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Dr. Faiza Jibril
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Dr. Jibril has extensive clinical experience ranging from primary care in the United Kingdom, to pediatrics and child abuse prevention at Mount Sinai Hospital, to obstetrics in Cape Town, South Africa. Her post-graduate education centered on clinical research and medical ethics.Articles by Dr. Faiza Jibril
The Medical Expert Witness Litigation Guide
A medical expert witness must be able to examine the material facts of the case, such as medical records and lay witness testimony. As well as prepare written statements, create models and other visual aids to explain their theories, prepare…
Posted on in Working with ExpertsAnesthesiology expert witness advises on post-operative death following opioid administration
An anesthesiology expert witness advises on a case involving a patient in Vermont with diaphragmatic nerve injury who died post-operatively following opiod administration. The patient was a forty-two-year-old female patient with a past medical history of severe abdominal trauma following…
Posted on inOrthopedic Surgeon Fails To Treat Multiple Injuries
This case involves a male patient who underwent an operative arthroscopy of the right shoulder to repair a shoulder flap lesion, biceps tear and labral tear. The post-operative diagnosis was a labral tear and synovitis. Post-operatively, the patient was found…
Posted on inOphthalmology expert witness advises on cataract surgery that resulted in vision loss from corneal burn
An ophthalmology expert witness advises on a case involving a cataract surgery patient who lose her vision due to a corneal burn. Plaintiff underwent cataract phacoemulsification (routine cataract surgery) with insertion of an intraocular lens on her right eye. Midway…
Posted on inGeneral surgery expert witness advises on delayed treatment resulting in extensive bowel resection
A general surgery expert witness advises on a case happened in Delaware involving a sixty-one year-old male patient with a past medical history of ischemic bowel disease. He presented to an urgent care facility at 1PM with complaints of severe abdominal…
Posted on inGeneral surgery expert witness opines on injury during hiatal hernia repair surgery
A general surgery expert witness opines on vagus nerve injury during a hiatal hernia repair surgery. This case takes place in Maine and involves a male patient who underwent laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair with fundoplication. She had previously been diagnosed with…
Posted on inSpinal orthopedic surgery expert witness on advises on post-surgical infection
A spinal orthopedic surgery expert witness on advises on a case involving a forty-five year old male patient who underwent cervical fusion surgery. The patient from Rhode Island was discharged shortly following the procedure but later returned to the ER…
Posted on inNursing home expert witness advises on a case of medical malpractice involving a vulnerable resident
A nursing home expert witness advises on a case involving an eighty-year-old male patient who was admitted to a residential care home as an in-patient resident following a stroke. The medical records show that the patient was a vulnerable adult,…
Posted on inChild abuse expert witness opines on the sexual abuse of a minor
A child abuse and child welfare expert witness opines on the sexual abuse of a minor who was participating in a mentoring program. This case involves a minor who became a member of a mentoring charity program, sustained by nonprofit fundraising,…
Posted on inHematology expert witness opines on anticoagulant therapy prior to a liver biopsy
A hematology expert witness opines on a case involving a twenty-nine-year-old female patient with a past medical history of atopy, including eczema, hay fever and asthma. Her primary care physician prescribed Cymbalta when she began experiencing ADD and anxiety symptoms.…
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