Legal Nurse Consultant Search
Ana-Maria Gallo
Birth injury, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Labor and Delivery, Nursing Standards, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Other
Dr. Ana-Maria Gallo has been a registered nurse since 1990. Her nursing career has focused primarily in obstetrics. Her clinical background experienced includes labor & delivery, OB triage, antenatal testing and high risk OB. In addition to clinical experience she practiced as a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Woman and has taught maternal-child health classes at both Point Loma Nazarene University and the University of San Diego. Currently she is the Director of Nursing Education, Research and Professional Development at Sharp Grossmont Hospital.
Dr. Gallo attended Point Loma Nazarene University where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She has completed her Masters and Doctoral degree at the University of San Diego and completed a post-doctorate fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. In addition to her current role Dr. Gallo serves as adjunct faculty at San Diego State University and at the University of Phoenix, San Diego campus.
She is an active member of several professional organizations such as Association of Women’s health Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and the American Association of Legal Nurse consultant. She presents both locally and nationally on perinatal topics and has been published.
? PhD, CNS, RNC-OB
2005
1990
2005
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Liz Holakiewicz
Life Care Planning
I am a certified nurse life care planner with more than 20 years experience in life care planning for patients with various disabilities and conditions, and the related deposition and trial testimony this role entails. I also prepare care plans for use within the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. In 1981, I graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Biola College. Additonal certifications include public health nursing (1981) and case management (1993). My clinical nursing background includes MICU, CCU, Home Health and Case Management.
Currently, my role with SDAALNC is President and website chair. Additional professional affiliations include the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners, Case Management Society of America, North American Nursing Diagnoses Association International, International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals and the International Academy of Life Care Planners.
? BSN, RN, CCM, CNLCP
1991
1981
1991
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Rosanna Janes
Criminal, Health Care Fraud, Independent Medical Examination, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Tort
Fact Witness
Founding Member of AALNC and over 26 years experience in Legal Nurse Consulting, including 17 yrs in-house LNC at Luce Forward Law Firm. Owner of Janes & Associates since 2003. Experience includes working on cases involving health care fraud, products liability, personal injury, toxic tort, medical malpractice, insurance bad faith, employment law, criminal law, white collar crime,family law, probate law, nursing home litigation, and elder abuse. Worked on the Daubert case.
? RN, BSN
1986
1979
1986
2003
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Denise B Sannicandro
Disability, Health Care Fraud, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Toxic Tort, Workers' Compensation
Administration, Case Management, Gerontology/Nursing Home, Home Care, Other
1974
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Virgie G. Demanski
Independent Medical Examination, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury
Fact Witness, Other
Private practice specializing in medical and mental examinations (IMEs, DMEs) for the legal community from monitoring through settlement with expert witness testimony.
Thirty years of total clinical nursing experience was acquired mostly in acute care settings as a staff nurse with 22 years in Perioperative Nursing (Operating Room) and three years in Psychiatric Nursing.
? BA, ASN, RN, CNOR(E)
1998
1977
1998
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Ann Maria De La Torre
Criminal, Health Care Fraud, Independent Medical Examination, Personal Injury
Fact Witness, Pediatrics
Independent contractor providing consultation in medical-legal issues. Provide both plaintiff and defense with chronologies, reports, summary of medical records, depositions, interrogatories. Attend independent medical examinations. My nursing experience includes pediatrics, newborn, NICU, outpatient pediatrics and neuro-rehab, neuro-surgery.
? RN, LNC
2012
1982
2012
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Marsue C May
? MBA, BSN, RN, LNCC
1992
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Suzanne Rector
Disability, Independent Medical Examination, Medical Malpractice, Medicare Set-Aside Allocator, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Tort, Workers' Compensation
Administration, Nursing Standards, Other
Suzanne Rector RN, LNC, BSN, MAA has a clinical background in critical care and trauma, as well in hospital education and administration and brings forward that experience and leadership to the legal nurse consult arena. Suzanne has worked on personal injury cases, worker’s compensation, toxic tort, nursing negligence and medical malpractice. She provides cost analysis or projections, MSA, medical record review and analysis services for various entities. Suzanne was the recipient of governor election to the EMS/Trauma Steering committee of the State of Washington for six years. Suzanne is proud to be a Veteran of the Armed Forces and maintains active Registered Nursing licenses in WA, CA, FL.Previously certified as a CEN and CCRN. I continue to Teach TNCC, CATN and ENPC.
