Expert No. 353653 – Medical Expert – NJ / NY / PA
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Expertise Description: PhD, NE-BC, RN – Doctorate prepared professional Registered Nurse (RN) licensed in the States of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Board certified as a Nurse Executive (NE-BC). Has a more than 25 year career in nursing that includes expertise and certifications in emergency nursing, trauma, and critical care. Additional clinical experience in ambulatory care, medical-surgical nursing, and healthcare management / administration. Holds a clinical faculty professorship and holds several appointments on national boards. Has vast nursing experience that has relevance to personal injury litigation and provides insight in analyzing medical records. Able to review and provide opinions regarding nursing practice standards; provide initial case screenings for merit; identify standards of care, causation, and damage issues; conduct research summarizing medical literature; identify and review application of multidisciplinary standards of care and regulatory requirements; prepare chronologies of medical events and comparing and correlating them to the allegations; and to educate counsel regarding medical facts and issues relevant to each case. Ph.D. in Nursing. More than 10 years expert witness experience.
Areas of Expertise:
| Ambulatory Care | HIPAA | Nursing Supervision |
| Critical Care Nursing | Healthcare Administration | Registered Nursing |
| EMTALA | Healthcare Management | Surgical Nursing |
| Emergency Management | Nursing |
Representative Litigation Experience:
- Collaborated with attorneys in preparing or analyzing complaints, answers, and motions for summary judgment, interrogatories, deposition and trial outlines, queries for direct and cross examination, document production requests, trial briefs and status reports
- Identified and retaining expert witnesses
- Liaison among attorneys, physicians, and clients
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
Services
Services
- Teaching and Clinical Practicum
- Implementation and participation in mass clinic for flu immunizations; serves as an emergency preparedness pre-pandemic exercise
- Development of case study and simulation workshop on "Pandemic Avian Flu" to provide intermediate and advanced level training for individuals from the health care setting
- Development and implementation of programs / lectures and in-services for the continuing education of health care professionals
- Review and provide opinions regarding nursing practice standards
- Provide initial case screenings for merit
- Identify standards of care, causation and damage issues
- Conduct research and summarize medical literature
- Identify and review application of multidisciplinary standards of care and regulatory requirements
- Prepare chronologies of medical events and comparing and correlating them to the allegations
- Educate counsel regarding medical facts and issues relevant to the case
Licenses & Certifications:
| ANCC Nurse Executive Board Certified |
| Rutgers University Human Subject Compliance Certified |
| Certified in Research Training: Developing Nurse Scientists |
| American Heart Association, Basic Life Support (BLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider |
| Registered Nurse, State of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master of Arts | Health Administration | Rutgers, the State University, College of Nursing | |
| Bachelor of Science | Nursing | Teacher College, Columbia University |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science
- Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society of Nursing
- New Jersey Organization for Nursing Executives
- Emergency Nurses Association
- Rutgers University College of Nursing Alumni Association
Awards & Honors:
| Grand Marshal for Rutgers College for Nursing Convocation |
| Recipient of the Kirby Fellowship for Academic Achievement in the PhD Program |
| EOF Faculty of the Year |
| Nurse of the Year, The General Hospital Center at Passaic |
Other Career Highlights:
| Publication: Keeping the Peace: Conflict management strategies for managers |
| Publication: Fight the Flu Bug, Nursing Spectrum |
| Numerous presentations and abstracts |
