Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Experts

Nursing Home Experts: Nurses and Administrators (doctors listed above)

• Bryon S. Arbeit, MA, JFA, JFA: A former nursing home administrator in Sarasota, Florida, who has testified in cases where nursing home’s procedures were at issue.
• Kathleen Anne Hill-O’Neill: A gerontological nurse practitioner who teaches at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been named as an expert over 100 times, mostly on issues related to the appropriate standard of care for a nursing home nurse. She has testified extensively in failure to monitor and treat bed sores cases in cases all over the country including Florida, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Illinois. She has conducted nursing home investigations for the U.S. Department of Justice.
• Ellen Ullmann: A Florida-based nurse who testifies in assisted living abuse and neglect cases.
• Ilene Warner-Maron: Nurse and licensed nursing home administrator with 30 years of experience caring for the elderly, who now works for Alden Geriatric Consultants in Media, Pennsylvania. She has been named as an expert for plaintiffs in nursing home cases in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey among other states, often on issues related to pressure sores.
• Cathryn H. Winslow: Maryland clinical nurse that provides life care plans and catastrophic injury case management.

OB/GYN

• Patricia Mary Boatwright: Obstetrician-gynecologist in Chicago, Illinois.
• Lawrence Borow: Pennsylvania-based OB-GYN, who regularly testifies in birth injury during childbirth case including shoulder dystocia and brachial plexus injuries. He graduated from Temple Medical School in 1970. He has testified that he works about equally for plaintiffs and defendants and that between 5-8% of professional work is medical-legal related. He has testified in a number of Maryland birth injury cases. He graduated from Rush Medical College in 1975.
• Martin Gubernick: Board certified New York OB-GYN that has testified in shoulder dystocia and other birth injury cases, including a few cases in Maryland that generated seven-figure verdicts and settlements. His is a clinical instructor of obstetrics and gynecology at Cornell.
• Jeffery King: Formerly at Georgetown, this Virginia doctor is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and maternal and fetal medicine. He has testified in a significant number of cases in Maryland involving a birth injury or wrongful death.
• Elizabeth Wickstrom: She is a board-certified maternal fetal medicine specialist in Kansas. This  obstetrics expert who has been named as an expert in cases involving Down’s Syndrome and a mother with oligohydramnios (low amniotic fluid levels) which allegedly caused her child to have cerebral palsy.

Oncology

• Dennis Citrin: Board-certified medical oncology and internal medicine.  Has testified in breast cancer misdiagnosis malpractice lawsuits.
• John M. Kirkwood: Yale educated oncologist whose practice and research has focused on melanoma. He has been named as an expert in at least a handful of failure to diagnose and treat melanoma cases around the country, including Maryland, Ohio, and Arizona. He is a professor and director of the Melanoma and Skin Cancer program at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Daniel Labow:  Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery at the Mount Sinai Health System. He is a board-certified surgeon with a specialty in surgical oncology.
• Douglas S Reintgen: Duke-educated surgical oncology expert witness who is a board-certified expert in surgery with a subspecialty in surgical oncology of the breast.

Orthopedic

• Steven Frank Boc: Philadelphia-based foot and ankle orthopedic surgeon. Has testified on the standard of care issues, the scope of injury, and informed consent.
• Eugene Carragee:  Orthopedic surgeon who is a professor at Stanford who has written on lower back disorders.
• Gregory S. Maslow: New Jersey-based orthopedic who has testified in scores of cases, mostly in the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania area. Most of his cases are not medical malpractice but auto tort or workers’ compensation claims.
• Ralph Rashbaum: Texas-based orthopedist who has been named as an expert in scores of cases, mostly in Texas but he has also been named in states such as North Carolina, Illinois, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. Some of his cases have involved:
  • delayed diagnosis of an intradural hematoma
  • failure to timely diagnose a T10-T11 fracture leading to paraplegia
  • unnecessary 3 level disc surgery
  • back surgery in the wrong location
  • failure to diagnose mediastinum germ cell cancer

Neurosurgery

• Michael Shaffrey: Dr. Shaffrey is a neurosurgeon who is the current chair of the department of neurosurgery at the University of Virginia. He completed his medical degree at the University of Virginia in 1987. He specializes in operations involving disc displacement and disease, cervical and lumbar stenosis, spinal tumors, and brain tumors.

