Frank W Meissner, MD, FACP, FACC, FCCP, CPHIMS is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Nuclear Cardiology, and Adult Echocardiography.
I am an accomplished practicing clinical cardiologist with expertise in Invasive Cardiology; Transthoracic, Transesophageal and Stress Echocardiography; Noninvasive and Invasive Diagnostic Vascular Medicine; Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac MRI Imaging; Multidetector CT Cardiovascular Imaging, Bradycardia/Tachycardia & Resynchronization Device Therapies with experience in both device implantation and device follow-up.
In addition, to this wide ranging expertise in cardiovascular disease, I am an experienced critical care medicine practitioner and my clinical practice encompasses general as well as cardiology specific critical care medicine.
Finally, I am unique as a cardiologist in that I also maintain an active practice of Emergency Medicine, having spent a total of more than 21,500 hours practicing Emergency Medicine in a wide range of settings, including 6 months combat experience as the Director Of Emergency Medicine for a USAF Combat Support Hospital supporting UN Protection Forces in the Balkans. I am a medical director for a rural EMS system in Rural Texas.
I have an undergraduate degree in mathematics, have completed graduate degree training in Medical Informatics, had three years experience in leading a USAF medical software development group and have obtained and recertified my expertise in the field of Health Information Management Systems. As a consequence of these activities and this training I am comfortable with abstract engineering and mathematical analysis and consequently have a deep understanding of systems and software engineering as these disciplines relate to medical treatment and medical error analysis. Furthermore, as a direct consequence of these relatively unique experiences I have excellent background training related to the analysis of causality.
I have 10 years experience in medical legal case review and am an experienced, and articulate expert witness. My practice of Forsenic Medicine is focused upon developing a cost effective, unbiased, and scientifically based case analysis that is designed to aid the court and jury in their case deliberations.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: 1982 DIPLOMATE, NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS ;
1985 DIPLOMATE, AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE ;
1993 (RECERTIFIED 2003) DIPLOMATE, AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE Subspeciality CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ;
1995 (RECERTIFIED 2005) DIPLOMATE, AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE Subspeciality CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE ;
1996 DIPLOMATE, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC MEDICINE ;
1998 DIPLOMATE, CERTIFICATION BOARD OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY ;
2002 (RECERTIFIED 2006) CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ;
2005 DIPLOMATE, NATIONAL BOARD OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ;
2006 TESTAMUR INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF HEART RHYTHM EXAMINERS/NASPExAM ;
USAF Representative to Residents Physician Section - AMA- 1983-85 ;
Outstanding Cardiology Fellow- Wilford Hall Medical Center-1991 ;
Diplomate ABIM- Internal Medicine #103051 September 1985 ;
Diplomate ABIM- Cardiovascular Diseases #103051 November 1993 (Recertification November 2003) ;
Diplomate ABIM- Critical Care Medicine #103051 October 1995
(Recertification November 2005) ;
Diplomate American Board of Forensic Medicine December 1996 ;
Diplomate Certification Board in Nuclear Cardiology November 1998 ;
Diplomate National Board of Echocardiography June 2005 ;
National Board of Medical Examiners #207059 ;
Medical License- Texas #JO596 - active ;
Medical License- Alaska #AA2301 - inactive ;
Medical License- California # G082043 - active ;
Medical License- Utah # 97-344334-1205; active ;
DEA Number - BM2733916 ;
National Provider Identifier 1336147792 ;
Nuclear Cardiology Licensed User - Armstrong Laboratory, David Grant Medical Center, St. Luke's Baptist Hospital, Methodist Hospital, San Antonio Nuclear Cardiology, Val Verdi Regional Medical Center, Ft Duncan Regional Medical Center
Advanced Cardiac Life Support; Instructor; 1985- Present ;
Advanced Trauma Life Support – Instructor; 1991 - 2004 ;
Advanced Pediatric Life Support- Instructor 1992 - Present ;
Systems Operator -Medical SIG Forum - CompuServe Information System ;
Course Developer and Director- Combat Trauma Life Support for UN Medical Corps Officers- US Hospital-Zagreb, Camp Pleso, Zagreb, Croatia ;
Medical Informatics Subcommittee of CAL-AECP Member 1994-1997 ;
ACP Online Advisory Subgroup Member 1993-1997 ;
Certified Professional In Health Information & Management Systems Jan 2003 ;
Manuscript Peer Reviewer for American Journal Cardiology – Jan 2004- present ;
Member - Clinical Decision Support Task Group of the Health Information Management Systems Society; 2005-2007
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: American College of Physicians- Fellow
American College of Cardiology- Fellow
American College of Chest Physicians- Fellow
American College of Forensic Examiners- Member
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology- Member
American Society of Echocardiography- Member
Society of Critical Care Medicine – Member
The American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics- Member
American College of Physician Executives - Member
Association of Computing Machines - Member
Program Management Institute – Member
Health Information Management Systems Society— Member
American College of Emergency Physicians- Member
Association of Computing Machines - Member
Texas Medical Association - Member
Bexar County Medical Society- Member
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: 1991 to 2001 Assistant Professor of Medicine
UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES
1994 to 1997 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - DAVIS
1991 to 1994 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER- SAN ANTONIO
