Midwest Expert Witnesses

This board-certified internal medicine and medical coding expert received his BA in zoology from Miami University before earning his MD from Loyola University. He subsequently completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Illinois. He is certified as a professional coder by the American Academy of Professional Coders, and holds additional certifications in advanced cardiac life support and basic life support. As a professional coder, this expert has experience that includes auditing of ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS level II coding. He formerly served as a locum tenens physician in hospital medicine at Monroe Clinic and a physician advisor for South Florida Utilization Review. Currently, this expert serves as a hospital medicine physician for multiple hospitals in Illinois, a physician advisor for an independent medical review organization, and the medical director of a medical review organization in Georgia.

This well-credentialed expert has several decades of experience in the executive compensation & executive recruiting industries. He began his career in 1989 and has since completed more than 200 engagements focused on executive recruiting and executive compensation. He is a graduate of Cornell University's Advanced Program in Executive Search & Leadership Consulting & The Wharton School's Executive Compensation: Strategies and Frameworks program. Currently, this expert is the President/CEO of a firm focused on executive recruiting and executive compensation within more than 40 industries, including aerospace, agriculture, automotive, banking, construction, defense, electronics, energy, food, healthcare, industrial machinery & equipment, insurance, maritime, plastics, private equity, transportation, technology and utilities.

This highly-qualified expert has nearly 45 years of experience in pharmacology. He specializes in pediatric clinical pharmacology, toxicology, and clinical pharmacy, as well as adverse drug reactions, drug-drug-food interactions, pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenomics. He earned both his BS in pharmacy and his PharmD from the University of Cincinnati. He also completed an internship in community pharmacy at Winston Place Pharmacy, an internship in hospital pharmacy at Holmes Hospital, and a residency in pediatric clinical pharmacy and clinical pharmacology at Children's Hospital Medical Center. This expert is board certified in applied pharmacology by the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology. He is active in his field as a member of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists and the American College of Clinical Pharmacology. He has formerly served as the co-director of pediatric clinical pharmacology and toxicology at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and the director of the clinical research center at Akron Children's Hospital. Additionally, he has held a variety of teaching positions, including as a tenured professor of pediatrics in the division of pediatric pharmacology and critical care at Case Western Reserve University and as a professor of pediatrics at Northeast Ohio Medical University. Currently, this expert is a professor emeritus of pediatrics at an Ohio university.

This highly-qualified expert has 45 years of experience in insurance and risk management, specializing in questionable claims practices, policy rescission, bad faith conduct, coverage disputes, producer professional liability, and insurer insolvency. He holds several professional designations, including Associate in Risk Management, Accredited Advisor in Insurance, and Registered Professional Liability Underwriter. He is also licensed as an insurance producer, a claims adjuster, and an insurance counselor. He formerly served as a claims manager for Property and Casualty Solutions, the operations director for Maxcis, and a program underwriter for Commercial & Manufacturing Insurance. Currently, this expert is a faculty member for an insurance association in Michigan.

This highly qualified expert is a double board-certified diagnostic and pediatric radiologist. She earned her BS from the University of Tennessee and her MD from Meharry Medical College before completing her diagnostic radiology residency training at Wake Forest University and North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Inc, and a fellowship in pediatric radiology at the National Children's Medical Center with George Washington University. She stays active in her field as a member of the American College of Radiology, the Society for Pediatric Radiology, and the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology and has authored over 80 peer-reviewed articles and 11 book chapters on topics relating to pediatric radiology, Formerly, she held a number of positions as a pediatric radiologist at the Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Vanderbilt University Medical Center & Children’s Hospital, Children’s Mercy Hospital, and Overland Park Regional Medical Center. She has also served as an assistant professor of radiology and pediatrics at Vanderbilt University, a clinical associate professor of radiology at the University of Missouri, and as a professor and the academic chair of radiology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is currently a clinical associate professor of radiology at a medical school in Kansas as well as a pediatric radiologist with a radiology group practice in Kansas.

This highly-qualified nursing expert has over 25 years of experience in the field. She earned her BSN from Lake Superior State University and her MSN in management and leadership from Walden University. She is a certified professional in patient safety and is active in her field as a member of several organizations, including the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. She spent a majority of her career with War Memorial Hospital, serving as a registered nurse, the interim director of obstetrics and women's health, and the director of nursing for the medical-surgical unit. Additionally, she served as the lead dialysis RN for Northern Michigan Dialysis, the home and health hospice RN case manager for the Chippewa County Home Health Department, and the summer health care camp coordinator for Lake Superior State University. This expert is currently the principal for a consulting firm and an assistant professor of nursing at a university, both based in Michigan.

