A pediatrician expert witness with more than 30 years of professional experience in pediatric medicine and pediatric critical care, this physician has extensive clinical and leadership experience in hospital-based pediatric care. Their practice has focused on pediatric intensive care medicine and the treatment of critically ill children in hospital and emergency care environments. The expert has approximately 20 years of experience providing deposition testimony, courtroom testimony, and litigation consultation as a pediatric expert witness in matters involving pediatric critical care and general pediatric practice. The expert’s clinical experience includes the management and treatment of critically ill pediatric patients in pediatric intensive care units as well as the clinical oversight of pediatric sedation and hospital-based care programs. Areas of expertise include pediatric critical care medicine, pediatric intensive care unit operations, pediatric conscious sedation, asthma management, childhood obesity, pediatric infectious conditions, and the evaluation and treatment of complex pediatric illnesses requiring intensive monitoring and intervention. This work has involved collaboration with multidisciplinary hospital teams responsible for the care of pediatric patients in intensive care and emergency settings.

Throughout their clinical career, the expert has held multiple leadership roles in hospital-based pediatric programs. These roles include service as chairman of a department of pediatrics, director of a pediatric conscious sedation program, and director and founder of a pediatric intensive care unit. The expert has also served as a pediatric intensivist and hospitalist and has held attending responsibilities in a pediatric emergency department. In these positions, the expert was responsible for pediatric care standards, clinical program development, and the management of hospital-based pediatric services. Credentials include board certification in General Pediatrics and board certification in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine from the American Board of Pediatrics. The expert holds a Doctor of Medicine degree and completed residency training in general pediatrics followed by fellowship training in pediatric critical care medicine.