Specializing in Emergency Medicine
Standard of Care
Board-certified. Actively practicing. Retained by plaintiff, defense, and government counsel, including the California Department of Justice.
Dr. Levin brings more than a decade of active Emergency Medicine experience to medical-legal review, including current practice in a high-volume STEMI and Stroke Center, physician leadership, and aeromedical medicine.
Plaintiff, defense, and government matters. Clear, well-founded opinions grounded in current clinical practice.
Background
At a Glance
Active Clinical Practice
Dr. Levin remains actively engaged in Emergency Medicine practice at a high-acuity community hospital and STEMI and Stroke Center with more than 70,000 annual Emergency Department visits.
His clinical experience includes trauma centers, community hospitals, and rural emergency departments, providing a practical perspective on how the Emergency Medicine standard of care is applied across different practice environments.
He also supervises residents, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners and remains involved in clinical education and bedside teaching. This experience allows him to address standard-of-care issues involving both treating and supervising physicians.
For Counsel
Available for plaintiff, defense, and government matters involving hospital Emergency Medicine, with additional expertise in EMS, prehospital medicine, aeromedical care, and physician supervision.
Common matters include delayed or missed diagnosis, myocardial infarction, stroke, sepsis, pulmonary embolism, altered mental status, high-acuity triage and disposition decisions, EMS care, and supervision of residents and advanced practice providers.
Early, objective evaluation of whether the medical record supports the medical issues presented and whether the matter warrants further expert review.
Clear opinions grounded in current Emergency Medicine practice, accepted standards, real-world workflow, and the clinical circumstances documented in the record.
Evaluation of whether an alleged departure from the standard of care materially affected the outcome, with attention to timing, disease progression, and the clinical record.
Experienced deposition testimony for both plaintiff and defense matters, with careful preparation and opinions that remain within the medical evidence and the expert’s scope.
Standard-of-care analysis involving supervising physicians, residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and team-based emergency care.
Objective medical consultation regarding the strengths and limitations of the medical issues presented by the record, including standard of care, causation, and areas requiring additional expert review.
Credentials matter. Clear thinking, real world credibility, and responsiveness are what make attorneys come back.
Opinions are limited to what the medical record and applicable standard of care support. Opinions are not tailored to a desired outcome.
Emergency Medicine decisions often occur under significant time and information constraints. Dr. Levin explains those decisions in clear language that attorneys, judges, and juries can understand.
Initial case screening is generally completed within 24 hours. Counsel communicate directly with Dr. Levin throughout the engagement.
Get in Touch
Send a brief case summary for initial review. Dr. Levin responds directly, generally within 24 hours. Selective case acceptance allows each retained matter to receive appropriate attention.
All inquiries are handled confidentially