Dr. A. d'Alessandro, MD, FACS is a Board Certified Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeon. He served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at St. John's Episcopal Hospital in the New York metropolitan area for 25 years and is now the Chairman Emeritus of the department.

Dr. d'Alessandro serves as a Surgical Consultant to medical specialists, Chairmen, and Boards of Directors of several scientific companies in the United States and the European Union.

Career Highlights Include:

• Invented, developed, published, and produced surgical instrumentation for open heart surgery (distributed by a major US Manufacturer)
• Pioneered and taught minimally invasive surgery in the US & EU
• Devised a surgical technique aimed at constructing new aortic valve from the patient's own tissue
• Devised a technique for insertion of heart pacemakers with epicardial electrodes through a minithoracotomy
• Invented, performed, and published the first 2mm diagnostic & therapeutic microthoracoscopies
• Devised, propagated, and taught the technique of cholecistectomy through a single 2.5 cm minilaparoscopy incision
• Was amongst the first to perform and teach the laparoscopic technique in the US

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Dr. Andrew Mark Rodgers, BS, MS, DC, is a National Certifed Chiropractic Expert Witness with over 34 years of experience. He has worked on over 30 malpractice cases on the proper standard of care and has recently testified in 4 cases in the last 3 years. Dr. Rodgers is available for complimentary verbal evaluations, offers expedient affidavits and cost effective testimonies and depositions for chiropractic deviation from standard of care cases nationwide. He represents both Defendant and Plaintiff.

Areas of Expertise

Malpractice cases – proving standard of care and deviations

Administrative law, state laws and honest medical protocols and billing procedures

Plaintiff/defendant expert witness testimony in trauma cases, motor vehicle cases, workers comp cases and / or slip and fall injuries

Insurance fraud

Continues very active clinical practice

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MCS Associates is a nationally recognized consulting group that has provided financial, operations and regulatory/compliance consulting services nationwide to financial institutions, insurance companies and regulatory agencies as well as real estate and financial services organizations for over 30 years.

Expert Witness and Litigation Consulting are a primary focus of our services. We undertake expert witness assignments throughout the United States and our clients include several hundred leading law firms around the country, working on behalf of both plaintiff and defendant financial institutions, borrowers, depositors, investors, developers, insurance companies and their insured, securities/insurance/real estate brokers/agents, regulators and government agencies, and individuals.

Together with MCS Associates’ specialized resources in banking, financial services and real estate, we also draw on key strategic alliances in insurance, economics, academia and the securities industry to meet a wide range of expert witness needs. Our litigation experts include experienced bankers, lenders, consultants, regulators, managers, brokers & agents in insurance, real estate, and securities; insurance claims and underwriting managers; economists, accountants, appraisers, real estate analysts, and academics.

Areas of Expertise Include:

Banking Operations/Administration

Check Fraud

Lending Policies, Custom and Practice

Loan Underwriting & Credit Administration

Sub Prime Loan Originations, Underwriting, Securitizations & Servicing

Bankruptcy, Foreclosures and Workouts

Trust & Fiduciary Issues / Operations

Securities Brokerage & Investments

Valuations & Damages Analysis

Forensic Accounting

Employment / Compensation

Real Estate Brokerage & Management

Title Insurance & Escrow

Real Estate Appraisal & Transactions

Insurance Industry Custom & Practice

Insurance Coverages / Claims Handling

Insurance Bad Faith

Dr. Ana-Maria Gallo, PhD, CNS, RNC-OB, is the Director of Nursing Education, Research and Professional Development at Sharp Grossmont Hospital. She also serves as adjunct faculty at San Diego State University and at the University of Phoenix, San Diego campus. Dr. Gallo practiced as a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Woman and has taught maternal-child health classes at both Point Loma Nazarene University and the University of San Diego.

In addition to being a Prenatal Legal Nurse Consultant, experienced in Labor and Delivery, Antepartum Nursing, OB Triage, High Risk OB, Maternal-child health, Dr. Gallo has extensive experience in Clinical Research and Nursing Research. She is credited with over fifteen professional publications.

Professional Associations include:

• Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, Member of the Editorial Board
• 2008 Research Advisory Panel - Association of Women’s Health Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses
• AWHONN San Diego Chapter, Co-chair
• National Association of Hispanic Nurses, San Diego Chapter, Former Editor
• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurse (AWHONN), National Nominating Committee Member
• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurse (AWHONN), Member

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APPAREL: During his 25 years of experience, Mr. Sarabia has become intimately familiar with the many business problems - and legal issues - which fashion companies may face. The start of his apparel industry experience was nine remarkable years as part of the senior management of Guess?, Inc. Guess? went through amazing growth during this period, one year alone its sales grew 400%! In these nine years, Guess? transformed from a fad into a mainstay fashion company. Those who were fortunate enough to work there saw a variety of challenges, problems and issues which most apparel companies do not encounter over decades. This incredible environment immersed Mr. Sarabia into a wide array of apparel business matters including apparel designs, design creation, design protection, brand establishment and protection, advertising, domestic and foreign manufacturing, factory monitoring, quality control, export, import, customs issues, product sourcing, corporate structure, apparel company management, including officer and director obligations and performance, domestic and foreign distribution, licensing, trade secrets, personnel, independent sales representatives, retail sales, retail custom

Dr. Arman Torbati has over twenty years of clinical practice, interspersed with teaching, lecturing, writing and research in the field of Prosthodontics. He is an established clinician in the Placement and Restoration of Dental Implants, as well as Dental Esthetics, Crown and Bridge Prosthodontics, and Complete / Partial Removable Dentures.

