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Pediatric Rehabilitation & Brain Injury Specialist

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Wendy E. Goodwin, MD, is one of less than 100 physicians in the country who are triple board-certified in Brain Injury Medicine, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine and (adult) Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. She has an academic background as an assistant clinical professor at UT Southwestern / Children’s Medical Center where she worked daily with children suffering from a range of long-term neurological disorders like cerebral palsy to acute neurological conditions like TBI and multi-trauma. She has worked a large portion of her time in the ICU of a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, caring for severely injured and comatose patients including battered babies, drowning victims and car wreck victims. What is uncommon about Dr. Goodwin is the breadth of her experience. On a daily basis she has cared for patients along a range of age (from newborn into college), caring for patient's injury throughout a long timeline (from ICU until many years later through the child's development), and treating the full spectrum of Traumatic Brain Injury – from concussion to coma. She is uniquely qualified to opine on long-term functional outcomes after injury to a developing child or infant. Of particular value to both plaintiff attorneys and defense attorneys is Dr. Goodwin's familiarity with the impact of an injury or disability on a child, his caregiver, family dynamics, his schooling, hobby or sport participation and future educational /vocational prospects. She is also a seasoned speaker and teacher who relates to a jury and really enjoys breaking down complicated medical concepts so that anyone can understand them. She enjoys helping attorneys evaluate how to approach a complex case, coordinating closely with the team of other experts, addressing weaknesses in the opposing counsel's arguments and constructing strategic cross examination questions for other witnesses. She makes herself very accessible to attorney clients throughout the development of their case.