Neonatology Expert Witness | New York

Expert Qualifications

This expert is a Board Certified Neonatologist, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics/ Neonatology in full time academic practice at a large Children's Hospital and Perinatal Regional Referral Center. She teaches medical students, residents and fellows in the classroom and at bedside, serves as Director of Quality Assurance for a busy Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and conducts clinical trials. She is published in leading peer-reviewed journals and has been an invited speaker in national and international forums. She has been selected as one of the Best Doctors in America since 1996. She provides expert witness review and testimony in matters of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine for both plaintiff and defense.

Bio Snapshot

Residency in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University at Pennsylvania 1983-1986

Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University at Pennsylvania 1986-1988

MD, PhD with Honors in Cardiopulmonary Physiology at Temple University School of Medicine 1976-1983

Board Certification: Pediatrics 1987 - present

Board Certification: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 1989-present

Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Medical License: New York

Associate Professor Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

University at Buffalo School of Medicine

Senior Attending Neonatologist

Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo

Director, Quality Assurance Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Areas of Expertise:

Resuscitation - Neonatal Jaundice/Kernicterus

Birth Trauma/Shoulder Dystocia Neonatal Death

Erb’s Palsy/Brachial Plexus Injury Cerebral Palsy

Necrotizing Enterocolitis NICU Care

Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Neonatal Sepsis/Meningitis

Umbilical and PICC line injuries Chronic Lung Disease

Neonatal heart and lung disease IV Infiltrate Injuries

Forensic Services: Medical expert consultation, chart review, report writing, deposition and trial testimony for both defense and plaintiff

Medical expert witness service for over 10 years

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