Board-certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician and expert witness with more than 25 years of clinical practice and over 20 years of expert witness experience, this specialist focuses on neurologic rehabilitation and complex disability management. The expert has provided consultation, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in matters involving stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury (TBI), polytrauma, and other disabling conditions. Clinical and forensic work centers on rehabilitation standards of care, causation of neurologic impairment, functional capacity, permanency of disability, and complications arising from delayed or inadequate rehabilitation interventions.

The expert’s subspecialty emphasis includes neurologic rehabilitation for patients with stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and multiple trauma, as well as management of limb loss, spasticity, orthopaedic and spinal disorders, peripheral nerve injuries, and chronic pain syndromes. Leadership roles have included Chair of a Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical Director of inpatient rehabilitation services at multiple institutions, Service Chief of an Adult Brain Injury Program, and Assistant Medical Director at a nationally recognized rehabilitation center. Academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor in Neurology and Orthopedics and prior service as Residency and Fellowship Program Director further reflect oversight of physician training and development of rehabilitation protocols.

In litigation settings, the expert evaluates rehabilitation planning, standard-of-care adherence in acute and post-acute settings, long-term functional outcomes, and the medical necessity of therapeutic interventions in catastrophic and non-catastrophic injury cases. Testimony has addressed traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, complex trauma, and secondary neurologic complications, including spasticity and peripheral nerve injury. The expert holds a California physician license and board certification from the American Osteopathic Board of Rehabilitation Medicine. The expert earned a Doctor of Osteopathy degree, completed residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and undertook fellowship training in Neurologic Rehabilitation. Scholarly contributions include peer-reviewed publications and invited scientific presentations addressing traumatic brain injury, spasticity management, and neuro-orthopaedic complications, reinforcing subject-matter authority in rehabilitation medicine.