Laparoscopic Surgery Expert Witnesses in California

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Laparoscopic surgery expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including general surgery, gynecological surgery, urological surgery, bariatric surgery, and pediatric surgery. Some of the most common laparoscopic surgery expert witness specialties also include robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, endoscopic surgery, and hernia repair surgery. They can opine on the effects of surgical errors, post-operative complications, standard of care issues, patient consent for surgery, and surgical instrument malfunction.

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Dr Kari Fitzgerald JergeView profile

ID: 165679

Dr. Kari Jerge, MD, FACS

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California

Dr. Kari F. Jerge has 12 years of experience in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. She earned her BS in Pre-Professional Science from the University of Notre Dame and her MD from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed her residency in General Surgery at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil and her fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at SSM Health...

Urology, Urologic Oncology, and Robotic & Laparoscopic Surgery Expert WitnessView profile

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Urology, Urologic Oncology, and Robotic & Laparoscopic Surgery Expert Witness

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California

This expert is a urological oncology physician. He earned his MBBS at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi and his MPH at the University of Texas School of Public Health. He completed his internship in surgery and his residency in urology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas before also completing a post-doctoral urology fellowship at the same...

Dr Marc Lee MelcherView profile

ID: 725036

Dr. Marc Melcher, MD, PhD

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California

Dr. Marc Melcher has over 20 years of experience in the field of Abdominal Transplantation. He earned his BA Magna Cum Laude in Biochemistry from Harvard College, MA, and PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of California, and MD from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. After completing his residency in Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center, he pursued a...

Dr Michael Louis EisenbergView profile

ID: 135965

Dr. Michael Eisenberg, MD

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California

Dr. Michael L. Eisenberg has 14 years of experience in the field of Urology. He earned his BA from Rice University and his MD from Yale School of Medicine. After completing his residency in General Surgery and Urology at University of California San Francisco, he went on to complete a fellowship in Urology at Baylor College of Medicine. Today, this expert is board certified in Urology. Formerly,...

Dr Shahram Najar AarabiView profile

ID: 13684

Dr. Shahram Aarabi, MD, MPH, FACS

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California

Dr. Shahram Aarabi has over 10 years of experience in the field of Vascular Surgery. He earned his B.A. with honors in Mathematics & Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley, and his M.D. from New York University School of Medicine. After completing his residency in General Surgery at the University of Washington, Seattle, he pursued fellowships in Trauma Surgery and Critical Care,...

Dr Scott Richard KarlanView profile

ID: 718108

Dr. Scott Karlan, MD, FACS

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California

Dr. Scott R. Karlan has 41 years of experience in the fields of General Surgery, Surgical Oncology, and Breast Surgery. He earned his BA in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University and his MD from Harvard Medical School. This expert has completed his residency in General Surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital. Today, this expert is board-certified in General Surgery and a Breast...

Dr Walter Lanier BifflView profile

ID: 253492

Dr. Walter Biffl, MD, FACS

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California

Dr. Walter L. Biffl has 26 years of experience in the field of Trauma Surgery. He earned his BS in Psychology from Duke University and his MD from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He completed a research fellowship in Trauma Surgery and a residency in Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Today, this expert is board-certified in...

Ms Lilly Mae BrownView profile

ID: 724531

Ms. Lilly Brown, RN, MSN, CENP

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California

Ms. Lilly M. Brown has over 33 years of experience in Nursing and Nursing Leadership. She earned her ADN from Kennebec Valley Community College, her BSN from Saint Joseph's College of Maine and then her MSN from Grand Canyon University. Today, this expert is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the states of California and Maine and is Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP) through the...

Dr Ketan Mukund PatelView profile

ID: 64581

Dr. Ketan Patel, MD

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California

Dr. Ketan M. Patel has 11 years of experience in the field of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He earned his B.S. in Biology and Economics from the University of Miami and his M.D. from the Indiana University School of Medicine. After completing his residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center, he went on to complete a fellowship in Reconstructive...

Dr Fernando FleischmanView profile

ID: 75810

Dr. Fernando Fleischman, MD

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California

Dr. Fernando Fleischman has over 10 years of experience in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He earned his B.S. in Biology and B.A. in History from the University of California Los Angeles, and his M.D. Magna Cum Laude from Universidad Central del Caribe in Puerto Rico. After completing his residency in General Surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey, he pursued...

