Hypertension Expert Witnesses: 12

Joshua A. Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN, is a Columbia-trained, double board-certified, full-time practicing Nephrologist and Internist based in New York City. He is on the medical staff at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. An award-winning physician-teacher of medical students and doctors, Dr. Schwimmer trained at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. Schwimmer has published more than 30 scientific papers, abstracts, and book chapters; his scientific publications are cited in the medical literature and in textbooks; and his research has been presented at national and international conferences. Dr. Schwimmer is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Nephrology.

Degrees / Certifications: Nephrology Fellowship, Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Internal Medicine Residency, Strong Memorial Hospital. M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Board Certified in Nephrology. Board Certified in Internal Medicine. New York State Medical License.

Awards / Honors: Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology. Clinical Fellowship Award, National Kidney Foundation of NY and NJ. Clinical Fellowship Award, Kidney and Urology Foundation of America. Medicine Fellow of the Year Award for House Staff Teaching, Columbia University Medical Center. Human Values in Health Care Award, University of Rochester Medical Center. Phi Beta Kappa, Wesleyan University.

Litigation Support - Dr. Schwimmer is a Nephrologist (kidney specialist) and internist (general medical doctor) available for expert witness consultations to both defense and plaintiff attorneys. His services include medical record review, causation determination, thorough reports, depositions, and trial testimony as needed. He has provided expert review and testimony in cases involving:

David E. Saintsing, MD, is a board certified, residency trained, highly experienced Emergency Medicine Physician. Serving as chief resident during residency, he has been a leader for years - including in his current practice. 

For 20 years, Dr. Saintsing has also been an educator of medical students, physician assistants, and residents. He currently serves on the physician assistant education faculty in a group of 200 ER doctors.  This has helped hone his skills as a concise and clear communicator - critical ingredients to enhancing efficiency and knowledge of the legal team.  Serving on his practice's professional peer review committee furthers Dr. Saintsing's exposure to standard of care conversations and enhances his insight as an expert witness. Additionally, he is on the board of directors of his large multi-specialty physician owned corporation. 

Litigation Support - Dr. Saintsing offers expert witness services to attorneys representing plaintiff and defendant. He has reviewed approximately 20 cases and has been deposed 3 times.  

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Services include:

Vipul Kella, MD, MBA FACEP is a board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician who has been practicing for 15 years. Dr. Kella is a Fellow, of the American College of Emergency Physician, and is licensed in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS).

Prior to his current position as a Physician and Partner in a multispecialty national acute care services company, Dr. Kella was Chief of a regional health system managing 100,000 patient visits in Frederick, Maryland. His responsibilities included developing quality initiatives, improving operations and efficiencies, patient experience, staffing, and recruiting.

Dr. Kella has delivered seminars and given presentations on healthcare administration, fraud and abuse, critical care, myocardial infarction, trauma, aortic dissection, sepsis and shock, and medical ethics

Litigation Support: Dr. Kella has served as a medical expert for 10 years. He has reviewed over 100 cases, and spent over 1,000 hours on case reviews and preparing reports.  He is dedicated to providing expertise to clients in a variety of areas, including medical malpractice, personal injury, forensics, disability, and others. 

Over the past ten years, Dr. Kella has been retained in the following areas: 

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Jason D. May, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, is an award winning, board certified Emergency Medicine physician. Dr. May has over 18 years of full time experience in busy community emergency departments and part time free-standing emergency medicine departments.  He has a full-time clinical practice and significant leadership experience as former Chief of Staff at Columbus Regional Hospital, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. 

Dr. May is recognized by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine as having expertise in pediatric, trauma, neurological, and cardiac resuscitation. He is an experienced teacher, serving as Emergency Physicians Incorporated of Columbus' Medical Director of the Columbus Police Dept. SWAT Tactical (2012-present) and Risk Management Officer (2019-present).

Litigation Support - Dr. May provides expert witness services to attorneys representing plaintiff and defendant in cases involving emergency medicine. His services include medical record review, depositions, and trial testimony as needed.

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Education/Work Highlights     

• Owner/Partner of a nephrology practice
• Stanford University educated
• I have been practicing nephrology for 12 years
• I care for over 250 dialysis patients
• I am a medical director of two dialysis facility highly related for patient safety and quality by Medicare
• I speak at national events about hemodialysis and nephrology
• I taught nephrology and internal medicine to medical residents

My background as an expert witness over the last five years are below:

• I have reviewed over 40 medical malpractice cases for both plaintiff and defense.
• I have performed 13 depositions.
• I have testified at trial three times.

Awards.

• Castle Connolly Top Nephrologist
• America’s Top Physician in Nephrology by Consumer Research Council of America and named one of the “Top 10 Nephrologist” by the American Registry.
• Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN).
• Selected to serve on the Practicing Nephrology Group, the Nephrology Diversity and Inclusion Work Group, and the American Society of Nephrology Workforce and Training Committee.

Dr. Matthew Lee, MD, RPh, MS. 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:

Charles S. Eisenberg, MD, Dual Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.  Dr.  Eisenberg is a Cardiology Expert serving in the United States Navy at the rank of Commander. 

As a practicing cardiologist, Dr. Eisenberg is currently the acting Director of Cardiology and Director of the Echocardiography Lab at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, VA. He also serves as clinical faculty at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences teaching Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease.  He has earned multiple medals for superior performance. 

Dr. Eisenberg has over a decade of clinical experience all over the world. A veteran of NYC COVID outbreak, he has great understanding of COVID cardiomyopathy and risk of sudden cardiac death.  As Hospitalist and Cardiologist on the USNS COMFORT, Dr. Eisenberg has helped to provide data and experience in the earliest days of the outbreak. He is most familiar with what medications were used for COVID and the relative safety profile of each.

