting safety, human performance, and operational resilience in aviation, aerospace, healthcare, and other high-consequence environments. Extensive expertise in accident investigation, human performance analysis, survivability, safety systems, operational risk management, and human-systems integration. Recipient of the 2024 Aerospace Medical Association John Paul Stapp Award, recognizing contributions to aerospace medicine and human performance research related to accident investigation and injuries caused by vibration, impact, and ejection forces. Professional experience includes multidisciplinary aviation accident and incident investigations involving human factors, aeromedical causation, survivability, organizational safety, and operational performance. Contributed to over 30 aviation accident and incident investigations, including major accidents, whi...

Richmond, Texas

Forensic Pathology, Anatomic Pathology - Autopsy, Death investigation, Cause of death, Manner of death, Trauma, Injury, Pain and suffering, Medical examiner, Homicide, Survivability, Time of death, Forensic, Coroner, Toxicology, Overdose, Laboratory Medicine, Drug-related, Forensic Toxicology

- Board certified in Anatomic, Clinical, and Forensic Pathology by the American Board of Pathology - Actively practicing Deputy Chief Medical Examiner - Active medical licensure in 10 states - Retired Lieutenant Colonel, US Army with over 23 years of Active Duty Service - Former Director,Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner - Personally performed over 3000 autopsies, including over 400 homicides - Court experience with over 60 trials, hearings, and depositions - Member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) and International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners - Recipient of the "A" Proficiency Designator, Order of Medical Military Merit (O2M3), FBI Director's Award for Outstanding Criminal Investigation (2022), and National Association of Medical Examiners Outstanding Service Award (2025).