Expert witness and medical-legal consultation
Independent medical expertise in allergic, immunologic and occupational respiratory disease, for plaintiffs and defendants.
Areas of expertise
Occupational asthma and lung disease
Work-related asthma, sensitizer and irritant exposures including isocyanates and other chemicals, enzymes, latex and animal proteins, and hypersensitivity lung disease.
Anaphylaxis and severe reactions
Causation and management of anaphylaxis and severe allergic reactions to foods, drugs, insect stings and other triggers.
Drug and food allergy
Evaluation of reported medication and food allergies, testing, challenges and desensitization.
Allergen immunotherapy safety
Systemic reactions to allergy shots and sublingual immunotherapy, and the safety practices that prevent them.
Urticaria, angioedema and dermatitis
Chronic hives, hereditary and acquired angioedema, and allergic and irritant contact dermatitis, including workplace skin disease.
Standard of care
Diagnosis and treatment standards in allergy and immunology, informed by the national practice parameters he co-authored.
How Dr. Bernstein works with counsel
Retained by both plaintiffs and defendants. Most matters are resolved through records review, written reports and depositions.
Initial discussion
A brief conversation about the matter and the questions at issue, to confirm fit and check for conflicts.
Records review
Medical records, exposure and workplace documentation, testing and the case materials you provide.
Independent evaluation
An in-person medical evaluation with appropriate testing, when the matter calls for one.
Report and testimony
A written expert report and deposition testimony; available for trial when a matter requires it.
A curriculum vitae and fee schedule are available on request.
Credentials relevant to counsel
- Certification boards
- Former Member and Chair, American Board of Allergy and Immunology, the body that certifies allergists in the United States. Board certified in Allergy and Immunology (1983) and Internal Medicine (1980).
- National standards
- Co-author of national practice parameters on allergen immunotherapy, anaphylaxis, rhinitis, allergy diagnostic testing, contact dermatitis, hereditary angioedema and primary immunodeficiency. Former member, Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters.
- Occupational asthma research
- Principal Investigator on NIOSH-funded studies of occupational asthma, including diisocyanate-induced asthma and genetic susceptibility (1999–2017). Author, Occupational Asthma, Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America (Elsevier, 2011).
- Immunotherapy safety
- Director, North American Immunotherapy Safety Surveillance Study (AAAAI/ACAAI), since 2008.
- Academic standing
- Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati. Director of the UC Allergy Fellowship Training Program, 1982–2019. Full list of publications.
- Recognition
- AAAAI Distinguished Clinician Award (2019) and Special Recognition Award (2025); ACAAI Distinguished Fellow Award (2022).
Discuss a matter
Use the contact form and select “An attorney (expert witness inquiry),” or email [email protected].