Medical - Medicine Expert Witnesses

Paul M. Adler, DO, FACEP, MBA, Medical Director for the Ventura County, California, Department of Corrections, has worked in Correctional / Jail / Prison Medicine & COVID-19 Preparation & Response. He has overseen the care of inmates in Jails in California and New York, as well as Prison inmates who have been transferred to county facilities to serve their terms for years in county jails in California. He has also overseen Correctional health car in locked units in Hospitals . 

Dr. Adler is the President-Elect of The American Correctional Health Services Association of California / Nevada, which represents all clinicians and administrators in Jails/Prisons in California and Nevada. He previously oversaw a County Hospital, County Nursing Home and ran a County Health Department and oversaw Correctional healthcare for the Westchester, New York Jail.

Litigation Support - Dr. Adler has defended Jails and Prisons in Southern California, Idaho, Texas, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, etc. He is currently the expert consultant to the California Prison System for Covid litigation and the medical consultant to the judicial consent decree overseeing care in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons. He also served as the expert consultant to the ACLU for Covid in the Illinois Department of Corrections

Dr. Adler still works as a full-time practicing physician and has helped attorneys and insurance companies in Emergency Medicine, Nursing Home Medicine, Public Health and Hospital Administration since 1985. He has been involved in Plaintiff litigation in many states including against Rikers Island, NY and Cook County Jail and is available to review and consult on clinical Correctional/Jail/Prison cases for attorneys for both Plaintiff and Defense.

Services:

• COVID-19 Preparation & Response
• Medical Oversight of Federal Consent Decrees
• Screen Cases for Merit
• Review, Analyze and interpret Medical Records
• Provide Basic or Comprehensive Written Reports
• Interpret Standards of Care, Deviation and Adherences as they Relate to Correctional Health Care
• Develop Chronological Time Lines
• Policy and Procedure Development

Dr. Andrew Mark Rodgers, BS, MS, DC, is a National Certifed Chiropractic Expert Witness with over 38 years of experience. He has worked on over 120 malpractice cases on the proper standard of care and has testified in 30 cases in the last 22 years. Dr. Rodgers is available for complimentary verbal evaluations, offers expedient affidavits and cost-effective testimonies and depositions for chiropractic deviation from standard of care cases nationwide. He represents both Defendant and Plaintiff.

Areas of Expertise

• Malpractice cases – proving standard of care and deviationsm, causation, and informed consent issues
• Administrative law, state laws, and honest medical protocols and billing procedures
• Plaintiff/defendant expert witness testimony in trauma cases, motor vehicle cases, workers comp cases and/or slip and fall injuries
• Insurance fraud
• Continues very active clinical practice

David Martinez has over 35 years of experience in the field of Medical Billing. His expertise covers all facets of the revenue cycle, and he possesses a comprehensive understanding of relevant laws, regulations, and statutes, especially those applicable in California. 

Accurate Medical Billing are among the most sought-after expert witnesses. Accurate the only billing service to earn Preferred Partner status with the San Bernardino County Medical Society and the only billing service authorized in California to perform CEUs for doctors. They possess extensive knowledge and experience in insurance billing, claims, and collections. Accurate is the recommended billing service by and for CCA members and endorsed and recommended by ICAC. Co-Chair of the Insurance and Managed Care Committee – California Chiropractic Association. 

 Mr. Martinez is the administrator of the largest medical billing group on Facebook, which boasts over 6,000 members. This role entails significant responsibility and trust. He has curated a highly qualified team of experts in the field, which includes Certified Coders, Auditors, and Medical Reimbursement Specialists. His team comprises former claims examiners for insurance companies, as well as auditors, billers, coders, and compliance specialists, giving them deep insights into insurance companies' strategies.

Areas of Expertise:

Partial Background Experience:

• Consolidated Healthcare Services - Director of Billing and Collections for 54 current and past, state-of-the-art Open MRI, primarily in the Southeast United States. Mentored training developed a direct staff of 24 and an indirect staff of 72.
• Prime Healthcare Hospital - Business Office Manager Incorporated fully managed care training and collections. Collaborated with legal counsel in the interpretation of medical records.

