Nursing standards of care expert witness with more than 30 years of nursing experience, he has a professional background in registered nursing, advanced practice nursing, nursing education, nursing administration, regulation, accreditation, and health policy. His clinical expertise includes primary care, pediatrics, critical care nursing, home health, hospice care, infection control, and infectious diseases. He is familiar with clinical practice guidelines, regulation, and accreditation used to maintain appropriate standards of care, and he has spent more than 25 years offering consultations and deposition testimony as a nursing expert witness.

His standards of care expertise is further supported by experience in evidence-based practice, public health nursing, nursing administration, nursing education, clinical practice guidelines, regulation, and accreditation review. He has been involved with the Louisiana State Board of Nursing, the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education Accreditation Report Review Committee, and JBI evidence-based practice training. He also has professional involvement with nursing, public health, healthcare executive, nurse practitioner, nursing research, and accreditation-related organizations in governance, committee, review, and advisory capacities.

His practice background includes work as a registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, family nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, critical care nurse, home health nurse, hospice nurse, infection control educator/coordinator, and blood-borne disease coordinator. He has held dean and professor-level leadership responsibilities, along with prior director and associate dean-level responsibilities involving nursing research, evaluation, program administration, and nursing education. His expert witness consultation experience includes matters involving medical treatment in a correctional setting, care rendered in an emergency situation involving an incarcerated prisoner, and qualifications for admission to a nursing program.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Science, post-master’s family nurse practitioner certificate, and Ph.D. in organization and management with a leadership specialization. He holds or has held credentials as a Registered Nurse, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Specialist in Community Health Nursing, Certified Critical Care Nurse, Professional Legal Nurse Consultant, ANEF, FACHE, FAANP, and FAAN.