Pathology

• Theonia Boyd: Pediatric, perinatal and adult surgery pathologist. Attended Johns Hopkins for undergrad; University of Utah for medical school. Has been doing medical-legal work since 1996, reviewing about a dozen cases a year. She charges $500 an hour for review, $2,500 for a half day and $5,000 for a full day, which makes up about a third of her income. She has testified she works equally for plaintiffs and defendants.

Pain Management

• Alexander E. Weingarten: Board certified in anesthesiology, he has been elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. He has been practicing pain management since 1984.
• Howard Jeffery Rosen: Board certified in anesthesiology and pain management.

Pediatrics

• Carolyn Crawford: Pediatrician who lives in Pennsylvania and practices in southern New Jersey. She graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1971. She has testified that she does 75% plaintiffs’ work and 25% defense work, and the outside expert legal work takes up about 5% of her time. She has testified a large number of cases involving, among other things:
  • Preeclampsia
  • Placenta abruption causing anoxic brain injury
  • Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
  • Spastic diplegia (Little’s Disease)
  • Failure to deliver by C-section
  • Herpes encephalitis
• Ronald S. Gabriel: Pediatric neurologist in Los Angeles.
• Herschel R. Lessin: Stanford/Yale educated pediatrician who been named as a plaintiff expert in scores of cases over the years, including:
  • Failure to treat long QT Syndrome (Florida)
  • Negligently delay in performing a spinal tap, and failure to diagnose and treat herpes encephalitis (Florida)
  • Negligence in performing percutaneous pinning surgery (Washington)
  • Failure to refer a child for cardiology workup that led to his death (Texas)
• Steven L. Shore: Dr. Shore is a board-certified pediatrician and pediatric infectious disease doctor. He received his medical degree in 1967 from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently at Sandy Spring Pediatrics in Atlanta Georgia.
• Leonard B. Weiner: Syracuse-based pediatric infectious disease doctor. Graduated medical school from Tufts University. Has testified in a number case for failure to diagnose a bacterial illness, including herpes encephalitis. Has testified for both plaintiffs and defendants.
• Mindy B. Statter: Board-certified in general surgery, pediatric surgery and surgical critical care, Dr. Statter has testified for plaintiffs in both pediatric and emergency room negligence cases.
• Mark Patrick Cain, M.D., F.A.A.P.: A highly qualified expert in pediatric urology with an extensive background in both clinical practice and academic medicine. He is currently a Professor of Pediatric Urology at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Chief of Pediatric Urology at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health. Dr. Cain’s career spans several decades, having completed his medical degree at the Oregon Health Sciences University in 1987, followed by residencies and a fellowship at the Albany Medical Center Hospital and the Mayo Clinic, respectively.  Dr. Cain is board-certified in urology with a subspecialty certification in pediatric urology, and he has been recertified through 2028. He has also held numerous leadership positions in prominent medical organizations, such as the American Urological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, where he chaired several committees related to pediatric urology. His research and clinical interests include congenital urological conditions, reconstructive surgery, and the long-term management of pediatric urological diseases. 
• Adam Craig Alder, M.D., M.S., FAAP,: An expert in pediatric anesthesiology and anesthesiology with a focus on the care of pediatric patients undergoing surgery and other medical procedures. He is affiliated with Texas Children’s Hospital, one of the nation’s leading pediatric medical centers, and serves as a faculty member at Baylor College of Medicine, where he contributes to both patient care and medical education. Dr. Adler’s role at Texas Children’s involves overseeing the anesthesia management for a wide range of complex pediatric cases.
• Michele J. Beaulieu: Specializes in nursing, nurse practitioners, and neonatology. She is affiliated with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Specialty Physicians in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Beaulieu’s work primarily involves neonatal care, focusing on the medical needs of newborns, particularly those in intensive care units.  
• Trevor Jesse Resnick: Specializes in pediatrics, child neurology, neurology, and headaches. He is affiliated with Neuro Network Partners, University of Miami School of Medicine, and Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, Florida. Dr. Resnick’s practice focuses on neurological disorders in children, and his expertise includes managing conditions related to pediatric neurology and headaches. 

