Internal Medicine Expert Witnesses in New Jersey

Hospitalist, Internal Medicine - Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine

Board Certified - Internal Medicine Residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Currently at Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School faculty member

Emergency Medical Services, Internal Medicine - Emergency Care Services, Hospital medicine, Transitional Care Unit, accurate diagnosis, prognostic implications. Missed diagnosis affecting patient's prognosis, postoperative complications, wound management, gastrointestinal bleeding, end stage renal disease, cancer diagnosis, management and treatme

Fifteen years ago, I began my career as a medical expert witness, driven by a passion to thoroughly scrutinize medical malpractice cases and learn from them to enhance my own clinical practice. Key accomplishments include: Successfully settling cases involving missed diagnoses that significantly impacted patients' prognoses. Effectively resolving cases concerning delays in postoperative complication management. Skillfully addressing cases related to improper wound care and decubitus ulcer mismanagement. Successfully defending hospitalist management practices for severe gastrointestinal bleeding. Successfully defending cases involving the diagnosis and management of end-stage renal disease. Over more than a decade, my diverse medical career has provided deep insights into healthcare complexities, balancing direct patient care and administrative responsibilities. In my current role at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, I've managed a range of cancer-related issues, providing c...

Internal Medicine, Geriatrics - Nursing homes, Elder care, Geriatrics, Falls, Internal Medicine, General Practice, Transitions of Care, Wound care, Home care, Long term care, Standards of Care

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. I have over 30 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. I am a Clinical Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine, New York and I am the Medical Director of the Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island, New York. 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 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 cases. I have been providing expert consultation for ...

Internal Medicine, Geriatrics - Nursing homes, Elder care, Geriatrics, Falls, Internal Medicine, General Practice, Transitions of Care, Wound care, Home care, Long term care, Standards of Care

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. I have over 30 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. I am a Clinical Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine, New York and I am the Medical Director of the Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island, New York. 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 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 cases. I have been providing expert consultation for ...

Occupational Medicine, Correctional Healthcare - Addiction Medicine, Emergency Medicine, General Practice, Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Disability Evaluation, Jail Medicine, Dram Shop Litigation Issues

Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Preventive Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and the American Board of Addiction Medicine. Previous positions include: -Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rancocas Hospital, Willingboro, N.J. -President and Medical Director, Burlington Medical Center, Wilingboro, N.J. -Medical Director Burlington County (New Jersey) Department of Corrections -Physician, Virtua at Work -Medical Director, Concentra of Northeast Philadelphia Provide litigation support in Correctional/Jail Medicine related cases.

Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine - gastroenterology, gastrointestinal endoscopy, colonoscopy, esophagus, GERD, reflux, intestines, bowels, colon cancer, internal medicine, colitis, complications of GI endoscopy, perforations, ischemic bowel, GI bleeding, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's, mesenteric ischemia, wrongful death

Dr. Finkel received his BA (summa cum laude) with distinction in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in 1973, 1st in his class, and president of his chapter of the national medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha. He did his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, and his Fellowship in Gastroenterology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, also in New York City, and the Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital, Bronx NY, 1976-1978. Dr. Finkel is board certified in GI and IM, and was on the voluntary teaching faculty in Gastroenterology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai from 1978 to 2024, serving as Assistant Clinical Professor of GI from 2004 to 2024. He was in private practice from 1978 through February 2024, has published in peer-reviewed journals, and taught GI endoscopy at Mount Sinai from 1978 to 2023. He ha...

Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine - Arrhythmias, Myocardial Infarction, Sudden cardiac death, Heart Failure, Anticoagulation problems, Stroke

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - 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 23 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 infection, diabetic foot infection leading to limb loss, surgical site infections, necrotizing fasciitis, cellulitis, and many others. I have the ability to breakdown complex medical jargon and make it understandable. I am willing to provide redacted reports.

Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine - Critical care, ICU, CCU, Hospital, Procedure, sepsis, infection, malpractice, delay in care, intensive care, stroke, hear attack, hear failure, central line, negligence, arterial line, chest tube, intubation, respiratory failure

I am a critical care physician (intensivist) specializing in the most critical and defenseless patients in the hospital. I am board certified in internal medicine and critical care. I have been in clinical practice for 6 years. My extensive training and experience in complex medical cases, combined with my knowledge of medical standards of care, makes me a valuable asset in legal cases involving medical malpractice, wrongful death, and other related matters. I can assist in determining the facts surrounding a case and provide clarity to the court on complex medical issues.

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - 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...

Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine - Ethics, End of Life, Sepsis, Shock, pneumonia, COPD, asthma, ICU, life support, mechanical ventilation

My areas of expertise include: Critical Care Medicine (Cardio-pulmonary hemodynamics, respiratory physiology, mechanical ventilation, sepsis and septic shock); Pulmonary Medicine (Asthma, COPD, Smoking related diseases, Interstitial Lung Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Lung transplantation); Biomedical Ethics (End of life, conflict resolution, triage). I have received a number of teaching and research awards for my academic work at the Cleveland Clinic. I have extensive academic experience with over 75 publications including first authorship on over a dozen full length manuscripts.