ELITE MEDICAL EXPERTS works with attorneys to provide 100% Board-Certified physicians and surgeons practicing at the professorial level at the nation's leading universities. From Stanford to Yale, and from every medical and surgical specialty, ELITE secures fulltime practicing high-level experts from the nation’s most respected medical institutions. Each specialist is truly unique – a Board Certified professor with a dedicated clinical practice, extensive publications, and top-tier credentials from a major U.S. medical center. When an ELITE expert aligns with your case, you have a powerful voice – ready to testify – on your side.

ELITE offers:

• Immediate access to top-tier university physicians and surgeons.
• Cost-effective case analysis on a flat-fee basis.
• Panels of expert witnesses for complex cases.
• Independent Medical Examinations (IME) within a favorable radius of any location

To minimize expense, ELITE charges a single flat fee for the expert’s initial case review and oral opinion. If the case is non-meritorious, your firm's out-of-pocket expenses are capped. If the case moves forward, then all of our experts utilize standardized terms and fees. ELITE remains available to streamline communications, provide strategic support, and handle the details.  Experts are hand-selected within 14 days and will review records and offer independent opinions shortly thereafter.

Please visit our web site. You also are welcome to call us.  You'll speak directly with a physician and there is never a charge to discuss your case.

We welcome the opportunity to work with you on your next case.

Dr. Burton Bentley II, M.D., FAAEM
President, ELITE MEDICAL EXPERTS, LLC.

Areas of Expertise:

Anesthesiology Bariatric Surgery Cardiology Cardiothoracic Surgery Critical Care Dermatology Ears, nose & throat (Otolaryngology) Emergency Medicine Endocrinology Epidemiology Family Medicine Gastroenterology General Surgery Gerontology Gynecologic Oncology Gynecology Hand Surgery Hospital medicine (Hospitalist) Infectious Disease Intensive Care (ICU) Medicine Internal Medicine Interventional Radiology Laparoscopic Surgery Maternal Fetal Medicine

Neonatology Nephrology Neurology Neurosurgery Obstetrics Oncology Ophthalmology Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Orthodontics Orthopaedic Surgery Pathology Pediatrics Perinatology Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PMR) Podiatry Psychiatry Pulmonology Radiology Rheumatology Sports Medicine Toxicology Urology Vascular Surgery

Medical Experts for Malpractice & Personal Injury Cases
AMFS is America's premier medical expert witness and consulting company. We are a trusted partner with the legal community and provide a superior method of retaining medical experts. Since 1990, we have provided board-certified medical experts in over 10,000 medical malpractice and personal injury cases with a 92% win-rate compared to the industry average of 28%.

8,500+ Medical Experts in 250+ Specialties

Active Practice Physicians with Legal Experience

Free Cost Attorney-Physician Consultations

Medical Record Review & Testimony

Independent Medical Examinations (IME) & Autopsies

Essential Affidavits & Reporting

Credible Expert Witnesses Resolving Medical Cases
At AMFS, we carefully screen our experts to ensure that they are in active practice and are not "professional" experts. Our internal policy of blind presentation and review ensures objectivity and enables our experts to provide forensic testimony with the highest credibility. We maintain our high standards through oversight from an advisory board of esteemed medical professionals.
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CARL BRYANT, RN, CLNC is a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant with more than 20 years of experience in the health care industry and 12 years of case review and investigative experience.

Cornerstone Medical Legal Consulting assists Attorneys-Clients and/or Health Care Providers by screening of investigating cases for merit while defining compliance to regulatory codes, professional practices and community standards.

Areas of Expertise

Consultant and Expert Witness

Review, analysis, and summarization of depositions, witness reports or other work products

Serve as liaison between attorney-client, health care providers, testifying experts, parties witnesses and other consultants

Preparation of witnesses and experts

Preparation of interrogatories for cross or direct examination or other work products

Provision of simple or in-depth reports

Identification and recommendation of potential defendants

Coordination and attendance of me

David Friedler, LNHA, LMHC, is a Psychotherapist with over 27 years experience as an Administrator and Licensed Clinician in the management and delivery of Health Care Services. He has extensive experience with the standard of care, institutional regulations, policies and procedures, and operational oversight at nursing homes, drug/alcohol rehabilitation centers and psychiatric hospitals.