? RN, LNC, BSN, MAA
2006
1988
2007
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Aileen Renolayan
I'm currently enrolled in the LNC program at UC Riverside, expected completion date: August 2012
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Terrie Ellen Gibbs
Criminal, Disability, Elder Law, Health Care Fraud, Independent Medical Examination, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Tort
Fact Witness, Gerontology/Nursing Home, Home Care, Nursing Standards, Wound Care
I started nursing in 1972 at Sharp Memorial Hospital in Med-Surg then ICU and Cardiac Cath Lab. In 1977, I joined the Navy Nurse Corps gaining experience in NeuroSurgery, Orthopedics, ICU, Surgical ICU, Cardiothoracic ICU, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Urology, Same Day Surgeries, Podiatry, Triage, Trauma Life Support, Cardiac Surgery Step-Down and Cardiac Rehab. I retired from the Navy and went into Home Health and Hospice.
? MSN, RN, LNC
2009
1973
2009
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Constance J. Paine
Independent Medical Examination, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability
Cardiology/cardiac rehab, ICU, IV therapy, Medical Surgical, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Standards, Orthopedics/Sports Medicine, Wound Care
30+ years as clinically active nurse, primarily in critical care.
Have reviewed over 50 cases, both defense and plaintiff in past 4 years.
Have testifying experience in depositions and at trial.
? RN, CLNC
2007
1973
2006
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Cindy Dyte
Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Tort
Cindy has been an RN since 1981. Clinical expertise includes Emergency/Trauma, ICU (medical/surgical, trauma, cardiac), DME, Utilization Review and Quality Management. She worked for Health Net for 14 years as Manager of Health Care Services, and was the Director of Patient Care Services for a DME agency. She has experience with defense pharmaceutical litigation, drug safety, products liability, personal injury, medical and nursing malpractice. She has been a member of AALNC since 2005.
? BSN, RN, LNCC
2005
1981
2006
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Wendy L. Bonnar
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury
Fact Witness, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Standards, Obstetrics/Gynecology
Wendy Bonnar has 20 years experience as an RN and 17 as a Nurse Practitioner.
Her speciality is Obstetrics and Gynecology and she is currently employed as a Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner at Scripps Clinic Medical Group in Carmel Valley California. She has experience as a nursing instructor for Grossmont College in San Diego and SDSU Nurse Practitioner and Midwife program.
She has a limited Obstetric ultrasound certificate, is trained in colposcopy and is certified as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner.
She is past president of The San Diego Chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants for 2007.
? WHNP-BC, MSN
2001
1995
2001
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Crystal Piedra
Medical Malpractice
Nurse Anesthetist, Other
? CRNA, MSN
2005
1979
2006
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Danny Vasquez
Criminal, Disability, Health Care Fraud, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Workers' Compensation
ICU, IV therapy, Medical Surgical, Nursing Standards
Danny Vasquez has an extensive career in acute patient care. Danny began his Nursing Career in 1984 at the University of Southern California (USC) Los Angeles Medical Center/County Hospital. He trained as a Critical Care Nurse in the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Danny quickly became a Nurse Leader, Preceptor, and role model for new staff nurses. He then went to work across town at Kaiser-Sunset where he became Patient Care Coordinator in the Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit. After moving to San Diego, Danny worked at Scripps-Mercy Hospital in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and University of California, San Diego as Lead Vascular Access Nurse. Danny earned his Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science degrees in Nursing at the University of Phoenix. Certifications include Certified Registered Nurse Infusion (CRNI), California Public Health Nurse (CPHN), Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC).
? BSN, MSN, PHN, CLNC
2012
1984
2012
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Kathleen Elizabeth Loeffler
Criminal, Family Law, Health Care Fraud, Independent Medical Examination, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Tort
Fact Witness, Other
I am a Founding Member of American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) and Past President of the San Diego Chapter of AALNC. I have 26 years experience as an independent Legal Nurse Consultant with a vast background in plaintiff and defense cases. I am an experienced in Health Care Fraud Analysis, Medical Billing Analysis-Fraudulent Charges, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability and Toxic Tort. My clinical experience encompasses Neonatal ICU, Pediatrics, Medical-Surgical/Oncology and Endoscopy.
