Congenital Expert Witnesses in California

This qualified expert earned her BS in nursing from San Diego State University and went on to earn her MS in nursing at Grand Canyon University. She is nationally certified as a registered nurse certified in neonatal intensive care and is a neonatal resuscitation provider. Formerly, she served as an advanced clinician in the NICU of Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns and as a supervisor of the NICU at Rady Children's Hospital. She currently is a manager of the NICU at a top academic hospital in San Diego.

This highly-qualified expert has over 10 years of experience as a pediatric hospitalist. In addition to general hospital medicine practice, his work has focused on child abuse, neonatology and newborn medicine, and tropical medicine. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina with a BA in government and international studies before earning his MD from the University of South Carolina, graduating cum laude. He subsequently completed both an internship and residency in pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. This expert is board-certified in pediatrics and holds certifications in basic life support, pediatric advanced life support, and neonatal resuscitation. He is active in his field as a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Advancing Pediatric Educator Excellence, and the Society of Hospital Medicine. He is also involved as an author of media publications on pediatrics and a speaker at various pediatric conferences. He has formerly served as the director of inpatient pediatrics and a pediatric hospitalist for PIH Health Physicians Medical Group, the pediatric clerkship director and a faculty hospitalist for Advocate Children's Hospital, and the medical director of inpatient medicine and a pediatric hospitalist for Jupiter Medical Center. Currently, this expert serves as a senior pediatric hospitalist for a healthcare system in California.

This highly-expert has 15 years of experience as an anesthesiologist, with extensive experience in hospital administration, acute pain management, and perioperative evaluations, as well as general, regional, and neuraxial anesthesia for infants, children, and adults. He earned both his BS in microbiology and molecular genetics and MD from UCLA before going on to complete a pediatric internship at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. He subsequently completed an anesthesiology residency at Stanford University and a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. This expert is board-certified in anesthesiology with a subspecialty in pediatric anesthesiology. He also holds certifications in pediatric advanced life support and advanced cardiac life support. He has formerly served as a per diem anesthesiologist and sub-chief of pediatric anesthesia for Kaiser Permanente, as well as the founder and CEO of Dignified Housing Inc. Currently, this expert serves as a pediatric anesthesiologist for a major healthcare system, a pediatric dental anesthesiologist for a mobile anesthesia service in California, and a per diem anesthesiologist for an anesthesiology medical group in California.

This expert has extensive experience in the field of neonatology. He received his BA in mathematics and psychology from York University before earning both his MA and PhD in psychology from the University of Toronto. He then went on to earn his MD at the University of Miami and complete his residency in pediatrics and his fellowship in neonatology at the University of California, San Francisco. This expert is board certified in both pediatrics and neo-natal pediatric medicine. He has previous academic experience as an assistant professor at several institutions. Additionally, he previously worked at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County, the Naval Medical Center in San Diego and the University of California, San Diego. Currently, he serves as a neonatologist at a large public hospital in southern California.

This expert has been a neonatologist for nearly two decades. He received his MD at the University of Uppsala Faculty of Medicine and completed his internship at Soderhamn’s Hospital in Sweden. He then went on to do both a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in neonatology at the University of California at Davis. He is board-certified in both general pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine. He has written many peer-reviewed papers on topics in pediatrics and neonatology. Formerly, he held many roles in a variety of medical settings as a Locum Tenens physician. He has also been a physician at Pediatric Urgent Care of Sacramento Inc and a neonatologist at Children’s Hospital & Health Center in San Diego. Currently, he is a neonatologist at two hospitals, one at which he is a clinical instructor, as well as a clinical associate professor in pediatrics at an osteopathic medical school, all in California.

This highly qualified expert in pediatric anesthesiology earned his BS and BA from the University of Rochester and his MD from SUNY Upstate Medical University. He then went on to complete an internship in medicine from St. John Hospital and Medical Center and two residencies in anesthesiology; one at Montefiore Medical Center of Albert Einstein University and the other at Maimonides Medical Center. He also completed a prestigious fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at UTSW's Dallas Children’s Medical Center. This expert is board-certified in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology and is highly active in his field as a member of the American Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the American Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, and the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists. Formerly, he was an assistant professor of regional and pediatric anesthesiology at the University of Rochester as well as an anesthesiologist at St. Mary Healthcare. He is currently based in California working in a consultancy role for regional anesthesia at a healthcare institution.

This fellowship-trained doctor received his medical doctorate from the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in Clinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at the prestigious University of Chicago Medical center. He is currently an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics hematology/oncology at a, where he frequently lectures on topics such as vascular abnormalities of the newborn.

This double board certified expert has been practicing for over 20 years. The principal investigator in over $3 million worth of grant funds, he is a reviewer for both the Journal of Urology and the Journal of Pediatric Urology and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as the Society for Pediatric Urology. He is currently a Professor of Urology and Pediatrics at a major medical university, as well as the Medical Director of Pediatric Urology at a major children's hospital. He also serves as the Chief of Pediatric Urology at a major medical center.