Radiologist

• Richard E. Latchaw: A Professor of Radiology at the UC Davis Medical Center since 2002, Dr. Latchaw testified in a significant number of radiology and neuroradiology cases. His billable rate, at least at one time, is $500 an hour. His legal work makes us 5% of his professional activities. Approximately 20% of his clinical work and legal work is pediatric neuroradiology. He reviews cases and testifies for both plaintiffs and defendants. He has testified that he considers about 10 cases a year, usually interpreting film. He has focused lots of attention on the diagnosis and treatment of acute ischemic strokes. He has also testified in cases involving:
  • Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
  • Head trauma cases
  • Negligent vacuum extraction
  • Misdiagnosis of a subarachnoid hemorrhage
• C. Douglas Phillips: Neuroradiologist at University of Virginia Health System Division of Neuroradiology.
• Michael James Potchen: Board-certified radiologist with CAQs in neuroradiology in Rochester, New York after spending most of his career in Michigan. He has testified as a plaintiffs’ expert in a failure to diagnose pneumonia, an aneurysm, lung cancer, failure to detect a broken wire on a defibrillator, and many other types of cases. He also testifies, seemingly less frequently, as a defense expert. He charged, at least at one time, $750 an hour.
• Ronald Washburn:  Virginia based radiologist who is board-certified in diagnostic radiology and has testified on CT scan interpretations.
• Paul Albert Caruso: Specializes in diagnostic radiology and neuroradiology. He is affiliated with Lenox Hill Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Caruso’s practice focuses on the use of imaging techniques to diagnose and manage neurological conditions. His background includes affiliations with prominent institutions in both diagnostic and specialized neuroradiology. 

Surgery (General)

• Peter Neumann: General and plastic surgeon who has testified in negligently performed facelifts and breast implants, among other cases.
• Paul M. Starker: Board certified in general surgery and surgical critical care, this New Jersey-based surgeon has been named as an expert in some lap chole and bowel obstruction cases as a plaintiffs’ expert. He is on the consulting staff at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

Urology

• Jay S. Copeland: This Maryland-based board certified urologist in based in Prince George’s County.
• Joseph David Schmidt: Urologist in San Diego. Specializes in treating patients with prostate cancer.
• Myron Irwin Murdock: Bowie, Maryland urologist who specializes in pediatric urology.

Vascular Surgery

• Carl Adams: Dr. Adams is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon. He specializes in the treatment of aortic aneurysms, peripheral vascular disease, and other major heart surgeries. He currently practices at St. Joseph Heart Institute/RCRMC Heart Center in Durango, Colorado as well as in Sacramento, California.
• Stephen Becker:  Board certified in general surgery and experienced in performing laparoscopic bladder.  He completed vascular fellowship. Interesting background with a undergrad degree from Brooklyn College and his M.D. from the University of Brussels.
• Eric Bershad: Vascular neurology expert witness at Baylor College of Medicine.  Named expert in an adult oxygen deprivation case that settled for over $20 million.  Widely published for a relatively young doctor.
• Joseph H. Boyer: He is a
  cardiothoracic surgeon. Dr. Boyer is board certified in thoracic surgery and cardiothoracic, vascular surgery. He attended medical school at the state university of New York in Syracuse. He is currently a physician at Florida Hospital.
• Joseph A. Caprini: Illinois-based vascular surgeon affiliated with NorthShore University HealthSystem-Metro Chicago. He has a particular focus on venous thromboembolism and venous insufficiency.
• Mark D. Morasch: Heart and vascular surgeon expert witness based in Utah. He is board certified in general surgery and vascular surgery. Dr. Morasch is extraordinarily experienced at providing expert testimony in the areas of peripheral vascular disease, abdominal aortic aneurysms, angioplasties, endovascular aneurysm repair, inferior vena cava filter, aortic dissection, ischemic limb, brachial plexus palsy, aortic embolism, cerebral vascular disease, and deep vein thrombosis. Has published a great deal on these subjects.
• Paul E. Collier: Board certified in general surgery and vascular surgery, he received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. He performed his undergraduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Collier is a physician and current medical director at the Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory at the Sewickly Valley Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Collier has testified in several cases involving peripheral vascular disease, grafting procedures, and claudication.
• John C. Lyne: Board certified urologist

Vocational Rehabilitation

• Michael H Morgenstern: Florida vocational rehab expert who has been named in hundreds of cases. (Motion to strike this expert.)
• Rick A. Sarkisian: An instructor at California State University, Sarkisian is a frequently used vocational rehabilitation expert. He has been a rehabilitation counselor, school counselor, and vocational counselor and has testified as an expert hundreds of times, mostly in California. He is also the author of books designed for Catholics that people find their purpose in life.

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