Kenny Stein, M.D.

Kenneth A. Stein, MD is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine and subspecialty certified in Neurocritical Care. He is an expert witness for both plaintiff and defense in cases involving emergency medicine, critical care and internal medicine, including damages and causation in personal injury and wrongful death cases.

Dr. Stein is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine and subspecialty certified in Neurocritical Care. After Medical School at Vanderbilt University, he completed Residency at the University of Kentucky Medical Center and at Washington University Jewish Hospital.

Dr. Stein has extensive experience in providing medical-legal expert services, having reviewed over 500 cases (both plaintiff and defense) in over 40 US states and territories. Dr. Stein Has provided testimony (deposition and trial) over 200 times.

Services

Dr. Kenneth A. Stein provides the following services:

• Medical chart review and analysis
• Medical Record Audit Trail – EHR Metadata, EMR Metadata recommendations
• Providing opinion concerning the presence or absence of Negligence / Breach of the Standard of Care, Damages / Injury and Causation
Survey of case for merit
• Preparation of reports and / or affidavits
• Preparation for opposing expert deposition and cross-examination
• Medical literature search
• Expert witness testimony at deposition and trial.

Topics of Cases that Dr. Stein has reviewed include:

Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Abdominal compartment syndrome
Abdominal pain
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Aortic dissection
Appendicitis
Appendicitis / retrocecal appendicitis
ARDS
Bacteremia
C Diff Colitis
Cardiac arrest / CPR
Carotid artery dissection
Cauda equina
Causation
Central Cord Syndrome
Central pontine myelinolysis
Cerebral venous thrombosis
Chest Pain
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Chiropractic manipulation
Compartment syndrome
Critical care neuropathy
Damages
Delayed diagnosis
Diabetic foot infection
Difficult intubation
Dislodged medical device
Diverticulitis
Drug toxicity
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)
Endocarditis
Endotracheal intubation
Esophageal perforation
Fractures / missed fractures
GI Bleed
Healthcare associated pneumonia
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)
Immunocompromised conditions
In hospital fall
Influenza
Intracranial hemorrhage
Ischemic bowel
Mechanical ventilation
Medication toxicity / side effects
Meningitis
Mesenteric ischemia
Mismanagement
Missed diagnosis
MRSA / staph infection
Myocardial Infarction (MI) / ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) / Missed MI
Necrotizing fasciitis
Negligence
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
Open fracture
Opioid toxicity / overdose
Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome
Osteomyelitis
Overdose
Pain & Suffering
Pancreatitis
Perforated ulcer
Peripheral vascular disease / ischemia
Peritonitis
Pneumonia
Post-operative complications
Posterior circulation stroke
Pressure injury / pressure ulcer / foot ulcer
Pulmonary embolism (PE) / DVT
Pyelonephritis
Rapid response
Respiratory failure
Retained foreign body
Retroperitoneal hemorrhage
Septic shock / severe sepsis / infection
Shock
Small bowel obstruction
Spinal cord injury
Spinal epidural abscess / hematoma
Spine fracture
Standard of Care
Stroke, cerebrovascular accident (CVA), missed stroke / missed CVA
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)
Surgical / post-op complications
Syncope
Testicular torsion
Thoracic aortic dissection
Thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura (TTP)
Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) / Delayed tPA administration
Trauma
Urosepsis
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)
Vertebral artery dissection
Wrongful death

Litigation Support Services

Dr. Stein furnishes an unbiased opinion on medical malpractice/negligence cases as well as personal injury and wrongful death cases.

He also provides medical opinion concerning causation. Dr. Stein excels in providing testimony that is credible, clearly understandable and serves to educate the judges and jury about the science, the medicine and the facts as they relate to negligence, causation and damages.

Dr. Stein does not guarantee a favorable outcome but provides an honest assessment.

Areas of Expertise

Additional Expertise:

Critical Care Medicine, MI, Heart Attack, PE, Intensive Care Medicine, ICU, ER, Pressure Injury, Wound Care/Pressure Sores, Nursing Home Injury, Misdiagnosis, Prescription Errors, Medication Errors, Failure to Diagnose, Negligence.

Profile

Dr. Stein has practiced Emergency Medicine for 29 years and Critical Care / Intensive Care Medicine for 27 years.

Professional association memberships include the American Association of Physician Specialties, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the American College of Chest Physicians.

Dr. Stein is an expert witness for both plaintiff and defense in cases involving emergency medicine, critical care and internal medicine, including damages & causation in personal injury and wrongful death cases.

Areas Served

All States

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, St. Louis University School of Medicine

Legal Experience & Services

Case Descriptions

Obese 55 year old female presented to the ED complaining of upper back pain & neck pain. She had multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease. In the ED, no EKG, labs or x-rays were obtained. She was discharged with the diagnosis of back pain and died 3 days later. Dr. Stein addressed the most likely causes of her death and what testing would have shown and what treatments could have been offered.

A female patient who was six months pregnant presented to the ED with complaint of left sided sharp, stabbing back and shoulder pain and difficulty taking deep breaths. Several days later she died from a pulmonary embolism. Dr. Stein was asked to explain the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism during pregnancy.

35 year old male with history of IV drug abuse presented to the ED with signs and symptoms of spinal epidural abscess. There was a delay in obtaining MRI and surgical consultation. This patient developed permanent paraparesis and bladder dysfunction. Dr. Stein was asked to address timing of imaging, the process of requesting surgical consultation and how these relate to outcome in patients with spinal epidural abscess.

32 year old male brought to the ED after a polysubstance overdose. Patient was intubated; however, the endotracheal tube descended into the right mainstem bronchus and this was not recognized. The patient became bradycardic, cyanotic, and then suffered cardiac arrest and died. Dr. Stein was asked to explain pulmonary anatomy, the process of intubation, including evaluation for proper endotracheal tube position, and appropriate monitoring of vital signs, cardiac rhythm and oxygenation.

89 year old female presented to the ED with abdominal pain. She was found to have mesenteric ischemia and died secondary to this. Dr. Stein was asked to discuss the evaluation of elderly patients with abdominal pain including the differential diagnoses, diagnostic testing, and treatment.

Affiliations

American Association of Physician Specialties
Society of Critical Care Medicine
American College of Chest Physicians

Qualifications

Emergency Medicine Board Certified;
American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS)

Internal Medicine Board Certified;
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

Neurocritical Care: Subspecialty Certified;
United Council for Neurologic Subspecialities (UCNS)

Advanced Trauma Life Support Certified (ATLS)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certified (ACLS)

Seminars & Training

Dr. Stein has lectured nationally on Pain Management, and consulted in the area of pharmaceutical and biomedical product development and marketing.

Professional References

Jeff Williams
INDIANO & WILLIAMS, P.S.C.
207 Del Parque St., 3rd Floor
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00912
787.641.4545 / Fax 787.641.4544
www.indianowilliams.com
[email protected]

William M. Powell, Esquire
Powell Law Offices, P.A.
3515 Del Prado Boulevard, Suite 101
Cape Coral, Florida 33904
(239) 540-3333 Phone
(239) 540-3336 Facsimile
(800) 852-6585 Toll Free

Paul Friedman
Burg Simpson
Phoenix, AZ