This highly qualified, board certified expert has years of experience in the clinical and academic field as a Pediatric Gastroenterology. She received her BA in Psychology from the University of California-Los Angeles and her MD from Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Pediatrics from the University of California-Los Angeles, and a fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. This expert is board certified Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and is a member of the Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology. With 9 articles, 4 chapters and 11 abstracts, this expert has dedicated years of research to Pediatric Gastroenterology. She was a former Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, and currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology at a major children's hospital and is an affiliated faculty member for Multiple Regional Healthcare Centers.

This highly qualified expert is board certified in Urology with added qualifications in Pediatric Urology. He has been practicing for over 10 years. He received his BA from Johns Hopkins University and his MD from Tufts University. He went on to complete 2 residencies, one in General Surgery and another in Urology at Lahey Clinic. After, he completed his fellowship in Pediatric Urology at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego. He is a member of various professional associations including the Society of Pediatric Urology, American Urological Association, and the Society of Fetal Urology. He has published numerous times in the urology field with over 35 publications in books and peer-reviewed journals. Previously, he has served as a Medical Director at Rady Children's Hospital. Currently, he serves as a Pediatric Urologist, Division Chief, and Program Director, at a prominent medical school and center in California.

This highly qualified expert is triple board certified in Pediatrics, Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He earned his BS from the University of Wisconsin and his MD from the University of Illinois, Chicago. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Oakland, CA, residency in Anesthesia at the Hospital Of the University of Pennsylvania and a Fellowship in Anesthesia and Critical Care at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is a member of several societies within his field, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Academy of Pediatrics and Society for Critical Care Medicine. He has over 25 years experience as a pediatric critical care physician. In addition to his clinical responsibilities he is well published, with over 85 peer reviewed journal articles, over 35 book chapters and 1 book authored. He is also very active in the education of medical students and residents.

This highly qualified, board certified expert earned his Bachelor's from the University of California Los Angeles, where he also earned his medical degree. This was followed by a residency in pediatrics at the Boston' Children hospital and a fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Disease at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. This expert is a member of numerous medical societies and has published 27 papers in leading peer-reviewed journals. This expert previously held the position of Epidemiologic Intelligence Service Officer at the centers for disease control and prevention and also worked as a public health consultant at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. He currently serves as the Medical Partnership Director of a nationally renown online education tool used by millions of users and he also serves as the chief medial officer of a renown online medial education tool used by medical students and residents. He curently also serves as a Pediatric Infectious disease clinical instructor at an Ivy League University Hospital center.

This highly qualified, board certified and published expert earned her Associate of Science degree from the Nursing University of New York, her Bachelor of science from Holy Names College in California and her Masters of science from the University of California San Francisco. This expert is certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor, and has had advanced additional training as she completed High- Risk Neonatal program, the Neonatal Individualized Care & Assessment Program and the Neonatal Resuscitation Program. This expert is a member of numerous prestigious nursing societies. This expert is published, having authored 1 peer-reviewed journal article. This expert previously served as Staff Nurse III in a 53 bed regional Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery at the Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Adjunct Faculty in the department of nursing at the Holy Names College and Clinical Nurse Specialist at Summit Medical Center. This expert currently serves as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at a major regional hospital center in California.

This highly qualified expert earned his MD from the prestigious Harvard Medical School, he went on to complete a residency in Pediatrics and Neurology at Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital respectively. He completed a fellowship in Vascular Neurology at UCSF and post graduate studies in Cognitive Neuropsychology at Harvard University. He is board certified in Neurology. This expert has published over 10 peer-reviewed articles and has contributed to 8 book chapters. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Neurology at a major university in California.

This highly qualified expert has been in practice for over ten years. He received his BS from the University of Pennsylvania, Magna Cum Laude. He attended the prestigious University of Washington Medical School and did his residency at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles where he was Chief Resident. He has held several leadership positions and won numerous awards in addition to publishing articles and abstracts. He currently is the Director of the Pediatrics Residency program and Vice-Chairman of Education at a top academic hospital in California.

This expert was Clinical Chief and Division Director of the Division of Medical Genetics at his university. He also was Assistant Dean for CME at a highly regarded university medical school and Medical Director of CME at a major Children's Hospital in San Diego. He is co-investigator for a regenerative medicine/tissue collection institute for Neurodevelopmental Disorders and is an investigator with a lab studying Neurodevelopmental Genetics at a university. One of his clinical and research interests is rare diseases and neurogenetics.

