Internal Medicine Expert Witnesses in Massachusetts
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of internal medicine expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on internal medicine and related issues. Internal medicine 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 internal medicine expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Internal Medicine, Primary Care, Hypertension, Sepsis, Delayed Diagnosis, Diabetes, Hospital Medicine, Pulmonary Embolism, Cardiovascular Disease, Causation, Critical Care Medicine, Failure To Diagnose, Geriatrics, Heart Failure, and Internist.
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J. Jordan Romano, DO
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certified - Internal Medicine
Residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Two Decades at Top Ivy League Hospitals: Dartmouth & Harvard/Mass General
Tufts Medical Center (Current Faculty/Staff Member)
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Aldo A. Arpaia, MD, FACP
Award winning Internist, Geriatrics
Consultants In Medicine, PLLC
Internal Medicine, Geriatrics
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Nursing home, Elder abuse, Gerontology, Geriatrics, Falls, Life expectancy, Functional decline, Medical malpractice, Internal Medicine, Office practice, General Practice, Transitions of Care, Wound care, Home care, Long term care, Preoperative medicine, Medical consultation
Specializing in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. I have maintained continuous board certification in Internal Medicine since 1997 and I am a Fellow of the American College of Physicians since 1997. I have over 33 years of academic and private practice experience in hospital, ambulatory medicine and nursing home care. I have an active Internal Medicine practice in the New York tristate area since 1997 and have been providing care to the elderly since 1995. I am a Clinical Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine, New York and I am a regional medical director of a national ACO.
My unique skill set, experience and training give me the expertise to opine on a variety of clinical cases in medicine as well as other specialties including but not limited to nursing home care, long term care management of the elderly in the community as well as transitions of care.
I am objective, straight forward and will provide you with clear unbiased reports to help navigate complex medical case...
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Luke C Williams, MD
Expert: Emergency, Hospitalist, Outpatient.
Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine
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STEMI, SEPSIS, STROKE, CARDIAC ARREST, SEPTIC SHOCK, CRITICAL CARE, Hypertension, Aneurysm, blood clot, pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, cancer, spinal abscess, chest pain, heart attack, EMTALA, primary care, hospitalist, emergency
Dr. Luke Williams, MD is a board-certified internal medicine physician with over a decade of experience in emergency medicine, hospitalist care, and outpatient primary care. He brings a comprehensive understanding of acute and chronic medical conditions across a wide range of clinical settings. Dr. Williams currently leads a medical practice focused on preventive health and personalized care for both men and women. In addition, he is still active in the emergency department; currently working at Baypines Veterans Affairs ER in St. Petersburg, FL.
His background includes extensive experience in high-acuity environments, complex diagnostic decision-making, and coordination of inpatient and outpatient treatment plans.
Dr. Williams also serves as a medical expert witness for the State of Florida, providing objective, evidence-based evaluations in cases involving standard of care, emergency treatment protocols, delayed diagnoses, medication errors, and medical negligence. He is known ...
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Jeffrey M Rothschild, MD, MPH
Hospitalist / Inpatient Internal Medicine, Harvard
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Newton, Massachusetts
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Hospital Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Patient Safety, Medical Errors, Inpatient Internal Medicine, DVT / PE, Perioperative Consultation, Sepsis, Shock, Stroke, Hemorrhage, Cardiovascular Disease, Procedural Complications, Quality of Care, Falls, Missed Diagnosis, Delayed diagnosis, Falls, Heart failure, Myocardial infarction
Jeffrey Rothschild MD, MPH is board certified in internal medicine and formerly in critical care medicine. Following fellowship training, he spent 15 years in critical care medicine (intensivist). This was followed by 25 years of experience in inpatient internal medicine (hospitalist), in both academic medical centers and community hospitals, until 2024. Dr. Rothschild is currently a faculty member of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School where he currently teaches Harvard medical students.
Dr. Rothschild has a deep background in health services research with a focus on patient safety, medical errors and information technology and is widely published (kindly see CV for details). Dr. Rothschild has led a broad range of quality improvement projects including the introduction of a new and expansive rapid response team system (over 900 beds), new technology adoption and innovative monitoring devices to detect early inpatient det...
