Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Dr. Shepard is a double board-certified physician maintaining ABIM certification in both Nephrology and Internal Medicine. She is a native New Englander who trained in New Jersey and ultimately settled in Charelston, SC where she served on faculty at MUSC in the Division of Nephrology, worked private practice nephrology and also was employed as a hospitalist in both private and academic environments. Dr. Shepard is currently employed as both a locums nephrologist and as an academic hospitalist. She has in-depth knowledge of nephrology, acid-base disturbances, electrolyte disturbances, chronic kidney disease and all forms of dialysis. Dr. Shepard's niche as it applies to expert testimony will focus on hospitalized patients, in particular those with acute kidney injury. Her goal will be to provide a thorough, evidence-based, unbiased review and expert testimony of medical malpractice cases. Dr. Shepard will work on behalf of defendants or plaintiffs.