Matthew Mark Schultzel, DOView profile

ID: 46068

Dr. Matthew Schultzel, DO

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California

Dr. Matthew M. Schultzel has over 7 years of experience in the fields of Colon and Rectal Surgery. He earned his BA in Psychology and his BS in Biology from the University of California San Diego. He also earned his DO from the Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine. After residency in General Surgery at the University of California San Diego and at Palisades Medical Center. He also...

Michel Fernando Brones, MDView profile

ID: 81074

Dr. Michel Brones, MD

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California

Dr. Michel F. Brones has 42 years of experience in the field of Plastic Surgery. He earned his MD from the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Medical Sciences. He completed both an internship and a residency in General Surgery at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital and another residency in Plastic Surgery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Today, this expert is board certified in Plastic...

Yuman C Fong, FACS, MDView profile

ID: 307465

Dr. Yuman Fong, FACS, MD

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California

Dr. Yuman Fong has over 29 years of experience in the fields of Surgery and Surgical Oncology. He earned his BA in Medieval Studies from Brown University and his MD from Weill Medical College at Cornell University. After completing an internship and a residency in Surgery at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, he went on to complete a research fellowship under Dr. Stephen Lowry...

Willis Harcourt Wagner, FACS, MDView profile

ID: 568702

Dr. Willis Wagner, FACS, MD

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California

Dr. Willis Wagner has over 34 years of experience in the fields of Surgery and Vascular Surgery. He earned his BS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and his MD from Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. After completing his residency in General Surgery at LAC+USC Medical Center, he went on to complete a fellowship in Vascular Surgery at UNC Medical Center....

Archana R Ramaswamy, FACS, FASMBS, MBA, MDView profile

ID: 675786

Dr. Archana Ramaswamy, FACS, FASMBS, MBA, MD

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California

Dr. Archana R. Ramaswamy has 20 years of experience in the field of Surgery. She earned her MD from the McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and her MBA from the University of Saint Thomas. After completing a residency in General Surgery at the McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, she went on to complete a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery at the...

Vincent Augustus Gaudiani III, MDView profile

ID: 896373

Dr. Vincent Gaudiani, MD

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California

Dr. Vincent Gaudiani has 40 years of experience in the fields of Thoracic and Cardiothoracic Surgery. He earned his BA in English from Harvard University and his MD from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed an internship and a residency in General Surgery at the UH Cleveland Medical Center and another residency in Cardiovascular Surgery at Stanford Healthcare....

Robinson Villaverde Baron, MDView profile

ID: 1001295

Dr. Robinson Baron, MD

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California

Dr. Robinson V. Baron has over 45 years of experience in the field of General Surgery. He earned his MD from the Far Eastern University. After, completing his internship at Kenmore Mercy Hospital, he went on to complete a residency in General Surgery at the Easton Hospital. He also completed a fellowship in Anesthesiology at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Formerly, he served as the...

Michael Patton Kimball, MDView profile

ID: 1197368

Dr. Michael Kimball, MD

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California

Dr. Michael P. Kimball has 29 years of experience in the fields of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. He earned his BA in Biology from Occidental College and his MD from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. After completing both an internship in General Surgery and a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Alabama Hospital, he went on to...

Howard Scott Kaufman, FACS, MBA, MDView profile

ID: 1201614

Dr. Howard Kaufman, FACS, MBA, MD

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California

Dr. Howard S. Kaufman has over 30 years of experience in the field of Colon and Rectal Surgery. He earned his BS in Biology and Physics from Haverford College, his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and his MBA from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. After completing his internship and residency in General Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, he went on to complete fellowships in...

Michael Jonathan Worsey, FACS, MDView profile

ID: 1356911

Dr. Michael Worsey, FACS, MD

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California

Dr. Michael Jonathan Worsey has over 20 years of experience in the field of Colon and Rectal Surgery. He earned his MD from King's College London. After completing his internship in General Surgery at St. Thomas's Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital, he went on to complete his residency in General Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and his fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery...

