Dr. Wendy Ketner is the Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs at Expert Institute. Dr. Ketner graduated with a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Dr. Ketner completed her training at Mount Sinai Beth Isreal where she participated in all aspects of general surgery, including routine hernia repairs, cholecystectomies, and appendectomies. She also performed mastectomies for breast cancer, and breast reconstruction, surgical oncology procedures, vascular surgery, including endovascular and open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, colorectal surgery for benign and malignant disease, as well as taking care of critically ill patients in the surgical intensive care unit. Her research was in post-mastectomy reconstruction and the surgical treatment of gastric cancer, on which she co-authored a textbook chapter. She also has a paper on the percutaneous delivery of stem cells after myocardial infarction.
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction: State Case Name: Pledger v. Janssen Pharms., Inc. Citation: 2018 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1167 Facts In 2002, at age 6, Phillip Austin Pledger was diagnosed with Autism. Pledger was taken to see Dr. Jan…
Court: United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Kiessling v. Kiawah Island Inn Co. LLC Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12057 This case involves a woman who was diagnosed with an…
Court: Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: People v. Mislich (In re Mislich) Citation: 2016 IL App (1st) 132662-U An expert witness, by definition, is someone with a specialized skill set who assists the…
Neurosurgeons, who specialize in the surgical treatment of diseases and injuries affecting the nervous system, are frequently called upon to consult and testify as expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases. Neurosurgeons may speak to the standard of care for cases…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Tardif v. City of New York Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 169650 Facts The plaintiff, Mary Tardif, filed suit against the New York City…
Although the plaintiff underwent successful surgery, it was alleged that the prison physician did not provide the plaintiff with the appropriate post-operative care. According to the surgeon, the plaintiff required a sling for additional shoulder support. However, the patient was…
While being transported from the community center into the ambulance, the EMS personnel dropped the patient on his side. The impact of the fall caused the patient to break his hip. Subsequent complications prevented him from undergoing therapy to ambulate.…
This case involves a 35-year-old female patient who presented to the hospital with severe head trauma she sustained when she fell on the concrete stairs of a sporting event stadium. The patient suffered severe facial lacerations and fractures and was…
This case involves a male orthodontic patient whose occlusion was suffering because his upper front teeth bit down too close to his bottom front teeth. The patient’s treating orthodontist recommended the patient get braces. The patient’s understanding was that the…
The patient underwent a gamma knife thalamotomy for a longstanding essential tremor. She later developed left-side paralysis and was unresponsive to therapy and hyperbaric treatment. The patient continued to suffer from weakness and lack of control on the left side…