Infectious Diseases Expert Witnesses in California
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of infectious diseases expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on infectious diseases and related issues. Infectious diseases expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these infectious diseases expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Sepsis, Meningitis, Covid 19, Endocarditis, Infection Control, Osteomyelitis, Pneumonia, Covid, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Mrsa, Abdominal Infections, Aids, Bacteremia, and Food Poisoning.
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Ira A Gurland, MD
Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine
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COVID 19, HIV, AIDS, surgical infections, necrotizing fasciitis, prosthetic joint infection, diabetic foot infection, bacteremia, endocarditis, urinary tract infection, prostatitis, cellulitis, wound, vaccine, Lyme disease, antibiotics, fungal infections, bacterial infections, travel medicine
I am a board certified infectious diseases physician and internist in active clinical practice in central New Jersey for 25 years. I have had the privilege of being retained for independent medical evaluations in a variety of cases. The goals of these examinations have included evaluating the merits of a case for trial, evaluating insurer’s liability, workman’s compensation, and medical malpractice.
Diagnoses involved in these matters have included COVID-19 infections, Legionnaires disease exposure, diabetic foot infection leading to limb loss, surgical site infections, orthopedic hardware infections, necrotizing fasciitis, cellulitis, pneumonia, wound care, food-borne infections, HIV and many others. I have the ability to break down complex medical jargon and make it understandable. I am willing to provide redacted reports.
In the last 8 years, I have evaluated hundreds of cases, written more than 100 reports, and testified at deposition and trial more than 25 times for both th...
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Ramzi Asfour, MD
Board-Certified Top Infectious Disease Specialist
Praxis Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine
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COVID-19, nursing homes, long term care, sepsis, necrotizing fasciitis, infections, surgical site infections, infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, consulting, insurance, case review, medical malpractice, standards of care, bacterial or viral infections, outbreak management, MoCA
Ramzi Asfour, MD, is board-certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine and is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Volunteer) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
In addition to his 20+ years of extensive private practice, Dr. Asfour has privileges at five California hospitals (Alameda County Medical Center, Alameda Hospital, Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Sutter Eden Medical Center, and Mammoth Hospital).
Dr. Asfour has worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva in the HIV / AIDS department, developing training programs for doctors in HIV.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Asfour also advises hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools, and businesses on infection control, including outbreak control and COVID-19, and antimicrobial stewardship.
Dr. Asfour has experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys to provide clear, independent opinions on matters involving:
Medical malpractice, standards of care, sepsis,...
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Richard Snepar, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine
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COVID-19, sepsis, endocarditis, bacteremia, bacterial infections, virus, MRSA, urinary tract infections, surgical infections, sexually transmitted infections, necrotizing fasciitis, osteomyelitis, prosthetic joint infections, spine infections, device-related infections, nursing home infections
I am a board-certified infectious disease physician and internist. I am active in a busy clinical practice in New Jersey. I am an attending at three hospitals and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. I have been doing expert medical reviews for over 10 years. I am comfortable evaluating the merits of a case both for plaintiff and defense. I am comfortable with deposition and trial testimony. Clinically I consult and manage infectious diseases in outpatients and hospitalized patients including the emergency room and ICU. I also consult and manage patients in long-term care facilities and nursing homes.
These reviews have included but are not limited to: COVID-19, sepsis, septic shock, endocarditis, bacteremia, bacterial infections including MRSA, diabetic foot infections, urinary tract infections, surgical infections and complications of surgery, viral infections, necrotizing fasciitis, osteomyelitis, spine infections, prostheti...
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Tamara Hayes, RN, BSN, CIC
Infection Prevention and Control RN
San Diego, California
Nurse, Infectious Diseases
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Hospital acquired infections, Surveillance, Surgical Site Infections, Urinary catheter infections, Central line infections, Regulatory Compliance, Sterile Processing, High Level Disinfection, Certification in Infection Control (CIC), Data Management, Clinical Documentation, Critical Care/ED RN, Survey readiness, CAUTI, CLABSI
Registered Nurse with 20+ years' experience in critical/intensive care, infection prevention and control, medical records analysis, nursing education, and data management. Former Director of Epidemiology/Infection Prevention Program for two hospitals housing diverse and complex patient populations with multiple infectious diseases including tuberculosis, COVID-19, and multi-drug resistant bacterial and fungal organisms (MDRO/CRO/Candida auris). Experience with outbreak prevention and management; oversight of safe sterile instrument processing and high-level disinfection procedures; and prevention of hospital acquired infections (CAUTI, CLABSI, C. diff, MRSA bacteremia, and surgical site infections [SSIs]).
