Dr. Lineback is a Board Certified Pulmonary Internist with academic appointments and teaching positions at UCLA and USC. He has 20 years experience in the evaluation of Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury cases. Dr. Lineback has been in clinical practice since 1984 and has served as an expert witness for both defense and plaintiff attorneys. He has participated in over 500 depositions and has testified in over 50 trials. His expertise in pathophysiology and mechanisms of disease serve him well in the evaluation of the complex multisystem disorders seen in wrongful death and toxic tort cases. Specific areas he has testified in include pulmonary embolism, asthma, mold exposure, respiratory failure, hypertension, stroke, asbestosis, pneumothorax, lung cancer, shock, anaphylaxis, smoke inhalation, chest trauma, post-operative surgical complications, toxic fume inhalation, catastrophic injury, pneumonia, upper airway obstruction, and congestive heart failure. An additional area of expertise is calculating life expectancy based on a physiologic profile.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: MS Neuroanatomy. University of Illinois 1974.
MD University of Illinois 1977.
Board Certification, Internal Medicine 1981.
Board Certification, Pulmonary Medicine 2002.
Board Certification, Anti-Aging Medicine 2005.
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Academic Affiliations:
UCLA College of Medicine, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine.
USC College of Medicine, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine.
UC Riverside, Lecturer in Physiology.
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians.
Society Affiliations: California Medical Association, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery.
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Lecture and presentation topics include:
Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation, Pulmonary Pathophysiology, Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Exercise Physiology, Respiratory Muscle Physiology, Pulmonary Thromoembolic Disease/Pulmonary Embolism, Occupational Lung Disease, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Exercise and the Heart, Cardiopulmonary Interactions, Pathophysiology of Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis, Physiologic Manifestations of Stress, Lung Mechanics, Tissue Oxygenation, Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation, Pulmonary Effects of Smoking, Pathophysiology of Airflow Obstruction, Acid-Base Physiology, Ventilation-Perfusion Relationships, Pathophysiology of Lung Sounds, Cor Pulmonale, Chronic Respiratory Failure, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Diseases of the Chest Wall, Cystic Fibrosis, Lung Development and Pediatric Lung Disease.
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: 300+
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Pulmonary Embolism, Lung Cancer, Wrongful Death, Mold Exposure, Asthma, Pneumothorax, Fatal Sepsis, Toxic Fume Inhalation, Death-Motor Vehicle Accidents, Electrocution, Sudden Cardiac Death, Premature Extubation, Mechanical Ventilation death, Anaphylaxis, Secondhand Smoke Exposure, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Stroke, Aspiration Pneumonia, Smoke Inhalation, Chest Trauma, Myocardial Infarction, Elder Abuse, Septic Shock, Post-operative Surgical Death, Malignant Hypertension, Sub-arachnoid Hemorrhage, Acute Respiratory Failure, Upper Airway Obstruction, Blunt Abdominal Trauma, Post-operative Surgical Complications, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Hemothorax, Pneumonia, Diabetes, Hypovolemic Shock, Hemorrhagic Shock, Congestive Heart Failure, Drug Overdose, Medication Overdose, Pancreatitis, Pulmonary Edema, Pulmonary Hypertension, Life Expectancy, Blunt Head Trauma, Gunshot Wounds(chest and abdomen), Penetrating Trauma (chest and abdomen).
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 50%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 50%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: 500+
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: 3/09
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: 100+
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: 50+
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 20+
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: reports, evaluations, telephone consults, life expectancy
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: 500
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: 500
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: 750
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: 750
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Determined on a case by case basis.
References
Thomas StanfordStanford & Associates
170 South Euclid Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
626) 568-0003
Craig S. Walkon
34700 Pacific Coast Highway
Suite 300
Capistrano Beach, CA 92624
949) 487-0177
Eugene West %West and Miyamoto 5151 Verdugo Way ste. 203 Camarillo, CA. 93012 805-388-5887
