Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Expert Witnesses

This extremely qualified infectious disease specialist has received his education and medical training from among the finest institutions in the country. Over his 30+ years of medical practice in the field of infectious diseases, he has been appointed to high ranking medical directorships of several major infectious disease programs in the west coast. He is also a fellow of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, as well as the American College of Physicians.

This double board certified expert has been practicing for over 20 years. He completed his Infectious Disease fellowship at Cornell University as well as a research fellowship at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Awarded the honor of Fellow of both the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American College of Physicians, he holds membership in a multitude of other prestigious medical organizations and serves as a reviewer for over 40 medical journals. He is also extensively published with over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and abstracts. Currently, this expert is an Associate Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases at a major medical university, where he is also the Director of Transplant Infectious Diseases. His specific infectious disease experience includes tuberculosis, hepatitis, lyme disease, fungal infections, diseases of travel, infections in transplant recipients, bone and joint infections, and infections associated with targeted immunotherapy.

This expert is an independent safety consultant out of the UK. For the past 27 years, he has worked in a variety of engineering environments to ensure that UK/EU safety standards were upheld. He is familiar with the UK factory safety standards and product safe design standards and has the appropriate experience to help with this case. He has worked large engineering companies to ensure their compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act, CE Marking Directives and PUWER.

This highly qualified healthcare management expert has 20 years of experience in the field. He received a Masters in Health Administration from The Ohio State University and is a Certified Healthcare Executive. he was appointed as an Associate Graduate Faculty Member at Central Michigan University to teach aspects of Health Services Organizations in the Master of Science in Administration with concentration in Health Services Administration program. He has held several positions at various private practices throughout his career. He is currently Practice Administrator for a ten physician Pulmonary Private Practice.

This expert is experienced with fatality, catastrophic injury and personal injury cases. He holds multiple certifications in occupational safety & health and OSHA compliance. Expertise includes forklifts, boom lifts, scissor lifts, fall protection, machine guarding, work zones, scaffolds, excavations. He specializes in applying OSHA General Industry regulations, OSHA Construction regulations, and safety-related national consensus standards to working conditions. He frequently performs health & safety and OSHA-related inspections, audits, and assessments. He specializes in conducting hazard analysis and recommends corrective actions to reduce or eliminate these hazards. He trains workers, management and senior management, and helps clients assess and improve their safety management systems. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and webinars.

This highly qualified and quadruple board certified Psychiatry expert received his medical education at the prestigious Duke University. he completed a Fellowship in Advanced Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) at Duke University Medical Center. He is Fellow of both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He holds numerous memberships in professional organizations including The American College of Psychiatry and the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association. This expert has published 169 peer-reviewed journal articles and authored. He is frequently invited to lecture as a guest speaker both nationally and internationally.

This highly qualified, board certified Professor of Radiation Oncology received his medical degree from the University of Virginia. He subsequently completed a Residency in Radiation Oncology and Fellowship training in Clinical Oncology. He is a member of numerous professional societies including the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. This expert has recieved many awards throughout his career including the Ulrich Henschke Award. This expert has published 139 peer-reviewed journal articles and authored 12 book chapters. He is frequently invited to to lecture as a guest speaker both nationally and internationally. He is a former Professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

This highly qualified Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology completed a M.P.H. and Ph.D. in Epidemiology and is fellowship trained in Preventive Cardiology. He is a member of numerous professional organizations including the Society for Epidemiologic Research, the American Diabetes Association and the UMass NIH funded Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center. He is highly active in the research community with his projects attracting millions of dollars in funding from various bodies. He has published 117 peer-reviewed journal articles and 40 abstracts. He is frequently invited to lecture as a guest speaker at engagements around the country.

This highly-qualified expert has 20+ years of experience in the occupational safety industry both as an educator and consultant in the field. She has 20 years of experience in safety management, 16 years in safety consulting, and 20 years of teaching safety courses at top ranking accredited Universities. She has a Masters from Indiana University in Occupational Health and Safety and a B.S. in Safety Management from Indiana University. She is licensed in Accident, Health, and LIfe Insurance, and is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, the National Safety Council Defensive Driving International Executive Board and the Indiana State University Safety and Health Advisory Board. She is currently the Director of Academics and an Adjunct Professor teaching safety courses for a top ranked University, and is an OSHA/Safety Consultant with an industry-leading safety and training consulting firm.

Al Barqawi, MD, FRCS, is an Associate clinical Professor and Lecturer in the Division of Urology at University of Colorado School of medicine. Dr. Barqawi also serves as Director of Research in the Section of Urologic Oncology. He has expertise in urologic oncology and general Urology primarily in prostate disease, early detection, novel imaging and treatment applications and epidemiology. He is interested in men’s health research, particularly sexual function and testosterone effect on general health. He also acts as the Principal Investigator for several national research projects. He pioneered 3D imaging of the prostate gland and focal targeted therapy for prostate cancer. He performed the first focal interstitial laser therapy of the prostate in the US. He also initiated the first phase I study for intra-prostatic injection of Botox for the treatment of BPH. He published more than 100 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. He presented at many national and international meetings. He is also an elected member of the Editorial Board for several national and international medical journals. He serves regularly on the scientific committees for National science foundation and department of defense grant meetings.