Strong background in comprehensive medical records review and document examination to promote accuracy and clarity of the patient medical record.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) - Summa cum laude;
Certification in Infection Control (CIC);
American Heart Association BLS Pr...
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Daniel T. Halperin, PhD
Covid-19/Public Health experienced expert witness
Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Albany, California
Infectious Diseases, Public Health
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Covid-19, Covid vaccines, Epidemiology, HIV, AIDS, Masks, Prevention, Pandemics, Covid, Covid vaccine, COVID, Pandemic, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19 vaccines
Daniel Halperin is an internationally recognized expert in public health and infectious diseases, specializing in HIV-AIDS and Covid-19. Dr. Halperin has served as an expert witness in a wide variety of litigation, involving masking and other restrictions as well as COVID-19 vaccines, including for example vaccine-related injuries and regarding the lack of scientific evidence to justify mandating that children be vaccinated against Covid-19. He has taught and conducted research on the faculties of Harvard University and the University of California, San Francisco. He has published over 15 articles on Covid-19, including in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Cambridge University Press, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, and Time magazine, and is author of the highly regarded book, "Facing Covid Without Panic."
Reviews:
“Dr. Halperin supported our legal team by providing great testimony and giving invaluable help in preparing to question the opposing expert...
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Andres Romero, MD
Double Board-Certified Infectious Disease MD
Redwood city , California
Infectious Diseases, Hospital Administration
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Standard of care, Sepsis, Hospital-Acquired infection, Surgical site infection, Post-operative infection, Endocarditis, Bacteremia, Osteomyelitis, Spine/Joint Infection, Device/Port infection, Infection prevention, Wound management, Nursing home infection, Antibiotic complications, Food poisoning, Meningitis, Immunocompromised
Dr. Andres Romero is a double-board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, with an active California medical license. He completed Internal Medicine residency training at Yale–New Haven Hospital and Infectious Diseases fellowship training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, with focused experience in immunocompromised patients.
He maintains an active clinical practice across hospital, outpatient, wound care, and post-acute settings, caring for patients with complex infectious diseases.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Romero serves as Chief Health Officer at a full-service acute care hospital. He has leadership experience in infection prevention and control, antimicrobial stewardship, peer review, patient safety, quality improvement, regulatory readiness, and evidence-based policy implementation. He works closely with the hospital, Emergency Department, and Intensive Care Unit teams on infection-related protocols, standards of care, and effor...
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Stacie Benedek
Board Certified Infection Preventionist (CIC), RN
Stacie Benedek Healthcare Consulting
La Jolla, California
Infectious Diseases, Nurse
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infection, hospital associated infection (HAI), bloodstream infection (CLABSI), urinary tract infection (CAUTI), Surgical site infection (SSI), standard of care, sepsis, nursing SOC, MDRO (MRSA C. diff etc.), outbreaks, pneumonia (VAP), regulatory (TJC/CMS) compliance, PPE compliance, prosthetic joint infection, merit review
I am a Board-Certified Infection Preventionist (CIC) and Registered Nurse (RN) with over 22 years of clinical and leadership experience at Scripps Healthcare in San Diego, CA. I offer a dual-perspective, combining deep bedside mastery in high-acuity environments (ICU, CVICU, and PACU) with over a decade of administrative oversight in Epidemiology and Infection Prevention. As a California BRN Continuing Education Provider and a former molecular research professional at the Salk Institute, I am uniquely skilled at translating complex clinical data into clear, evidence-based narratives for legal counsel and juries. I specialize in identifying breaches in the Nursing Standard of Care, specifically regarding Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Never Events, and systemic failures in regulatory compliance (CMS/Joint Commission). I find the details others miss.
Core Qualifications & Capabilities:
• Merit Review & Case Screening: Rapid determination of clinical breach of duty vs. unavo...
