Dr. Terrell J Swanson, MD, FAWM
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
Board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician in full-time active clinical practice. Experienced expert witness at both deposition and trial.
Clinical experience includes trauma centers, academic institutions, community settings, freestanding EDs, and rural hospitals. Experienced teacher. Co-inventor of a novel endotracheal device (RSI Prime, LLC; patent pending) that incorporates an adapted carbon dioxide detector with a modified bougie (an adjunct for difficult airways).
Additionally, fellowship-trained by the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) on subjects such as hypothermia, frostbite, heat stroke, altitude illness, animal attacks, and bites from poisonous animals. Currently a candidate for a Diploma in Dive & Marine Medicine (DiDMM) with a further focus on dive injuries such as decompression sickness aka “the bends.”
- Dive Medicine
- Emergency Medical Services
- Emergency Medicine
- Environmental Medicine
- Medical Devices
- Medical Malpractice
- Medical Records
- Physician Assistants
- Trauma Surgery/Trauma Medicine
- Wrongful Death
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: MD (Doctor of Medicine)
FAWM (Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine) - Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: WMS (Wilderness Medical Society)
- Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: Acute Coronary Syndrome
Adrenal Insufficiency
Ankle and Foot Injuries
Arteriovenous Fistulas
Biological warfare agents
Bougie
Chemical injuries
Cricothyrotomy
Dementia
Diarrhea & Dehydration
Emergency Ophthalmological Procedures
Envenomations
Foleys
Frostbite
Heat Illness
High Altitude Illness
Hypothermia
Hypothyroidism
Intro to Wilderness Medicine
Non-Accidental Trauma
Necrotizing fasciitis
Neurogenic shock
Penile entrapment
Pneumothorax
Primary Headaches
Seizures
Tetanus
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Tickborne llnesses
Venous Thromboembolism - 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: 24
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Including but not limited to:
Blastomycosis
Boating accident
Burn
Cellulitis
Dive injury
Drowning
Fracture (missed)
Head injury
Heart attack/myocardial infarctions
Heart transplant
Heat stroke
Hernia
Hypothermia
Medication error
Medical malpractice
Pulmonary embolism
Septic embolus
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection - Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: 60%
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 40%
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: 3 (2 deposition, 1 trial)
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: May 2025
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: 1
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: 1
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 2
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Consulting, reports, case review, depositions, trial testimony
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: $600/hr
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: $600/hr
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: $600/hr
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: Flat rate or $4,800
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Travel expenses
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