Mr. Friedler serves as an Expert Witness on the issue of the Standard of Care for both Plaintiff and Defense.

Areas of Expertise:

Long Term care

Nursing Homes

Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation

Behavioral Health / Psychiatric Care

Prof. Vernon M. Neppe - Pacific Neuropsychiatric Institute

Internationally renowned Neuropsychiatrist, Behavioral Neurologist, Psychopharmacologist, Psychiatrist, Forensic specialist (Listed in these areas under peer-selected book America's Top Doctors [apparently the only MD in 5 sub-specialties/ specialties] and listed in all 11 editions]. Dr. Neppe is also an internationally recognized Epilepsy specialist and Consciousness researcher.

He is an experienced, peer-respected clinician, and is a pioneering researcher (where his contributions have directly impacted millions.). He is an extensively published (350+) academic, author of eight books (including Cry the Beloved Mind, Reality Begins with Consciousness , How Attorneys Can Best Utilize Their Medical Expert Witness, Innovative Psychopharmacotherapy , and also a playwright (2 plays). He is an in-demand communicator (professional speaker, media), creativity specialist (Executive Director, and Distinguished Professor, Exceptional Creative Achievement Organization), incisive thinker (past chess champion), and a versatile multi-specialty civil medicolegal expert (defense or plaintiff)

. Dr Neppe led the first USA and International Delegation in Psychopharmacology and Neuropsychiatry

Expertise includes

head injury, brain disturbances, personal injury,

medications,

seizures,

malpractice,

stress

Nutrition supplements specialist

Tardive dyskinesia specialist

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome specialist

Vegetative / Minimal Consciousness states.

At times, he's consulted in several different areas in the same case e.g. medications, brain damage, psychiatry, movement disorders or seizures, depression, anxiety, bipolar, psychosis, attention deficit

Honors: Best Doctors in America

Who's Who in the World

Ebook: How Attorneys Can Best Utilize Their Medical Expert Witness

Prof. Neppe also has dual MD and PhD (Med) plus Board Certified UCNS Behavioral Neurology, Neuropsychiatry and Am Brd Psychiatry and Neurology (BC Psychiatry, subspec: Forensic Psychiat-04, Geriat Psychiat-11) & DPM (with Neurology & Psychiatry). Additionally,

Fellow Royal Society, SA (app. first USA MD so honored) FFPsych(SA),

Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

Additionally, MMed (Psych), DABFM, DABFE, DABPS (Psychopharm), FACFE, FCPsych, FRCPC,-10. DSPE

Diplomate and Senior Research Fellow, International Society for Philosophical Enquiry;

Medicolegal expert consultations throughout the USA and beyond including Canada. but works only with attorneys in Civil suits (Plaintiff or Defense --profound settlements on both sides giving appropriate medical analyses) or Competency (not Criminal); retained throughout USA and internationally. This includes high profile cases.

Dr. Robert Elliot Neshkes is an expert in Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry. He specializes in the assessment and treatment of elderly &/or medically-complicated adults. He is an academic hospitalist with over 30 years of experience treating very ill, unusually complex, adult inpatients.

As an Expert Witness, Dr. Neshkes has over 200 court appearances, providing psychiatric testimony in areas including: elder abuse, capacity, trusts, wills, medication use, complications, pain, conservatorships, & malpractice.

Current Academic Positions:

• Chief, Geropsychiatry Treatment Unit (since 1983), West Los Angeles V. A. Medical Center
• Chief Medical Psychiatry (since 1995), West Los Angeles V. A. Medical Center
• Asst. Professor of Psychiatry, U.C.L.A. (1983-2011).

Credentials: Dr. Neshkes earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from Michigan State University. He completed fellowships in both Geriatric Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine at ULCA, two years of Internal Medicine Residency at Providence Hospital, and completed his psychiatric residency at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He remains a full time highly respected clinician whose opinions are easily trusted & clearly explained.

Publications: Dr. Neshkes has twenty publications, including very prestigious international textbook chapters. Copies of his research papers & international textbook chapters are available upon request.

