• Brain Injury
• Critical Care Medicine
• Emergency Medicine
• Infectious Disease
• Medical Malpractice
• Medical Toxicology
• Psychiatry
• Trauma Surgery/Trauma Medicine
• Urgent Care
• Wrongful Death

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

* Doctor of Medicine (MD) – University of Washington School of Medicine
* Master of Public Health (MPH), Global Health – Harvard School of Public Health
* Board Certified in Emergency Medicine – American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM)
* Emergency Medicine Residency – Yale School of Medicine / Yale–New Haven Hospital
* Fellowship Training in International Emergency Medicine – Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
* Washington State Medical License (active)
* Prior Medical Licenses: Massachusetts, Connecticut, California
* Federal DEA Registration
* Standard DEA Registration
* Instructor Certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), and Rural Trauma Team Development Course (RTTDC)

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine – University of Washington School of Medicine
Clinical Instructor (former) – Harvard Medical School
Current Federal Clinical Appointments – U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs
Prior Federal Clinical Appointment – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Consultant – World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), World Vision, and the Governments of Vietnam, Myanmar, Peru, Brazil, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Uganda, Kenya, Liberia, Honduras, and Rwanda

Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:

A: As an academic emergency medicine physician for more than 20 years, teaching and lecturing have been core components of my professional career. I have continuously educated medical students, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, paramedics, nurses, and other healthcare professionals in both domestic and international settings. Given the breadth of emergency medicine and systems-based healthcare, the range of subjects taught has been extensive and, in many respects, innumerable.

My formal academic appointments have included Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and prior Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School. My educational activities have included bedside teaching, formal didactic lectures, simulation-based instruction, procedural training, disaster drills, operational leadership education, conference presentations, curriculum development, mentorship, and international physician training programs.

Select teaching and lecture topics have included:

* Emergency medicine standard of care and clinical decision-making
* Trauma resuscitation and mass casualty response
* Critical care and shock management
* Stroke, cardiac, infectious disease, and endocrine emergencies
* Emergency airway management and procedural sedation
* Pediatric and neonatal emergency care
* Emergency ultrasound and trauma imaging
* Disaster medicine, hospital surge capacity, and CBRN response
* COVID-19 planning, crisis standards of care, and health system operations
* EMS systems development and prehospital care
* Humanitarian medicine and global health policy
* Human trafficking, violence, and vulnerable populations
* Wilderness medicine and austere care
* Healthcare systems leadership and public health preparedness

I have served as an invited lecturer, instructor, or course leader for programs affiliated with the University of Washington, Harvard Medical School, the American College of Surgeons, the World Health Organization (WHO), CDC-related programs, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, disaster preparedness programs, and multiple international ministries of health. I have lectured nationally and internationally throughout the United States, Vietnam, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Bhutan, Laos, Peru, Uganda, Lebanon, and other settings involving emergency medicine development, disaster preparedness, trauma systems, and global health.

Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)

A: None.

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?

A: More than 40.

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A: I have been retained as an expert in matters involving emergency medicine standard of care, emergency department operations, trauma care, critical care, sepsis, stroke, cardiac emergencies, airway management, EMS and prehospital care, disaster medicine, hospital preparedness, emergency procedures, psychiatric emergencies, intoxication and substance use disorders, informed consent, EMTALA, disability and impairment, medical decision-making, triage, patient elopement, involuntary detainment, AMA discharge, systems-based healthcare failures, and causation analysis.

Additional retained work as a subject matter expert and expert consultant has included firearm and penetrating trauma, blunt trauma, burns, oncology-related emergencies, transplant patient management, infectious disease response, COVID-19 planning and operations, medical documentation and communication, crisis standards of care, humanitarian and austere medicine, healthcare policy, nursing home and congregate care outbreaks, human trafficking in healthcare settings, and complex multi-system emergency presentations.

My work has involved both plaintiff and defense representation in civil, criminal, arbitration, administrative, and disability-related matters.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?

A: Approximately 60% of my medical-legal work has involved plaintiff representation and approximately 40% has involved defense representation, which I believe provides a balanced and practical perspective regarding standards of care, causation, damages, and healthcare systems analysis.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?

A: Approximately 60% of my medical-legal work has involved plaintiff representation and approximately 40% has involved defense representation, which I believe provides a balanced and practical perspective regarding standards of care, causation, damages, and healthcare systems analysis.

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?

A: Three

Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?

A: March, 2026

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?

A: Once

Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?

A: Once.

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?

A: Five.

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A: Services offered include case screening and merit review, medical record review, expert consultation, standard of care analysis, causation analysis, written expert reports, declarations and affidavits, rebuttal reports, deposition testimony, trial testimony, arbitration testimony, chronologies and case summaries, literature review and analysis, healthcare systems analysis, policy and protocol review, disability and impairment evaluation, independent medical examinations (IMEs), fitness-for-duty evaluations, forensic and clinical opinion development, emergency preparedness and disaster systems consultation, operational and administrative review, educational consultation, and site inspections when appropriate.

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

A: I am available for a brief initial exploratory telephone conversation at no charge to discuss case fit, scope, and whether my expertise may be helpful prior to formal retention.
All conversations and communications with attorneys, including telephone conferences, strategy discussions, and case-related communications, are billed at $780 per hour.

Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?

A: Preparation work, independent medical examinations (IMEs), medical record review, chronology development, report preparation, declarations and affidavits, literature review, case analysis, causation analysis, standard of care review, deposition preparation, trial preparation, and related medical-legal consulting services are billed at $780 per hour.

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

A: Deposition and testimony services are billed at $3,000 for the first hour and $1,000 for each additional hour thereafter.

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?

A: Trial testimony and off-site work are billed at $1,000 per hour, with a minimum charge of $5,500 per day.

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)

A: For plaintiff-side matters in which, after expert review and discussion with counsel, the decision is made not to pursue the case, I offer a complimentary telephone conversation with the patient and/or family to help explain the medical reasoning underlying that decision and, when possible, help provide clarity and closure.

Non-working travel time is billed at $350 per hour portal-to-portal. For matters involving less than 10 total billable hours, a $2,000 short-case fee will be added. Industry-standard travel and administrative expenses will be billed directly or reimbursed when applicable and pre-approved.

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Robert H. Alexander, Jr.
Litigation / Trial Attorney
The Law Office of Robert H. Alexander, Jr., P.C.

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