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Infectious Disease and Communicable Disease Expert Witness
As lawsuits of all types are surging secondary to COVID-19, many cases will require the support of a highly-qualified infectious disease expert witness who can explain what is known and unknown about the novel coronavirus.
An infectious disease expert can discuss:
- How COVID-19 spreads
- How contagious COVID-19 is
- What populations are most susceptible to contracting COVID-19
- How to prevent the spread of COVID-19
- Treatment options for COVID-19
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Infectious Disease and Communicable Disease Expert Witnesses
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This expert has extensive experience as an infectious diseases physician. She earned her BA from Hamilton College and her MD from SUNY Upstate Medical University. She completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center and her fellowship in infectious diseases at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. She is dual board certified in internal medicine and infectious disease and previously served as a physician at the University of Maryland ...
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This highly qualified expert has a decade of experience in her field and is board certified in internal medicine, addiction medicine, palliative care, and infectious disease. She earned her BS in biology and history and policy from Carnegie Mellon University, her MBA, and MD from the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD in health education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She completed her residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of ...
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This qualified expert in infectious disease has 20 years of experience in the field. He earned his BS from the University of California, Davis and his MD from the Medical College of Virginia, before completing a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious disease at Georgetown University. This expert is board certified in infectious diseases and remains active in his field as a member of the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Disease ...
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This expert has over 48 years of experience in microbiology and virology, with a focus on the study of herpes viruses. He earned his BS from Cornell University, followed by his PhD in microbiology at the University of Florida. His current research relates to establishment, maintenance, and reactivation from latency by varicella zoster virus. Currently this expert is a professor of microbiology at a university in NY....
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This well-credentialed expert earned his BA in political science from the University of Pennsylvania and his MD from Jefferson Medical College. After completing his internship and residency in internal medicine at Temple University, this expert went on to complete a prestigious fellowship in infectious disease at Temple University. He is dual board-certified in infectious disease and internal medicine. Formerly, he served as an assistant professor of clinical medicine at ...
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This board-certified expert in Infectious Diseases has almost 15 years of experience in his field. He earned his BS from the New College of the University of South Florida, followed by his MPH from the Florida International University School of Public Health and his MD from the University of Florida College of Medicine. This expert completed an internship and his residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia University, where he also completed a fellowship in Infectious ...
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This highly qualified expert earned his MPH from The University of Chicago and his MD from Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena. After completing his residency in internal medicine at The University of Chicago this expert went on to complete his MBA at Cornell. He is also active in his field as a member of numerous medical societies including The American College of Physicians and The Advisory Board. In the past, he has served as an associate director of the ...
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This highly-qualified expert is double board certified in internal medicine and infectious disease and has over 15 years of experience in his field. He earned his BS from Boston University before earning his MD from Ross University School of Medicine. He then went on to complete his post-graduate training with an internal medicine residency at North Shore University Hospital and an infectious disease fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital with Cornell University. ...
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This expert currently serves as the head of epidemiology and biostatistics at a prominent university in Northern California. He has over 40 years of experience related to the prevention and control of infectious diseases, at both national and international levels. This expert earned his MD from the University of Chicago, and went on to complete a residency in internal medicine at Mount Auburn Hosptial, followed by a second residency in prevention medicine through the ...
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This highly qualified expert has over 10 years of experience in neonatology. He obtained his MBBS from Government Medical College in India, before completing his first residency in pediatrics at GSVM Medical College and Hospitals, also in India. He then moved to the United States and completed a second residency in pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the Children's Hospital of Michigan. Today, this expert is ...
Infectious Disease and Communicable Disease Expert Witness Case Studies
Missed Diagnosis of Meningitis Leads to Patient’s Death
This case involves a forty-one-year-old female who presented to the emergency room at the request of her primary care physician for severe persistent headaches. CT head reports were normal and a lumbar puncture was also negative, however initial blood work revealed an elevated…
Patient Develops Stevens-Johnson Syndrome After Being Prescribed Dilantin
This case involves a woman with a past medical history of epilepsy. She was switched from her regular medication, Lamictal, to Dilantin/Phenytoin. The patient developed a severe adverse reaction to the new medication resulting in the onset of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS). The…
Infectious Disease Physician Fails to Prevent Pneumonia in HIV Patient
This case involved a thirty-five-year-old, HIV positive male who died of pneumocystis pneumonia as a result of failed medical prophylaxis. This man was diagnosed with HIV prior to his death, and had been properly managed with anti-retroviral therapy. The patient…
HIV Patient Dies From Sepsis
This case involves a thirty-seven-year-old man, diagnosed with HIV, who presented to the emergency department with progressive shortness of breath. He complained of a productive cough with white sputum and also had a persistent, unrelenting fever. He explained to physicians…
Employee at Seafood Restaurant Develops Serious Infection
This case involves an employee of a seafood restaurant who contracted a bacterial infection. The worker helped transport, wash, and prepare lobsters and crabs to be cooked. After receiving a delivery, the plaintiff removed the shellfish from the transport truck…
PET Scans Read Normal but Patient Dies From Metastatic Disease
This case involves a fifty-nine-year-old male with a history of a goiter on the right side of his neck that was removed in 2010. A follow-up biopsy was performed that revealed suspicious tissue and the patient was advised to have…
Missed Diagnosis of Nasal Mass Ends in Metastatic Disease
This case involves a fifty-two-year-old male patient. He had a history of progressive left nasal obstruction and foreign body sensation that developed acutely. The patient underwent several endoscopic procedures to evaluate for possible obstruction. An endonasal excision of a left…
Delayed Diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s Disease Causes Kidney Failure
This case involves a 3-year-old male patient that presented to the ER with complaints of severe abdominal pain. The patient was ultimately diagnosed with Hirschsprung’s disease but a delay in timely diagnoses likely led to many complications. The patient required…
C-Difficile Infection Post Colonoscopy Procedure
This case involves a patient who underwent a colonoscopy and the patient was sent for a follow-up elective surgery to remove several suspicious polyps. The surgery was uneventful but during the 3-5 day post operative period the patient became severely…