Donna M Vene-Dwyer MS, RD, LDN
HARRISBURG, PA 17112
Donna Vene-Dwyer, MS, RD, LDN is a Registered Dietitian with over 20 years of clinical and leadership experience in acute care hospitals, nursing homes, hospice, and dialysis settings. She has expertise in CMS regulatory compliance, documentation standards, and interdisciplinary care delivery. As a renal dietitian, she managed medical nutrition therapy for dialysis patients, including laboratory interpretation and medication–nutrition considerations. She has provided expert witness services involving standards-of-care analysis and medical record review in litigation related to malnutrition, enteral (tube) feeding, dehydration, and aspiration risk. Available for plaintiff and defense consultation.
- Elder Abuse
- Geriatrics
- HIPAA
- Long Term Care
- Medical Records
- Nursing Homes
- Nutrition
- Wound Care/Pressure Sores
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: Master of Science in Nutrition, Texas Woman’s University
Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and Institutional Administration, Texas Woman’s University
Registered Dietitian (RD), Commission on Dietetic Registration
Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist (LDN), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
- Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: Provided interdisciplinary education and staff training in acute care hospitals, nursing homes, hospice, and dialysis settings on topics including malnutrition, renal nutrition and dialysis management, enteral feeding protocols, CMS compliance, MDS documentation, diabetes management, weight loss and pressure injury nutrition standards.
- 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: One occasion.
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Clinical nutrition standards of care and enteral (tube) feeding management in an institutional healthcare setting.
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: 0%
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 100%
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: Once
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: Five years ago.
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: Retained in 2020 for expert consultation in clinical nutrition standards-of-care litigation.
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Medical record review
Testimony review
Standards-of-care analysis
Expert report preparation
Deposition testimony
Trial testimony
Regulatory compliance review (CMS and MDS)
Enteral feeding and renal nutrition case analysis
Case consultation with counsel - Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: Consultation with attorney: $250/hour
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: Document review: $250/hour
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: Deposition testimony: $325/hour
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: Trial testimony: $350/hour (half-day minimum)
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Travel time billed at hourly rate.
Reasonable travel expenses reimbursed.
Retainer required prior to commencement of services.
Available Upon Request