Laparoscopic Surgery Expert Witnesses in Illinois

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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 Ryan Christopher HeadleyView profile

ID: 1750275

Dr. Ryan Headley, MD, FACS

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Illinois

Dr. Ryan C Headley has 18 years of experience in the field of General and Bariatric Surgery. He earned his BA in Biology from Illinois Wesleyan University and his MD from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in General Surgery at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Today, this expert is board-certified in Surgery....

Urology Expert WitnessView profile

E-024893

Urology Expert Witness

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Illinois

This highly qualified board certified expert earned a BA cum laude from Hamline University and DO from the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center. Residency and fellowship training were completed at Madigan Army Medical Center and University of California- San Francisco, respectively. He is a member of several surgical societies and committees dedicated to the improvement of patient...

Dr Akhil Kumar SethView profile

ID: 1008135

Dr. Akhil Seth, MD, FACS

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Illinois

Dr. Akhil K. Seth has 6 years of experience in the field of Surgery and Plastic Surgery. He earned his BS in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. After completing his residency in General Surgery at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, he went on to complete his residency in Plastic...

General and Bariatric Surgery Expert WitnessView profile

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General and Bariatric Surgery Expert Witness

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Illinois

This expert is a highly qualified expert and is a board certified General Surgeon. He received his BA in Literatures in English from Brown University and his MD from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He completed his residency in General Surgery at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University before completing his fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic and Gastrointestinal...

Dr Robert Mason ArensmanView profile

ID: 684534

Dr. Robert Arensman, MD, FACS

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Illinois

Dr. Robert M. Arensman has over 45 years of experience in the fields of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery. He earned his BS in Biology from Trinity College and his MD from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. After completing his residency in General Surgery at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, he went on to complete a fellowship in Pediatric...

Dr Stephen William GanshirtView profile

ID: 396559

Dr. Stephen Ganshirt, MD, FACS

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Illinois

Dr. Stephen W. Ganshirt has 29 years of experience in the field of General Surgery. He earned his BS from the University of Notre Dame and his MD from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He completed his residency in General Surgery at the Ascension Providence Hospital Southfield Campus. Today, this expert is board-certified in Surgery. Formerly, this expert held roles as an...

Dr James Lawrence LubawskiView profile

ID: 691244

Dr. James Lubawski, MD

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Illinois

Dr. James L. Lubawski Jr has 11 years of experience in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Thoracic Surgery. He earned his BA in Economics from Northwestern University and his MD from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. After completing his residency in General Surgery at Rush University Medical Center, he completed a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical...

Keith Milton Monson, FACS, MDView profile

ID: 21192

Dr. Keith Monson, FACS, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Keith Monson has 18 years of experience in the field of Surgery. He earned his BS in Biophysics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, his MD from Rush University Medical College, and his MS in Surgery from Michigan State University. He completed a residency in General Surgery and a research fellowship in Surgery at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Today,...

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Alan Bruce Loren, MD, PhDView profile

ID: 56115

Dr. Alan Loren, MD, PhD

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Illinois

Dr. Alan B. Loren has 36 years of experience in the field of Surgery. He earned his BS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his MD from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He also earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago and completed his residency in General Surgery at Loyola University Medical Center. Today, this expert is board certified in...

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Andrew Steve Agos, FACS, MDView profile

ID: 114622

Dr. Andrew Agos, FACS, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Andrew S. Agos has 24 years of experience in the field of General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. He earned his BA from the University of Chicago and his MD from Chicago Medical School - Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science. After completing his residency in General Surgery at Metropolitan Group Hospitals - University of Illinois, he went on to complete a fellowship in...

Jennifer Turney Cone, FACS, MD, MHSView profile

ID: 160023

Dr. Jennifer Cone, FACS, MD, MHS

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Illinois

Dr. Jennifer T. Cone has over 5 years of experience in the field of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. She earned her BA in Biology from Johns Hopkins University, her MHS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and her MD from Tulane University School of Medicine. After completing her residency in General Surgery at Tulane University...

Ronald Dennis Curran, MDView profile

ID: 354445

Dr. Ronald Curran, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Ronald Curran has 25 years of experience in the field of Cardiothoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He earned his MD from Rush Medical College of Rush University. After completing his residency in General Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, he went on to complete a fellowship in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Northwestern University School of Medicine. Today, this...

