Forensic Medicine

ADVANTAGE REPRESENTATIVES (based in Los Angeles, CA) assists plaintiff personal injury attorneys by providing reliable, experienced forensic observers to accompany clients (as attorney's representative) during their Independent / Defense Medical Examination. Our primary function is to uphold limitations (per Response to Demand), audio record, document and evaluate the IME/DME. We are also available for expert witness testimony at deposition, arbitration or trial.

Specifically requested by hundreds of personal injury lawyers, Dr. Magarian is readily familiar with many local orthopedic and neurologic defense experts and can thereby provide valuable insight about their particular style and technique.

Since 1988, Dr. Magarian's gracious and professional demeanor, along with discerning and experienced attention to detail, have ranked her as the most sought-after independent observers in Southern California.

Areas of Specialization:

Motor Vehicle (Auto/Motorcycle/Bus) Accidents

Bicycle & Pedestrian Accidents

Slip/Trip & Fall Injuries

Dog Bite & Burn Injuries

Train/Boat/Plane Accidents

Med Malpractice

Steven R. Graboff, M.D. is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Examiners, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Medicine. He is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners and a Certified Forensic Physician. He has had an active Orthopaedic Surgery practice in Huntington Beach, California, since 1985, and he brings considerable expertise and experience to the forensic medical legal community.

With over 20 years of litigation support experience, Dr. Graboff has qualified and testified as an orthopedic expert witness over 400 times for both the plaintiff and defense in cases throughout the United States.

Dr. Graboff received his medical degree from the University of California, Irvine in 1980. He did a general surgery internship at the University of California Irvine Medical Center and affiliated hospitals from 1980 - 1981, and he completed his Orthopaedic Surgery training in 1985 from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and affiliated hospitals, Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Graboff was first certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 1987. He has been re-certified by the Board in January 1998 and most recently re-certified effective January 2008. He is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and is appointed by the State of California as a Qualified Medical Examiner.

Dr. Graboff is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners, the American Medical Association, the California Medical Association, the Orange County Medical Association, the California Orthopaedic Association, the Association of University Professors, the California Faculty Association, and the California Teachers Association. He has volunteered his services as the team physician for the Garden Grove School District for 10 years and participated in the CIF Southern Section Athletic Safety Commission.

Dr. Graboff has been teaching Orthopedics, differential diagnosis, and musculoskeletal radiology in the Department of Physical Therapy, California State University, Long Beach, College of Health and Human Services, for over 10 years. He is a guest lecturer at the University Of California Irvine School Of Medicine and an Instructor in the Clinical Foundations teaching program. He is a medical specialist and advisor for the City of Huntington Beach Emergency Operations Center, and he volunteers his services with the Medical Reserve Corps, Orange County, California.

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Carolyn M. Hopkins, MD is an Anatomic, Clinical and Forensic Pathologist who has been in practice for over 31 years. Dr. Hopkins has been the medical director for a large community hospital laboratory for 16 years, has read over 200,000 surgical and biopsy specimens, and has performed more than 2,000 Autopsies in her career. She has been very active in hospital medical staff affairs having served as both chief of staff and director of the hospitalwide quality assurance committee for over 6 years.

Dr. Hopkins provides Expert Witness Services to attorneys for both Plaintiff and Defense. She has been deposed and / or testified over 10 times in the last 5 years. Dr. Hopkins is licensed to practice in Missouri, Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, New York, and Maryland.

Areas of Expertise Include:

Autopsy Pathology Uropathology Gastrointestinal Pathology Biopsy Pathology / Interpretation Forensic Pathology

Hospital Quality Assurance Laboratory Medicine Histopathology Histology Laboratory Directorship

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Dr. Matthew Lee is a Physician, Pharmacist, Pharmacologist and Toxicologist who also practices as an Expert Witness and Legal Strategy Consultant.

Specific Benefits Include:

Increased quality and integrity of written expert reports, based on an expanded knowledge base

Time savings by only having to coordinate and discuss a case with one expert as opposed to two or more

Since there is so much overlap between fields in the medical profession it is often hard to determine where one scope ends and another begins. This ambiguity is dramatically decreased , and scope increased by combining physician, pharmacist, and pharmacologist into one

Communication skills of a pharmacist and experience dealing directly with the lay-public, in addition to the knowledge and background of a physician is extremely beneficial describing technical details to a jury

Practicing in different realms within the healthcare field has allowed Dr. Lee to integrate the multiple facets giving him a unique and distinct perspective that no other expert has

Case Experience Includes:

Criminal and Civil Cases Anaphylactic Reactions Overdosel Wrongful Death Cardiac Arrest Respiratory Arrest Fentanyl Overdose Dilaudid Overdose Pharmacist Mis-Fills Pharmacist Dispensing Errors

Pharmacy Standard of Care Medication Adverse Effects Falls Related to Medications (in and out of hospital) Toxicology/Toxic Reactions Medical Marijuana Positive Drug Screens in the Workplace Workplace Safety Fit for Duty Testing

Dr. Barry Gustin has been in the active practice of Emergency Medicine, Toxicology, and Forensic Medicine for 25 years. He is the primary founder of the American College of Forensic Medicine and a past Medical Director of the American Medical Forensics Group.