Dr. Beatrice C. Engstrand, M.D., F.A.A.N., is a Board-Certified Neurologist, fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, assistant professor of neurology at New York Medical College and published author. She practices clinical neurology in Huntington, NY, is president of the Neurodegenerative Disease Foundation and is a recognized expert in her field.

In her Radio Broadcast, "Neurology with Dr. Engstrand," each Sunday night from 10:30-11 P.M. on WOR 710AM EST, Dr. Engstrand invites her listening audience and the medical community to explore a host of topics, with the ultimate goal of improving her listeners' mental, physical and emotional well-being. These topics include creative pursuits and holistic remedies, as well as traditional state-of-the-art scientific advances.

A noted author, Dr. Engstrand's book entitled, The Gift of Healing - A Legacy of Hope is a story of triumph and personal victory over monumental adversity. Please visit Dr. Engstrand's website for further information.

Healthcare Litigation Support is a team of experts - physicians, healthcare administrators, reimbursement specialists, health organization experts, health insurance experts, and other healthcare personnel - with broad, extensive experience and expertise in medical and administrative malpractice issues, physician practice operations, hospital management, health insurance and TPA issues, Medicare and Medicaid, medical billing and collections, fraud and abuse, managed care and other areas.

Healthcare Litigation Support is a team of experienced healthcare experts who consult on litigation issues and testify as needed. In addition to the four Principals, there is a larger group of Associates, individuals with specific expertise and areas of knowledge, we include in order to fully serve the needs of the legal community.

Areas of Expertise:

Audit Medical Standards of Care Dental Standards of Care Geriatrics and Nursing Home Care Standards Long Term Care Standards Health Insurance Health Insurer-Provider Relations Managed Healthcare (HMO, PPO)

TPA (Third Party Administrator National Accreditation Guidelines Medicare / Medicaid Federal Employees Health Benefits Program CDH (Consumer Driven Health Plans) ERISA, COBRA, EMTALA, HIPAA Physician / Hospital Joint Ventures Qui Tam and False Claims Act

Representing Both Plaintiff and Defense, Our Services Include:

Review Case for Merit

Analyze Medical and Administrative Events

Identify Causation

Address Standards of Care

Research Relevant Literature

Interpret Contracts in Light of Industry Standards

Evaluate Case Strengths and Weaknesses

Develop Deposition Strategy

Prepare a Defensible Report

Articulate Complex Issues to Triers of Fact

Kathleen Martin, has extensive experience in health care with 20+ years experience in Acute-Care Hospital where she specialized in Critical Care Nursing and an additional 12 years as a Long Term Care Director of Nursing and Administrator.

Ms. Martin was responsible for the oversight of nursing and clinical operations of 7 Long Term Care facilities in NJ for an LTC Management company. She has been an Expert Witness, Consultant and LNC for 20 years, advising plaintiff and defense attorneys on both clinical and administrative healthcare operations. Also Wound Care Certified.

Assessment & Evaluation of:

Four Elements of Medical Malpractice

Compliance of Standards of Care

Underlying Medical Conditions

Deviation from Standards of Care

Pertinent Missing Records; Fraudulent Documentation

Key Clinical Areas:

Fall Prevention and Management

Pain management

IV Care, Tube Feedings, Infection Control

Abuse, Neglect

Medication Management

Pathophysiology of Disease Processes

Interrelationships of Diagnoses

Timeliness of Care and Notification

Regulations / Standards

Consultation for the Legal Community / Long TermCare Industry:

Survey Readiness

Risk & Quality Management

Fall Prevention and Management

Wound Prevention and Management

DON Support and Training

Staff Education

Infection Control

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Dr. Regina Hillsman is Board Certified and also, as of 1992, became Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Hillsman is a general orthopaedist, with particular interest in hand / foot, back, and sports medicine injuries. Dr. Hillsman, unique in that she is a female orthopaedist, has particular interest in osteoporosis and in calcium patients’ in the regard.

Dr. Hillsman, due to her background with extensive industrial training in the State of Connecticut, has had a broad proficiency and expertise in Workman’s Compensation injuries. This includes industrial injuries, sprains and strains. Dr. Hillsman is also a member of the American Academy of Disability and Evaluation Physicians as well as The American Back Society.