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Julie E. Myers, RN, PHN, FNP-BC
Nurse and Nurse Practitioner in Infectious Disease
CaNPA Solutions
San Diego, California
Nurse, Nurse Practitioner
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Nurse Practitioner, Nurse, Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, MRSA, MDRO, bacteremia, sepsis, endocarditis, fungal disease, UTI, pneumonia, orthopedic infections, hardware associated infections, wound infection, abdominal infection, epidural abscess
Actively working in the hospital setting focused on infectious diseases for the last 10 years with a strong understanding of internal medicine and ICU medicine. Nearly 20 years of experience as both a RN and nurse practitioner working both inpatient and outpatient with complex cardiovascular disease patients in pursuit of medical, interventional, and surgical care.
I am well versed in explaining what is happening in the body and can give understandable analogies to patients and their families. I can explain these processes to you as a medical record consultant and provide an opinion regarding causation of injury or death with comprehensive medical record analysis or as an expert witness. I also can help you with the case review and prepare you for deposition.
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Christina Hopson, DO
Dr Christina Hopson
Dublin, California
Infectious Diseases
I have practiced Infectious Diseases exclusively. I have practiced solo, and in a small group practice, as well as in a foundation model. I have worked in short and long term acute care hospitals. I have also worked in skilled nursing facilities. At this time I wish to explore new opportunities.
I have been afforded the opportunity to work closely with hospital administrators and colleagues in leadership. I have had the opportunity to hold various positions and chair different committees during my career. These have included chief of staff of a hospital and member of the board of directors of a hospice.
I have also chaired the peer review committee at 2 different hospitals. This provided me a chance to turn difficult moments into teaching through constructive criticism.
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Anuj Malik, MD, MS
Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine Physician
California
Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine
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Internal Medicine, Prosthetic joint infection, MRSA, Staphylococcus, Osteomyelitis, Spinal infections, Meningitis, Brain abscess, HIV, Hep C, Stevens Johnson syndrome, Pneumonia, UTI, COVID, Critical Care, Breast cancer, Delayed diagnosis, Pneumothorax, Wrongful death, Disability
I finished medical school in India, and then completed a Masters in Science / immunology at University of Massachusetts in Amherst MA. Subsequently, I pursued Internal Medicine training for three years, followed by working as a hospitalist for approximately four years. This was followed by an Infectious diseases fellowship at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, a two year program. I have been working in Infectious diseases for approximately 10 years. I have been a principal investigator for approximately 15 clinical trials related to COVID 19, published articles on COVID 19 and in the atrial fibrillation space, performed over 14000 urgent care cases on line with MD Live Inc., and performed peer review services for approximately 16 years. I have consulted on medical malpractice cases multiple times and have given depositions and provided testimony at trial. I have reviewed multiple other cases which were ultimately settled or not taken further by the plaintiff's counsel. I am ...
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Charlotte A Hobbs, MD, PhD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine - Epidemiology
Coronado, California
Pediatric Hospitalist, Epidemiology
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Birth Defects, Teratogens, Pharmacovigilance, Genetics, Autism, Rare Disease, Prematurity, Birth trauma, Asthma, Neonatology, Adolescence, Ingestions, Respiratory failure, Vaccines, Artificial Intelligence, Misdiagnoses, Sudden Infant Death, Electronic Medical Records, Congenital heart defects, Infectious diseases
Physician Scientist with more than 30 years of experience. Expertise in clinical medicine, and clinical and translational research, including pediatrics, neonatal medicine epidemiology, precision health, rapid whole genome sequencing, and clinical informatics. Pediatric Hospitalist for 29 years during which served as expert witness for individual cases, class action suits, and pharmacovigilance duties. Inaugural Director of multiple NIH and CDC-funded Centers of Excellence. Experienced national and international public speaker, lecturer, and moderator. Demonstrated success obtaining, sustaining and growing state and federal funding for research and public health programs. Executive level leadership of research programs, including regulatory infrastructure, in large university setting resulting in implementation of innovative clinical research programs among large multi-disciplinary faculty. Additional collaborative projects with Pharma on clinical trials, natural history studies fo...