Milton Owens, MDView profile

ID: 103722

Dr. Milton Owens, MD

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California

This board certified general surgeon has over 30 years of expertise in general and minimally invasive procedures specifically bariatric and weight-loss surgery. He earned his BA at Stanford university, his MD at McGill. After completing a residency in general surgery, he trained in vascular and transplant surgery. He is currently Director of a major Obesity Center on the west coast where he has...

Glenn T Ault, MDView profile

ID: 10283

Dr. Glenn Ault, MD

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California

This expert has over 15 years of experience in the field of general and colorectal surgery. He earned his BS from Muhlenberg College, his MSEd from the University of Southern California and his MD from Hahnemann University School of Medicine. He completed residencies in general and colorectal surgery and a fellowship in colorectal surgery research at the University of Southern California. He is...

Jay Brian ReznickView profile

ID: 14083

Dr. Jay Reznick

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California

This expert has over 20 years of experience in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery. He earned his BA from the University of California Berkeley, his DDM from Tufts University, and his MD from the University of Southern California. He completed his internship in general surgery at Huntington Memorial Hospital and his residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at USC Medical Center. He is...

Marvin Joe Atchison, MDView profile

ID: 14182

Dr. Marvin Atchison, MD

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California

This highly qualified expert earned his BS from Pacific Union College and his MD from Loma Linda University, where he also completed his residency in surgery. Formerly, he held roles as a general and trauma surgeon at Banner Baywood Medical Center, where he also served as the trauma medical director. Currently, he serves as a trauma medical director at a hospital in CA and serves as a contracted...

Michael RussoView profile

ID: 23428

Dr. Michael Russo

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California

This highly qualified expert earned his BS from Marquette University and his MD from the University of Toledo College of Medicine. After completing his residency in surgery at the University of Nevada, this expert went on to complete a prestigious fellowship in bariatric surgery at Stanford University. He is also active in his field as a member of numerous medical societies including the American...

Yousef M Odeh, MDView profile

ID: 25228

Dr. Yousef Odeh, MD

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California

This accomplished cardiothoracic surgeon earned his BS from the University of Michigan and his MD from the American University of the Carribean, where he completed his clinical track at Wayne State University. He then continued to complete an internship and residency at Columbia University and three prestigious fellowships in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Wisconsin, in minimally...

Som Kohanzadeh, MDView profile

ID: 27397

Dr. Som Kohanzadeh, MD

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California

This highly qualified expert is board-certified in both general and plastic surgery. He earned a BS in cybernetics from the University of California Los Angeles and an MD from the University of California San Diego. He went on to complete a residency in surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a research fellowship in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of California San Diego,...

Mathias BrieuView profile

ID: 31362

Dr. Mathias Brieu

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California

This highly qualified expert specializes in the biomedical engineering of soft tissues such as the pelvic floor and the development of medical devices for surgery. He earned his BS in mechanical engineering and his MS at Pierre et Marie Curie University as well as his PhD in mechanical engineering at Ecole Normale Superieure in France. He is an active member of the American Society of Mechanical...

Daryl Kristan Hoffman, MDView profile

ID: 40478

Dr. Daryl Hoffman, MD

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California

This expert is a highly qualified and experienced plastic surgeon. He completed his BS in psychobiology at UCLA, and his MD at the University of New Mexico. He then went on to complete his medical training with residencies in plastic and general surgery at Stanford University and fellowships in cosmetic surgery at Mt. Sinai and hand and microsurgery at the San Jose Medical Center. He is a board...

Laparoscopic Surgery Expert Witness FAQs

A laparoscopic surgery expert witness provides insight and testimony in legal cases involving minimally invasive surgical procedures. They can clarify complex medical issues, standard of care, and causation.

Cases involving surgical errors, complications from laparoscopic procedures, informed consent issues, or disputes about the standard of care often require a laparoscopic surgery expert witness.

Subspecialties include gynecologic laparoscopy, urologic laparoscopy, bariatric surgery, and general surgical laparoscopy. Each has unique standards and potential complications.

An expert can review medical records to determine if proper procedure was followed, assess whether complications were avoidable, and testify on the impact of these complications.

Laparoscopic surgery involves specific techniques and equipment not used in traditional surgery. An expert in this field will have specialized knowledge that could be crucial to your case.

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