Undersea Medicine Expert Witnesses

Boca Raton, Florida

Neurology, Sleep Medicine - Neurology Educator, Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine, Decompression Sickness, Arterial Gas Embolism, Diving Injury, Decompression Illness, Dysbaric Osteonecrosis, Undersea Medicine, Hyperbaric Oxygen, Diving Accidents, Traumatic Brain Injury TBI, Concussion, SCUBA, barotrauma, Maritime Injury

National Award-Winning Neurology Educator. Double Board-Certified in Neurology and Sleep Medicine. Fellowship Trained in Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine. Dr. Diana Barratt is a neurology educator. She directed a neurosciences course for second-year medical students and a neurology clerkship for third-year medical students. Over the course of 10 years, she trained over 800 medical students. She went on to direct a neurology residency program and received awards for teaching and innovation. Her awards include the American Academy of Neurology Clerkship Director Teaching Award, the American Academy of Neurology Clerkship Director Innovation Award, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Faculty Innovation Award, and the Association of American Medical College’s MedEdPORTAL Editor’s Choice Special Distinction for an EEG and Sleep publication. She serves as a peer-reviewer and committee member at the national level. Dr. Barratt earned a BS in engineering and a Doctor of Medici...

Clinton, Indiana

Emergency Medicine - undersea Medicine, Diving Medicine, Hyperbaric Medicine, Military

Dr Ventura retired from the Navy in 2020 after a 20+ year career as a submarine officer, Diving and Undersea Medical Officer, and Emergency physician. He has a Master's Degree in Public Health (Health Care Admin) and has worked in practice environments ranging from large urban trauma centers to rural critical access hospitals, including free standing Emergency departments and an austere military hospital. He has served as an employed physician, ED director, and locums tenens physician at a variety of locations. Previously an Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support instructor. Active instructor for Advanced Trauma Life Support and Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine.