Pharmacology Expert Witnesses in North Carolina

Whispering Pines, North Carolina

Pharmacology- Clinical, Pharmacist - emergency medicine, pharmacology, toxicology, critical care, forensic chart review, geriatric pharmacy, medication errors, adverse drug reactions

I am a board-certified critical care pharmacist (BCCCP) with nearly 15 years of full-time clinical experience in emergency medicine and critical care. I currently practice as a full-time Emergency Medicine Pharmacist in a high-volume emergency department in North Carolina, providing direct bedside care to critically ill and injured patients. My advanced training includes a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice residency and a PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy residency. Over my career, I have conducted numerous forensic medication chart reviews, assessed adverse drug events, and evaluated medication errors in complex emergency and critical care settings. I have led or contributed to more than 40 protocol, guideline, policy, and process improvement initiatives, and I regularly perform practice reviews for regulatory compliance and accreditation standards through both hospital and consulting roles. In addition to my active clinical practice, I train pharmacy students and residents in real-time bedside ca...

Franklinton, North Carolina

Nurse, Neurology - Critical Care, Stroke, Brain Injury, Spine Surgery, Neurologic Surgery, Medical-Surgical Conditions, Pharmacology, Patient Safety, Clinical Documentation, Care Planning, Scope of Nursing Practice

Neuroscience Clinical Nurse Specialist with certification in Adult Critical Care practicing in a large health care system. Current practice includes providing direct patient care and being a neurologic expert for nursing staff and liaison for the medical team members. Ensure evidence based practice for neuroscience population and nursing practice within scope of licensure. Investigate patient safety risk with implementation of quality improvement as needed. Extensive experience with Stroke, Spine Surgery, Brain Surgery, Critical Care, Medical-Surgical & Ambulatory Care populations. Clinical focus and experience incorporating and ensuring standards of care, evidence based practice, scope of practice, quality improvement, electronic medical record documentation, patient safety, policy and guideline implementation, and expectations of interprofessional clinical practice. Experience as legal nursing expert for over 6 years.

Asheville, North Carolina

Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry - pharmacology, bipolar disorder, depression, disability, malpractice, addiction, suicide, involuntary commitment, risk assessment, schizophrenia, guardianship, forensic psychiatry, family law, divorce, contested will, capacity, ketamine, dementia, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder

Dr. Furrh is a general psychiatrist licensed in North Carolina and currently practicing both at the VA Medical Center in Asheville, NC and in private practice. He is experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of an extensive range of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders and populations and has experience in the legal setting testifying as an expert witness. Dr. Furrh's clinical background includes experience working in the inpatient, outpatient, and intensive community-based settings. The focus of Dr. Furrh's current position is severe mental illness diagnoses, geriatric psychiatry (including dementia and associated issues), addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder (veteran population), sleep disorders, and personality disorders. He possesses expertise in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy, and extensive knowledge regarding other "somatic" treatments (ECT, TMS, ketamine, psychedelics, etc). As a result of his unique clinical background, he has additionally developed a str...