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Anesthesiology (Obstetric, Vascular, General & Regional Anesthesia), Perioperative Medicine & Patient Safety

ID: 740566 Wisconsin, USA

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Expert is a board-certified anesthesiologist with over a decade of clinical experience specializing in obstetric, vascular, and general anesthesia. Expert holds a Doctor of Medicine degree and completed residency training in anesthesiology, along with an internal medicine internship, at a Midwestern academic medical center, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree earned with Magna Cum Laude honors.

Expert has built an extensive career in perioperative care, patient safety, and healthcare quality improvement within a multi-hospital health system, holding progressively senior clinical and administrative leadership roles including Staff Anesthesiologist, Co-Medical Director of a perioperative surgical home program, Co-Medical Director of Anesthesia across multiple hospitals, Chair of an anesthesiology quality committee, and Medical Director for anesthesia services at a newly established hospital. Expert has been elected to represent a large group of anesthesiologists on a divisional leadership council and currently serves on a health system mortality review committee. Expert also holds an academic appointment overseeing anesthesia education and clinical training for medical students.

Expert offers medicolegal consulting services encompassing case evaluation, standard-of-care and risk assessment review, deposition and expert witness testimony, and policy/procedural audits related to anesthesia practice, supporting both malpractice defense and plaintiff litigation. Expert is a Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, holds board leadership roles within a state society of anesthesiologists, and has contributed to peer-reviewed publications and academic presentations in the field of anesthesiology.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2009 Degree: MD Subject: Medical School Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Year: 2005 Degree: BA Subject: Biomedicine / Pre-Medicine Institution: Augustana College

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2013 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Anesthesiologist & Medical Director Department:
Responsibilities:
• Provide anesthesia care across multiple hospitals and surgical centers, specializing in high-risk cases including vascular, obstetric, and regional anesthesia.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient safety and surgical outcomes.
• Serve on key committees focused on quality, safety, operations, and medical management.
• Lead a team of 13 anesthesiologists and 12 CRNAs across multiple hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.
• Provide strategic leadership in staffing, clinical operations, and quality initiatives. Oversees standard of care met for all anesthetic services.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2023 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Clinical Assistant Adjunct Professor Department:
Responsibilities:
Oversees anesthesia education and clinical training for medical students at an affiliated medical center and ambulatory surgery centers.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert provides medicolegal consulting services in anesthesia-related legal matters, including case evaluation and expert analysis, risk assessment and standard-of-care review supporting both malpractice defense and plaintiff litigation, deposition and expert witness testimony, consultation on perioperative complications and anesthesia-related adverse events, and policy/procedural audits to identify potential liabilities in anesthesia practices.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
• Fellow, American Society of Anesthesiologists (FASA)
• Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists
• Wisconsin Medical Society
Licenses / Certifications
• Wisconsin Medical License
• American Board of Anesthesiology Certification
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS
Publications and Patents Summary
4 publications:
• A peer-reviewed journal article on interpreting arterial blood gases (published in a nursing/perioperative practice journal, 2015)
• A peer-reviewed journal article on a time-motion study evaluating computer physician order entry implementation in a pediatric emergency department (2009)
• A conference abstract and presentation on venous air embolism during laparoscopic surgery
• An unpublished manuscript on treatment of medication extravasation with associated compartment syndrome

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