Cardiothoracic Surgery Expert Witnesses in Illinois

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Cardiothoracic surgery expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including general surgery, vascular surgery, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, and anesthesiology. Some of the most common cardiothoracic surgery expert witness specialties also include heart transplant surgery, lung cancer surgery, coronary artery bypass grafting, valve repair or replacement, and thoracic aortic aneurysm repair. They can opine on the effects of surgical errors, postoperative complications, patient consent issues, standard of care violations, and medical malpractice claims.

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Dr James Lawrence LubawskiView profile

ID: 691244

Dr. James Lubawski, MD

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Illinois

Dr. James L. Lubawski Jr has 11 years of experience in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Thoracic Surgery. He earned his BA in Economics from Northwestern University and his MD from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. After completing his residency in General Surgery at Rush University Medical Center, he completed a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical...

Ronald Dennis Curran, MDView profile

ID: 354445

Dr. Ronald Curran, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Ronald Curran has 25 years of experience in the field of Cardiothoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He earned his MD from Rush Medical College of Rush University. After completing his residency in General Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, he went on to complete a fellowship in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Northwestern University School of Medicine. Today, this...

Jonathan M. Somers, MDView profile

ID: 1623421

Dr. Jonathan Somers, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Jonathan Somers has 28 years of experience in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He earned his BA from The University of Pennsylvania and his MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. After completing his residency in General Surgery at Rhode Island Hospital, he went on to complete a fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center. Today,...

Jesse Henry Marymont III, FASE, MBA, MDView profile

ID: 1712946

Dr. Jesse Marymont, FASE, MBA, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Jesse H. Marymont III has over 36 years of experience in the field of Anesthesiology. He earned his BA in Philosophy from Northwestern University, his MD from Saint Louis University School of Medicine, and his MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. After completing his internship in Internal Medicine and his residency in Anesthesiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg...

The Average Cardiothoracic Surgery Expert Witness
Charges $800 / Hour

Based on hourly rates. Compare expert witness rates across thousands of specialties in all 50 states.

  • Review Fee

    $600

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  • Deposition Fee

    $825

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

  • Court Fee

    $975

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Expert Witness FAQs

A cardiothoracic surgery expert witness provides insight and testimony in legal cases involving heart and lung surgeries, drawing from their extensive medical knowledge and experience.

These experts are crucial in malpractice suits, personal injury cases, or any litigation involving cardiac or thoracic surgical procedures and post-operative care.

Subspecialties include congenital heart surgery, heart failure/ transplant surgery, general thoracic surgery, and adult cardiac surgery.

They can review medical records, identify standard of care breaches, explain complex surgical procedures, and testify on the potential causes of complications.

Their expertise helps determine if there was negligence or deviation from accepted standards of care during a cardiothoracic procedure.

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