The following members of APALM are available to speak to your organization.
Craig A. Baumgartner, DMSc, MBA, MPAS, PA-C, MPLC, DFAAPA
- Physician Associate standard of care and supervision requirements
- Preparing for a deposition
- Medical risk management
- Diagnosis and treatment of surgical conditions(general, trauma, ortho, vascular, urological, plastic, neuro)
- Diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions (emergency, occupational, hospital, critical care, urgent care )
- Lives in Chicago, IL area, available nationally
Dr. Baumgartner’s presentations are tailored to PAs, PA students and programs, healthcare administrators, clinical personnel, attorneys, and professional groups. Click here for a short biography.
Peter I. Bergé, JD, PA
- Medical risk management through documentation, communication and follow-up systems
- PA risk management – avoiding or surviving malpractice claims
- Informed consent: complexity and pitfalls leading to malpractice claims
- Medicolegal issues of everyday patients (personal injury suits, workers’ compensation, etc.)
- The malpractice litigation process: a plaintiffs’ attorney perspective
- Attorney use of medical records in litigation
- The expert witness: an attorney’s perspective
- Specialty malpractice issues (e.g., ED, OBG/MFM, ortho, ICU, surgery, etc.)
Mr. Bergé’s presentations are tailored to PA CME events, hospital/clinical staff, attorneys, professional groups and/or PA students and educators, and use real-life medical and legal cases as examples. Click here for short biography.
Jeffrey Nicholson, PhD, PA-C, M.Ed., MPAS, DFAAPA
- PA standard of care and supervision requirements
- PA risk management / avoidance of medical errors, poor clinical judgement
- PA liability and safety / what the research tells us
- The malpractice litigation process
- The PA as an expert witness / the expert witness experience
- PA malpractice insurance / what do I really need?
- Presentation of real malpractice cases in a variety of specialties
- Lives in Wisconsin, available nationally
- Contact at: (414) 517-6915
Dr. Nicholson’s presentations are tailored to PA CME events, hospital/clinical staff, attorneys, profesional groups and/or PA students and educators. Click here for a short biography.