expert witnesses
Anesthesiology Expert Witnesses: 5
Medical Legal Evaluations Expert Edward Younger
Administrator
11249 Gold Country Blvd.
Suite 165
Gold River CA
95670
USA
phone: 800-403-1647 or 916-863-7301
fax: 916-863-7206
MRK Medical Consultants provides Medical-Legal Evaluations to help legal and insurance professionals reach appropriate conclusions about their client's situations. MRK provides a wide array of medical experts that offer objective review and analysis of personal injuries. Each stage of the process—research to review, analysis to opinion—is addressed in a comprehensive manner in order to help legal and insurance professionals reach appropriate conclusions about their client’s situations. MRK's prestigious list of more than forty consultants are active clinicians and surgeons, who are all board-certified or eligible in one or more specialties. MRK provides physician experts to the entire State of California, the Reno/Lake Tahoe area, and Las Vegas, and we travel to many areas of the United States. Physical therapy, registered nurses, physician assistant, and billing review consultants are available services MRK provides. Our office physicians are available for telephone review of the merits of your case before you decide to proceed.
Edward W. Younger, III, M.D., Medical Director of MRK Medical Consultants, specializes in Orthopedic Surgery. He has extensive experience in total joint replacement, as well as reconstructive surgery of the knee, hip, and shoulder. He was instrumental in bringing computer navigation technology to his hospital. He served on the orthopedic trauma staff at Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, California, for more than fifteen years and was instrumental in bringing computer navigation technology to that institution. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, a member of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and the California Orthopedic Association.
Dr. Michael R. Klein, Jr., M.D., specializes in Orthopedic Surgery and is a founding member and the first Medical Director of Northern California Orthopedic Centers. He was involved with the development of the orthopedic section of the Level II Trauma Center at Mercy San Juan Medical Center. He served as a clinical professor at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center for more than thirty years. He has been a member of the North American Spine Society since 2009 and was awarded the David O. Selby Award in 2020 for his contributions. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and a member of the American Medical Association and the California Medical Association. He retired from the USAF in 1998 after being on active duty during the Vietnam War, and he was activated for Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
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Dr. Steven Barna is a nationally recognized, double board-certified Pain Management Physician and Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP). Harvard trained and with over two decades of clinical experience in trauma, pain, and disability medicine, Dr. Barna brings a deep understanding of injury, chronic pain, and life care planning to his role as an expert witness.
Litigation Support - Dr. Barna's extensive medical expertise, combined with a balanced and objective approach to case evaluation, has made him a trusted resource for personal injury attorneys representing both plaintiffs and defendants. Over the past 4 years, he has provided expert testimony over 200 times
Dr. Barna is the Co-Editor of the Handbook of Medical Aspects of Disability and Rehabilitation for Life Care Planning (Routledge, 2024), a comprehensive reference widely used by life care planning professionals. He serves on the Editorial Board of Pain Physician, the official publication of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, the official journal of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association. He is also a former Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Life Care Planning. Dr. Barna has been recognized by Becker’s Orthopedic and Spine Review in their prestigious list of "150 Pain Management Physicians to Know."
Prior to relocating to Florida, Dr. Barna spent nearly a decade on faculty at Harvard Medical School, where he held dual appointments as Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine. During his tenure, he also served as Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center. Following his time at Harvard, he spent nearly a decade as Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. In private practice, Dr. Barna was an Interventional Spine and Pain Physician and Partner at Florida Orthopaedic Institute, the largest multi-specialty orthopedic group in the state of Florida.
Dr. Barna's credentials include:
- BS, University of Michigan
- MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- Post-Doctoral training at Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham in Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Pain Medicine
- American Board of Anesthesiology, Board Certification in both Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
- International Commission on Health Care Certification, Certified Life Care Planner
Pain Management Expert Witness Joel Kent
8078 Dryer Road
Victor NY
14564
USA
phone: 585-200-2805
Medical Litigation Elite Medical Experts
Available Nationwide
6440 N. Swan Road - Suite 100
Tucson AZ
85718
USA
phone: 877-670-8625
fax: 520-317-7157
Anesthesiology Expert Witness Keith Chamberlin
Keith Chamberlin, MD, MBA, FASA
CEO
540 San Pedro Cove
San Rafael CA
94901
USA
phone: 415-250-9014
fax: 800-691-2004
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