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...who can help you resolve disputes quicker, win your next case and make sure justice is served for the clients you represent?
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If you are an attorney and your next case requires specialized medical expertise, please fill out the form.
Let's Examine the Facts
Over the past 10 years, the number of medical malpractice and personal injury claims against doctors and insurance companies has steadily increased.
So when you're taking on a case that needs to determine whether a hospital (or workplace) is at fault for delivering substandard treatment, you understand how important it is to examine all the facts and provide an independent and objective opinion about the medical claims.
That's why having the right kind of medical legal expert is so beneficial.
An expert witness should be able explain the technicalities, scientific jargon and medical complexities of a case in a way that anyone without medical training understands them.
The medical legal expert must also be credible, defensible, objective and unbiased, which can help you provide expert opinions, expert witness reports, and testimony at depositions and trials.
Introducing the Tolbert Center Medical Legal Expert Team
When your next case requires specialized medical expertise, partner with a medical doctor who is actively involved in patient care and connected to a network of physicians who practice a variety of specialty areas of medicine.
Our service providers have the credentials to provide:
- Qualified Medical Exams (QME)
- Independent Medical Exams (IME)
- Physician Life Care Plans
- Expert Witness Testimony
- Record Review
- Disability Exams
We provide you specialists in the following fields:
- Physiatry (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
- Neurology
- Psychiatry
- Orthopedics
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology
- Prosthetics
- Nursing
- ...and More
Contact Our Medical Legal Team
If you are an attorney and your next case requires specialized medical expertise, please fill out the form.
Meet the Doctors
Glenna Tolbert, MD
Dr. Tolbert is the founder and medical director of the Tolbert Center for Rehabilitation and Wellness, a Los Angeles-area medical facility offering non-surgical and minimally invasive techniques and procedures that help patients enjoy longterm pain relief.
More about Dr. Tolbert:
- Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Board Certified in Spinal Cord Medicine
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
- Qualified Medical Examiner, State of California
Education:
- B.S., Psychobiology – University of California at Los Angeles
- M.D., Howard University College of Medicine
Past Work and Experience:
- Chief, Adult Brain Injury Service in the Neuro-trauma Division, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center,
- Chief, Spinal Cord Injury Outpatient Center, Department of Veteran Affairs
Medical Director, Casa Colina Children’s Center - Director, Electro Diagnostics/EMG Laboratory, Orthopedic Hospital
- Team Physician, Wheelchair Sports Department, Department of Veteran Affairs
- Co-Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Training Program, UCLA Multi-Campus Program
Honors and Recognition:
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Tutor of the Year: 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018
- Named one of the 36 women physicians to know by the Kaiser Family Foundation
- Past president of the Association of Black Women Physicians
- Featured in CNN, PBS and Self Magazine
Dorothy P. Dada, MD, Ph.D.
Dr. Dada is a neurologist who specializes in traumatic brain injury, headache and facial pain for adults and children. She is the second UCLA neurology resident to complete a dual fellowship in the UCLA Tisch BrainSPORT and UCLA Goldberg Migraine programs. She joined the multi-specialty practice Medical Doctors of St. Johns in 2019, where she provides care to the Santa Monica, West Los Angeles and Playa Vista communities.
More about Dr. Dada:
Education:
- B.S., Biology, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- Ph.D., Neuroscience, UCLA
- M.D., Loma Linda University
- Fellowship, UCLA Tisch BrainSPORT and UCLA Goldberg Migraine programs
Honors and Recognition:
- Her postdoctoral work was used to develop national guidelines for dementia care by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ "Healthy People" publication
Cases We've Worked On
Here is a sample of the medical legal cases where we have served as expert witnesses.
Feurer v. PHC- Fort Mohave Inc.
State: AZ
Plaintiff/Defendant: Plaintiff
Attorney: James Abernethy
Type of Testimony: Deposition/Life Care Plan
Larry Allen v. O'Reilly Auto Parts
State: CA
Plaintiff/Defendant: Both
Attorney: Todd Berry - Berry, Smith & Bartell
Type of Testimony: Deposition/QME
Hays Julie v. James Murry
State: CA
Plaintiff/Defendant: Defense
Attorney: Zojeila Flores, Wolf/O'Connor
Type of Testimony: Med Legal PMR (settled)
Robert Washington v. Piedmont
State: GA
Plaintiff/Defendant: Defense
Attorney: Robert Stannard, Esq.
Type of Testimony: Defense Life Care Plan (analysis)
Behnam
State: AZ
Plaintiff/Defendant: Plaintiff
Attorney: Gary Schneider
Type of Testimony: Life Care Plan
Martin v. Southern CA Perm.
State: CA
Plaintiff/Defendant: Defense
Attorney: Terry Bates, Reed Smith
Type of Testimony: Med Legal Xp (settled)
Padilla v. Simon Costa, et al
State: CA
Plaintiff/Defendant: Plaintiff
Attorney: Daniel McCann, Yoka & Smith
Type of Testimony: IME for Life Care Plan
G v. Cedar Sinai Med Center
State: CA
Plaintiff/Defendant: Defense
Attorney: Kathryn Mosely, Esq.
Type of Testimony: Med Legal Malpractice (pending)
The Tolbert Center for Rehabilitation and Wellness, founded more than 25 years ago by Dr. Glenna Tolbert, MD, QME, is a Los Angeles-area state-of-the-art medical facility specializing in using non-surgical and minimally invasive techniques and procedures to help people enjoy longterm pain relief. Our vision is to restore quality of life and wellness, and optimize our patients' ability to function, and our ultimate goal is to remove the healing barriers and provide tools that help patients be their best selves.
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