? RN, BSN
1987
1976
1986
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Cary Zijlstra Joel
Disability, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Workers' Compensation
? RN, MSN, CLNC
2007
1980
2007
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Micaela Elisa Mvongo
Medical Malpractice
Birth injury, Labor and Delivery, Obstetrics/Gynecology
After I was graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing I started my nursing career in 2004 at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns in San Diego, California. For seven years I worked as a Labor & Delivery nurse, and I am currently working in high risk pregnancy on the Perinatal Special Care Unit. I am currently a member of AWHONN, ANA and AALNC.
? RN, BSN, LNC
2012
2004
2012
2012
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Marsha Rae Harp
Criminal, Elder Law, Family Law, Independent Medical Examination, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Workers' Compensation
NICU
I have been an RN since 1993. The majority of my experience has been in the NICU but also includes experience in PICU, pediatrics, adolescents, mother/baby, pediatric home health and the emergency department. I received my advanced nursing certification in the NICU in 2010. I spent three years as a clinical supervisor in a thirty six bed level III NICU. I obtained my legal nurse consulting certification in April 2007 and started my own independent consulting firm, Our Legal Nurse Consultants, LLC. I work with both plaintiff and defense attorneys, primarily in the areas of medical malpractice, personal injury, and product liability cases. I am a testifying expert in the NICU realm only. I have been a certified CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) and NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) instructor for the last fourteen years. Professional memberships include: American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) both locally and nationally (I currently serve locally as the marketing chair and a director at large), National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), American Nurses Association (ANA), California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), and the American College of Forensic Examiners (ACFE).
? RNC, LNC, FRN
2007
1993
2007
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Carol Smith
Medical Malpractice
Birth injury, NICU, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics
I have been a nurse for over 20 years in the NICU, Maternal - Child, and Pediatric fields. I have a passion for neonatal intensive care and for making healthcare safer for these fragile patients. I am a breast cancer survivor. I love being an aunt to my many nieces and nephews.
? RN, CLNC
2012
2005
2012
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Karen M. Harmon
Birth injury, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Labor and Delivery, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Other
I have been actively practicing in the area of Obstetrics since 1990. I am currently the Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist of a High-Risk Perinatal Unit at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns in San Diego. Prior to this position I was the Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist in Labor & Delivery and High-Risk OB at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Diego. My background includes being a clinical instructor for Maternal-Child Nursing at San Diego State University School of Nursing, chapter author for the 9th ed.(2009)of AWHONN's Fetal Heart Monitoring Principles & Practices text and current active member in the San Diego Chapter of Legal Nurse Consultants.
? RNC-OB, C-EFM, MSN, CNS
2003
1987
2003
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Marilyn Wiedemann
Criminal, Family Law, Independent Medical Examination, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Tort
Marilyn Wiedemann has served in various rolls over her 37 year career. She earned her BSN from CSU Dominguez Hills and MS from USD. Her hospital experience includes Pediatrics and Maternal Child Health with a primary focus (15 yrs.) as ALS (Advanced Life Support) Nurse in the NICU and for the past 6 years as MCH Nurse Educator. She has been an NRP Instructor for 18 years and even certified MD’s and RN’s in Latvia and Lithuania with the International Relief Teams. Marilyn received her CLNC in 2008 and is Founder/Director of Medline Legal Nurse Consultants in which her work represents either plaintiff or defense for Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability & Criminal Cases.
? MS, RNC, CLNC
2008
1975
2008
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Joanne M. Behymer
Criminal, Elder Law, Family Law, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Tort
? MSN, RN
1987
1987
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Lisa Matter
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Tort, Workers' Compensation
Obstetrics/Gynecology, Operating Room/Recovery
Lisa Matter has been a Registered Nurse since 2002 and has worked in a variety of high acute speciality areas. She began her nursing career working in Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care and in the Emergency/Trauma Department. Since 2006 her clinical background has focused on Obstetrics/Gynecology and Post Anesthesia Care by specializing in Labor and Delivery, OB Triage, and Pre/Post Operative Care. She currently practices at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns in San Diego in their Post Anesthesia Care Unit. She is a member of several professional organizations such as the American Nurses Association (ANA), Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC). Lisa also currently practices as an independent legal nurse consultant and works with both plaintiff and defense attorneys.
? RN, BA, CLNC
2012
2002
2012
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Kathryn J Webb
Since receiving the BS in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin, Kathryn Webb has worked in a diversity of disciplines including CCU, ICU, OR Recovery, Burns, ER, Infection Control, and nursing management. Her focus since 1996 has been hospital bill audit and its associated legal implications and processes, from both provider and payer perspectives. Kathryn's LNC specialization builds on her comprehensive and current audit and billing insights and experience.
