Jerome T. Anderson, CBET, CCE has over 30 years experience in clinical engineering. With undergraduate training in life sciences, and graduate work in medical technology and clinical engineering, he has a unique combination of clinical and technical knowledge.

Mr. Anderson is experienced in planning, clinical application, maintenance, and management of medical equipment and systems. He has been an Expert Witness in litigation involving a wide variety of medical devices for both defense and plaintiff.

Background:

Director of Biomedical Engineering for St. Joseph Hospital of Orange and Children's Hospital of Orange County

Regional manager for the Shared Biomedical Engienering Services of the Hospital Council of Southern California

Establishment of the biomedical engineering department at Marin General Hospital

Clients have included over 100 hospitals, businesses, insurance firms, and attorneys

Planned medical equipment and systems for approximately 50 healthcare facility projects

Performed investigations of injuries related to the use of medical equipment for 20 years

Developed and managed biomedical and technical equipment support programs for hospitals for 16 years before starting BCS

Dr. Yadin B. David has over 25 years experience in Managing Medical Technologies from Pre-Purchasing Evaluation, Installation, Training, to Servicing and Incidents Investigation. He is expert familiar with a wide variety of medical devices and accessories including infusion pump, laser, electrosurgery unit, monitors, X-ray, defibrillators and catheters. Dr. David is also an expert in Electromagnetic interferences (EMI) with medical devices and in Telemedicine and TeleHealth systems.

Dr. David serves a Consultant for industry and institutions including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and Radiological Health, General Hospital and Personal Use Devices Panel, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and professional organizations. His services include testing, adverse events investigation, engineering reports, program review and risk assessment. Dr. David has given many national and international presentations about medical technology management, telemedicine and medical devices regulations.

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Profile: Consolidated Consultants company (CCc) provides broad-based Expert Witness and Medical Expert Witness Referrals on a national level. CCc's experienced Professionals cover many fields, professions, and medical, technical and scientific disciplines. Please contact us toll free @ 800-683-9847 for additional information.

Areas of Expertise Include:

Animal Attacks / Bites Accident Reconstruction Aquatic Accidents Architecture Aviation Accidents Biomechanical Injuries Computers Corrections/Jails/Prisons Dentistry Document Examination Economics Elevators Engineering (All types) Escalators Escrow Failure Analysis Banking & Finance Fingerprints Fire & Arson Investigation Firearms

Human Factors Insurance Intellectual Property Ladders Medical Malpractice Issues Legal Malpractice Meteorology/Weather OSHA Physicals Police Issues Premises Liability Product Liability / Defects Railroad Real Estate Recreational Hazards School/Playground Injuries Security Sports Recreation & Safety Toxicology Trial Consulting

Sample Cases: CCc clients have been involved in cases relating to Mass Disasters, Railroad Accidents, Railroad Appraisals, Lockouts, Prison Gangs, Toxic Molds, Fungus and Mildew, Nuclear Plants, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics, Policy Analysis, Power Plants, Oil & Gas Pipelines, Private Placements & Stock Offerings, Psychotropic Agents, Nursing Homes, Hotels, Restaurant Sanitation, Securities and Stock Trading, Records & Electronic Data Recovery, Regulatory Compliance, Residential & Commercial Construction, Resilient Flooring, Retaining Structures & Walls, Reusable Medical Products, RF Devices, RIA Activities, Inssurance Coverage & Risk Management, Industrial Hygiene, Sewer and Sanitation Systems, Ski Lifts & Slope Stability, Various Sports, Stadium Seating and Facilities, Steel Fabrication, Roads and Street Design, and many other areas.

Draganich Consulting, Inc. provides consultation, expert witness testimony and trial support in injury biomechanics, clinical orthopaedics, failure analysis and patent validity.

Louis Draganich, Ph.D. has 30 years of academic experience in biomechanics and orthopaedic research, several patents on total knee replacements and more than 11 years of experience in consulting and injury biomechanics.

Both plaintiffs' and defense attorneys have retained Dr. Draganich for cases involving:

Wrongful Death Premises Liability Personal Injury Products Liability Medical Malpractice

Criminal Acts Motor Vehicle Accidents Slips, Trips and Falls Industrial Injuries and Ergonomics Sports Injuries and Recreation

References Available Upon Request.

Dr. Kenneth A. Stein is an Attending Staff Physician at St. Anthony's Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, one of the busiest emergency departments in the State of Missouri with approximately 70,000 patient visits per year.

He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, Department of Surgery/Emergency Medicine Division. Dr. Stein has lectured nationally on Pain Management, and Consults in the area of Pharmaceutical and Bio-Medical Product Development and Marketing.

In litigation support Dr. Stein furnishes an unbiased opinion on medical malpractice and negligence cases, not guaranteeing a favorable outcome but providing an honest assessment.

Expert Services Include:

Survey of case for merit

Medical Chart Review and Analysis

Formulation of Case Strategy

Preparation for Opposing Expert Deposition and Cross-Examination

Medical Literature Search

Expert Witness Testimony

Ernest P. Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., M.S., C.I.H. is a physician, attorney, Certified Industrial Hygienist (C.I.H), and biomedical engineer. Dr. Chiodo is board certified in the specialties of Internal Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. Dr. Chiodo served as the Medical Director of the City of Detroit and was the chief physician in charge of measures designed to protect the public health of over one million persons. He has also been the lead expert witness in a number of high profile cases including serving as the lead expert witness in a mass toxic tort case for Gerry Spence.