His unique qualifications including board-certification in Emergency Medicine, Masters degrees in Nutritional Sciences, Toxicology and Public Health, and second residency training in Preventive Medicine enable him to analyze complex cases that could otherwise require several experts from different specialties to evaluate.

Dr. Gustin's Areas of Expertise Include:

• Forensic Medicine
• Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
• Emergency Medical Ambulance Services
• Trauma
• Medical Toxicology and Poisoning
• Public Health (Outbreak disease)
• Sports Medicine
• Wilderness Medicine
• Substance Abuse and Addiction Medicine
• Nutritional Diseases (Diet and Disease)
• Legal Medicine (Standard of Care, Evidence-Based Causation)
• Mechanisms and Forces of Injury (criminal cases)

Visit Dr. Gustin's other website: www.ToxicologyExpert.net

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Dr. Jon J. Nordby is a Professor and Medical Investigator, focusing on Forensic Science and Forensic Medicine. He specializes in Medico-legal Death Investigation, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Ballistics, Firearms & GSR Testing, Trace Evidence Analysis, Crime Scene Investigation & Event Reconstruction.

Services Include:

Death Investigation - Assessment of cause & manner of death and Investigation of scenes & histories of principals

Criminalistics - Trace evidence analysis, Ballistics & Firearms Examinations, and Scene investigation

Forensic Analysis - Investigation & evaluation of presented scientific evidence and Scientific Investigation & evaluation of expert testimony

Police Shootings - Administrative reviews & internal affairs investigations and Questions of Justification

Ethics - Police and Forensic Sciences

John H. Fullerton, MD, MRO, CMD, CFP, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Addiction Medicine and Hospice & Palliative Medicine.

Dr. Fullerton maintains active medical licenses in both California and Florida and holds additional national certificates of added qualifications as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) at multiple levels of care locally and in Home Care (AAHCP).

Dr. Fullerton is a certified Clinical Forensics Expert, who has participated in nationally recognized Elder Abuse Cases, including the cases of "lay caregivers" misguidedly criminally charged with homicide or manslaughter after caring for a loved one at home with advanced dementias. He has been vetted by the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Office of The Inspector General, and the FBI to perform the duties of a government expert in cases of Criminal Healthcare Fraud. He has served as a key expert witness in the continuing efforts of 'Operation HEAT' and been on the winning side of three criminal convictions.

Over roughly the past twelve years, Dr. Fullerton has provided independent medical expert testimony and clinical forensic medical testimony in approximately 200 cases (and reviewed over 1,000 cases). He has focused his medical expertise in mostly Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Determinations of Medicare Medical Necessity matters, and Civil & Criminal cases alleging Elder Abuse (including homicide) at either discovery, deposition or at trial testifying for both plaintiff and defense cases, respectively.

Areas of Expertise:

Adult Hospital Medicine Ambulatory Care - Internal Medicine & Geriatrics Geriatric Approaches to Gero-Psychiatry Immuno-Compromised Host 1 Treatment Long Term Care - SNF Sub-Acute Rehabilitation Assisted Living - Secured Dementia Units

LTC / Hospice Medical Directorships Hospice & Palliative Care Units Home Care Elder Abuse Defense Cases Preventable Falls Pressure Wounds / Pain Management Addiction Medicine - Forensic Toxicology / DUI Defense Cases

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Dr. John C. Hunsaker, III MD, JD is a Board Certified Clinical and Forensic Pathologist. He has over 25 years of experience as a medical examiner and has performed over 6,000 medicolegal autopsies. Dr. Hunsaker, III is currently the Associate Chief Medical Examiner for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

Dr. Hunsaker, III has testified as an expert in hundreds of state criminal cases, primarily in Kentucky and Washington, D.C. He also has experience in Federal Court, both criminal and civil, and has been deposed in many civil cases.

Areas of Expertise:

• Interpretative Forensic Toxicology
• Medicolegal Death Investigation
• Pathology of Trauma
• Drug-Related Death Autopsy
• Pathology Services
• Medical Records Review

Dr. Adel Shaker is a Diplomate of The American Board of Pathology and holds certification in Anatomic Pathology and Forensic Pathology.

He has over 25 years of experience as practicing, fully licensed pathologist with extensive training in forensic pathology and testifying as an expert witness in over one hundred cases. He earned his law degree and was involved in national and international high profile cases. Dr. Shaker is fluent multilingual in Arabic (all dialects), Kiswahili, and English.

In addition, Dr. Shaker is experienced in determining Cause, Mechanism and Manner of Death involving Wrongful Deaths, Medical Malpractice / Therapeutic Misadventure, Child / Elder Abuse cases, and evaluation of variable Injuries, Trauma and Wounds. He furnishes review of Autopsy Reports, Sexual / Body Assaults, Anthropology, Toxicology, Custody / Nursing Home Death, Suicide, Accidents, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Police Intervention, and Middle East Culture litigation.