Correctional Medicine Expert -25 yrs practicing

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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With more than 25 years of emergency medicine experience and active clinical work in county jail settings, Dr. Cranick-Kuster offers expert medical review, consultation, and expert testimony in cases involving correctional healthcare, intake medical clearance, constitutional duty of care, and high-risk decision-making during arrest, booking, and early detention. She has served as the owner of a private medical practice since 2013 and brings current, hands-on experience in the environments most often at issue in correctional healthcare litigation. Her expertise is grounded in both clinical standards and the real-world realities of how care is delivered in custody. She is particularly effective in evaluating cases involving intake screening, withdrawal management, suicide risk, delayed or denied care, custody-medical communication breakdowns, and systemic failures within correctional healthcare operations. Her analysis focuses on whether care met accepted standards and whether system-level issues contributed to the outcome. Dr. Cranick-Kuster provides objective, evidence-based expert opinions for both plaintiff and defense counsel. Her role is to clarify the medicine, the standards of care, and the operational realities of correctional healthcare so attorneys can accurately assess liability, causation, and case strategy. She is available for consultation, review, and expert testimony in correctional healthcare matters where clear, defensible medical insight is critical to the case.