Stroke Window Period Expert Witnesses in North Carolina

This qualified expert received her BS in nursing from Georgia Southern University and is a certified neuroscience registered nurse. She has almost 10 years of experience at an academic medical center as a preceptor, instructor, and as clinical staff. She is also a certified ELNEC (End of Life Nursing Education Consortium) nurse and co-wrote her intensive care unit's policy on care of the neuro-trauma patient. She stays active in her field as a member of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses.

This qualified expert earned her ADN from Sincalir Community College and is certified in ACLS, PALS, and BLS. She is a licensed registered nurse in Tennessee and is certified as a professional legal nurse consultant by the National Center for Legal Nurse Consultants. This expert has previously served as a registered nurse house float at Southern Hills Medical Center and as a clinical coordinator for Crossroads Surgery Center. She currently is an emergency room registered nurse at a comprehensive Tennessee medical center.

This expert has over 15 years of experience as an emergency medicine physician. He earned his BS in mechanical engineering from the United States Military Academy and his MD from the University of Mississippi before subsequently completing his residency in emergency medicine at the Morristown Memorial Hospital and his fellowship in critical care medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is board certified in emergency medicine and is active in his field as a member of the American College of Emergency Medicine. Before transitioning to the medical field, this expert served in the army for 5 years and spent 6 years working for Swayze and Church as a mechanical engineer. He then went on to work at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, serving as the assistant medical director of critical care transport, an associate professor of emergency medicine, the director of the critical care fellowship, and an attending physician in the surgical intensive care unit. He has also served as the medical director for Pegasus Emergency Group, the regional medical director of the East region for AlignMD, and the medical director of the emergency department at Blount Memorial Hospital. Currently, this expert serves as the co-medical director of the emergency team at a medical school in Alabama and as an attending physician of emergency medicine for a health system in Mississippi.

Over 30 years experience. Has served on multiple medical school faculties, worked on-staff, in administrative roles and as a consultant to numerous programs and facilities. Current interests include life care planning, rehabilitation for neurological, psychiatric, medical and intellectual impairments; complex cases; behavior analysis; outcomes research; staff training; and program development. Works with diverse ages, ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics across a wide range of facility and community venues. Has published and lectured widely, is the recipient of numerous public and private grants and serves on professional association and journal editorial boards.

This highly qualified and quadruple board certified Psychiatry expert received his medical education at the prestigious Duke University. he completed a Fellowship in Advanced Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) at Duke University Medical Center. He is Fellow of both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He holds numerous memberships in professional organizations including The American College of Psychiatry and the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association. This expert has published 169 peer-reviewed journal articles and authored. He is frequently invited to lecture as a guest speaker both nationally and internationally.

This highly qualified expert has years of experience in the field of neuropharmacology. He received his PhD degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and completed his fellowship training at Harvard University. He is a member of various professional associations, including the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and the American Chemical Society. He has published 250+ peer reviewed journal articles and has 51+ US issued patents that focus particularly on neurological studies. He also serves as the editor-in-chief for ACS Chemical Neuroscience, lectures both nationally and internationally and has received multiple honors for his outstanding work, including the John J. Abel award in pharmacology. He is the former co-director of the Synthesis Facility at the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology and the former senior organic chemist at Eli Lilly & Co. Currently, he is a professor of pharmacology and chemistry at a major university, where he is also the director of medicinal chemistry and DMPK at the Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery. Additionally, he is the director of drug discovery at a major science institute in Tennessee.

This highly qualified expert obtained his PhD from Seton Hall University. He went on to complete his post-doctoral training at Monmouth Neuropsychology and D&D Associates. He is a member of a number of prestigious organizations such as the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology and the National Academy of Neuropsychology. He is a former consulting neuropsychologist as well as brain injury program director for HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Toms River. He served as assistant consultant neuropsychologist for an NFL team in NY as well as a consultant neuropsychologist for NCAA Dept of Sports Medicine. He has a robust private practice as a licensed psychologist.

