This highly-qualified expert has over 20 years of experience as a hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis nurse. She is a licensed registered nurse in South Carolina, is certified by DaVita as a hemodialysis educator and peritoneal dialysis preceptor, and holds a certification in healthcare effectiveness data and information set. Her work has focused on standard of care, review and analysis of medical records, dialysis quality management, dialysis vascular access, dialysis ...
This highly qualified expert earned his Bachelor's degree from the City University of New York and his medical degree from the SUNY Downstate School of Medicine. He then pursued an internship and residency at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine, as well as a fellowship in Nephrology at the Harvard Medical School. This expert previously served as a Research Fellow in Transplant Nephrology at the Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Hospital and as the Medical Director of ...
This expert has been a practicing nurse for over 25 years. Nenita is currently a Certified Nephrology Nurse and has an active membership in the American Nephrology Nurses Association. She has presented on dialysis and renal disease at various professional conferences and symposiums, while her work has been published in journals such as "Peritoneal Dialysis International" and the "Nephrology Nursing Journal" since 1996 to date. Currently, this expert is a Nursing ...
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Hardiman v. Davita Inc. Citation: 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34569 The defendant argued that the expert was unqualified to testify. Furthermore, the defendant…
This case involves a dialysis patient who developed a scab at the site of his port. Upon arriving at dialysis, the scab was recognized and acknowledged by the patient and treating staff members. The patient requested not to use adhesive…
This case involves a 52-year-old man who was receiving home peritoneal dialysis treatments after suffering from an acute kidney injury after a motorcycle accident. While undergoing dialysis he became ill and his daughter immediately rushed him to the hospital. However,…
This case involves a 65-year-old woman with acute renal failure who underwent a kidney transplant. Prior to the transplant, the patient used a peritoneal dialysis catheter. She contracted pneumonia 6 months prior to the operation and was placed on antibiotics,…
This case involves an elderly woman with a past medical history of diabetes and on peritoneal dialysis for end stage renal disease. She presented to a local hospital with complaints of lower abdominal pain. She was not seen immediately, but…
This case involves an elderly patient with end stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis who presented to the emergency room with complaints of abdominal pain and bleeding. He notified doctors that he had recently had his dialysis replaced. Combined with…
This case involves a 59 year old woman with a who was experiencing kidney failure and undergoing peritoneal dialysis. She presented to the ER with complaints of flank pain and was initially placed on pain medication until a CT scan…
This case takes place in New York and involves an otherwise healthy male patient who suffered from kidney failure during a medical procedure, and as a result he was started on dialysis. He was transferred to a nursing care facility…
This case involves a patient, located in Connecticut, who underwent a CT scan which revealed a loculated cyst, pseudocyst, or cryptic mass at the head of her pancreas. The patient reported severe back and stomach pain as well as vomiting…
