Dr. Shivi Sharma
Southington, CT 06489
Dr. Shivi Sharma, MD, FACP is a board-certified hospitalist and Associate Director of the Yale New Haven Hospitalist Service, overseeing more than 100 physicians across two campuses. He has over a decade of experience working in hospital systems - both community and tertiary level academic centers, and able to speak with authority on the challenges and systems at those types of institutions.
He serves as Medical Director of a 31-bed telemetry unit, giving him deep insight into how physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff interact within complex hospital systems.
He also has an appointment as an Associate Professor in Clinical Medicine at Yale School of Medicine.
Dr. Sharma has led initiatives in rapid response systems, sepsis care, and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training; with expertise in hospital systems, workflow analysis, and standards of care. He continues to as a Full Time Clinician with over 40 hours of clinical, direct patient care per week.
He can provide clear, objective expert testimony on both individual physician care and the broader hospital processes that impact patient outcomes.
- Critical Care Medicine
- Hospital & Medical Ethics
- Hospital Administration
- Hospital Design
- Hospitalist Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Staffing
- Physician Assistants
- Wrongful Death
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Society of Hospital Medicine / CHEST POCUS Certified - Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: Fellow of the American College of Physicians
- 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: 20
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Hospital Medicine, Rapid Response Systems; Failure to provide the standard of care; Failure in the hospital system to provide safe care and comply with standards of care; negligent behavior; communication failures at transitions of care (both between in hospital shifts and after discharge)
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: 80
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 20
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: 14
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: Aug 3rd 2025
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: 2
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 9
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