This expert has been an ever present force in the rehabilitation community since the beginning of his career in PM&R. He entered a four-year integrated program at the Medical College of Virginia in 1985 and became involved from the early in his career in education and research. After completion of his four-year residency program, he completed a one-year fellowship in brain injury medicine. He remained in academia for several years and was involved with numerous grant projects and clinical program development. He then moved on to private practice opportunities while maintaining a unique balance between entrepreneurship, clinical care and ongoing academic achievement. He has pursued several additional certifications given his interests in neurosexuality, impairment and disability evaluation and management, post-trauma pain, brain injury, as well as medicolegal aspects of neurotrauma. This expert holds numerous academic appointments currently serving as an Affiliate Professor in our department as well as a Clinical Professor at the Graduate School of Psychology, a college in NY and Visiting Associate Professor at a University in VA, Department PM&R. He teaches regularly at the aforementioned institutions and has given hundreds of lectures worldwide mainly focused on topics related to brain injury medicine and neurorehabilitation. He became involved early on in his medical career in grant supported research and has remained involved as a peer reviewer of scientific programs, grants and books. He remains, as an affiliate faculty member of our department, involved in federally funded research projects mainly focused on brain injury outcomes and disorders of consciousness. He is a sought after speaker due to the great depth of his knowledge and diversity of the topics he is willing and able to speak on and has an international reputation of excellence in his field practice. Since his training at Medical College of Virginia, he has exemplified what it is to be an educator and has trained many students, fellows and clinicians both hands-on�, as well as in the context of his writing and lecturing about topics involving neurorehabilitative and neuromedical issues in acquired brain injury, post-traumatic pain and neurosexuality. He has been quite prolific with his writing serving as an editor of numerous special issues in multiple journals, authoring or co-authoring well over 180 peer reviewed publications. He serves as a peer reviewer or ad hoc reviewer for close to 20 different publications. Additionally, he has served as co-chief editor of the international, peer reviewed neurorehabilitation journal since 1991 and also as co-chief editor of the official scientific journal of the International Brain Injury Association since 2002. His commitment to education and dissemination is also evident in the many chapters (over 60) and books (8 either as chief editor, coeditor or associate editor) he has been responsible for. He is a member of numerous scientific, honorary and professional societies dealing with his work as a physician focusing on impairment and disability evaluation and treatment, and more specifically, brain injury medicine. These organizations are both scientific and advocacy related. He has held numerous medical directorships over the years and currently serves as the CEO and Medical Director of two successful brain injury related healthcare practices which he started. He has received multiple awards including most notably the first Young Investigator Award given out by the National Head Injury Foundation (now Brain Injury Association of America). He received the Clinical Service Award at the annual Williamsburg conference, the Weinstock award from the Virginia Brain Injury Association and the Shelton Berrol M.D. clinical service award for outstanding contributions to improving clinical services in brain injury from the Brain Injury Association of America. He has regularly been ranked as a top doctor by Best Doctors�. He is also involved with international health care consultation and frequently is asked to serve as a medical expert on brain injury cases. He has also served on innumerable committees over the years starting early in his career as a PM&R resident for organizations such as the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, the National Head Injury Foundation (subsequently the Brain Injury Association of America), the Brain Injury Association of Virginia, the International Brain injury Association, and the American Society of Neurorehabilitation, among other organizations. He along with a colleague were responsible for encouraging the National Head Injury Foundation to change its name to the Brain Injury Association of America and was also instrumental in the merger of the International Association for the Study of Traumatic Brain Injury with the International Brain Injury Association. He served nearly a decade as chairperson of the International Brain Injury Association bringing it from the verge of extinction to a thriving international organization. He also has a historical record of pro bono service to numerous agencies and has served on numerous advisory boards, scientific and otherwise. He has contributed substantively to his field in so many different ways over his 30 year career relative to disability advocacy, lay and professional education (nationally and internationally), support for survivors of ABI and their families, as well as research and dissemination. He is a true example of a clinician who has shown a career long dedication to advancing the field on so many different levels and has become an international leader in the subspecialty area of brain injury medicine and neurorehabilitation.

This multiple board certified forensic psychiatrist has extensive experience working with individuals of all ages, predominantly specializing in Addictions, PTSD and Sleep Medicine. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has held top teaching and clinical positions at Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine. Currently, he is the President of a psychiatric private practice association in Virginia, and a Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at a university medical center in Richmond, Virginia.

This highly qualified and board certified expert received his M.S and PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Tulsa. He completed his clinical internship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, followed by a neuropsychology specialty fellowship at the Memphis VA Medical Center. This expert is is board-certified in clinical neuropsychology through the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology. He is also a member of several professional organizations including the International Neuropsychological Society, American Psychological Association, and Sports Neuropsychology Society. He is actively involved in research, most recently in studying the effects of sports concussion with a multidisciplinary team from a major TN University. Currently, this expert is an attending Neuropsychlogist at a large multidisciplinary brain and spine physician clinic and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at a major TN University.

This highly qualified expert is board certified in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine and has been practicing for 20+ years. He completed his internship training at Ain Shams University Hospital and his residency training in pediatrics in Philadelphia, and his fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at Columbia University. He is a member of various professional associations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Pediatric Association for Research. He has published 100+ peer-reviewed journal articles with a focus area on birth asphyxia and ventilation. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, as well as an editorial board member for the Journal of Clinical Neonatology. He lectures both nationally and internationally and was honored with the District of Columbia Hospitals Association's "Patient Safety Award" in 2002. Currently, he is the chairman of newborn services at a top-ranked medical center/ university. He also founded and directed the Neonatal Neurology and Brain Development Fellowship Program. Additionally, he is a professor of pediatrics and ob/gyn.

This highly qualified expert earned her BA from Emory University and her MD from Tulane University. After completing her residency in psychiatry at Tulane University, this expert went on to complete a prestigious fellowship in forensic psychiatry at Emory University. She is also active in her field as a member of numerous medical societies including the American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association. In addition, she has published over 5 articles in several journals. Formerly, she has held roles as a physician at institutions including the Georgia Regional Hospital at Atlanta, Townsend Recovery Center, Northlake Behavioral Health System, and the Southwest Louisiana Hospital. Currently, she is an associate program director, medical director, and an assistant professor at a university in GA.