Dr. Mike Mallah, MD, FACS, FICS — a double board-certified, actively practicing surgeon — provides medical-legal case review, standard-of-care opinions, and testimony for attorneys nationwide.
General Surgery & Surgical Critical Care — American Board of Surgery · Fellow, American College of Surgeons · Fellow, International College of Surgeons
Dr. Mallah is a double board-certified, actively practicing surgeon with more than 4,000 operative cases and over a decade in trauma, acute care, and surgical critical care. He brings frontline clinical judgment, rigorous academic credibility, and clear communication to medical-legal matters — delivering defensible, well-documented standard-of-care opinions that withstand scrutiny at deposition and trial.
Prior to focusing on full-time clinical practice, Dr. Mallah spent three years as a healthcare management consultant with McKinsey & Company, advising C-suite executives and government health ministers. That analytical training carries directly into his casework — structured, evidence-based reasoning presented in terms a jury can follow.
Penetrating & blunt trauma, damage-control surgery, emergency operative management.
ICU management, ventilator & sepsis care, post-operative complications.
Laparoscopic & robotic procedures, appendectomy, cholecystectomy, hernia repair.
Deviation analysis, causation review, informed consent, surgical decision-making.
Multidisciplinary care coordination, protocols, length-of-stay & outcomes.
Device commercialization & design — patent-pending inventor, surgical technology.
Written opinion & report
Sworn testimony
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