Legal Consulting Services

Associate Medical Director – With 19 years of experience as an attending physician in an emergency setting. Expertise in medical diagnosis and treatment of adults and pediatrics, stroke, STEMI, trauma, sepsis and Code Blue.

Nurse Practitioner – With 6 years of experience in an urgent care emergency department setting as a mid-level provider and 12 years of experience as a registered nurse in an inpatient setting. Clinical skills include: radiology studies and ECG interpretation, paracentesis and thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, wound closure, pelvic exams, point of care ultrasound, digital nerve and dental blocks and fracture reduction.

Registered Nurse – With 12 years of experience in triage, assessment and treatment, executing plans of care, medication administration and re-assessment, and safe discharge planning. Expertise with EMTALA, Emergency Severity Index (ESI), policies and procedures, trauma, mobile intensive care nursing, stroke, STEMI, sepsis, Code Blue, elopement, against medical advice, left without being seen, psychiatric conditions and management including 5150 and 1799, restraints, virtual and in-person sitters.

Chief Infectious Disease Doctor and Consultant – With 14 years of experience in a hospital setting. Publications include: How San Diego Hospitals Would Handle Ebola; Aminoglycoside Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Following the Implantation of Tobramycin Loaded Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) Cement and Calcium Sulfate (CaSO4) Beads for the Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI); A Multi-Center Prospective Investigation of Risk Factors for Community- Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) Infection in HIV-Infected Persons; Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis in Patients Co-infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Etravirine: a second-generation NNRTI for treatment-experienced adults with resistant HIV-1 infection; High prevalence of abscesses and self- treatment among injection drug users in Tijuana, Mexico; Detection of left atrial enlargement using hand-carried ultrasound devices to screen for cardiac abnormalities; A Prospective Study of the Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Cutaneous Innate Immune Responses in HIV-Infected Subjects with Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) Compared to HIV- Negative Control Subjects. Expert Witness experience since 2014 for both Plaintiff and Defendant cases.

Registered Nurse – with 10 years of experience as a leader in a hospital setting. Expertise in capacity management, throughput, bed placement, nursing ratios, disaster planning, staffing, higher level of care transfers, out-of-network repatriation using Knox-Keene principles, morgue management, service recovery, and leadership in a Command Center.

Director of Surgical Services, Registered Nurse with 46 years of experience in adult and pediatric operating room settings. Five years of experience as an Expert Witness/Legal Consultant. Experience as a Facilities Nurse Evaluator with the California Department of Public Health.