Ep 19: Getting Started as an Expert Witness: Writing Effective Notes and Preparing for Deposition

Emergency medicine is fast, probabilistic, and unforgiving, and when things go wrong, the legal scrutiny can be intense. In Episode 19 of the Expert Witness Playbook, Dr. Brian Woodruff sits down with Dr. Joshua Feblowitz, an emergency medicine physician, clinical leader, and expert witness based in Maryland, to unpack what makes EM litigation uniquely complex. Dr. Feblowitz brings an unusual combination of credentials to this conversation: Harvard Medical School, residency at Mass General Brigham, a Master's in Science Writing from MIT, and two years of growing expert-witness practice. Together, he and Dr. Woodruff cover the probabilistic nature of emergency clinical decision-making, the operational realities juries rarely see, documentation pitfalls that create legal exposure, and what to expect when a deposition focuses less on medicine than on your billing records and website. They also dig into trends driving EM litigation today, sepsis protocols, stroke timing, troponin sequencing, and close with a candid discussion on where AI fits (and where it doesn't) in expert witness practice. Whether you're an emergency physician considering expert work or an experienced expert looking to sharpen your litigation perspective, this episode delivers practical, grounded insight from someone building their practice in real time.