General Surgery Expert Witnesses in Illinois

General Surgery - Advanced laparoscopic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, breast surgery, inguinal, ventral and umbilical hernia surgery, colon and rectal surgery, biliary surgery, venous access surgery, soft tissue tumors, thyroid and parathyroid surgeries

Forty years experience as active clinical general surgeon in private practice and with Kaiser Permanente. Retired partner physician with Kaiser Permanente and past Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCLA. Board certified with American Board of Surgery, fellow of The American College of Surgeons. I have performed over fifteen thousand major general surgery cases, involving all aspects of general surgery. My responsibilities have included active instruction of UCLA general surgery residents during my time at Kaiser Permanente and of Cedars-Sinai general surgery residents during my time in private practice. I will provide objective, non biased expert witness reports and testimony, supported by substantial medical evidence.

General Surgery, Critical Care Surgery - Minimally Invasive Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Gastro-intestinal Surgery, Hernia Surgery, Gall Bladder / Cholecystectomy, Colon Surgery, Colon Cancer, Colon Polyps, Diverticulitis, Appendix / Appendectomy, Hemorrhoids, Surgical Infections, Colonoscopy, EGD

Board-certified in general surgery and surgical critical care. Active clinical practice with 30+ years of experience. Clinical Assistant Professor. Fellowship-trained endoscopist, Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School affiliation. Fellowship trained trauma and surgical critical care, MIEMSS. Fellow of American College of Surgeons. Experience as risk retention group claims committee chairman, hospital quality, safety and credentials committee member and state board reviewer of standards of care. Retired Major, US Army reserve medical corps and volunteer mission surgeon.

Skokie, Illinois

Legal Medicine, Orthopedics - Non-Surgical - Medical Legal Consultant, Medical Case Consultant, Medical Malpractice Consultant, Medical Malpractice Expert, Medical Malpractice Case Review, Personal Injuries, Birth Injuries, Emergency Medical Services, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Neurology & Spine, Family Medicine

NO MERIT - NO CHARGE CASE REVIEWS FOR LAW FIRMS. Bruce Livingston is a physician & surgeon licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches in the State of Illinois and degree in law. He has participated and consulted in a high number of complex medical litigation across the Country in all specialties. He also has experience in medical patents and medical commercial litigation. He owns MedWitness, Ltd. We review any type of medical case in any specialty within 72 hours. If your case does not have merit or if it does but counsel does not wish to proceed there is no charge for the consultation and/or review. We have decades of experience across the nation evaluating medical-legal cases and can tell you very quickly if the case has medical merit and what it might be worth. We are able to assist in the case set up and suggest as well as procure appropriate medical experts who will themselves testify for you. We are also available to serve as on going non-testifying experts to d...