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
1. Treatment of Chronic Hemoptysis by Bronchial Artery Embolization
26th Annual Meeting of the AF Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians (1984)
2. Simultaneous Propranolol-Ergotamine therapy: A Rare Drug-Drug Interaction with
Limb Threatening Consequences
26th Annual Meeting of the AF Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians (1984)
3. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging and It's Application to the Practice of Cardiology
USAF Medical Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Medical Grand Rounds - Jun 1984
4. Paraprosthetic-enteric Fistula: Preoperative Diagnosis by Endoscopy
27th Annual Meeting of the AF Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians (1985)
5. Intensive Medical Therapy with Cure of Multiple Apparent Brain Abscesses
27th Annual Meeting of the AF Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians (1985)
6. Intensive Medical Therapy of Multiple Brain Abscesses: An Alternative to Surgical
Therapy: Poster Session
66th Annual Session Scientific Session of the American College of Physicians (1985)
7. Peacetime Cold Injuries in the Alaskan Sub-Arctic
28th Annual Meeting of the AF Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians (1986)
8. The Natural History of a Regional Hospital Special Care Unit
29th Annual Meeting of the AF Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians (1987)
9. Statistics Made Sensible
2nd Annual Alaskan Radiological Technologists Meeting (1987)
10. How to Read the Medical Literature
Annual Alaskan Medical Conference - 1987
11. The Molecular Biology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Alaskan AIDS Update (1987)
12. Performance of MI Decision Rules in a USAF Regional Hospital
30th Annual Meeting of the AF Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians (1988)
13. The Internist in Combat
30th Annual Meeting of the AF Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians (1988)
14. Epidemiological, Biological, and Medical Aspects of AIDS: A Challenge To Ministry (An Inter-Faith Conference on Ministry to Persons with AIDS, Their Families, Their Friends)- Anchorage, Alaska (1988)
15. Preoperative Evaluation Strategies for the Patient with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Decision
Analytical Approach
31th Annual Meeting of the AF Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians (1989)
16. A Theoretical Analysis of the Effects of Pressure Measurement Precision On Clinical Decision Making in Aortic Valvular Stenosis
32th Annual Meeting of the AF Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians (1990)
17. Pressure-Volume Loop Analysis of Myocardial Contractility Changes During Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
32th Annual Meeting of the AF Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians (1990)
18. MacCare - Cardiac Care Unit Decision Support System
39th Annual Scientific Session - American College of Cardiology (1989)
19. The Certainty of Uncertainty - A Decision Analysis Primer
Wilford Hall Medical Center, Grand Rounds (1990)
20. MacPace-Pacemaker Clinic Database and Decision Support System
40th Annual Scientific Session - American College of Cardiology (1990)
21. Practicum in Transesophageal Echocardiography
Wilford Hall Transesophageal Echocardiography Symposium (1990)
22. Pacemaker Postimplantation Follow-up and Pacemaker Clinic Management
Wilford Hall Medtronics Postgraduate Pacemaker Course (1991)
23. Psychogenic Chest Pain Syndromes
3rd Medical Center, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, Grand Rounds (1992)
24. Black and White: Evidence of Economic Parity in a Black Family in A White Neighborhood,1866-1910
50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Kingston, Jamacia (1992)
25. Transesophageal Echocardiography: Its Role In The Practice Of Aerospace Cardiology
64th Annual Meeting of the Aerospace Medicine Association (1993)
26. Arterial Gas Emboli in Altitude-Induced Decompression Sickness
64th Annual Meeting of the Aerospace Medicine Association (1993)
27. Hardin RD Foster RD Meissner FW
Endoscopic diagnosis of a paraprosthetic-enteric fistula.
GASTROINTEST ENDOSC (1987 Aug) 33(4):318-9
28. Meissner FW & TriService Military Cardiology Subgroup
Corporate Information Management Cardiology Subgroup- Functional Process Improvement Program Draft; Systems Research and Applications Corporation Contract # MDA903-91-D-0061 (1993)
29. Gross KJ, Meissner FW
Window Glass as a Chronological Indicator for Urban Sites in San Antonio, Texas
in, Archaeology at the Alamodome: Investigations of a Neighborhood in Transition; Vol 3 (1993)
30. A Rule-Based Expert System for Glass Analysis
51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Kansas City, Mo(1993)
31. Lersch DR, Meissner FW; The Changing Role of Technology Transfer and Information Technology
Instrument Society of America Expo/94 (1994)
32. AV-CARD: A Rule-Based Expert System For Chest Pain Evaluation With in the Aeromedical
Transport System
66th Annual Meeting of the Aerospace Medicine Association (1995)
33. Acute Pulmonary Hypertension is Not a Feature of “Choke-Less” Subjects Studied In a Hypobaric Provocative Model of Caissons Disease
66th Annual Meeting of the Aerospace Medicine Association (1995)
34. Critical Care Medicine in CyberSpace: Internet Resources and Techniques for the Intensivist
2nd Croatian Conference on Critical Care Medicine (1995)
35. Burns and Blasts
Combat Trauma Life Support For UN Medical Corps Officers, US Hospital-Zagreb
Camp Pleso, Zagreb, Croatia (1995)
36. Combat Toxicology
Combat Trauma Life Support For UN Medical Corps Officers, US Hospital-Zagreb
Camp Pleso, Zagreb, Croatia (1995)
37. Practical Medical Informatics
Medical Grand Rounds- Sep 21
Kettering Medical Center, Dayton Ohio (1995)
38. HP Palmtop: A 24-Hour Medical Assistant
The HP Palmtop Paper
Vol 3, Number 3 1994
39. Meissner FW
How To Find Medical Software On The Internet
In: The HCP Directory of Medical Office Management System Vendors With Satisfaction Ratings 1995,
New York, HealthCare Computing Publications, Inc.