Litigation Support -Dr. Eisenberg has strong forensic skills with excellent reasoning abilities. He can handle the largest of medical records. With extensive knowledge of pharmacology and medication reactions, Dr. Eisenberg has extensive expertise in the analysis of adverse and sentinel events. He has written numerous expert witness reports and done several malpractice reviews. Dr. Eisenberg is very familiar with both cardiology and primary care literature.

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Anthony C Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS is internationally recognized as an expert in the field of Pediatric Cardiology. Dr. Chang has 30 years of experience and special expertise in Congenital Heart Disease and Perioperative Care as well as Cardiomyopathy and Sudden Death in pediatric patients. Dr. Chang has a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from University of Miami School of Business and a master's degree in Biomedical Data Science from Stanford University. He also has a master’s degree in Public Health from UCLA, from which he graduated with the Dean’s Award for academic excellence. 

Dr. Chang has been offering litigation support services to the legal community for many years. His expertise is available to attorneys for both Plaintiff and Defense. Dr. Chang has been deposed and/or testified over 200 times since 1990. Areas of Specialization:

A world-renown leader in pediatric cardiology innovation, Dr. Chang is a member of the grant review committee for pediatric research at the National Institutes of Health. Respected in his field, Dr. Chang is a member the board of directors for the American Heart Association. Providing leadership in education, he has served with the faculty of UCLA School of Public Health (eMPH program) and has taught global health for UCLA’s eMPH. He also teaches pediatric cardiology to cardiology fellows and holds a volunteer faculty appointment at the UCLA School of Medicine. 

A prolific author, Dr. Chang is the chief editor of the textbook Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care and the past president-elect of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS). He is the chief editor of the textbook Heart Failure in Children and Young Adults. He is a regular reviewer for “Circulation,” “Pediatric Critical Care Medicine,” “Critical Care Medicine,” and numerous other journals. Dr. Chang has been voted “Physician of Excellence” by the Orange County Medical Association and also selected as one of America’s “Top Doctors,” “Top Pediatricians,” and “Best Cardiologists” by several organizations. 

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Michael Blumenkrantz, MD, FACP, FACN, CNSP, dFASN has over 40 years of experience specializing in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. Dr. Blumenkrantz is an internationally recognized expert in Internal Medicine, Dialysis, Kidney Disease, Total Parenteral Nutrition, and Nutrition. Achieving the rank of Associate Professor of Medicine (in residence) at UCLA, he has been in private practice for the past 30 years. Dr. Blumenkrantz is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology.

Litigation Support - Dr. Blumenkrantz has been offering litigation support services to counsel representing both Plaintiff and Defense for 15 years. Approximately 40% of his cases involve renal issues and the remainder are in the field of internal medicine. Dr. Blumenkrantz has been involved in 350 cases in the past 15 years and has been deposed approximately 120 times. He has testified at 30 trials and arbitrations.

Areas of Expertise:

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Gerald W. Smetana, MD, Board Certified in Internal Medicine, is a General Internist with over 33 years of experience in an academic primary care practice at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He is also a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School where he teaches internal medicine to medical house staff and also extensively to practicing clinicians in continuing medical education settings. Practicing in an outpatient setting, Dr. Smetana cares for a panel of patients that is weighted towards those with multiple chronic illnesses and high disease complexity. In addition to all aspects of office based general internal medicine, his areas of interest include Preoperative Medical Evaluation, Hypertension, and Headache. Dr. Smetana has been repeatedly selected as a Best Doctor in a national survey and has received a national award for scholarship in medical education. He publishes in the peer reviewed medical literature and medical texts, has edited textbooks, and has helped to develop national guidelines on topics in internal medicine. He has been invited to deliver seminars and presentations on various topics within his area of expertise nationally and internationally. Litigation Support - Dr. Smetana reviews cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, and has testified at deposition and trial as an expert more than 45 times. He has reviewed several hundred medical malpractice cases over the past 10 years both for plaintiffs and doctors. Dr. Smetana also consults for risk management insurers. His primary care, record review, and medicolegal consultation services are available throughout the United States.

Dr. Dean A. Berman, is a Board-Certified, residency-trained Emergency Room Physician with over 20 years of clinical experience. Comfortable in high stress environments, Dr. Berman regularly treats and manages patients with life threatening conditions. He has extensive experience in Airway Management, Video Laryngoscopy, Sedation, and EKG Interpretation.

Experience: Dr. Berman is currently an Emergency Room Physician at Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert, AZ  where he participates on the Trauma Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Committee. Dr. Berman also acts as a mentor to medical and physician assistant students. He is a former Director of Emergency Services at St. Joseph’s Westgate Medical Center in Glendale , AZ where he participated on the Performance Improvement Committee and assisted with quality improvement initiatives. Dr. Berman previously worked at Saint Clare’s Hospital in Denville, NJ where he was the Assistant Medical Stroke Director and participated on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.

Dr. Berman is focused on putting patients at ease and clearly diagnosing even the most difficult cases.  He is an adept diagnostician with over twenty years of experience in the management of patients with a wide range of clinical presentations. His background as a Pharmacist allows for a thorough evaluation of medication therapy.

Litigation Support - Dr. Berman provides expert witness services for plaintiff and defendant attorneys in cases involving Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care. He is a good communicator with excellent writing skills and a flexible schedule in an expert witness capacity. Dr. Berman's services include medical record review, thorough reporting, deposition, and trial testimony as needed.

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