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 ...
 This case takes place in Hawaii and involves a seventy-two-year-old elderly female patient who was involved in a car accident when the vehicle she was driving was struck by another car. The patient was seated in the front passenger side…
This case involves a young Caucasian female who presented to her physician with Carpal Tunnel Syndrom (CTS), derived from a workplace environment with below-standard ergonomics. The patient presented with right wrist pain and paresthesias in the fingers bilaterally, right to…
This case involves a sixteen-year-old male who presented to the ER with fever, cough, shortness of breath, and intense chest pain. The boy’s past medical history included sickle cell anemia and recurrent infections. An x-ray was performed and he was…
This case involves a fifty-three-year-old female who visited her primary care physician with complaints of right facial dropping and numbness down her right arm. The previous day, while preparing breakfast, she began to have difficulty formulating sentences. Her medical history…
This child neurology case involves the failure of physicians to detect irregular cord blood gasses in a neonatal patient.  The arterial cord blood values were indicative of severe fetal acidemia but there was no intervention attempted by the neonatal hospital staff.…
