This expert is the Medical Director of the Center for Advanced Wound Care at an academic medical center in New Jersey. She started her career in wound care after completing residencies in Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and fellowships at UCSF in Trauma and Burns/Wound Healing and in Surgical Critical Care at Johns Hopkins University. She served as an expert panel member for the National Institute of Health to write guidelines for the treatment of ...
 This case involves a woman who developed pressure sores following a surgical procedure. The patient was admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility and was not found to have any pressure wounds at the time of admission. The patient was primarily sedentary…
This case involves a middle-aged patient with a past medical history of diabetes who presented to a podiatrist with an open callous on the bottom of her right foot. The doctor trimmed off the loose skin and noted signs of…
This case involves an elderly male patient who was admitted to a healthcare facility following a stroke. As a result of the stroke, the patient was left bed-bound and incapacitated, and was placed in the care of the Defendant facility.…
This bariatric nursing case involves an overweight, elderly patient who was being taken care of in a home health setting. The Defendant company reported that the patient was doing well under their care to distant friends and relatives. At one point, a…
This case involves an elderly Wyoming man who passed away due to multi-organ system failure following surgery – the Plaintiff had an underlying diagnoses of congestive heart failure as well as diabetes, which was being treated with Onglyza. The patient was referred…
This case involves a male patient who developed bedsores following surgery for a broken hip, where he underwent a hip resurfacing arthroplasty procedure. He had bedsores in the shape of bed pan within 10 days of the surgery. The bed…
A nursing home administration expert witness advises on a case involving an elderly female patient who on August 14, 2014, fractured her pelvis. A pelvic x-ray revealed a left parasymphysis pubis fracture not involving the acetabulum. She was hospitalized as…
A nursing home expert witness advises on a senior care case involving a decedent who was 86 years old when she was admitted to defendant nursing home. Nearly 10 days passed before she underwent a pain assessment and received a pain…
This case involves a man who was a paraplegic from spinal injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. The man went into a physical rehabilitation center and later developed pressures sores (i.e. decubitus-ulcers, bed sores) on his buttocks and sacrum while…