Areas of Expertise:

Toxicology

Epidemiology

Industrial Hygiene

Mold

Asbestos

Benzene

Biomedical Engineering

Accident Reconstruction

Electrocution

Building Related Disease

Biomechanics

Bed Bugs

KnightHawk Engineering, Inc. is a technology based Specialty Engineering Company that performs consulting, field services and testing. They do this with a broad spectrum of experience-based personnel utilizing a multi-discipline integrated systems approach. Using the same approach KnightHawk develops and manufactures performance enhancement products. KnightHawk Engineering is frequently called on to solve the most difficult and challenging problems in industry which need to be solved within aggressive time constraints, without sacrificing safety, quality, or performance.

KnightHawk Engineering have made their mark in the analysis of static equipment including selective linear exchangers, quench coolers, furnace tubes, pelletizing dies, and blow-down systems into closed headers. Rotating equipment analysis includes machine and structural dynamics, evaluation of acoustic pulsation, and rotordynamic modeling. They have also established a good reputation in specialty machinery design and third party design audits.

Cliff Knight is President of KnightHawk Engineering and a Professional Engineer with 36 years of experience. Besides his corporate responsibilities as President, Mr. Knight is also Chief Engineer. Mr. Knight specializes in design, failure analysis and troublshooting in static rotating equipment. He has 21 years of experience in utilizing computer applications, which include Finite Element Method, Numerical Modeling, Heat Transfer, Pipe Stress Analysis and Computer Fluid Dynamics.

While with KnightHawk, Mr. Knight has developed proprietary tools and methods for performing analysis on Pelletizing Dies, Presure Vessels, Heat Exchangers and Centrifugal Compressors. He holds four patents related to this work. Before coming to KnightHawk, Mr. Knight spent ten years at Dow Chemical, U.S.A., where he acheived the position of Sr. Mechanical Engineering Specialist and Group Leader.

Services Include:

FEA – Linear / Nonlinear – Elastic / Plastic CFD – Transient and Steady State Fitness for Service Pipe Stress Machine Design Rotating Equipment Repair Pressure Vessel / Heat Exchanger Design Thermosyphon Analysis – Complex Systems Process Simulation on Static and Rotating Equipment Rotordynamics Heat Transfer

Thermodynamics Water Hammer / Steam Hammer Structural Dynamics Earthquake Analysis Off Shore Wave / Wind Analysis Code Compliance Risk Assessment Catastrophe Investigation Vehicle Dynamics Controls Analysis Third Party Design Audit

Specialty Areas Include:

ASME Code Compliance Boilers Compressors Critical Piping Systems Elastic / Plastic FEA Fit For Service Analysis Heat Transfer Driven FEA Engines Flow Induced Vibration Furnaces Reciprocating Pumps and Compressors

Gas and Steam Turbines High Pressure Reactors Pelletizing Dies Selective Linear Exchangers Specialty Equipment Design Steady State / Transient CFD Analysis of Static and Rotating Equipment Structural Analysis Transfer Line Exchangers Vessel Alterations and Repairs Process Performance Analysis of Static and Rotating Equipment

Headquartered in Houston with over 30 U.S. offices plus London, Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. is a global leader in forensic investigations, forensic engineering, forensic sciences and forensic accounting. Rimkus offers the services of over 300 full-time seasoned professionals with expertise in virtually all technical and business fields. In business for over 25 years, clients include the Domestic and International Insurance Industry, Attorneys, Industrial and Commercial Health, Safety and Risk Managers, and others.

Rimkus takes pride in its professional approach to all assignments. Each assignment is performed under the assumption that litigation will ensue, and appropriate records and evidentiary chains of custody are maintained. Client communications are clear and explanatory to insure that opinions and conclusions are complete and well supported.

Many clients find Rimkus to be their one-stop shopping place for experts. Rimkus offers forensic expert witnesses and forensic consultants in most technical fields, including all areas of Engineering, Construction, Environmental Sciences, Fires and Explosions, Oil and Gas, Forensic Accounting, Business Interruption Claims, Surety, Business Valuations, Business Analysis, Safety and Industrial Hygiene, and Animation. In the forensic engineering arena alone, we offer virtually all disciplines including:

Forensic Mechanical Engineers

Forensic Electrical Engineers

Forensic Civil Engineers

Forensic Structural Engineers

Forensic Chemical Engineers

Forensic Metallurgical Engineers

Forensic Naval Engineers

Complex technical claims often require the use of experts in more than one field to find the right answer. Rimkus brings that to you. Our website features detailed information on our areas of expertise and short CVs of key Rimkus experts in those areas. Give us a try. You'll be glad you did.

Dr. George Shaw is the principal of Shaw Black Consulting. He provides clients with unique Biomechanics Consulting expertise, drawing upon his background as a practicing physician and biomedical engineer. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Maryland (College Park), and received his M.D. from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. He has acted as a consultant in both civil and criminal matters involving Biomechanics issues and has been qualified as an Expert Witness in Ohio and Kentucky.

Areas of Expertise Include:

• Biomechanics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Accident Mechanism
• Injury Causation and Severity
• Injury Modeling and Image Analysis
  
  

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Silicon Valley based consulting organization specializing in litigation support services for intellectual property litigation matters both in state, federal and international proceedings.

Our group consists of senior scientists, engineers, and managers as well as academic experts in the in the fields of: Electronics, Semiconductors, Computer Hardware and Software, Telecommunications, Office Automation, Communications, Medical Electronics, Biotechnology, Materials, Manufacturing Processes, Industry Custom and Practice, Marketing.

Expert witnesses, technical consulting, tutorials, discovery assistance, trial aids, market studies, patent portfolio strategy, damage determinations, investment banking and venture capital due diligence, witness location, prior art search and evaluation for both domestic and international al matters.

Expertise in Intellectual property. Electronics, Semiconductors, Computer Hardware, Software, Telecommunications, Office Automation, Communications, Materials, Manufacturing Processes, Industry Custom and Practice.