Postoperative Infection Expert Witnesses

This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience in environmental health and water quality, with his work focusing on health-related water microbiology, as well as drinking, groundwater, and surface water quality assessment. He earned his BS in environmental biology and zoology and his PhD in agriculture and natural resources at Michigan State University. This expert is active in his field as a member of the International Water Association and the author of over 20 articles and book chapters. His research has focused on environmental microbiology and understanding the sources of contamination, assessing microbial exposures, and measuring the transport of pathogens throughout aquatic environments. He has formerly served as a research associate of marine sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and as an assistant professor in the public health department at the University of Arizona. This expert currently serves as both an assistant professor and as the co-director of the environment, exposure science, and risk assessment center at a university in Arizona. In addition, he currently serves as a visiting scientist at a coastal water research project in California.

This highly-qualified expert is currently located in Texas and has over 35 years of experience in the fields of chemistry, biology, and environmental science. He earned his BS in zoology and chemistry from Texas A&M University and his PhD in microbiology and biochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin. This expert is highly active as a member of the Oregon Graduate Institute Environmental Engineering Program and has published over a dozen articles in his field. Formerly, he served as an environmental technical consultant at Anura Technologies, and an instructor in chemistry and microbiology at the Lake Washington Technical College and The University of Texas. He was also a teaching assistant in organic chemistry and biology at Lamar University, a manager at Texas Commission of Environmental Quality and MFC Tech, and a senior technical consultant at HTE Solutions. Currently, he is the technical director at a chemistry and environmental science forensic firm.

This double board certified expert has been practicing for more than 30 years. Fellowship trained in Infectious Disease, she holds membership in the Infectious Disease Societies of New York and America and in the American Society of Microbiology. She has been published in professional journals such as "Journal of Clinical Microbiology" and "Infectious Disease Clinics of North America", and she has been honored in publications such as Top Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease Specialists and Leading Physicians of the World. Currently, this expert is a Clinical Assistant Professor at a major medical university as well as an Infectious Disease Specialist and the Executive Director of a private medical practice.

This double board certified expert has been practicing for over 20 years. He completed his Infectious Disease fellowship at Cornell University as well as a research fellowship at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Awarded the honor of Fellow of both the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American College of Physicians, he holds membership in a multitude of other prestigious medical organizations and serves as a reviewer for over 40 medical journals. He is also extensively published with over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and abstracts. Currently, this expert is an Associate Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases at a major medical university, where he is also the Director of Transplant Infectious Diseases. His specific infectious disease experience includes tuberculosis, hepatitis, lyme disease, fungal infections, diseases of travel, infections in transplant recipients, bone and joint infections, and infections associated with targeted immunotherapy.

This board certified expert has been practicing for over 40 years. A former Fellow of the College of American Pathologists, he is currently an Associate Editor for the Atlas of Pathology - Non-Tumor Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, as well as a member of the Editorial Board of both Modern Pathology and Fetal and Pediatric Pathology. Currently, this expert is a Professor in the Department of Pathology at a major medical university, where he has been a full professor for 18 years.

This highly qualified expert is double board certified in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. He is Fellowship trained in Surgical Critical Care from one of the nation's top medical schools and holds membership in multiple prestigious medical organizations such as the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He is a Fellow of the highly regarded American College of Surgeons. He has been widely published in journals such as the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Clinics of North America. He is frequently invited to lecture as a guest speaker at engagements both nationally and internationally. He is an innovator in his field and holds a patent for a novel treatment for sepsis. Additionally, he leads a basic science laboratory studying the immune consequences of traumatic brain injury and has been funded by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Shock Society, The Central Surgical Association, and the American College of Surgeons. Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Trauma and Critical Care at a major medical university on a tenure track.

This expert is one of the nation's leading virologists. He earned a Masters in Virology from Queen Elizabeth Medical School in England and a Phd in Microbiology from Rutgers University. He serves as a member of the editorial board for numerous top journals in the virology space, and has participated in more than 100 internationally invited lectures in the field of virology. Currently, this expert is the director of a top university virology center and a professor of molecular genetics and microbiology.