This highly-qualified expert has over 30 years of experience as a chiropractor. He earned his BS in biological sciences from the University of Nebraska and his DC from the Northwestern College of Chiropractic. He is a licensed chiropractor and holds several certifications, including chiropractic forensics, disability examiner, and independent medical examiner. He is active in his field as a member of numerous organizations, an author of a few scientific publications, and as an invited speaker at various conferences throughout his career. This expert has owned and operated his chiropractic private practice since 1990 and additionally serves as the director of quality management for a chiropractic clinic in Nebraska and as an examining physician for a medical evaluation company.

This highly-qualified expert studied at the University of Illinois at Chicago, earning a BSN, a MS from the women's health care nurse practitioner program, and a PhD in nursing. She is a certified nurse-midwife, licensed as both an RN and an APRN, and active in her field as a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and the Illinois Society of Advance Practice Nursing. She formerly served as a clinical nurse for the maternal-child float pool at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center and a clinical nurse in the labor and delivery unit at Loyola University Medical Center, as well as a clinical instructor of nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Currently, this expert works for a university-affiliated health system in Illinois, where she serves as a certified nurse midwife, a clinical staff member, and a midwifery practice coordinator.

This art appraisal expert has over 30 years experience in the fine arts. She earned her BA in art history with a concentration in modern and contemporary art from Texas Christian University and her MA in art history from California State University at Los Angeles. She is a certified appraiser and active in her field as a member of the Appraisers Association of America. Formerly, she served in a variety of museum-based roles including as the chief registrar at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the exhibitions manager and registrar at the California Center for the Arts, the executive director and the chief curator of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, and the director and CEO at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Currently, this expert serves as a principal and proprietor for both a Missouri-based fine art appraisal consultancy and a national fine art appraisal consultancy.

This highly-qualified interventional pulmonology expert specializes in benign and malignant airway disease, including lung nodule management, pulmonary masses, endobronchial valves, endobronchial stents, and bronchoscopy. He earned his BS in biology and political science, as well as his MBA from Union College, before earning his MD from Albany Medical College. He subsequently completed an internal medicine residency and a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and an interventional pulmonology fellowship at the University of Chicago. This expert is board certified in internal medicine, critical care medicine, and pulmonary disease. He is active in his field as a member of several professional organizations, including the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Association for Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, and the American Thoracic Society. Currently, this expert is based in Wisconsin, where he is the director of interventional pulmonology at an academic medical center and an assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care at a medical school.

This expert has over 30 years of experience in groundwater resource investigations. He received his BS in geology, his MS in geological sciences with an emphasis in geophysics and his PhD in geological sciences with an emphasis in hydrogeology, all at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. He is a licensed professional geologist in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Wyoming, as well as a licensed geophysicist in California. He holds three patents relating to well rehabilitation, horizontal drilling, and in-situ radium treatment, has over ten peer reviewed publications and has presented widely on topics in his field. He is also an active member of a number of professional organizations, including the National Ground Water Association and Society of Exploration Geophysicists. He has held a number of positions, including as the vice president and principal geoscientist at Ted Zorich and Associates, Inc, the chief geoscientist at Layne GeoSciences, Inc, and a senior geoscientist and principal at Aquifer Science and Technology. He has also served as the senior managing hydrogeologist and then principal at Cardno Entrix and a senior associate at Leggette, Brashears & Graham, Inc. Currently, he is a senior geophysicist and hydrogeologist at a consulting company in Wisconsin. In this role he specializes in groundwater management, high capacity well siting and design, surface and borehole geophysics, groundwater modeling, managed aquifer recharge, agricultural impacts to groundwater, mine hydrogeology, and water permitting for energy projects.

This certified life care planner and vocational evaluator has decades of experience in economic damages evaluation. He received specialized training in the economics of personal injury and work capacity evaluation, and he serves as a reviewer for The Earnings Analyst and the Journal of Forensic Vocationology. He has published numerous articles on life care planning and vocational and rehabilitation economics, while he is the Chairman of the Forensic Committee of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals. Currently, this expert is the Director for a board of vocational experts as well as the Director of a Michigan based personalized medical management and vocational rehabilitation organization.