The healthcare industry has been under intense stress and scrutiny through the COVID-19 pandemic. Particularly for hospitals, coronavirus has posed an immense challenge as facilities have been inundated with patients infected with a novel virus. But medical treatment throughout a public health crisis is not without allegations of liability and negligence. As you prepare a medical malpractice or other related COVID-19 care case, it will be important to consult with a hospital expert witness who can speak to the medical and administrative aspects of a hospital during the coronavirus crisis.
A hospital expert witness can discuss:
Changes to hospital and care protocols brought on by COVID-19
Technical explanation of coronavirus and how it spreads
Implications of over-capacity facilities
Challenges related to supply shortages (ventilators, masks, gloves, gowns)
State-specific liability immunity for healthcare providers and facilities
Pandemic planning and contagion training
Hospital responsibilities for patient and death statistics reporting
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This qualified hospitalist expert is board certified in family medicine. He earned his BS in electrical engineering and his BS in computer engineering from Northeastern University before earning his MD from Drexel University. He subsequently completed a family medicine residency at Christiana Care Health System. He formerly served as an urgent care physician for both the Silverside Medical Aid Unit and Newark Urgent Care and as a hospitalist for Trident Medical Center. ...
This highly qualified expert has nearly 40 years of experience in the field of healthcare architectural design. He earned his BS in architecture from Ohio State University and then went on to earn his MArch from Kent State University. He is a certified interior designer and a licensed architect in California. He was formerly a project manager and director at Llewelyn-Davis Sahni, Inc, as well as a health-care architecture consultant at Ramin Sadr, AIA. Additionally, he ...
This highly-qualified expert is a board certified internal medicine hospitalist. He received his BS in biomedical engineering and his MHS in biochemistry and molecular biology from Johns Hopkins University. He then went on to earn his MD from Avalon University School of Medicine before completing his residency in internal medicine at Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center and his fellowship in hospital medicine at Yale-New Haven Health Bridgeport ...
This highly qualified, board certified geriatric medicine expert has extensive experience in his field. After earning his BS in biology from Long Island University, this expert completed his MD at American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in Saint Maarten. He then finished his residency in internal medicine and a geriatrics fellowship at New York University. He is a distinguished member of the American College of Physicians as well as the American ...
This expert has almost a decade of experience as a physician assistant. He earned his BS in electrical engineering from SUNY at Buffalo and his MS in clinical medicine sciences from Barry University. He is a licensed physician assistant in the state of Texas and is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Academy of Physician Assistants. He previously served as an internal medicine physician assistant at First Texas Hospital, as a physician ...
This highly-qualified expert has nearly 35 years of experience as an internal medicine and hospital medicine physician. He received his AB in human biology from Stanford University before graduating cum laude and earning his MD from the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center. He subsequently completed residencies in family practice and internal medicine at Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Additionally, he earned his MBA from the University of Massachusetts and ...
This qualified expert earned his MBBS from Gandhi Medical College before completing an internal medicine residency at the University of Illinois. He is board-certified in internal medicine and certified in both basic life support and advanced cardiac life support. This expert is active in his field as a member of the American College of Physicians and the Illinois State Medical Society. He is also highly active in research, having served as a principal investigator in ...
This highly qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in hospital administration and management, with his work focusing on hospital performance and quality assurance, hospital and clinic valuation, hospital accreditation, hospital planning and development, and hospital trusteeship. He received his BA in sociology and Spanish from Elmira College before earning his MA in healthcare administration from George Washington University. He also completed a senior ...
This expert has almost a decade of experience in the field of hospital compliance and nursing. He earned his BS and MS from East Stroudsburg University, his MS in nursing from Saint Josephs College, and his DBA in healthcare management & leadership from California Intercontinental University. He is a licensed registered nurse and a certified professional in healthcare quality. He is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and the American Hospital ...
This highly qualified neonatologist has extensive experience in his field. He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics with sub-certifications in neonatal and perinatal medicine. He received his BA in chemistry from Indiana University Bloomington, his MD from University of Louisville School of Medicine and his MA in bioethics from Medical College Wisconsin. After completing his residency in pediatrics at Carolinas Medical Center, this expert went on to ...
This highly qualified pulmonary and critical care expert has over 30 years of experience in his field. He received his BA in biology from the University of Chicago and his MD from New York Medical College. After finishing his internship at Kaiser Hospital and his residency from George Washington University, this expert went on to complete a prestigious fellowship in pulmonology at the University of Illinois Medical Center. He holds board certifications in internal ...
This expert is a Yale-trained and registered architect, LEED accredited, with over 35 years of experience in design and construction. He is the Founder/President of two firms: an architecture firm (1990-present) and a construction project management firm (2003-present). This expert offers multi-faceted expertise in the areas of architecture, design, and construction. He is the author of two books on architecture, as well as many articles on design and construction in ...
Hospitals are overcrowded, providers are overworked, and critical equipment—from ventilators to protective masks—is scarce. Recently, many states have passed legislation or enacted executive orders granting COVID-19 healthcare providers immunity from civil liability for any injuries resulting from their actions taken…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Sofillas v. Carnival Corp Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 139448 The plaintiff went into an allegedly contaminated hot tub on the defendant’s cruise ship. Afterward,…
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Hardiman v. Davita Inc. Citation: 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34569 The defendant argued that the expert was unqualified to testify. Furthermore, the defendant…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Wyoming Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Bindl v. Evanston Hosp. Corp. Citation: 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 192769 The defendant retained a hospitalist expert to opine that there was no failure in maintaining…
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Dubois v. Brantley Citation: 2015 Ga. LEXIS 539 The defendant argued that the expert has not performed this type of procedure in over five years. Thus, according to the defendant, the…
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Smith v. Braswell Citation: 2017 Ga. App. LEXIS 402 Facts The plaintiff’s son began to have seizures after he was born and a CT scan revealed ischaemic injuries to his…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Idaho Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: United States ex rel. Suter v. Nat’l Rehab Partners, Inc. Citation: 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88630 Facts This case involves claims of inappropriate physical therapy services…
Court: Court of Appeals of Mississippi Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Univ. of Miss. Med. Ctr. v. Leontyne Littleton Citation: 213 So. 3d 525 In this medical malpractice case, the Circuit Court of Hinds County found the University of Mississippi Medical…
This case involves a medical ethics dispute between a hospital and a plaintiff outpatient rehabilitation facility. The defendant hospital entered into a kickback agreement whereby the defendant’s physicians agreed to send all rehabilitation patients to a facility other than the plaintiffs.…
This case involves a 13-year-old girl who fractured her skull while undergoing an x-ray in a university hospital in California. The girl presented to the hospital with complaints of severe nausea and a physician determined that she needed an x-ray.…