This extremely qualified healthcare administrator has received his medical training at among the top ten medical institutions in the country, and has been appointed to numerous high ranking positions in healthcare administration including Medical Director of one of the largest hospitals in the country.

This expert has been practicing for over 30 years. She received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley and completed a fellowship in Epidemiology there as well. She has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and sits on the Editorial Board of "Pediatric and Perinatal Research", the "American Journal of Public Health", "Pediatrics", "Annals of Internal Medicine", and "Autism Research". She is a member of the Scientific Review Committee for the National Institutes of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, the American Public Health Association, and the Society for Epidemiological Research, and is the recipient of awards such as TIME Magazine's Top Ten Parenting Finding of 2011. Currently, this expert is a Professor of Nursing at a major medical university, where she serves as the Chair of the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, and Director of the Masters of Public Health Program as well. She is also the Director of a major center for autism and developmental disabilities research and epidemiology, which is one of six such centers funded by the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This highly qualified expert has been a virologist for more than 40 years. She holds a PhD in Microbiology with minors in Biochemisty and Preventative Medicine. She has taught medical virology for more than 30 years at the university level and has participated in more than 70 invited lectures and presentations. This expert's work includes more than 40 publications in the virology space, more than 30 grant funded research projects, and the creation of the medical virology lab at a children's hospital in Tennessee.

This expert has worked in labor analysis for over 35 years and has published extensively on the labor market. Previously, he worked at the U.S. Department of Labor where he received numerous Outstanding Performance/Secretary's Exceptional Achievement Awards. He has a PhD in the Economics of Human Resources and is currently Senior Consultant for an employment analysis firm. He has consulted and testified in cases for both defense and plaintiff clients, involving compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, prevailing wage laws, occupational analysis to determine proper classifications and exemption status, and determination of compensation levels.

This expert has over 15 years of experience in occupational health and safety. His expertise includes construction safety, accident investigation, OSHA and ANSI standards, fall protection, ladders, scaffolds, aerial and scissor lifts and excavation. For the past seventeen years, he has taught for the Region II OSHA Education Centers & currently serves as course chairperson for eleven different courses. During his career, he has worked as an auditor, project manager and trainer, addressing health and safety issues, developing written safety and health programs and site-specific procedures, as well as the developing & delivering industry-specific training.

This expert has been practicing for nearly 20 years. She received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh with a concentration in Women's Health and thereafter examined reproductive morbidity as an NIH National Research Service Award Individual Postdoctoral Fellow. This expert is extensively published and has served as a reviewer for numerous medical journals, including "Obstetrics & Gynecology International", "Womens Health", and "Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology". She has served as the Principal or Co-Principal Investigator on a multitude of research endeavors, garnering hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants from the National Institute of Health, the Center for Disease Control, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Reproductive Epidemiology with Tenure at a major medical university, where she is also the Director of Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology.

This expert's research career has been focused in the area of drug safety. As a clinical epidemiologist and pharmacologist, he uses large administrative databases in Canada and the United States as the main data source for his research. In the last ten years he has made significant contributions to this area quantifying rare drug adverse events with popular prescription drugs. His research has been used by the FDA, Health Canada and European Medicines Agency

This highly qualified expert has extensive knowledge of regulatory and legislative issues relating to the healthcare industry and of eHealth governance. He received both his MAS and PhD degrees focusing in health policy and law and global health from the University of California, San Diego, and has worked as a consultant or expert for various organizations including the World Health Organization, US Department of State, US Department of Justice and others. He is a member of various professional organizations, including the American Public Health Association and is the current program chair of the APHA Trade and health forum. He lectures both nationally and internationally and has received multiple honors for his outstanding research. He has published 100+ peer-reviewed journal articles and serves on the editorial board at BMC Medicine and is an associate editor at BMC Public Health. He is the former senior research associate at the California Western School of Law's Institute of Health Law Studies and the former senior legal and compliance specialist at ResMed Inc. Currently, he is the director of a major health policy research institute and an assistant professor of global public health at a major school of medicine, where he also directs the master's degree program in health policy and law.

This extremely qualified expert has years of experience in human factors, machine design and systems methodologies as they apply to the prevention of injury involving industrial and agricultural equipment. He received his MEA degree from George Washington University and his PhD degree in industrial engineering from West Virginia University. He is a member of multiple professional associations, including the American Society of Safety Engineers and the System Safety Society. He has published 25+ peer-reviewed journal articles. He lectures both nationally and internationally and has received several honors for his impressive work, including the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's "Performance Award," which he received on 13 years. He is a former safety engineer specializing in occupational safety and health administration at the Office of Mechanical Engineering Standards Development and a former research safety engineer at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Currently, he is an associate professor of industrial and management systems engineering at a major university and the director of a major engineering research and development company.

This highly qualified expert specializes in Biostatistics, receiving his Ph.D. in Biometry from Cornell University and a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. He has authored 100+ journal articles and held several scientific presentations around the world. He is an active member on various advisory committees. His research interests include application of biostatistics methods in health research and clinical trials. He has consulted on the design and analysis of scientific studies, specifically population health. This expert has extensive experience in administration positions including Director, Professor and Researcher for numerous colleges and universities. Currently, he is a Professor and Vice-Dean for Professional Affairs in the Faculty of Medicine for a University in Canada.