Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block Expert Witnesses in Mississippi

This expert has over twenty five years of experience as a nurse anesthetist (CRNA). Over his career, this CRNA worked for multiple independent anesthesia firms providing anesthesia services to various hospitals across Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky. Much of his work is done in CRNA-only rural hospitals and surgery centers. This expert has also worked as a clinical instructor at Arkansas State University and Union University in the nurse anesthesia programs. Currently, this CRNA works in a small community hospital providing anesthesia services for multiple surgical specialties and obstetrics. Additionally, this expert provides services for a free-standing GI center.

Among other positions, this highly qualified and board-certified expert currently serves as Professor of Anesthesiology at University of Alabama at Birmingham and Chief Anesthesiologist at The Birmingham VAMC in Alabama where he also works as the Operating Room Director. He received a M.D. from the Cairo University School of Medicine and finished a fellowship in Obstetric Anesthesiology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. A member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, he is very active in committees including the Veteran Administration National Anesthesia Quality Improvement Project and the Perioperative Assessment Task Force.

This expert completed his PhD in Neuropharmacology in the UK and completed postgraduate work at the Tennessee University Center for the Health Sciences. He is board certified in Pain Management, Psychopharmacology, Substance Abuse and Disability Analysts. He is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at a university in the southern US.

This expert earned his BSN from the University of Texas. He then went on to earn his Masters in Nursing with a focus in Anesthesia from The University of Tennessee. He has been an active CRNA for over 18 years and has provided anesthesia for a large range of procedures and in a variety of settings including private practices and hospitals. He is active in his field as a member of numerous societies and committees including The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and The Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists. He most recently served as Chief Operating Officer at Innovative Anesthesia Management where he had clinical and administrative oversight of 20 facilities in 12 states with over 150 CRNAs. He currently owns a multi-specialty CRNA group in Tennessee and actively provides clinical anesthesia services as an independent contractor in various hospital settings. He is well versed with JCAHO, AAAHC and AAAASF standards.

This nurse practitioner has extensive experience in pain management. She completed her BSN at the University of Mobile and her MSN at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. This licensed registered nurse previously worked at DCH Regional Medical Center. She currently serves as a nurse practitioner at numerous institutions including a physical rehabilitation and pain management center and a VA medical center. She is also a graduate clinical instructor of nursing at a university in Alabama.