Vocational Rehabilitation Expert Witnesses in Rhode Island

This expert has 22 years of experience as a Life Care Planner. She completed the coursework and her residency for her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the City University of New York in 2007. She received her certification as a Life Care Planner from the University of Florida in 2000. She has continued to take education and professional development courses and been recertified twice. She is a member of various professional associations such as the International Academy of Rehabilitation Professionals and the American Psychology Association. Currently, she is the President of a private Life Care Planning company based in southwestern Connecticut.

This board certified physician earned her medical degree from Georgetown University and completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City. She has maintained an active medical practice for 25+ years. She completed training in life care planning with the University of Florida and is certified by the International Commission on Health Care Certification as a life care planner.

This highly qualified expert has been a registered nurse for over 35 years. She has worked as a rehabilitation and intravenous nurse in both the hospital and home health care setting in OH. She has been a certified life care planner and case manager for 15 years and a certified nurse life care planner for over 5 years. She is also a certified brain injury specialist by the Brain Injury Association of America. She is a member of several professional organizations including the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners, where she previously served in many roles including President and Secretary. She currently owns a medical consultancy firm in MA, through which she creates life care plans for patients with spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, and other chronic disabilities. She also prepares Medicare set-aside cost projections for worker's compensation and litigation settlements.

This highly qualified expert has over 10 years of experience working as a respiratory therapist. She earned her AS in respiratory care from North Essex Community College and her BA in healthcare management from Northeastern University. She went on to complete an MS in healthcare administration from Southern New Hampshire University. She is a licensed respiratory care practitioner and a registered respiratory therapist. She holds several certifications and is an active member of the American Association of Respiratory Care. This expert formerly has worked as a respiratory therapist at several locations including Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital, Lowell General Hospital, Winchester Hospital, and Anna Jacques Hospital. She is currently a respiratory therapist and service line care manager in the hospital setting in Massachusetts.

This highly qualified expert has over 25 years of experience in hospice care, home health care, acute care, and assisted living healthcare management. She also possesses extensive knowledge of federal and state regulations pertaining to hospice and home health care and has developed and implemented policies pertaining to fall risk prevention. She obtained her BS in nursing from Rutgers University before receiving her MS in management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Today, this expert is certified as a professional in healthcare quality and as a senior advisor and board-certified patient advocate. She is also a licensed registered nurse. She is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Aging & Disability Commission and the Society of Certified Senior Advisors. She previously served as the director of the hospice program at Franciscan Hospice & Home Care, Regional Hospice, and Farmington Valley VNA. She also worked as an administrator at Advanced Home Health Care, Inc., as a manager of nursing and hospice services at Farmington Valley VNA Inc., and as the director of operations at Beacon Hospice Incorporated. Most recently, this expert was the performance improver educator at Masonicare Home Health & Hospice Inc., the nursing supervisor of rehabilitation and long-term care at Genesis Health Care Inc., and the director of home care and hospice care nursing at Brightstar Care. She is currently an assistant administrator at a home care agency and a nurse supervisor at a rehabilitation and long-term care facility in Connecticut.