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Susan E Chang, MD
Hospitalist, Sleep Medicine - Harvard faculty
Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Sleep Medicine, Hospitalist
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polysomnogram, internal medicine, sleep apnea, sepsis, pulmonary embolism, sleep study, licensing exams, CPAP, insomnia, delirium, parasomnia, trainee supervision, medication side effects, sleep deprivation, handoff, standard of care, NP and PA supervision, inpatient, medication reconciliation, restless legs syndrome
Dr. Chang completed medical school at Columbia University followed by residency and fellowship at two of the core teaching hospitals affiliated with Harvard Medical school. Since completion of training she has held faculty position at Harvard Medical School for over 10 years. Current clinical practice consists of approximately 60% hospital medicine and 40% sleep medicine; she is board certified in both fields.
Within sleep medicine Dr. Chang proficient in the interpretation of polysomnograms and home sleep apnea tests as well as outpatient and telehealth management of sleep disorders. She also teaches within the Mass General Brigham Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Her internal medicine/hospitalist work currently includes both direct care and supervisory roles. She has worked both as a nocturnist and a daytime hospitalist.
Dr. Chang has substantial experience in teaching at all levels: medical students, residents, and fellows as well as advanced practice providers (nurse practitioner...
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Sunny Jain, MD
Frontline Hospitalist & IM Expert
SecondOpinion.org
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Altered Mental Status, Documentation, Hospital Medicine, Acute Care, Inpatient Care, Standard of Care, Medical Malpractice, Failure to Diagnose, Failure to Treat, Clinical Deterioration, Sepsis, Respiratory Failure, Aspiration, Stroke Complications, Medication Management, Discharge Planning, Readmission, Failure to Escalate, Causation
Board-certified Internal Medicine physician and frontline hospitalist with 12 years of active inpatient experience. Assistant Professor of Medicine and Family Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School. Available for plaintiff and defense case reviews involving hospitalist standard of care, acute care decision-making, clinical deterioration, sepsis, respiratory failure, aspiration pneumonia, stroke complications, altered mental status, discharge safety, medication management, documentation, causation, and damages.
Dr. Sunny Jain actively practices as a hospitalist at Health Alliance Hospital in Leominster, Massachusetts. He reviews cases from the perspective of a current inpatient physician who makes real-time decisions about admission, monitoring, escalation of care, transfer, discharge, medication management, consultant involvement, and response to evolving clinical data.
His medical-legal work focuses on whether the care provided was clinically reasonable under the circumstances, wh...
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Jessica Anchor-Samuels, MD
Internal Medicine Expert- 2 Ivy League degrees
Massachusetts
Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine
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primary care, standard of care, delayed diagnosis, colon cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, Internist, missed diagnosis, heart disease, heart attack, diabetes, inappropriate care, cancer screening, anemia, telemedicine, risk factors, preventative care, hypertension
Dr. Anchor-Samuels is a Brown University trained Internal Medicine physician and a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine with board certifications in Massachusetts and Connecticut. She has significant experience in clinical medicine, as well as medical legal consulting. She has been praised for her ability to explain complex medical issues in an easy to understand manner. She has consulted, both for medical record review and as an expert witness, on numerous cases for both plaintiff and defense. She has also worked directly with insurance companies to review cases in anticipation of potential litigation. She has extensive experience with cases of delayed/missed diagnosis of prostate cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, heart disease and diabetes, among others. She also has significant experience with supervising physician assistants/associates and nurse practitioners.
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Christopher Peckins, M.D.
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Internal Medicine, General Practice
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Primary Care, Diagnosis, Results follow up, Medical education
Internal Medicine/ Harvard faculty clinical educator
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Madhu Wahi, MD, PhD
Primary Care MD/PhD- Med-Legal Consultant
Boston, Massachusetts
Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine
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geriatrics, medication errors, negligence, workers compensation, causation analysis, primary care, misdiagnosis, work-related injury, insurance appeals, preventive medicine, ambulatory care, delayed diagnosis, disability, medical malpractice, standard of care, wrongful death, occupational health, medical malpractice defense
Dr. Madhu Wahi is a board-certified primary care physician with over 20 years of clinical experience. She provides expert medical-legal consulting services to both plaintiff and defense attorneys, with a focus on issues involving standard of care, causation, delayed or missed diagnosis, and complex medical decision-making in outpatient adult medicine. Her expertise includes chronic disease management, medication prescribing, preventive care, triage decisions, referrals, documentation standards, and diagnostic workups across a broad range of internal medicine conditions.
Dr. Wahi earned both her MD and PhD from the University of California: San Francisco and completed her internal medicine residency at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA, a Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospital. She is currently a primary care doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital and holds an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School. She precepts both Harvard Medical Students students and Massa...
