Amy M. Zheng, M.D., M.Phil., CHSE
Since 2003, Dr. Zheng has practiced across a broad range of clinical environments, including academic medical centers, the Veterans Health Administration, community hospitals, and rural critical access hospitals. She is a board-certified emergency and urgent care physician who remains clinically active. Dr. Zheng has served as an expert witness in matters involving medical malpractice, health insurance reimbursement, and physician assistant and nurse practitioner supervision, and has provided deposition and trial testimony.
Dr. Zheng is professor at three universities, including Medical Director of the Point Loma Nazarene University Physician Assistant Program. Since 2013, she has directed one of the largest teamwork exercises in the country, involving more than 350 students and faculty annually across three health professional schools. Her work has been recognized by the San Diego Union-Tribune and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. She has presented nationally on inter-professional collaboration, emergency medicine pitfalls, and physician assistant education.
Dr. Zheng currently serves as Medical Director of Quality at Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, where she oversees compliance, patient relations, infection prevention, credentialing and privileging, patient safety, and risk management. She chairs the Peer Review Committee and Quality Council.
Previously, Dr. Zheng served as an emergency medicine consultant for the VA Office of Inspector General, where she authored and contributed to numerous federal oversight reports addressing quality-of-care concerns within the Veterans Health Administration. Her work included investigations involving emergency response failures, clinician competency and supervision, nursing home abuse and neglect, inappropriate hospital discharges, and access-to-care deficiencies. One such report contributed to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision requiring the VA to reimburse veterans approximately $53 million for emergency medical claims. Having worked on the investigative side of litigation and oversight, where timely expert consultant deliverables are critical, Dr. Zheng is committed to being responsive, reliable, and readily available to counsel.
Dr. Zheng has received multiple teaching and professional honors, including the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Rising Star Award for excellence in public speaking and the VA Inspector General Values Award for professionalism, integrity, and service.
Dr. Zheng is available to provide expert opinions regarding standards of care in emergency departments and urgent care settings, with expertise in NP/PA supervision and health insurance claims. She offers case review, written reports, deposition support, and trial testimony for both plaintiff and defense counsel. Known for her clarity and approachability, she is skilled at explaining complex medical issues to attorneys, and lay audiences.
Please contact Dr. Zheng at 858-299-5266 To discuss a case.
- Emergency Medicine
- Health/Medical/Disability Insurance
- Insurance Fraud
- Managed Care & HMOs
- Medical Insurance
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury
- Physician Assistants
- Trauma Surgery/Trauma Medicine
- Urgent Care
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: Aug 2008 Teaching Fellowship
Mar 2009 American College of Emergency Medicine
July 2003- Emergency Medicine Residency
June 2006 University of Arizona
Sept 1999- Medical Degree
June 2003 University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Sept 1998- Master of Philosophy with Distinctions in the History of Medicine
Sept 1999 University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sept 1994- Bachelor of Science with Honors in Biology and History
June 1998 California Institute of Technology
- Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2007 – 2027
California Medical Board #A108213, June 2009 – present
Washington State Department of Health #MD.60563802, May 2015 – April 2018
Arizona Medical Board #34383, July 2005 – August 2009 - Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: 1. Invited Speaker. Future of Covid. Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court. Virtual Meeting. March 9, 2021.
2. Panel Faculty. Open-Faced, Triple-Decker, or Plain Old Peanut Butter and Jelly: Stories and Tips from the Sandwich Generation. American Medical Writers Association Medical Writing & Communications Conference, San Diego, CA, Nov 9, 2019.
3. Panel Faculty. Interprofessional Education Faculty Development for Large Scale Simulation. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, New Orleans, LA, Jan 12, 2015.
4. Panel Faculty. 360 Degree Performance Evaluation for Interprofessional Education. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, New Orleans, LA, Jan 12, 2015.
5. Panel Faculty. Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator Preparation. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Francisco, CA, Jan 29, 2014.
6. Panel Faculty. Ten Tips for Large Scale Interprofessional Education. Society for Simulation in Healthcare Interprofessional Education Affinity Group: A Pecha Kucha Session on Simulation-Enhanced Interprofessional Education. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Francisco, CA, Jan 28, 2014.
7. Panel Faculty. Operationalizing IPE: Initiating Partnerships, Planning, and Execution. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Francisco, CA, Jan 27, 2014.
8. Course Director. Simulation-Based Interprofessional Education Implementation: We All Want to Do It, but How? A Practical Workshop Exploring Benefits, Barriers, and Solutions for Establishing Interprofessional Education at Your Institution. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Francisco, CA, Jan 27, 2014.
9. Panel Faculty. Incorporating Mannequins into Standardized Patient Cases for Standardized Patient Educators. Society for Simulation in Healthcare/Association for Standardized Patient Educator Workshop, San Diego, CA, June 3, 2012.
10. Better Smart Than Lucky: Case-Based Approach to When Medical Disorders Present with Psychiatric Presentations. American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas, NV, Oct 1, 2010.
11. Altered Mental Status in the Elderly. American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas, NV, Oct 1, 2010.
12. A Sight For Sore Eyes: an Ocular Ultrasound Primer. American College of Emergency Physician Annual Scientific Assembly, Chicago, IL, Oct 7, 2009.
13. Chan, L; Reilly, K; Telfer, J; Zheng, A; Maloney, A; Meislin, H. An Emergency Department Intake Form Improves Documented Medicine History. Submitted presentation at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine New York Regional Meeting in May 2005 and presented at the annual resident research forum June 2006.
14. Kanegaye J, Friday JH, McCaslin RI, Zheng AM, Harley JR, Gutglass DJ. Ibuprofen provides analgesia equivalent to acetaminophen-codeine in the treatment of acute pain in children with extremity injuries. American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, Oct 8, 2004.
Countless talks given to medical, nursing, pharmacy, physician assistant students and residents over the years. - 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: 50+
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: PA and NP supervision, pulmonary embolism, stroke, heart attack, tendon/nerve laceration, medication error, epidural abscess, health insurance claim dispute,
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: 5
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: 2025
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: 3
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: 3
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 11
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: consulting, reports, testimony
Available Upon Request