This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience in family medicine, obesity medicine, and telemedicine. He received his BS in chemical engineering and his MS in biomedical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology before earning his DO from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He subsequently completed an internship and residency in family practice at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital before completing a fellowship in health disparity ...
This qualified expert has more than 25 years of full time experience as a nephrologist practicing both in the private practice and academic settings, specializing in the care of complex patients with multi-system diseases such as obesity, diabetes mellitus and heart disease as described in this case. He is also extensively published in his field, and has held both high ranking clinical and academic appointments throughout his career....
The expert is currently a Professor at a major university nursing school and a Family Nurse Practitioner at a community health center. In addition to several associate dean roles at various universities, she has published extensively on various topics including background checks, moral turpitude, and nursing. She is currently researching childhood obesity in addition to teaching pediatrics courses and several others....
This expert in health and fitness has decades of academic and industry experience in personal fitness training. He began his career completing a BS at Southeast Missouri State in Health Management and then continued on to complete a Master degree in Exercise Physiology where he graduated summa cum laude. For four years prior to starting his PhD, this expert worked as a clinical exercise physiologist during which time he conducted fitness assessments and provided ...
This highly qualified Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology completed a M.P.H. and Ph.D. in Epidemiology and is fellowship trained in Preventive Cardiology. He is a member of numerous professional organizations including the Society for Epidemiologic Research, the American Diabetes Association and the UMass NIH funded Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center. He is highly active in the research community with his projects attracting millions of dollars ...
Court: United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Mettias v. United States Citation: 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4896 Facts The plaintiff, an obese mother, signed up for a surgery program at an army hospital…
Court: Court of Appeals of Michigan Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Wendt v. Bowerman Citation: 2019 Mich. App. LEXIS 2937 Facts In this medical malpractice case, an obese plaintiff with Type 2 Diabetes underwent a knee replacement surgery at a medical…
This case involves an overweight woman who underwent an ORBERA intragastric balloon procedure. Following the procedure, the patient experienced nausea and vomiting. She was unable to consume food or drink and was advised this was normal. The patient was eventually admitted…
This case involves a 35-year-old male patient with a history of low platelet levels who underwent a splenectomy. The patient had a past medical history of obesity and asthma for which he was receiving high dose steroids and immunoglobulins. The patient…
This case involves a middle-aged female patient in Kansaswho suffered from morbid obesity as well as diabetes, who was being followed by a vascular surgeon for a wound on her hallux. The wound was initially managed as an outpatient with…
This case involves a middle-aged male patient in Wyoming who was morbidly obese patient who suffered from an infected surgical incision following surgery. The patient presented to a general surgeon for what was initially supposed to be a routine gallbladder…
This case involves a middle-aged male patient who had a medical history significant for diabetes and obesity who was being treated for a cardiovascular condition with a diuretic medication. The Plaintiff presented at the defendant nephrologist’s office after undergoing a…
This case involves a middle-aged male with a history of morbid obesity who underwent gastric bypass surgery in an attempt to reduce his weight. While undergoing routine testing in preparation for his surgery, doctors noted that the man’s heart displayed…
This case takes place in Georgia and involves a middle-aged female who had a past medical history of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and coronary artery disease. As a result of her weight and the multiple comorbidities present the patient was identified as a…
