Our bariatric surgery expert witnesses are certified bariatric medicine physicians trained to perform surgicalweight loss procedures including gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, laparoscopic gastric band, vertical banded gastroplasty (stomach stapling), and foregut surgery. Expert Institute custom recruits experts to opine on cases involving the standard of care for obesity treatment, surgical errors, physician-supervised medical weight loss programs, minimally invasive surgery, incisionless procedures, robotic surgery, and gastrointestinal complications.
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This board-certified expert earned his MBBS from the Maulana Azad Medical College in India where he also completed an internship in general surgery. He then went on to complete two residencies in general surgery from the Lady Hardinge Medical College and Weill Cornell Medical Center, as well as a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery from the University of Texas Medical School. He has been published nine times and is a member of the Society of American ...
This expert is a highly qualified expert and is a board certified General Surgeon. He received his BA in Literatures in English from Brown University and his MD from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He completed his residency in General Surgery at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University before completing his fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic and Gastrointestinal Surgery with the Oregon Health Sciences University. This expert is is a member ...
This expert gained his MD from the University of Virginia and completed his internship and residency in general surgery at Duke University. He completed an additional fellowship in bariatric and minimally invasive surgery at Duke University. This expert is board certified in general surgery and is currently an assistant professor of surgery at a top tier University. He is also the division chief of general surgery at a Regional Hospital near the university....
This highly qualified expert earned his MD from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine and his PhD from the University of Bonn. After completing his residency at the University of Texas Health Center this expert went on to complete a prestigious fellowship in MIS/Bariatric at Carolinas Medical Center. He is also active in his field as a member of numerous medical societies including the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic ...
This expert is highly qualified and is board certified in General Surgery. He completed a Bachelors in Science from Ursinus College and pursued a Doctorate in Medicine from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. His residency training took place at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital with a focus on General Surgery. He further sub-specialized in minimally-invasive, robotic, and bariatric surgery at the University of California San Diego. He has ...
This expert is highly qualified and board certified in General Surgery as well as Bariatric and Gastrointestinal Surgery. He completed a Bachelors of Science in Biology at Loyola University Chicago. He pursued a Doctorate in Medicine at Rush Medical College, Rush University. He attended a residency program in General Surgery at Rush University Medical Center/Cook County Hospital Integrated and sub-specialized in Minimally Invasive Bariatric and Advanced Gastrointestinal ...
This highly qualified expert has her Associate of Science in Nursing from College of St. Mary's. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Creighton University and her Master of Science in Nursing/Nurse Practitioner from University Nebraska Medical Center. She is not only a nurse practitioner but also a certified bariatric nurse. She is currently a nurse practitioner in bariatric surgery as well as the bariatric surgery coordinator at a major medical center ...
This highly qualified and dual fellowship trained expert earned his BS from Stanford University and his MD from University of Tennessee College of Medicine. After completing his general surgery residency, he went on to train under two fellowships. The first fellowship was in surgical critical care at Stanford and the second was at Vanderbilt in advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery. As a result, this expert is a highly skilled physician board certified in general ...
This actively practicing, board certified general surgeon is the current owner of a major private surgical practice as well as affiliated faculty at several regional healthcare centers. He is also extensively involved with grant funded research, and is a reviewer for several medical journals....
A New Jersey federal district court recently denied motions to sever first-party and third-party actions and to bifurcate a long-fought medical malpractice case. This complex case stems from a dismissed initial lawsuit due to a withdrawn medical expert witness. Following…
Case Summary This case involves an obese male patient with a past medical history of diabetes. The patient then underwent hernia mesh repair surgery for an incarcerated ventral hernia. Post-operatively, the patient was then discharged with instructions to follow up…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Southern Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Puckett v. United States Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118934 Facts The plaintiff claimed she underwent a laparoscopic surgery that she did not consent…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Mettias v. United States Citation: 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4896 Facts The plaintiff, an obese mother, signed up for a surgery program at an army hospital…
This case involves an overweight woman who underwent an ORBERA intragastric balloon procedure. Following the procedure, the patient experienced nausea and vomiting. She was unable to consume food or drink and was advised this was normal. The patient was eventually admitted…
This case involves a middle aged male patient who had underwent bariatric surgery and subsequently developed a kidney injury following a bout of sepsis. Upon discharge, it was noted that his creatinine levels were elevated. The patient followed up with…
This case involves a woman in her mid-30s with a who underwent a gastric sleeve procedure. She had previously undergone a Nissen fundoplication procedure which had failed. EGD studies revealed the wrap coming undone and evidence of a stomach hernia with reflux.…
This case involves the death of a middle-aged man who had recently undergone gastric bypass surgery from an internal hernia. The man had called the office of his gastric surgeon and reported a severe constipation problem. Despite his serious complaints,…
This case involves a man in his 40’s who underwent lap band surgery. Immediately after surgery was concluded, the patient realized that he could not swallow. Despite a revision surgery, the patient was still unable to swallow and has not been…
This case involves a male patient was admitted to hospital in Delware for a routine gastric surgery to address persistent intestinal disease. Following the procedure, the surgeon informed the patient’s family that she had accidentally perforated the man’s spleen, and…