 Education / Training:

• Certified Professional Coder
• Certified CE Educator (California Board of Chiropractic Examiners)
• Certified Medical Reimbursement Billing Specialist
• Certified Claims Auditor
• Certified Claims Examiner
• Certified HIPAA Professional
• Certified Medical Claims Biller
• Certified Compliance Officer (9 others) Certifications)

Dr. Hoffman is a Geriatric Neuropsychologist in Northern California with a practice focusing on the assessment of capacity, undue influence, conservatorships, & elder abuse in older adults. She specializes in the differential diagnosis of dementia and their effect on capacity.

Dr Hoffman serves as an expert witness and has testified on issues of capacity and undue influence. She is the author of “The Assessment of Testamentary Capacity & Undue Influence in the Older Adult,” in Forensic Geropsychology (2018).

Mark Molos, MD, is a practicing Gastroenterologist and has performed GI Endoscopy since 1986. He has over 30 years of Expert Witness Experience for both Plaintiff and Defense in the fields of Gastroenterology and GI Endoscopy. He is available for medical record review, deposition, and trial testimony.

Complications of EGD, Colonoscopy and ERCP, Colon Perforation, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Failure to Diagnose Colon Cancer, Splenic Laceration and Rupture, IBD, Pancreatitis, SBO, Food-born Illness

Tristan Dacunha, MD, is an Emergency Room Physician with over 15 years of evaluating cases for some of the largest firms in New York. Certified as an Expert in 2007, he is available to attorneys for plaintiff and defendant.

Medical Experts in the Fields of:

• Emergency Room Malpractice
• Medical Malpractice
• Nursing Home Malpractice
• Podiatry and Foot Surgery Malpractice
• Ulcers

Available for:

• Motions to Oppose Summary Judgment
• Case Reviews
• Certificates of Merit
• Case Analysis
• Court Testimony
• General Consultations

Dr. Ariel F. Grajales-Cruz, triple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology, specializes in multiple myeloma and advanced immunotherapies. An Assistant Member at Moffitt Cancer Center and USF faculty, he offers expert witness testimony, malpractice review, and litigation support. Author of 20+ publications, he lectures worldwide and is fluent in English, Spanish, and French.

Expertise in Myeloma, CAR-T, Immunotherapy & Malpractice Cases.

Expert Witness in Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care,  and Family Medicine Dr. W. Anthony Gerard is a Full time Emergency Physician and Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine. He also practices in Rural and Urgent Care Medicine part time. Dr. Gerard has a special interest in Urgent care, Emergency medicine, family medicine,   Call Dr. Gerard for Prompt, Professional, Personal Service.

Dr. Fred DeLucia provides Adult and Pediatric Foot and Ankle Surgery. Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery.

15+ years of experience with lower extremity pathology

Education/Training:New York University New York College of Podiatric Medicine

Deg/Cert:Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Dual Board Certified in Foot and Ankle Surgery and Podiatric Medicine

Over 25 years of experience across clinical practice, life care planning, healthcare reimbursement, and medical cost analysis. Served as a principal or managing member over 40 healthcare-related entities spanning life care planning, physical rehabilitation, pharmacy administration, surgical center operations, revenue cycle management, and healthcare compliance.

Expertise: future medical needs, lifetime medical costs, ERISA-governed benefit plans, disputed medical claims, catastrophic injury

Dr. Tara Bath is a licensed Doctor of Chiropractic, Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP®), and Certified Independent Chiropractic Examiner (CICE). She has practiced clinically in Virginia for over 15 years and takes cases for both plaintiff and defense. She handles musculoskeletal injury cases such as spinal trauma, soft tissue injury, disc injury, and whiplash.

Her opinions cover chiropractic standard of care, causation, medical necessity, and the quality of clinical documentation.