Cardiothoracic Surgery Expert Witnesses in Pennsylvania

This expert is the Chief of the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, as well as the director of congenital and pediatric cardiac surgery and a Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery at his institution. He is board certified in surgery, thoracic surgery and congenital heart surgery specializing in valve repair and reconstruction, neonatal cardiac surgery, hybrid procedures complex biventricular repairs, and adult congenital heart surgery.

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 highly qualified expert earned his MD and completed his Surgery residency and Thoracic Surgery fellowship from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. This expert is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Association for Academic Surgery. He has published 14 peer-reviewed journal articles, 4 books and has given multiple professional and scientific presentations. He serves as a reviewer for major surgery journals and is the current Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at a university-affiliated medical center.

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 double board certified thoracic surgeon has has practicing for nearly 20 years. An editor of six different academic journals, this expert is widely published and has presented extensively across the U.S. on esophagectomy and other esophageal complications. He is an Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery at a major medical university, as well as the Director of the Esophageal Surgery Program and the Chief of Thoracic Surgery and the same institution.