Dr. Nitzkin is a physician, Board Certified in Preventive Medicine as his medical specialty. He has been a local health director, state health director, and President of two national public health organizations. He specializes in dealing with health-related issues on a population (rather than one patient at a time) basis -- prevention, quality assurance and design, implementation and evaluaiton of ancillary, preventive and quality assurance/accreditation programming in health care, public health, long term care and jail/prison settings. He is sometimes called in as a "Mr. Fix-It" to deal with dysfunctional programs in public health and healthcare settings.

Background

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
A: Physician, Board Certified in Preventive Medicine, as my medical specialty. Maters degrees in Public Health and Public Administration; Doctorate in Public Administration. Currently licensed to practice medicine in Louisiana.

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: American Associaiton of Public Health Physicians, American College of Preventive Medicine, American Medical Association; American Public Health Associaiton; American Society for Public Adminsitration

Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: have taught and spoke at national meetings on communicable disease control, telemedicine, long term care and administrtion/policy/management as it applies to public health and health care delivery. Will speak in June/ 2005 on ethical issues relative to biomedical engineering.

Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: never -- but I have allowed medical licenses in Michigan, Kentucy, California and Florida to lapse this last year through non-payment of dues, since I saw no further reason to maintain them on a current basis (since I am now 63 and do not anticipate relocating)

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: 32 times from January 1, 2000 through March, 2005, and probably another dozen or more prior to that year

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: healthcare quality (including nosocomial infections and long term care), food poisoning, correctional health and community acquired infection (2000 - 2005). Prior to that time I was called as an expert in several cases related to tobacco-related health issues.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: from 2000 - 2005 20 cases for Plaintiff (62.5%); prior to that almost all cases were for plaintiff

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: from 2000 to 2005, 12 of 32 cases (37.5%)

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: from 2000 to 2005 -- 5 depositons (3 for defense; 2 for plaintiff)

Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: March, 2005

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: as I recall, from 2000 to 2005 -- five or six times. I have not tabulated this data parameter.

Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: prior to 2000 -- 3 or 4 times; since 2000, once

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: prior to 2000, I probably served as an expert witness on one or two cases a year; since then I have marketed my services and served in 32 cases

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: consulting, record review, literature search, generation of reports, depositions and court appearances. I do not personally examine patients or do environmental site visits.

Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: 300

Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: 300

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: 300

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: 300 -- with the proviso that, when on travel status out of town, I charge a minimum of 8 hours per day, plus $150 per hour for time in transit.

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: expense reimbursement for travel costs and notary fees. I don't charge for phone-related or copy costs.

References

Craig Nelson
Ward, Nelson, LLC
1539 Jackson Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130
phone: 504 561 5000
fax: 504 588 1334
E-mail: crn@ward-nelson.com
Richard E. Ramsey
Wicker, Smith, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Ford PA
50 N. Laura St, Suite 3150
Jacksonville, FL 32202
phone 904 355 0225
E-mail: rramsey@wickersmith.com

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