? RN, BSN, MHP
2012
1971
2012
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Laura Burchell-Henson
Criminal, Elder Law, Independent Medical Examination, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Workers' Compensation
Administration, Birth injury, Cardiology/cardiac rehab, Case Management, Emergency/ trauma, Gerontology/Nursing Home, Home Care, ICU, IV therapy, Life Care Planning, Medical Surgical, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Nursing Standards, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Other, Pediatrics, Rehabilitation, Wound Care
? RN, ASN, CCRN, RCP, LNC, LCP
1991
2000
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Regina Noonan
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Toxic Tort
23 years as legal nurse consultant, among 1st in country with advanced level LNCC certification. Extensive experience with nationally recognized lawfirms in mass tort cases (Kaye Scholer, Sidley Austin, Wilson Elser, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Morris Polich & Purdy, McKenna & Cuneo, Morrison Forrester, Neil Dymott). Excellence in developing defense strategies and Medline research.
? RN, MSN, LNCC
1988
1982
1988
2003
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Eugenia M Mena
Administration, Emergency/ trauma, ICU, Medical Surgical, Nursing Standards, Other, Quality Assurance
My name is Eugenia Mena. I graduaed from LAC-USC College of Nursing in 1996. For the next 10 years, I worked as a medical-surgical nurse, critical care nurse, research coordinator, transplant coordinator, and nursing supervisor. During this time, I married and had my first child, a beautiful baby girl. In 2004 I returned to school and in 2006 I received my Masters in Public Health with an emphasis in Healthcare Management from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The following year, I was blessed with my second child, a handsome boy. In 2008, I started a new role as a Quality Coordinator and Peer Review nurse for Scripps Healthcare. Currently, I am working at Alvarado Hospital as a Performance Improvement Coordinator.
? RN, MPH
2012
1996
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Christina A Sanders
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability
Cardiology/cardiac rehab, Emergency/ trauma, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Standards
Christina Sanders has been a registered nurse since 1998 and has worked as a nurse practitioner for more than 10 years. She started her nursing career in the emergency department at Johns Hopkins Hospital while working towards her Masters degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. After completing her Masters in 2000, she began practicing as an adult nurse practitioner specializing in cardiology with a large private practice group in New Jersey. Since 2004, Christina has been working at Scripps Clinic in outpatient cardiology. Christina started her independent legal nurse consulting practice in 2007 and expanded her consulting business by starting Vera Juris in 2011. Her consulting includes both plaintiff and defense cases and she is a testifying expert for cases involving nurse practitioners. Christina has been a member of the AALNC-San Diego Chapter since 2006 and has served on the chapter's board since 2009.
? MSN, RN, NP
2004
1998
2004
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MJ Tichacek
? MN, Psysch Mental Health, CNS-Board Certified
1969
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Susan J. Farese
Criminal, Family Law, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation
Administration, Emergency/ trauma, Fact Witness, ICU, Medical Surgical, Other, Quality Assurance
? MSN, RN
1996
1978
2011
1996
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Liz Bergman
Independent Medical Examination, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury
Plastic Surgery
Liz has been an RN since 1981. She currently practices at Scripps Clinic (since 1983) in many different areas, but primarily in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Liz was the recipient of "RN of the Year" for 2011 at Scripps Clinic. Her clinical experience consists of pre and post operative patient education and care, assisting in surgery and recovery, burn and wound care, facial fractures, and cancer reconstruction. Many of these patients are inpatients, so Liz has experience with hospital care and rounds. Liz has been a LNC since 2002, after completing the LNC course at UCSD. She primarily does medical malpractice and screening cases for merit. She has worked with both plaintiff and defense attorneys and has trial experience.
? RN
2002
1981
2002
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K. DeAnn Taylor
Criminal, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability
Fact Witness
17 years of clinical nursing experience, primarily in the areas of critical care, cardiology and the cardiac cath lab. She has been a successful independent Legal Nurse Consultant since starting her own business, KDT Consulting, in 1997, with her practice focusing on medical malpractice, personal injury, and product liability. She has been an active member of the San Diego Chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants since 2000.
? RN, LNCC
1998
1982
1997
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Therese Ehlke
Elder Law, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury
? RN, BSN, JD
1991
1983
2013
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