Our occupational therapy expert witnesses practice in the fields of inpatient and outpatient occupational therapy, physical medicine and rehabilitation, physical therapy, rehabilitation counseling, vocational rehabilitation, disability healthcare, and orthopedic aftercare.
Expert Institute custom recruits experts for cases involving children with disabilities, amputees, patients suffering from physical and neurological impairments, victims of automotive accidents, elderly adults in physical and cognitive decline, stroke patients, traumatic brain injuries, epilepsy management, and general debility. These occupational therapy expert witnesses perform patient evaluations, discuss implications of an individual’s injuries on their functional capacity, develop patient intervention plans, recommend adaptive equipment and training, and provide guidance and education for caregivers.
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This expert is responsible for the creation of the Outpatient Occupational Therapy Program at St Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles, and was the first Certified Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist in the city. He has clinical experience in acute care, intensive care, transitional care, inpatient rehab, skilled nursing, assisted living, and home health occupational therapy. He previously served on the faculty of the occupational therapy program at the University of ...
This New Jersey licensed occupational therapist received her Master's degree in Occupational Therapy from Philadelphia University and a Bachelor's of Science in Equine Studies from Averett University. She is a board certified Hippotherapy Clinical Specialist (HPCS) and teaches other therapists about the field via fieldwork student supervision, national conference presentations and her extensive involvement with the American Hippotherapy Association. She is also a PATH ...
This board certified expert has extensive experience working in Orthopedics and Gerontology. She has worked on quality assurance for a (Program for All Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) program, completing Level II incident reports and root cause analyses for adverse outcomes cases to determine the cause of injury and to prevent other incidents from occurring. Her clinical time is divided between direct patient care in a variety of settings and teaching and ...
This highly qualified occupational therapist has been in practice for 15+ years. He earned his MS in Occupational Therapy at Touro College and is a certified hand therapist and licensed occupational therapist. This expert is highly active in his field. He is a member of several professional organizations and contributes to peer reviewed and industry journals. Presently, this expert is a professor of occupational therapy at a major university and is the owner and an ...
This highly qualified expert of Physical Therapy finished Allied Health major at SUNY Stony Brook and obtained his BS in Physical Therapy and his MA in Ergonomics and Biomechanics from New York University and his DPT in Physical Therapy from Temple University. He is Board Certified as a Physical Therapist, an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, and an Ergonomic Associate. He is also certified as an Industrial Ergonomist. He is a member of a couple of Physical Therapy and ...
This certified hand therapist has over 10 years of professional experience. He received his BS and his MS in occupational therapy from Saginaw Valley State University. He is a board certified occupational therapist and hand therapist. This expert is a distinguished member of the Texas Society for Hand Therapists and is highly skilled in vocational rehabilitation, sports medicine, trauma, and leadership. Formerly, he has served as a hand therapist for the Select ...
This expert is a vocational specialist and Certified Rehabilitation Counselor who has provided vocational evaluation, occupational counseling, and labor market evaluation services for the severely disabled since 2009.
Her professional career includes work with work with several career services and therapy groups.
Her professional associations include the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, the American Board of Vocational Experts, the ...
DePuy Orthaepedics is a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson and produces devices for total hip arthroplasty. In 2010, DePuy issued a recall of their ASR Hip Resurfacing System and their ASR XL Acetabular System 1, after evidence emerged that the…
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Neiberger v. FedEx Ground Package Sys. Citation: 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 11161 The plaintiff’s appeal for review of the district court’s refusal to allow the testimony…
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of New York Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Corneli v. Adventure Racing Co., LLC Citation: 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104435 Facts In this negligent supervision dispute, the plaintiff was left paralyzed below…
This case involves a 42-year-old man who was undergoing occupational therapy for a severed a tendon he sustained from a severe German Shepherd bite. During the course of his therapy, the supervising occupational therapist allowed a student therapist to conduct a…
This case involves an elderly male patient with paralysis on one side of his body who fell in his home. Initial imaging was unremarkable and negative for fractures and the patient was discharged home. 3 weeks later, the patient returned to…
This case involves the care of a male child born via cesarean section. After his birth, he was admitted into the Neonatal ICU at a hospital in South Carolina. In the weeks following, he manifested clinical signs and symptoms of infection.…
A nursing home administration expert witness advises on a case involving an elderly female patient who on August 14, 2014, fractured her pelvis. A pelvic x-ray revealed a left parasymphysis pubis fracture not involving the acetabulum. She was hospitalized as…
A nursing expert witness advises on a case involving a patient who required additional surgeries due to infection from lack of wound care. Plaintiff was 67 when she was admitted to a skilled nursing facility for recovery after her spinal…
A nursing home expert witness advises on a case involving an eighty-year-old male patient who was admitted to a residential care home as an in-patient resident following a stroke. The medical records show that the patient was a vulnerable adult,…
A physical therapy expert witness opines on a case that involves an eighty-one-year-old male patient with a past medical history of osteoarthritis. She previously underwent radiofrequency ablation for her joint paint, but underwent bilateral total hip replacement surgery on the…