JOEL L. GOLDBERG, MD, FACEP
Expert Witness
Phone:
(616) 446-1196
Email:
Areas of Expertise:
Emergency Medicine
Urgent Care
Emergency Medical Services
Occupational Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Dr. Goldberg provides expert witness services for both plaintiff and defense cases and furnishes objective, comprehensive, and thorough review of medical facts and determines adherence to treatment standard of care, best practices, documentation, emergency patient management, quality review, and optimum clinical decision making. His credible and clearly understandable assessment, opinions and testimony are the basis for building definitive strategies for his clients.
DR. GOLDBERG PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:
Evaluation of case for merit
Medical chart review and analysis
Expert witness deposition
Analysis of opposing expert deposition and cross-examination
Expert witness testimony
Expert opinion on negligence, causation, failure to diagnose, delayed diagnosis and misdiagnosis
Dr. Goldberg is a Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Specialist with expertise in the fields of Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, Occupational Medicine and Emergency Medical Services. He has over 23 years of experience as a practicing emergency physician in academic, urban, community and rural hospital departments, as well as teaching hospitals. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Homer Stryker School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, MI. He has served as a Major in the United States Air Force and has experience in Air Medical Transport.
Dr. Goldberg has been a medical legal consultant for 6 years and handles both plaintiff and defense cases. He is qualified to address questions on medical malpractice, negligence, personal injury, and wrongful death. He provides credible and clearly understandable testimony that informs judges and jury on pertinent medical facts and science.
AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE:
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Abdominal compartment syndrome
Abdominal pain/Abdominal trauma
Acute coronary syndrome
Aortic dissection
Appendicitis
Assault
Asthma
Back injury
Blunt trauma
Cardiac arrest/CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Carotid artery dissection
Cauda equina
Central cord syndrome
Central Line Complication
Cerebral venous thrombosis
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
Chest pain
Chest trauma
Chest tube complication
Chest tube placement
Cholecystitis
Compartment syndrome
COPD
Deep vein thrombosis
Dept. of Transportation Exams
Difficult airway
Difficult intubation
Diverticulitis
Electrocardiogram interpretation
EKG interpretation
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) violations
Endocarditis
Endotracheal intubation
Epidural abscess
Esophageal perforation
Extremity trauma
Fracture care and stabilization
GI bleed
HCAP
Head trauma
Healthcare associated pneumonia
Heart attack
Hemorrhagic stroke
Infection
Intracranial hemorrhage
Ischemic bowel
Ischemic stroke
Lacerations
Lumbar puncture (LP)
Meningitis
Mesenteric ischemia
Mismanagement
Missed diagnosis
Missed fractures
MRSA
Myocardial infarction (MI)
Neck injury
Necrotizing fasciitis
Negligence
Occupational health
Occupational injury
Open fracture
Opioid overdose
Osteomyelitis
Overdose
Pancreatitis
Perforated ulcer
PE
Peripheral vascular disease/ischemia
Pneumonia
Pneumothorax
Post-operative complications
Posterior circulation stroke
Pressure injury/ulcer
Pulmonary embolism (PE)
Pyelonephritis
Pulmonary embolism
Retained foreign bodies
Retroperitoneal hemorrhage
Sepsis
Septic shock
Shock
Simple pneumothorax
Small Bowel obstruction
Spinal cord injury
Spinal cord trauma/fracture
Spinal epidural abscess
Spine fracture
Standard of Care
Spine injury
STEMI
Stroke
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Surgical complications
Syncope
Tendon injuries
Tension pneumothorax
Testicular torsion
Thoracic aortic aneurysm
Thrombotic thrombocytopenia pupura (TTP)
Tissue plasminogen activator
TPA
Trauma
Traumatic injury
Tube thoracostomy
Wound complication
Urosepsis
Urgent care
EDUCATION
Emergency Medicine Resident, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Doctor of Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Master of Arts, University of California, Los Angeles, Biology
Bachelor of Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Biology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current Professional Positions
Lab Director and Medical Director, Grifols Biomat Plasma Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Physician Clinical Reviewer, Evolent Health
Physician, ProHealth Occupational Medicine
Attending Physician, Bronson Healthcare Hospitals
Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, WMU, Homer Stryker School of Medicine
Resident Teaching Experience
Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI
Wilford Hall, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX
MILITARY SERVICE
Major and Unit Commander, United States Air Force, Operation Noble Eagle, Lackland AFB
Captain, United States Air Force Reserves, Flight Surgeon, Youngstown AFB
National Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal
CERTIFICATIONS
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American Board of Emergency Medicine, Diplomat #990311. Board Certified
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Licensures: Indiana, Michigan and California.
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Fellow of American College of Emergency Physicians, member Michigan State Medical Society.
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National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners
PUBLICATIONS
“Common Parasitic Infections (2001).” In Just the Facts in Emergency Medicine. Editors Cline, D.M. and Ma, O.J. McGraw-Hill, New York, pp. 294-297.