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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
Pediatric surgery expert witness discusses artery puncture during tracheoesophageal fistula repair surgery
A pediatric surgery expert witness discusses a puncture to a patient’s pulmonary artery during surgery. This case involves a pediatric patient born to a diabetic mother. The patient had a past medical history significant for intrauterine growth restriction, prematurity and…
Posted on inNeurosurgery expert witness opines on spinal stabilization surgery that resulted in permanent paralysis
This case involves a sixty-seven-year-old female patient with a past medical history significant for osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and chronic back pain. The patient presented to the hospital complaining of a three month history of severe neck and upper back pain.…
Posted on inNursing expert witness discusses fatal fall at assisted living facility
A nursing expert witness opines on a senior care case involving a resident of an assisted living facility who died from head trauma following a fall and lack of medical treatment for several days. This case concerns a seventy-year-old female who…
Posted on inOrthopedic surgery expert witness discusses total hip replacement surgery resulting in permanent disability
An orthopedic surgery expert witness opines on a case happened in Alaska where a patient suffers damage to the right iliac artery during a total hip replacement surgery and is left with permanent weakness and disability as a result. This…
Posted on inGynecology expert witness discusses a total abdominal hysterectomy that resulted in bilateral ureteral injury
A gynecology expert witness opines on a case of an ovarian cancer patient who suffered a bilateral ureteral injury during a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. This case involves a sixty-five-year old female patient with a past medical history…
Posted on inNeurosurgery expert witness discusses an inadvertent durotomy when a drill slipped during lumbar fusion surgery
A neurosurgery expert witness opines on a case that involves an eighty-two year-old male patient with an extensive past medical history which included stage three chronic kidney disease, type II diabetes, hypertension and degenerative disk disease. The patient was under…
Posted on inHospital administration expert witness opines on a high fall risk patient who falls and fractures his hip
A hospital administration/risk management expert witness discusses a case that involves an eighty-four-year-old male patient with a past medical history of hypertension, dementia and prostate cancer. The patient was a resident of a nursing home and had been known to…
Posted on inGastroenterology expert witness advises on failure to monitor a patient who suffers liver damage due to hepatotoxicity
A gastroenterology expert witness discusses a case that involves a twenty-seven-year-old male patient with a past medical history significant for Crohn’s disease. The patient was under the care of a gastroenterologist who was treating him with Mercaptopurine over a long…
Posted on inPhysical therapy expert witness reviews a case involving hip dislocation caused by a student physical therapist
A physical therapy expert witness opines on a case that involves an eighty-one-year-old male patient with a past medical history of osteoarthritis. She previously underwent radiofrequency ablation for her joint paint, but underwent bilateral total hip replacement surgery on the…
Posted on inOtolaryngology Expert Witness Advises on Facial Paralysis Following Tympanoplasty Surgery
This case involves a 59-year-old female patient in Oklahoma. The patient presented to an ENT clinic with a three-week history of a clogged ear canal. Additionally, she had right-sided tinnitus that persisted. The patient stated that her ear symptoms began…
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