Dr. Torbati is proficient in dental prosthetic laboratory techniques and dental photography. He has been teaching in graduate Prosthodontics program at University of Southern California both in clinical and laboratory aspect of Prosthodontics.

Dr. Torbati is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and an Associate Clinical Professor of Advanced Prosthodontics at the University of Southern Californian Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry.

Baretich Engineering specializes in Clinical Engineering, Healthcare Facilities Engineering, Safety Management, and Forensic Engineering. It applies engineering and management principles to improve technology-related aspects of healthcare delivery and patient care.

Clinical Engineering Services include:

• Program Evaluation - identify compliance issues, recommend corrective actions, and assist with performance improvement initiatives.
  
  
• Equipment Planning and Project Management services for healthcare facility construction projects and capital equipment budgets.
  
  
• Design and implementation of Clinical Engineering and Information Technology Convergence solutions.

Facilities Engineering Services include:

• Program Assessments and Joint Commission mock surveys.
  
  
• Statement of Conditions - Life safety assessments, SOC documentation, Interim Life Safety Measure (ILSMs) implementation, and Plan For Improvement (PFIs) resolution.

Forensic Engineering Services include:

• Incident Investigation Services - focus on incidents where medical devices, building systems, information technology, or other healthcare-delivery technology may have contributed to death, injury, or other harm to patients, staff, and visitors, or financial losses due to damage to equipment, systems, and facilities.
  
  
• Publishing & Education - publishes the Medical Device Incident Investigation & Reporting manual and provides half-day seminars on medical device incident investigation.

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Dr. Charles S. Syers, D.D.S., M.A., is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he has been Chief of Dentistry and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery for over 20 years. He is an Associate Professor at two dental schools and the recipient of the "Most Valued Professor" award. Dr. Syers is also an Associate Editor of "The American Journal of Pain Management."

Dr. Syers has been acknowledged as a Daubert qualified expert in over 6 states. He has performed qualified medical and dental exams concerning issues of apportionment and disability ratings. He has also been acknowledged as a Forensic Investigator by the courts in criminal matters. Dr. Syers is also an expert in the area of appropriate and necessary care and treatment of injury.

Dr. Syers lectures extensively in the following areas:

Dental and Medical Malpractice

Nerve Injury

Traumatic Injury

Injury to the Temporo Mandibular Joints

Dr. Syers is available for case support and analysis with respect to issues concerning standard of care and proposed treatment. Dr. Syers offers a free telephone consultation.

Please contact Dr. Syers at 650-347-2614 or legaldent@aol.com.

Over 27 years securities and expert experience, formal AIFA fiduciary training.

The expert who wrote a major Wall St broker dealers' compensation plan, accounting manual, margin account, money market mutual fund sweep policy, customer account surveillance compliance reports and designed one of the first structured products in the 1980s.

FiduciaryFORENSICS examines all parties and transactions. Fiduciary performance, breach of fiduciary duty, liability, damages analysis, model portfolio, recovery. Rule 405, Suitability, Supervision, Failure to diversify, Taxes, Asset Allocation, Hedge Funds, Private Placements, RMBS, CDO's, CDS, Disclosure, ADVs.

Compensation, Valuation training, recruit, retirement, raiding, termination, customer account distribution, payment for order flow, order flow profit, broker dealer or branch profit analysis, U5 or U4 issues in employment matters.

FINRA (NASD) securities Arbitration; Trust, Estate, Probate; ERISA defined benefit pension 401k & Profit Sharing plans; Charities, Not for Profits, Foundations, Endowments and Divorce, Marital Settlements, QDROs.

Additional Areas of Expertise - Compensation, Training, Employment

Stock broker, Series 7 licensees, Financial planner, CFP's, Supervisors, Branch manager, Regional and national Executives, Product Managers, External product Wholesalers, Product Coordinators, Traders, Stock Loan, Securities Lending, Prime Broker, Margin, Structured Products, Principal Protected products.

Branch and Regional P&L analysis, valuation, Product Marketing, Distribution, Sales Force and Market Penetration Studies.

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Cinda L. Miller is a Legal Nurse Consultant available to offer Expert Services in Abuse, Negligence, and Medical Malpractice cases. She is a Registered Nurse with a Masters Degree in Community Health Education and a diploma from Cleveland Clinic in Enterostomal Therapy.

Areas of Expertise Include:

Wounds and Ostomy Care.

Consultative experience in Acute Care, Long Term Care, Home and Hospice Care, and Private Practice.

Regulatory Compliance in Acute and Long Term Care settings.

Alternative Medicine and Oncology.