Hematology (Haematology or Blood) Expert Witnesses

Sanjiv Modi, MD, is board certified in Medical Oncology, Hematology, and Internal Medicine. In active practice since 2000, Dr. Modi has been reviewing medical records for peer review, utilization review, disability review, and medical legal purposes since 2012. He holds an active Florida Expert Witness Certificate.

Litigation Support - Dr. Modi provides expert witness services for litigation in the specialty of Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Internal Medicine. His services are available to attorneys representing both Plaintiff and Defendant.

Dr. Modi has been called upon to define applicable standards of care and identify deviations from and adherence to the applicable standards of care. He utilizes objective evidence of standards of care and national published guidelines in preparing his reports.

Dr. Modi is familiar with court proceedings and the deposition process. He is experienced in trial and able to communicate with a jury in easy to understand language. His service include medical chart review, narrative reports, and testimony for court, arbitrations and medical panels.

Areas of Expertise:

• Blood Clots
• Anticoagulation
• Cancer
• Chemotherapy
• Mesothelioma
• Clinical Genetics
• Hospice and Palliative Care

View Dr. Modi's Consulting Profile.

Arnold D. Berliner, MD, MPH, is Certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology. Dr. Berliner has extensive clinical experience in cancer management and care of patients with hematologic disorders. He was formerly on the faculty at University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Currently, he is a voluntary teaching associate at Schmidt School of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.

Litigation Support - Dr. Berliner offers case review of Oncology / Hematology involving questions of Delayed Diagnosis and Standard of Care. His services are available to counsel representing both Plaintiff and Defense.

Dr. Berliner opines on matters of:

Medical Misdiagnosis Treatment Delay Medical Mismanagement Prostate and AIDS-related Cancers

Lymphomas Leukemia Bleeding and Clotting Bone Marrow Transplant

Curriculum Vitae Available Upon Request.

Robert E. Burdick, MD, is a Board Certified Medical Hematologist and Oncologist with over 40 years of academic, clinical, and expert witness experience. Trained at the University of Washington, he is licensed in the state of Washington and maintains a faculty position at the University of Washington as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine.

In addition to having a broad base of experience with both private practice and academic medicine, he is current with medical literature pertaining to his expertise. His experience includes chemotherapy drug trials, collaboration with surgeons, radiation therapists, and bone marrow transplantation subspecialists and the allied fields of radiation therapy, surgical oncology, diagnostic radiology, and surgical pathology.

Dr. Burdick is knowledgeable about solid tumors such as cancer of the breast, lung, colon, thyroid, tongue, larynx, head and neck, esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, anus, skin, melanoma, liver, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, ovary, testicle, hepatoma, and sarcoma, as well as soft tissue malignancies such as non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's lymphoma, the acute and chronic leukemia's, multiple myeloma, anemias, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and pancytopenia.

Robert Burdick has over 30 years of experience in the medical-legal arena with expertise in evaluating deviations from the standard of practice for both plaintiffs and defendants. He has testified in 30 to 50 depositions and 8 to 10 trials. He is able to project credibility, explain complex medical issues in easily understood terms, and has the poise and demeanor to withstand the rigors of cross-examination while defending those opinions.

Dr. Burdick is articulate in both oral or written form, and writes a clear, concise and ethical opinion supported by the premise of evidence based medicine. His opinions are prompt and he will state clearly whether he believes the standard of care has been violated, causation, and the degree of damages the claimant has sustained.

Areas of Expertise:

Anemia Aplastic Anemia Blood Disorders Bone Cancer Breast Cancer Cancer Causation Cancer Therapies Causation Analysis Cervical Cancer Colon Cancer Delay in Diagnosis Hematology

Hemophilia Hodgkin's Disease Kidney Cancer Laryngeal Cancer Leukemia Leukodystrophies Liver Cancer Loss of Life Expectancy Lung Cancer Lymphoma Medical Malpractice Medical-Legal Issues

Melanoma Myeloma Myeloproliferative Disorders Neutropenia Oncology Oral Cancer Ovarian Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Prostate Cancer Standard of Care Testicular Cancer Thrombosis

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Dr. Mark Levin, MD, is an Academic Physician with a wide range of experience in various practice settings, including academia, teaching hospital and private practice settings. He has a consulting practice in clinical standards and utilization review in Oncology and runs a blog devoted to Standards of Care. He is in active medical practice.