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Matthew Labreche, PharmaD
Experienced Infectious Disease Pharmacist
Oakland, California
Pharmacist
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Antimicrobial, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Antimicrobial Resistance, Patient Care, Recreational drugs, Drug Interactions, Opioid Pain, Hospital Pharmacy, Drug Levels, Medication Error, Pain Medication, Medication Overdose, Underdose, Medication Interaction, Controlled Substance, Pharmacotherapy
Matthew Labreche, MSc, PharmD, is an experienced pharmacist with 12 years of experience in infectious diseases pharmacotherapy. He specializes in antimicrobial stewardship, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, antimicrobial resistance, and patient care. Matthew holds a Doctor of Pharmacy from Northeastern University and a Master’s of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Texas at Austin.
He has served as an Infectious Diseases Clinical Specialist and Antimicrobial Stewardship leader in public and private health systems, overseeing their development and expansion and guiding them through Joint Commission evaluation. Additionally, Matthew has experience working on Infection Control, Sepsis, Surgical Infection, and Quality Improvement committees. Furthermore, Dr Labreche has served as a preceptor for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents and routinely provides lectures for departments of medicine and surgery.
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David Joel Witt, MD, FIDSA, CIC
Infectious Disease & Emergency Med Expert
San Rafael, California
Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine
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Internal Medicine, Tropical Medicine, Infection Control, Clinical, COVID-19, Vaccines, Transplant, MRSA, Fungal infection, Emergency medicine, ER, Sepsis, meningitis, Epidemiologist, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Osteomyelitis, infection
Dr. Witt is an Infectious Disease Specialist and the former regional hospital epidemiologist with Kaiser Permanente in Northern California. He attended medical school at the University of Michigan and residency and fellowship at The Boston City Hospital in Boston, MA. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He has been board-certified in Emergency Medicine and is board-certified in Tropical Medicine and Infection Control. He has also been board-certified in Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases. He has been on the faculty of the Schools of Medicine and Nursing at the University of California at San Francisco.
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Joseph B. Marzouk, MD, FIDSA
Infectious Disease Specialist
Oakland, California
Infectious Diseases
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Infections in all medical Specialties, Sepsis, HIV, AIDS, hepatitis, food poisoning, pneumonia, orthopedic infections, meningitis, surgical infections, wound infections, urinary tract infections, endocarditis, abdominal infections, abscess, septic arthritis, infection control
Clinical Infectious Disease Specialist in active practice; Extensive experience in medico-legal review for both plaintiffs and defense; Board Certified in Infectious Disease; HIV Specialist; Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at two Northern California Hospitals; Chief of Infectious Disease at Summit Medical Center. See CV for further details.
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Daniel Z. Uslan, MD, MBA
Los Angeles, California
Infectious Diseases
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Infection Control, Infection Prevention, Clostridium Difficile, Meningitis, Sepsis, Surgical Infection, Bacteria, Osteomyelitis, Pneumonia, Abdominal Infections, Endocarditis, Hospital Infections
Dr. Uslan is a board-certified infectious disease specialist and serves as chief of infection prevention at a major academic teaching hospital. Dr. Uslan has extensive experience with diagnosis, management, and treatment of a wide range of infectious diseases including pneumonia, urinary tract infections, meningitis, endocarditis, and osteomyelitis. He received his medical degree from the University of Southern California and completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in infectious diseases at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Uslan has a particular interest in hospital infections, infections due to multi-drug resistant organisms, prevention of infections/infection control, and appropriate antibiotic use.
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Ramzi Asfour, MD
Board-Certified Top Infectious Disease Specialist
Praxis Infectious Diseases
California
Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine
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COVID-19, nursing homes, long term care, sepsis, necrotizing fasciitis, infections, surgical site infections, infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, consulting, insurance, case review, medical malpractice, standards of care, bacterial or viral infections, outbreak management, MoCA
Ramzi Asfour, MD, is board-certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine and is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Volunteer) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
In addition to his 20+ years of extensive private practice, Dr. Asfour has privileges at five California hospitals (Alameda County Medical Center, Alameda Hospital, Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Sutter Eden Medical Center, and Mammoth Hospital).
Dr. Asfour has worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva in the HIV / AIDS department, developing training programs for doctors in HIV.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Asfour also advises hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools, and businesses on infection control, including outbreak control and COVID-19, and antimicrobial stewardship.
Dr. Asfour has experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys to provide clear, independent opinions on matters involving:
Medical malpractice, standards of care, sepsis,...
You can also find Infectious Diseases Expert Witnesses in:
California, Colorado, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin