An investigator with broad medical background and specific experience in medically-related testimony
(CA Lic. 26739)

• Federal court case testimony in forensic aspects of clinical nursing with San Francisco law firm Spiegel, Liao, & Kagay
• Superior Court qualified expert witness, CA Superior Court, topics including phlebotomy & human blood sampling, GERD affects on PAS; medical conditions mimicking drunkeness in light of court precedents (e.g. Cuevas; McNeely; Schmerber )
• Former medical investigator, within scope of work with Solano County Health & Social Services Dept., Fairfield, CA.

• Ambulance services (EMS) Quality Assurance/Improvement

• Well-established successful track record in new program development and complex project management

• Successful research grant recipient
• Trauma Systems consultant & former Trauma Case Manager, Memorial Hospital Association, Modesto, CA

E-mail Ron Lopez

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Medical, Administrative, and Teaching Credentials

• ICU, ER, and Critical Care transport nurse experience
• Supervisory Nurse Specialist, National Disaster Medical System, Disaster Medical Assistance Team CA-6; founding member, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
• Public health department administration experience with San Francisco public health department

• Founding member, National Urban Search & Rescue Task Force TF-7, based at the Sacramento City Fire Department
• Member of the former, original International Wound Ballistics Association with Dr. Martin Fackler and Duncan MacPherson (publishers of the Wound Ballistics Review - the IWBA is now disbanded)
• Former member, Diversion Evaluation Committee, State of CA Board of Registered Nursing.  Evaluated & made treatment recommendations for drug or alcohol impaired nurses seeking treatment
• Medical Officer, Butte Co. Sherriff's Dept., Wilderness Search & Rescue team