Cardiothoracic Surgery Expert Witnesses in Indiana

This qualified expert has years of experience as an anesthesiologist. He received his BS in cellular biology from Tulane University before earning his DO at Touro University of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed an internship at St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network. He went on to complete an anesthesiology residency and an adult cardiac anesthesiology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. This expert is board certified in anesthesiology with a subspecialty certification in advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. He is also certified in advanced cardiac life support and basic life support. He is active in his field as a member of the International Anesthesia Research Society, the US chapter of the ERAS Society, the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. His former positions include clinical assistant professor of anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as a cardiac and regional anesthesiologist and clinical education director at Memorial Regional Hospital in Florida. Currently, this expert serves as the chief of cardiothoracic anesthesia, the co-director of the pre-anesthesia training center, and the director of ERAS implementation at a health system in Ohio.

This expert is the head of the Section of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery and the Co-Director of the Congenital Heart Center, at his university. His major clinical interests are in complex congenital heart defect repair. His research interests are in clinical and translational research and are supported by his role as the Co-Founder of the Michigan Congenital Heart Outcomes Research and Discovery (M-CHORD) program. He is the study chair of a 15-center randomized trial comparing techniques for the Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the first multi-institutional prospective trial ever performed in congenital heart surgery. He is also the Program Director for his university's Congenital Cardiac Surgery Residency.

This highly qualified Professor of Cardiac Surgery is double board certified in general and thoracic surgery. He completed Fellowship training in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, and Heart Transplant & Device Surgery at the prestigious UCLA Medical Center. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology as well as a member of multiple professional organizations including the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the American Heart Association. He has published 31 peer-reviewed journal articles and is frequently invited to lecture as a guest speaker both nationally and internationally.

This board-certified and experienced expert earned his MD from Wayne State University. He then went on to complete an Internship at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, as well as two Residencies in General and Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery from Wayne State University. He is active in his field as a member of several professional organizations, such as the American College of Cardiology and the , Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Formerly, he was a Clinical Instructor and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Wayne State University, and is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at a regional medical university, as well as an Attending Surgeon at six regional medical centers.