Rehabilitation Expert Witnesses in Michigan

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 supervising occupational therapy students. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at a university affiliated medical center/ program.

This expert has extensive credentials and training in nursing, nurse life care planning, and medicare consulting. She belongs to the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners, and the National Association of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals. She has held numerous nursing positions throughout the mid-west and is currently a nurse life care planner and consultant at a private firm in Indiana.

This expert is located in Ohio and has several years of experience in his field. He earned his BS in pre-physical therapy, his BA in psychology, and his DPT in physical therapy at Cleveland State University. He completed his residency in orthopedic physical therapy at the Cleveland Clinic. This expert is a certified orthopedic clinical specialist and is a licensed physical therapist in the state of Ohio. He is active in his field as a member of the American Physical Therapy Association with additional memberships in the orthopedic and Ohio sections. Formerly, he served as a physical therapist at Stermen Physical Therapy Inc. and University Hospitals in Cleveland. Currently, he is a physical therapist in the rehab section of a hospital, as well as staff physical therapist at a sports health clinic, both in Ohio.

This highly qualified expert earned his BA from Indiana University, Bloomington and his MD from Indiana University School of Medicine. Prior to completing his residency in physical medicine & rehabilitation at the University of California Irvine this expert served as a flight surgeon at William’s Air Force Base. He is also active in his field as a member of numerous medical societies including the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. He has extensive experience as a medical director of physiatry facilities and is currently the medical director of a private physiatry practice in Indiana with a focus on spinal injury treatments, including stem cell injections.