40. Meissner FW
The Internet- An Invaluable Resource For Physicians
In: Practice Pointers: A Practice Management Guide For the Osteopathic Physician- The Electronic Office, Chicago, AOA Publications, 1995
41. Cardiology for Lawyers
Annual USAF Short Course in Medical Malpractice Law (1996)
42. HOT Myocardial Infarction Trial, A Multiplace Facility Experience
Winter Symposium on Baromedicine (1997)
43. The HOT MI Trial: A Randomized Multi-Center Trial of Hyperbaric Oxygen As Adjunctive Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction
38th Annual Meeting of the AF Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians (1997)
44. Bothner U, Meissner FW. Wissen aus medizinischen Datenbanken nutzen. Dt Ärztebl 1998; 95: A-1336–1338 [Heft 20]
45. Aeromedical Application of UHFSATCOM Via DAMA Protocol.
HIMSS 2000.
46. Terrorist Use of Biological & Chemical Weapons – A Tutorial
1st Annual Symposium on Seaport Security – Houston, Texas (2003)
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: Pursuant to FRCP 26(a)(2) in the past four years I have given deposition as a clinical expert in cardiology in four cases of medical malpractice or civil litigation;
a. Robert Fegler vs Rainwater, Cause No. 01CV3756, Denver District Court, State of Colorado. The Deposition was taken on 28 March 2003.
b. Ruby Paulette Sears vs Rural Metro of Central Alabama, et al. , Cause No. CV-03-250A, Circuit Court of St Clair County, Alabama. The Deposition was taken on 23 Nov 2004.
c. Theda Lee vs State of Georgia, Department of Community Health, et al. Civil Action # 02-VS-030834-G. The Deposition was taken on 7 Dec 2004.
d. Anne Bucklin O’Banion vs Christus St. Mary Hospital. Cause No. A-170,935, District Court 58th Judical District, Jefferson County, Texas. The Deposition was taken on 7 July 2005.
I have given court testimony in one civil action Anne Bucklin O’Banion vs Christus St. Mary Hospital. Cause No. A-170,935, District Court 58th Judical District, Jefferson County, Texas on 7 Dec 05.
Since 1997, I have reviewed 300 cases for TMLT in the capacity of an expert peer reviewer in the areas of Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Cardiovascular Diseases. The purpose of the review is to give an unbiased and formal assessment of clinical cases that TMLT was defending against allegations of medical malpractice.
Since 2001, I have reviewed 22 cases as an expert reviewer in Cardiovascular Diseases for varied law firms, 60% from the plaintiff perspective.
My philosophy as a clinical subject matter expert is that my actual clients, regardless if I am retained by plaintiff or defense is the ‘trier of fact’ and the ‘trier of law’. I subscribe to the ethical doctrine that impartial and objective analysis together with good facts and good analysis make for good law.
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Cardiology
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 60%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 40%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: See above
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: 19Feb07
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: One court testimony.
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: One court testimony.
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 10 years.
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Consulting, IME, report generation, development of exhibit materials.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $350.
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $350.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $450.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $450.
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Day Rate for Court/Trial Testimony - $4000 + Tvl Expenses
1/2 Day Rate for Court/Trial Testimony - $2000 + Tvl Expenses
Retainer For Records Review - $1000
Deposition or Trial Date Retainer - $2000
IME Fee - $1000
References
Nicholas Daily, EsqDepew, Gillen, Rathburn, & McInteer, LLC
8301 East 21st Street North, Suite 450
Wichita, Kansas 67206-2936
Phone: 316-262-4000
FAX: 316- 265-3819
Email: Nick@depewgillen.com
J Trenton Bond, Esq.
Reaud, Morgan & Quinn, LLP
801 Laurel Street
P.O. Box 26005
Beaumont, Texas 77720-6005
409-838-1000
Warren R. Ross, Esq.
Wotitzky, Wotitzky, Ross, Goldman, Sturges & Tuttle, P.A.
990 W. Marion Avenue, Suite 201
Punta Gorda, Florida 33950-5308
941-639-2171
warren.ross@wotitzkylaw.com