James Frank Boffa, FACS, MDView profile

ID: 395188

Dr. James Boffa, FACS, MD

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Illinois

Dr. James F. Boffa has over 26 years of experience in the fields of Gastrointestinal, Trauma and General Surgery. He earned his BS from George Williams College and his MD from Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. He completed his residency in General Surgery at the Metropolitan Group Hospitals Residency in General Surgery program. Today, this expert is board certified in Surgery. Formerly, this...

John Griffith Linn, MDView profile

ID: 632987

Dr. John Linn, MD

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Illinois

Dr. John G. Linn has 11 years of experience in the field of Surgery. He earned his BS in Science Pre-Professional and his BA in History from the University of Notre Dame. He completed his MD from the Medical College of Wisconsin. After completing his internship and residency in General Surgery at McGaw Medical Center, he went on to complete his fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Ohio...

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Keith William Millikan, FACS, MDView profile

ID: 701145

Dr. Keith Millikan, FACS, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Keith W. Millikan has 34 years of experience in the field of General Surgery. He earned his BA in Chemistry from the University of Chicago and his MD from Rush University Medical College. He completed a residency in General Surgery at Rush University Medical Center and today, this expert is board certified in Surgery. Formerly, this expert served as Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs in the...

Lisa Ann Kowalski, FACS, FAMA, MDView profile

ID: 839332

Dr. Lisa Kowalski, FACS, FAMA, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Lisa A Kowalski has 26 years of experience in the field of General Surgery. She earned her BS in Biology and Chemistry from Millikin University and her MD from the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in General Surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and today, this expert is board certified in Surgery through the American Board of...

Jonathan M. Somers, MDView profile

ID: 1623421

Dr. Jonathan Somers, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Jonathan Somers has 28 years of experience in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He earned his BA from The University of Pennsylvania and his MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. After completing his residency in General Surgery at Rhode Island Hospital, he went on to complete a fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center. Today,...

Kim Robert Sobinsky, FACS, MDView profile

ID: 1659904

Dr. Kim Sobinsky, FACS, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Kim R. Sobinsky has 36 years of experience in the field of Surgery. He earned his BA from Illinois Wesleyan University and his MD from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. He completed his residency in General Surgery at the University of Illinois Hospital. Today, this expert is board certified in Surgery. Formerly, this expert held roles as a Clinical Assistant...

Douglas Brian Aach, FACS, MDView profile

ID: 1669347

Dr. Douglas Aach, FACS, MD

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Illinois

Dr. Douglas B. Aach has over 33 years of experience in General Surgery. He earned his BA in Biology from the University of Missouri Kansas City and his MD from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship in General Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Today, this expert is board certified in Surgery. Formerly, he served as a Staff in the...

Ryan Merkow, MDView profile

ID: 27234

Dr. Ryan Merkow, MD

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Illinois

This highly qualified expert is board certified with five years of experience in the field of surgical oncology, general surgery, and robotic surgery. He obtained his BS in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin and MS in health services and outcomes research from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Then he completed his MD and surgical residency at the University of...

Cheong Jun Lee, MDView profile

ID: 28101

Dr. Cheong Lee, MD

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Illinois

This vascular surgery expert is currently the director of the vascular quality initiative and associate professor of vascular surgery at a major midwestern hospital. He received his BS and MD from the University of Michigan and then went on to train as an intern, resident and fellow at the University of Michigan as well. He trained again as a fellow in vascular surgery at Northwestern University....

Christopher Ryan Aldridge, MDView profile

ID: 44139

Dr. Christopher Aldridge, MD

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Illinois

This well-credentialed expert earned his BA from Northwestern University and his MD from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed his internship and residency in general surgery at the Saint Louis University Hospital and is active in his field as a member of the American Board of Surgery. Formerly, he served as a staff physician in the wound care center of Alton Memorial Hospital....

Ms Kimberly Ann KafkaView profile

ID: 7326950

Ms. Kimberly Kafka, RN, BSN

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Illinois

Ms. Kimberly A. Kafka has 26 years of experience in Nursing. She earned her AA in Biology from Fullerton College and her BSN from the University of St. Francis Leach College of Nursing. Today, this expert is licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois. Formerly, this expert served as a Registered Nurse at LDS Hospital, UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale, and UChicago Medicine...

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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