General Surgery Expert Witnesses in Massachusetts

General Surgery, Critical Care Surgery - minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopic surgery, anti reflux surgery, gastric surgery, gastro intestinal surgery, colon surgery, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, hernia surgery, wound care, surgical infections

In community practice since 1995 after surgical training at Lennox Hill Hospital in New York City followed by a fellowship at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center in surgical critical care. Board certified in general surgery with a certificate of added qualifications in surgical critical care. Bariatric surgery experience. Currently Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital.

General Surgery, Critical Care Surgery - Minimally Invasive, Laparoscopic, Abdominal, Hernia, Stomach, Small intestine, Bowel, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Anal, Appendix, Hemorrhoid, Gall Bladder, Thyroid, Parathyroid Surgery, Cholecystectomy, Fissure, Fistula, Colonoscopy, Polyp, EGD, Mesh, Gastrostomy, PEG, Tracheostomy, Critical Care

Board-certified in general surgery and surgical critical care. Active clinical practice with 25+ years of experience. Clinical Assistant Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Surgery. 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.

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.

Colon & Rectal Surgery, General Surgery - Colon cancer, rectal cancer, diverticulitis, anastomotic leak, bowel obstruction, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, surgical complications, hemorrhoids, anal fissure, fistula, laparoscopy, robotic, minimally invasive, transanal

Dr Lederman is Board Certified in General Surgery and his subspecialty field of Colon and Rectal Surgery, and he is a Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. For 22 years, he was in a busy private colorectal surgery practice in St. Louis, MO with a focus on minimally invasive colorectal surgery. This included robotic surgery with the da Vinci robot (starting in 2009), laparoscopic surgery, and advanced transanal techniques to treat benign and malignant colorectal diseases. He has broad experience with colorectal cancer, complicated diverticulitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, bowel obstructions, as well as anorectal disorders such as hemorrhoids, fissures, fistulas, prolapse and fecal incontinence. He has over 20 years experience as an expert witness, both for defense and plaintiffs, providing review, consultation, and testimony both at deposition and trial. He is currently retired from full-time surgical practice, but continues to assist on surgical ca...

Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine - General Anesthesia, Postoperative complications, Critical Care, ICU, Difficult Airway, ACLS, Shock, Sepsis, Resuscitation, Perioperative medicine, PACU, Orthopedic anesthesia, General surgery, Endoscopy, Airway Management, Spinal Anesthesia, Informed Consent, Central Line, Cardiac Arrest

Dr. Ilan Mizrahi is a Harvard-trained, double board-certified, anesthesiologist and critical-care intensivist in active practice at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Mizrahi has expertise in all aspects of anesthesia: preoperative evaluation, intraoperative management, and postoperative care. He can provide an expert opinion on the anesthesia standard-of-care during surgery, and on the postoperative management if the patient has a complication after surgery (in the recovery room/PACU or on the floor). Dr. Mizrahi's expertise extends beyond the operating room and he can provide guidance on the standard-of-care for patients throughout their hospitalization. This includes failure-to-rescue for patients with complications that are not recognized or treated in a timely fashion. He is an attending physician in the ICU, with expertise in the care of critically ill surgical and medical patients. He is the director of Quality Improvement in the Surgical ICU at MGH, and reviews all cases ...

Anesthesiology - Anesthesia, Orthopedic anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, General surgery, Neuraxial anesthesia, Gynecology, Urology, Preoperative assessment, Perioperative medicine, Postoperative anesthetic care, Operating Room,Difficult airway, Airway Management, Positioning, Nerve Injury, Ambulatory anesthesia

Board-Certified Anesthesiologist in active clinical practice. Current practice includes providing anesthesia to all types of patients, from straightforward to complex cases, as well as preoperative assessment, perioperative medicine, and postoperative anesthetic care. Great verbal communication skills. Focused on providing an objective, thorough, and detail-oriented review of materials with careful analysis of the findings in order to help attorneys make decisions about how they wish to proceed with their cases.