This highly qualified expert has over 30 years experience in her field. She completed both her BSN and MSN at Loyola University, and earned her DNP at the University of San Francisco. She is certified in Neonatal Intensive Care, and has published several books and numerous articles on this subject. She has previously worked as a Neonatal Intensive Care Staff Nurse at numerous hospitals, as well as serving as Adjunct Clinical Faculty at California State University of East Bay and the University of San Francisco. She currently serves as Assistant Professor and Maternity Faculty Lead an at an elite university

This esteemed expert is the co-director of a kidney research center and a professor of medicine at a prominent Los Angeles medical school. A native of Italy, he received his medical degree, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Bari and completed his internship, residency and fellowship in nephrology at the Policlinico in Bari. He relocated to California to pursue a fellowship in hypertension at the USC (Keck) School of Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a Diplomate of the American Board of Nephrology, and a specialist on hypertension. He is also a national and international member of the American Society of Nephrology and the American Society of Hypertension. Currently is Co-DIrector of a premier california medical school

This expert has been practicing anesthesiology at a 600 bed hospital in Southern California for nearly a quarter century. A graduate of UC Riverside, he attended medical school at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Illinois and thereafter completed residencies in General Surgery and Anesthesiology at Loma Linda University Medical Center. A diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology and an active member of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, currently holds the post of Chief of Anesthesia at a major hospital in the Los Angeles area. He has additional experience in drug development of a safer abuse deterrent opioid currently going through the 505(b)2 FDA approval process and medical device development of a safer opioid pill dispenser currently going through the 510K class I FDA approval process.

This highly qualified expert earned his medicine degree from Cairo University School of Medicine. He completed his Residency in Pediatrics at Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital and then went on to complete a prestigious Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He is active in his field both academically and clinically and is a member of multiple medical societies including the American Academy of Pediatrics and their Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Section along with the California Association of Neonatologists. Currently, he is serving as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at a top California University. Additionally, he is serving as the Associate Medical Director of the Extremely Low Brith Weight Program as well as the Assistant Director of the Perinatal Fellowship at a major California Children's Hospital.

This expert on Clinical Genetics obtained his BS in Psychology from Brooklyn College, Pre-med certificate from Hofstra University, and MD from the Ross University School of Medicine. She completed her Residency in Pediatrics at the Winthrop University Hospital and her Fellowship in Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Mount Sinai Medical Center. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Medical Genetics. She has 4 Publications and is currently an Attending Physician of Genetics at a top tier university.

This expert has earned his BA at the California State University and his Certificate in Respiratory Therapy at California Param & Tech college. Formerly, he was an RCP Manager at Christian Hospital Medical Center. Currently, he is a Respiratory Care Provider and The Clinical Director of Respiratory Therapy at a medical college in California.

This expert is a well-experienced pediatric cardiologist who has focused his studies on fetal medicine. He is a member of the American Heart Association, and is the current Medical Director of the Fetal Cardiology Program and the Pediatric Cardiology Clinic at a major medical center.

This highly qualified expert earned her BS from UC Irvine and MD from Harvard. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at UC San Diego. She is certified in Interventional Pulmonology, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Internal Medicine. She is an active member of several medical societies related to her focus in Pulmonary and Critical Care, and has published numerous journal articles and abstracts on the topic. She previously served as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pulmonary Critical Care, and now works at a hospital in California as a Pulmonary Critical Care and Interventional Pulmonology Physician.

This highly regarded expert received his MBBS from Grant Medical College in India. He went on to train as a resident in pathology at Rush University, as a fellow in hematology at Cook Country Hospital, and hematopathology at City of Hope National Medical Center. He is board certified in anatomic pathology by the American Board of Pathology. He is a member of 9 national and local medical associations and also holds positions as an editor at 2 pathology medical journals. He has 151 published articles, has written 24 book chapters, and 13 abstracts in the field of pathology and has been invited to speak in California, the United States, and at international conferences. He has received almost 2 million dollars in research grants for research regarding lymph node diseases. He has held many positions as a researcher, professor, and physician. He is currently a clinical professor of pathology and the director of pathology consultation services at a national medical center.

This expert, a native of Southern California, completed his undergraduate education at Pacific Union College before attending Loma Linda University School of Medicine where he received his MD degree in 2008. He completed an Internal Medicine internship followed by a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency and continued his specialization with a Pain Management fellowship, all at Loma Linda. He is double board certified in PM&R and Pain Medicine.

This highly qualified expert earned her BA at the University of California, Los Angeles, and her MA in Psychology at the University of Michigan. She went on to complete a PhD in Clinical Psychology, as well as an internship in Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of Michigan. She went on to complete a fellowship in Health Psychology at the Children's Hospital of Orange County. She is a licensed Psychologist, and board certified in Pediatric Neuropsychology. She is active in her field a member of several professional medical associations, including the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology. She is a Neuropsychologist and Co-Investigator in several research projects and clinical trials on subjects relating to her field. She previously served as the Director of the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Clinic at the University of California, Irvine, and currently serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at University in California.