Services Include:

Administrative Medicine Brain Tumors Breast Cancer Cancer - Missed Diagnosis Chemotherapy Experimental / Investigational Medicine Hematology Improper Diagnosis Kidney Cancer Lung Cancer

Medical Practice Guidelines Medical Records Review Medical Utilization Review Mesothelioma and other Asbestos Lung Diseases Oncology Pain Management Prognosis (Cancer) Standard of Care Tumor Marker Testing

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Since 1983, Medical Advisors, Inc. / Technical Network Consulting Service has assisted in the selection of experts in several thousand cases. Working with plaintiff and defense bar, we have provided opinions and testimony which have resulted in competent preparation and in-court support for cases involving scientific, technical, engineering matters as well as medical malpractice, hospital negligence, personal injury, workers’ compensation, product liability and nursing homes. A detailed telephone consultation explores all aspects of your case. This simplifies the job of finding the right expert.

Judy L. Schmidt, MD, FACP is triple board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology. She received her Hematology / Medical Oncology training at the Mayo Clinic from 1985 to 1988.

Dr. Schmidt has been a very active member of ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) including numerous positions associated with Medicare and Quality Cancer Care. In 1999, she was invited by ASCO to testify in Washington, DC for a senate subcommittee on Quality Cancer Care, hosted by Senators Diane Feinstein and Connie Mack.

Dr. Schmidt's Hematology / Oncology Montana clinic also helped ASCO develop the parameters by which Quality Cancer Care is now measured. She was a Beta member of the ASCO Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) participating in the development of the Quality Cancer Care QOPI standard measures of oncology practice quality. More than 700 Medical Oncology practices in the United States now measure their Oncology practice Quality via QOPI standards.

Dr. Schmidt and her head nurse, Joni Landes RN OCN, received the Professionals of the Year award for quality patient care in 1999 from Coping Magazine. She also received the Mayo Clinic's award for Quality Cancer Care in 2004.

Dr. Schmidt has provided litigation support services to attorneys for Plaintiff and Defense for over 20 years. She has been retained approximately 40 times and has been an expert Medical Witness for 18 medical malpractice cases since 2010. Dr. Schmidt has reviewed cases for Medical Malpractice Attorneys in Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri, Montana, New York, Texas and the United Kingdom.

Areas of Expertise:

• Delayed Diagnosis of Cancer
• Failure to Follow Established Clinical Guidelines
• Adverse Drug Side Effects
• Failure to Follow Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Guidelines
• Informed Consent
• Analysis of Medical Errors on Patient Quality of Life

View Dr. Schmidt's Consulting Profile.

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Clinton F. Merrill, Jr., MD, has over 35 years of experience in clinical Internal Medicine and 28 years of experience in Medical Oncology and Hematology.

Dr. Merrill is experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of all solid tumors as well as the full range of hematologic malignancies. He has special expertise in benign hematology including: anemias, low blood cell counts, iron overload disorders, bleeding and clotting disorders.

Litigation Support - Dr. Merrill offers expert witness services to counsel representing Plaintiff and Defendant. His services include medical record review, written reports, depositions, and trial testimony. Dr. Merrill takes pride in providing thorough record review, meticulously researched reports reflecting unbiased opinions, and excellent communication skills with the ability to make the complex understandable.

Areas of Expertise:

Breast Cancer Colon Cancer Lung Cancer Tumors Leukemias Lymphomas

Myeloma Myeloproliferative Disorders Myelodysplastic Syndromes Benign Hematology Anemia Bleeding and Clotting Disorders