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Mohammad E AbuHishmeh, MD, FCCP, MBAc
Pulmonary & Critical Care Expert - UMass Chan
Shifa Health
East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine
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ARDS, Respiratory failure, Mechanical ventilation, Mechanical ventilation, ICU care, Critical care medicine, Sepsis, Shock, Brain Death, Intubation, Airway management, Pulmonary embolism, COPD exacerbation, Asthma exacerbation, Pneumonia, Hospital-acquired infection, Delirium ICU, Sedation, Weaning ventilation, Medical malpractice ICU
I am a board-certified Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine physician, Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP), Assistant Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School–Baystate, Program Director of the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, and Director of the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Program at Baystate Medical Center.
I maintain an active clinical practice in pulmonary medicine and critical care, caring for critically ill patients in the ICU and patients with complex pulmonary diseases in both inpatient and outpatient settings. My areas of expertise include respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation, ARDS, sepsis, shock, pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, pleural disease, pulmonary nodules, and hospital-based medicine.
Since 2021, I have led pulmonary and critical care simulation and procedural training for fellows and have served as chair of our ICU Sedation and Liberation Committee, helping develop and implem...
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Robert J Cooper, MD, FACE, FACP
Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Endocrinology, Internal Medicine
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endocrine, thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, diabetes, lipids, hypertension, hypotension, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, thyroid cancer, gynecomastia
Practicing physician for 20+ years. Currently practicing in the specialty of endocrine, diabetes and metabolism, with experience in both private and academic practices. Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine in both internal medicine and endocrinology. Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE) and a Fellow of American College of Physicians (FACP). Received medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Internship and residency completed at Long Island Jewish Hospital. Fellowship completed at Winthrop University Hospital. Specializing in all areas of endocrinology, including thyroid, diabetes, adrenal, pituitary, lipids, metabolism, and osteoporosis. Served as advisor to the Cardiometabolic Health Conference and Connecticut American Diabetes Association for 5 consecutive years. Have conducted dozens of lectures on various endocrine topics. Member of The Endocrine Society, American Association of Clinical Endocrinology, American Diabet...
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Christopher M Worsham
Physician-epidemiologist | Harvard Faculty
Boston, Massachusetts
Epidemiology, Internal Medicine
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public health, health policy, health economics, causal inference, econometrics, pulmonology, critical care, data analysis, insurance claims, health services, statistics, research, intensive care, hospital, causation, data science, outcomes, artificial intelligence
Dr. Christopher M. Worsham uses epidemiologic and econometric methods to perform large database research on causal associations, physician behavior, resource utilization, and health care policy as a faculty member of Harvard Medical School. He is also a practicing pulmonary and critical care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and applies evidence-based medicine in his provision of health services and evaluation of scientific questions in health care settings. Dr. Worsham has particular research interest in the intensive care unit, for which he has received a career development grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research in Quality. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, The BMJ, and JAMA Internal Medicine. An advocate of public education about medicine, health, statistics, epidemiology, and biomedical sciences, Dr. Worsham coauthored the book "Random Acts of Medicine" and has written for popular publi...
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Gerald W. Smetana, MD
General Internal Medicine Physician - Harvard
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Internal Medicine
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Internal medicine, general internal medicine, primary care, record review, preoperative evaluation, headache, hypertension, plaintiff, defense, Harvard Professor, academic medicine, prevention, Harvard
After undergraduate studies in biochemistry at UCLA, I received my M.D. degree at UCSF, where I graduated in the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. I then completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center. I have since been a general internist in an academic primary care practice at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over several decades of scholarly work, I have been promoted to Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. I have published approximately 200 peer reviewed articles and chapters on topics relevant to primary care internal medicine. My peer reviewed works have since been cited by authors of more than 7000 subsequent publications. My textbook on Evidence Based History Taking in the McGraw Hill Lange series is widely read by medical students in training. I am the recipient of the SGIM national award for scholarship in medical education
I practiced in an outpatient setting and cared for a panel of patients that was we...
