Valve Surgery Expert Witnesses

Illinois

Cardiothoracic Surgery - mechanical circulatory support, ECMO, advanced heart failure, donor heart management, heart transplant, adult cardiac surgery, adult heart surgery, coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections)

Dr. Hannah Copeland graduate from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and completed her general surgery training at the University of California San Diego. She completed her Thoracic Surgery Residency at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. She went on to complete an advanced heart and lung transplant fellowship at Indiana University. She is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She also graduated with a Master of Business Administration from University of Arizona Eller College of Management. Dr. Copeland is currently the Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and ECMO. She has also been the surgical director of a heart transplant program and led programs to produce excellent survival outcomes. Dr. Copeland practices the full extent of adult cardiac surgery - including coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections), VAD surgery, heart transplantation and redo operations. She has publish...

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Cardiothoracic Surgery - mechanical circulatory support, ECMO, advanced heart failure, donor heart management, heart transplant, adult cardiac surgery, adult heart surgery, coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections)

Dr. Hannah Copeland graduate from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and completed her general surgery training at the University of California San Diego. She completed her Thoracic Surgery Residency at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. She went on to complete an advanced heart and lung transplant fellowship at Indiana University. She is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She also graduated with a Master of Business Administration from University of Arizona Eller College of Management. Dr. Copeland is currently the Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and ECMO. She has also been the surgical director of a heart transplant program and led programs to produce excellent survival outcomes. Dr. Copeland practices the full extent of adult cardiac surgery - including coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections), VAD surgery, heart transplantation and redo operations. She has publish...

Newton, Massachusetts

Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Surgery - Thoracic Surgery, Valve surgery, Coronary Disease and surgery, Morbidity, Heart and Lung Transplant, Mediastina Surg, Ventricular Assist Devices, Pericardiectomy, Aortic Aneurysm, Bleeding, Aortic, Atrial Fibrillation, pediatric heart surgery, Administrative Harm, Psychological safety, Transcatheter valve, trauma, Lung, congenital

Dr. Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, M.D., M.B.A. Board-Certified Cardiothoracic and General Surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Shuhaiber is a American board-certified cardiothoracic and general surgeon with more than two decades of clinical and academic experience across major United States and United Kingdom health systems, including the Cleveland Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital,University of Massachusetts, and Geisinger Health System. His expertise covers the full spectrum of adult cardiac surgery, adult lung surgery , including coronary artery bypass grafting, aortic and mitral valve repair and replacement, aortic aneurysm and dissection, and perioperative management of high-risk patients as well as expertise in pediatric cardiac surgery Dr. Shuhaiber has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and three surgical textbooks and serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He has served on multiple quality and peer-review committees, led system-wide safety initiati...

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Anesthesiology, Ultrasound - Adult Cardiac Anesthesia, Cardiac Anesthesia, Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE), Perioperative Medicine, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), Aortic Surgery, Valve Surgery, Heart Transplant, ECMO, Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Hemodynamics, Coagulopathy, Cardiac Arrest, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Standard of Care

My clinical practice is devoted primarily to cardiothoracic anesthesiology. I am a board-certified anesthesiologist with subspecialty certification in Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology and Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE). I am an Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and currently serve as the Site Director of Cardiac Anesthesia at a large community affiliate of a major academic medical center. During subspecialty fellowship training and more than 14 years of independent practice, I have personally provided anesthesia care for more than 2,500 cardiovascular surgery procedures, including coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), valve repair and replacement, thoracic aortic surgery, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support procedures. My extensive experience includes perioperative TEE, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, cardiopulmonary bypass, intraoperative anticoagulation management, blood conservation strategies, and the management of...

New York

Anesthesiology, Ultrasound - Adult Cardiac Anesthesia, Cardiac Anesthesia, Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE), Perioperative Medicine, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), Aortic Surgery, Valve Surgery, Heart Transplant, ECMO, Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Hemodynamics, Coagulopathy, Cardiac Arrest, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Standard of Care

My clinical practice is devoted primarily to cardiothoracic anesthesiology. I am a board-certified anesthesiologist with subspecialty certification in Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology and Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE). I am an Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and currently serve as the Site Director of Cardiac Anesthesia at a large community affiliate of a major academic medical center. During subspecialty fellowship training and more than 14 years of independent practice, I have personally provided anesthesia care for more than 2,500 cardiovascular surgery procedures, including coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), valve repair and replacement, thoracic aortic surgery, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support procedures. My extensive experience includes perioperative TEE, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, cardiopulmonary bypass, intraoperative anticoagulation management, blood conservation strategies, and the management of...

New York

Cardiothoracic Surgery - mechanical circulatory support, ECMO, advanced heart failure, donor heart management, heart transplant, adult cardiac surgery, adult heart surgery, coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections)

Dr. Hannah Copeland graduate from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and completed her general surgery training at the University of California San Diego. She completed her Thoracic Surgery Residency at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. She went on to complete an advanced heart and lung transplant fellowship at Indiana University. She is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She also graduated with a Master of Business Administration from University of Arizona Eller College of Management. Dr. Copeland is currently the Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and ECMO. She has also been the surgical director of a heart transplant program and led programs to produce excellent survival outcomes. Dr. Copeland practices the full extent of adult cardiac surgery - including coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections), VAD surgery, heart transplantation and redo operations. She has publish...