Expertise in Forensic Medical Evaluations

We can give you a high quality evidence-based review of your case

Zeda Medical LLC

Providing High Quality Forensic Medical Consultations

We strive to provide you the best expert review of medical cases involving:

  • homicide
  • accidental physical injury
  • child physical abuse
  • sexual abuse
  • sexual assault
  • strangulation
  • use of force by a custodian

We have many years of experience as physician consultants treating and diagnosing patients in hospital and outpatient settings who may be the victims of crimes. We bring that expertise to court to help the judge or jury understand what the diagnosis is and how the injuries may or may not have occurred.

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Our Areas of Specialty

We have reviewed cases involving many types of injury

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Child Physical Abuse

We have many years of experience evaluating children for possible physical abuse. We have seen children with the full range of possible injuries including head trauma, bruising, fractures, burns, and other wounds.

Child Sexual Abuse

We have evaluated children for many years who may have been sexually abused. We have worked with multidisciplinary teams and investigators on the prosecution and we have worked with counsel for clients accused of sexual assault.

Strangulation​

We have seen patients and reviewed forensic evaluations by forensic nurses on alleged assaults involving strangulation. We know the pathophysiology and expected findings after strangulation, including the common and uncommon symptoms and signs.

Inflicted versus Accidental Injury​

The core of many of our evaluations is determining whether an injury was caused by an accident or by non-accidental trauma. We use the medical literature and our extensive experience seeing patients to provide an evidenced-based assessment regarding how or when the injuries occurred.

Sexual Assault

We have many years of experience overseeing nursing staff in a forensic practice. We know the medical literature and the interpretation of physical findings and laboratory tests related to sexual assault.

Other Forms of Neglect or Abuse

We have experience evaluating patients and reviewing records involving other forms of abuse or neglect including elder abuse, medical child abuse, and possible victimization by neglect or lack of supervision.

Our Expert Team

Expertise

We are clinicians with expertise in

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Pediatrics
  • Child Abuse Pediatrics
  • Death Investigations

Experience

We have testified in

  • Civil and Criminal Court
  • Local courts including Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Tennessee
  • Federal and Military Courts

Extent

Our clients include

  • Prosecuting Attorneys
  • County Civil Attorneys
  • Guardian Ad Litems
  • Defense Attorneys
  • State Attorney Generals