Training & Expertise
Areas of Expertise: Acute care management, resuscitation, trauma evaluation, critical care, bedside ultrasound, decision support, ED operations, healthcare administration
Degrees:
• MD (Harvard Medical School)
• MS in Science Writing (MIT)
Residency: Mass General Brigham Harvard‑Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (haemr.org)
– ICU Rotations: MGH Surgical & Medical ICUs, BWH Surgical ICU, MGH Pediatric ICU
– Trauma Experience: Level 1 Trauma Centers at MGH and BWH
– Pediatric ED and ICU Experience
– Advanced Bedside Ultrasound Training
Education Role: Director of Content, Full Code Medical virtual simulation platform
Research: Published in NEJM, Annals of EM, JAMIA, Applied Clinical Informatics
Practice Areas
I provide expert analysis, report preparation, and testimony for both plaintiff and defense in cases involving emergency care standards, trauma, clinical decision‑making, and ED systems. The practice areas listed below reflect real-world cases I have reviewed and provided expert opinions on.
- Complex Wound Management & Device Use
- Hemostasis, wound exploration, appropriate device selection & use
- Consent, discharge planning, follow‑up instructions
- Penetrating & Blunt Trauma
- Initial evaluation, imaging interpretation, acute & chronic sequelae
- Assault‑related injuries: head, neck, facial trauma
- Altered Mental Status, Capacity & Consent
- Assessment of decision‑making capacity in ED
- Elements of informed consent for diagnostics & procedures
- Infectious Emergencies & Sepsis Care
- Recognition and management of necrotizing infections, sepsis & septic shock
- Timeliness of diagnosis, antibiotic administration, surgical consultation
- Stroke & Neurovascular Emergencies
- LVO identification, tPA and thrombectomy decision‑making
- Interfacility transfer protocols and time‑to‑treatment benchmarks
Confidentiality Notice: All case descriptions above are representative issues only. Identifying details, dates, and parties have been omitted to protect confidentiality.