Spinal Arthritis Expert Witnesses

This highly qualified and double board certified Rheumatology and Allergy expert received his medical education at some the most highly regarded institutions in the country. He is a member of multiple professional organizations including the American College of Rheumatology. He is a former instructor of Medicine at New York University. He is currently Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at a major medical university. He has been in clinical practice for over 40 years, now only part-time. He has been involved in medical practice cases and other medical-legal issues. He has extensive experience in reviewing disability and worker's compensation cases.

This extremely qualified expert is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology and has been practicing for 39+ years. He completed both his internship and residency trainings at Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center and his fellowship training in theumatology and immunology at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a past president of the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium and a fellow at the American College of Physicians, the American College of Angiology and the American College of Rheumatology. He has published 235+ peer-reviewed journal articles and serves in the editorial boards of 13 renowned medical journals. He lectures both nationally and internationally and has been listed in "Who's Who in America" for 29 consecutive years, as well as in "Best Doctors in America" for 24 consecutive years. He is the former director of the Scleroderma Program and the former chief of rheumatology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and the former director of the Clinical Research Center at the NJ Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine. He is also the former director of the Scleroderma Program at the University of Michigan. Currently, he is the founder and principal of a major scleroderma consulting firm.

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 highly qualified expert has 20 years of experience in his field. He earned his MD from Mahatma Gandhi Mission's Medical College. He then went on to complete a residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai, a fellowship in rheumatology at Louisiana State University, and a second fellowship in echocardiography at DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center. He is a member of multiple medical associations including the American College of Physicians and the American College of Rheumatology. He was formerly a hospitalist at Eastern Maine Medical Center, among other hospitals and clinics, and an assistant professor of medicine at Texas Tech University. He is currently a rheumatologist at an allergy and rheumatology clinic in Texas.