A neonatal-perinatal medicine expert witness with more than 15 years of experience in pediatric and neonatal care, this physician specializes in the management of premature infants, neonatal intensive care, high-risk deliveries, neonatal infection prevention and management, congenital abnormalities, and congenital heart disease in infants. His clinical and academic work includes neonatal resuscitation, respiratory support, neonatal kidney injury, nutrition in premature infants, and quality improvement initiatives within neonatal intensive care settings. The expert has prior experience providing pediatric medicine expert witness services.

Board certified in Pediatrics and the subspecialty of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine through the American Board of Pediatrics, he earned a Doctor of Medicine degree as well as a Master of Science focused on Healthcare Quality and Safety. Additional professional development includes advanced training in healthcare quality improvement and academic leadership. He currently serves in multiple medical leadership capacities, including Chief Quality Officer for Children’s Services, Medical Director of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and Respiratory Therapy Medical Director within neonatal intensive care operations.

His practice encompasses inpatient neonatal intensive care, intermediate care nursery management, prenatal consultation in collaboration with maternal-fetal medicine and obstetrics, and oversight of neonatal safety and operational initiatives. Clinical areas of focus involve hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, necrotizing enterocolitis, neonatal sepsis, acute kidney injury, patent ductus arteriosus, pulmonary hypertension, delivery room resuscitation, and infection prevention in premature and critically ill newborns. The expert’s work also includes evaluation of systems-based neonatal care processes, patient safety and quality improvement protocols, and NICU quality improvement measures related to medication administration, respiratory care, and neonatal outcomes.

In addition to extensive neonatal clinical responsibilities, he has participated in national and state neonatal policy, guideline, and advisory activities. These roles include service on an American Academy of Pediatrics expert panel addressing neonatal care recommendations, participation in neonatal collaborative steering committees, involvement with statewide congenital heart disease screening implementation initiatives, and appointment to a Food and Drug Administration grant review panel. His editorial and peer-review activities include service as a neonatal journal editor, editorial board member, and manuscript reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed pediatric and perinatology publications.

Professional memberships and leadership involvement include longstanding participation in the American Academy of Pediatrics and its neonatal-perinatal medicine, quality improvement, and child death review sections, as well as election to the Society for Pediatric Research. His academic experience further includes associate professorship responsibilities, neonatal fellowship oversight, resident education, and supervision of neonatal clinical research and quality improvement programs.