Dr. Chris Van Smith is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician with extensive experience in both diagnostic and clinical medicine, specializing in the evaluation and management of a broad spectrum of acute and complex conditions. His work spans adult and pediatric cases and includes expertise in trauma, stroke, heart attack, pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, sepsis, and airway management. He has practiced in critical care and urgent care settings, supervised physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and managed high-acuity presentations such as appendicitis, abdominal pain, diabetic ketoacidosis, ischemia, infections, pneumonia, and foreign bodies. Dr. Van Smith is also well-versed in rare but serious emergencies including ectopic pregnancy, testicular and ovarian torsion, cauda equina syndrome, and aortic aneurysm. He routinely addresses medicolegal issues involving failure to diagnose, pain and suffering, fractures, cardiac arrest, motor vehicle accidents, and other life-threatening conditions requiring prompt, evidence-based intervention.

Dr. Van Smith offers objective and impartial evaluations in cases involving medical malpractice, negligence, personal injury, and wrongful death. Dr. Van Smith provides a range of expert services tailored to both plaintiff and defense counsel, including case merit review and screening, comprehensive medical chart analysis, preparation for opposing expert deposition and cross-examination, targeted medical literature research, and expert witness testimony at both deposition and trial. His assessments are grounded in clinical expertise, medical evidence, and current standards of care.