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J. Jordan Romano, DO
Boston, Massachusetts
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certified - Internal Medicine
Residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Two Decades at Top Ivy League Hospitals: Dartmouth & Harvard/Mass General
Tufts Medical Center (Current Faculty/Staff Member)
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Richard B Balaban, MD
Internal Medicine Physician - Harvard Faculty
Brookline, Massachusetts
Internal Medicine
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Internal Medicine, Outpatient / Ambulatory Medicine, Transitions of Care, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure, Hypertension, COPD, Diabetes, Geriatrics, Alcohol Use Disorder, Geriatrics
Dr. Balaban is Harvard-trained and board-certified in Internal Medicine. He has practiced outpatient Internal Medicine for more than 25 years, and previously concurrently practiced Hospital Medicine for 10 years. Dr. Balaban has extensive administrative experience as a Medical Director in a range of venues, including Primary Care, and programs in Care Transitions, High Risk Patients, and a Cancer-Screening program in which he has developed expertise in the screening of colon, lung, prostate, breast and cervical cancers. Dr. Balaban is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has provided expert consultation for plaintiff and defense attorneys. To contact by email, please send to: rbbalaban@gmail.com.
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Sadie Elisseou, MD
Primary Care - Physical Exams - Trauma Cases
Trauma-Informed Practices, LLC
Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Internal Medicine, Behavioral and Social Sciences
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Internal medicine, primary care, malpractice, medical errors, delayed diagnosis, screening, trauma-informed, trauma, assault, abuse, neglect, maltreatment, violence, victim, survivor, physical exam
Board-certified Internal Medicine physician, practicing primary care in the VA Healthcare System.
Earned B.A. and M.D. at Brown University. Completed residency and chief residency at Yale School of Medicine. Teaches at Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine.
Highly qualified expert witness for malpractice cases.
Subject matter expert in trauma-informed care, an evidence-based framework for supporting trauma survivors that has been adopted by the legal field (see Law360 publications).
Dr. Elisseou's curriculum on trauma-informed physical examination--a framework for how clinicians should conduct exams to enhance patient safety--is now being taught at medical schools and healthcare institutions across the U.S.
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Martina Ziegenbein, MD
Rheumatologist with expertise in chronic pain
Mashpee, Massachusetts
Rheumatology, Internal Medicine
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Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Rheumatology patient evaluation, Rheumatology exam, Rheumatology treatment, Gout, Vasculitis, SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus), Chronic pain
Board Certified in Rheumatology 2006, Re-certified in 2016.
Board Certified in Internal Medicine in 2004, re-certified in 2014.
17 years in practice, General Rheumatology
Special interest chronic pain and fibromyalgia.
Completed Rheumatology fellowship at Boston University Medical Center in 2006
Completed Lupus fellowship at Johns Hopkins Lupus center in 2007
Excellent at reviewing large amounts of medical charts in a reasonable time frame and extracting relevant information.
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Ashley Butland, MD
Certified Hospitalist & Internal Medicine Expert
ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts
Internal Medicine
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Primary Care, medical negligence, internal medicine, Hospitalist, Diabetes, Sepsis, Stroke, pulmonary embolism, Adult Medicine, Infections, Hypertension, Failure to Diagnose, hospitalized, Dementia, Pneumonia, Perioperative Evaluation, Acute Inpatient care, Hospital Negligence, Misdiagnosis, Delayed Diagnosis
Dr. Ashley Butland is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician actively practicing as a Hospitalist in Massachusetts. She attended the University of Virginia School of Medicine and subsequently completed an Internal Medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia.
Dr. Butland is passionate about providing compassionate and high-quality patient care. She is an active member of the Quality Improvement committee with extensive case-review experience; she is also working to build and grow an in-house Physician Advisor program. Her work in these roles has helped to build her well-rounded expertise in care of the hospitalized patient.
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David M Miller, MD, MA
Newton, Massachusetts
Internal Medicine, General Practice
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primary care, PCP, medical, outpatient medicine, primary care provider, internal medicine, internist
1) Medical school, internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (Ranked #6 medical school in 2021 U.S. News and World Report).
2) Continuously Board Certified in Internal Medicine since 1999. Repeatedly score in the top 10% of Internal Medicine physicians on the Board exam.
3) Currently a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital (employed at MGH for 10 years). MGH is ranked the #2 hospital in the US for 2019-20 by US News and World Report. MGH is ranked the #3 hospital in the world for 2020 by Newsweek.
4) Associate Chief Medical Officer at Tufts Medical Center Community Care from 2016-2020.
5) Outstanding verbal and writing skills. English Literature major at The University of Michigan.
6) I have advised legal firms for both plaintiffs and defendants in medical malpractice cases.
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