This expert has thirty plus years of environmental and water resource engineering experience throughout the Americas. Exceptional skills in several water resource and environmental specialties including surface-water and groundwater hydrology, hydrogeologic characterization, surface-water/groundwater interaction, contaminant fate and transport in the subsurface and aquatic environment (special emphasis on PCBs, petroleum compounds, industrial chemicals, and mining-related contamination), limnology, water quality, aquatic ecology, aquatic organism passage. Served as an expert witness for varied cases since 1989. Proficiently team with legal professionals to achieve goals.

This expert has over 25 years of experience in pathology and laboratory medicine. She gained her MS in microbiology and MD from the University of Texas, San Antonio. She completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology and fellowship in surgical pathology at Mount Sinai Medical Center. This expert is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and is licensed as a laboratory director. Most recently she has been a clinical associate professor of pathology at a university in New York and a director of pathology and laboratories for three local hospitals. Currently she is the Director of clinical laboratories and associate director of pathology in a hospital that is part of a major New York health system.

This highly qualified and certified rheumatologist has extensive experience having practiced for over 13 years. Earning his MD from University of Ioannina Medical School in Greece with summa cum laude honors, he went on to serve as a Research Scholar at Northwestern University College of Medicine. He then completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Brown University’s Rhode Island Hospital while his Rheumatology Fellowship took place at the Hospital for Special Surgery and New York Presbyterian/Cornell Campus. The expert has extensive expertise in the treatment of autoimmune disorders encompassing, but not limited to, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Sjogren’s syndrome and Vasculitis. He has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals and has served as Clinical Investigator in multiple, international, randomized controlled trials. He has served as an ad hoc reviewer, editorial board member and Lead Editor in peer-reviewed rheumatology journals. Formerly he served as Chief of Rheumatology at Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center and as a professor at New Jersey Medical School. Currently he acts as the Associate Chief of Rheumatology at a major New York medical center while concurrently teaching at a major New York medical college.

This qualified expert earned his BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MD from Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital and his fellowships in rheumatology and clinical immunology at Yale University School of Medicine. In addition to being board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology, this expert has extensive experience in clinical work, academia, and the pharmacy industry. Early in his career, he served as an Internist and Chief of Internal Medicine at Westchester Community Health Plan and Chief of Rheumatology at VAMC-Syracuse. He was a Professor at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in the Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. This expert was also the Medical Director of Immunology at Bristol-Myers Squibb's Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Vice President of NovoNordisk's Medical-Science Inflammation Department, and Vice President of Immunology and Rheumatology at Parexel International. Currently, he is a Clinical Professor at a medical school in New Jersey and is President of a firm that provides consultation services in immunology and rheumatology focusing on molecules in development.

This expert in microbial contamination of the built-environment has 21 years of experience. He specializes in root cause of microbial contamination related to all aspects of facilities, including water systems, HVAC/mechanical systems, production line, and supply chain. He owns and is the president of a Bio Lab in Tennessee which is an accredited microbial testing laboratory that specializes in using state-of-the-art DNA technologies to solve complex microbial issues. He has solved numerous microbial issues for diverse industries including, pharmaceutical, hospital critical care, industrial equipment manufacturing, the spirit industry, cosmetics, food manufacturing, and transportation. He has served as an expert witness in both testifying and non-testifying roles. He is a member of the American Society for Microbiologist and the American Industrial Hygiene Association. He is the author of 25+ publications.

This highly qualified expert earned his BS and MS in biochemistry from Victoria University of Wellington and his PhD in microbiology from Lincoln University. After completing his education, he moved to the United States to pursue a career in medical device manufacturing. He held roles as a manager of microbiological services, pharmaceutical quality control, and market product stability at Lederle Laboratories. He then worked as a director of quality control the New York blood center, director of global quality assurance and microbiological development at Wyeth and director of pharmaceutical microbiology at Merck & Co research laboratories. Most recently, he has been a senior principal scientist at Merck & Co and is currently a microbiologist at an independent consulting firm. This expert has over 70 peer-reviewed publications in microbiological journals addressing factors of contamination in medical devices. He is also a member of the United States Microbiology and Sterility Assurance Committee.