Doctor Expert Witness

Court: Court of Appeals of Alaska Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Alison v. State Citation: 2019 Alas. App. LEXIS 94 Facts The appellant was convicted of second-degree murder after his infant daughter suffered a fatal injury while she was in his…

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Lufkin Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Duplantis v. James Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127306 Facts This case involves a construction project that took place on personal property in…

This case involves a 54-year-old male actor with sleep apnea who had a dermal filler injected into his nasolabial fold. Several months after the procedure, the patient believed he was having an adverse reaction to the dermal filler and visited a…

This case involves a 41-year-old male patient with a history of rheumatoid arthritis who suffered injuries after falling from an x-ray table. Before the x-ray was conducted, the patient requested assistance getting onto the table. The technician then stepped out…

This case involves a 62-year-old man who was diagnosed with a benign growth at the base of his skull. The patient underwent a neck dissection with resection of the tumor by an ENT. The ENT had originally intended to schedule…

This case involves an otherwise healthy female who initially presented to her pediatrician with a mass in her neck. Given the mass’s persistence over an extended period of time, the patient was referred for an biopsy of the affected lymph…

This case involves an otherwise healthy 16-year-old crew team athlete who experienced persistent inexplicable muscle spasms and was hospitalized. While hospitalized, the patient was discovered to have very low potassium levels and abnormal EKGs. He was referred to a nephrologist…

This case involves a 26-year-old male patient with bipolar disorder and severe depression who was prescribed the antipsychotic aripipiprazole. This patient had a family history of bipolar disorder and alcoholism. While taking the antipsychotic medication, the patient experienced a host of compulsive behaviors, specifically pathological…

This case involves a female patient with a history of Crohn’s disease who underwent a colectomy for excision of a neoplastic polyp. After surgery, her diet was immediately advanced from liquid to a regular soft diet. Several days after the surgery, the…