
| Medical malpractice (plaintiff or defendant) Personal injury ~ Worker’s compensation Nursing home ~ Elder abuse/ neglect ~ Wrongful death ~ Toxic Tort ~ Product liability |

| Mary C. Vrtis, Ph.D., MSN, MA, RN Legal Nurse Consultant Phone: (540)305-4639 e-mail at: marycvrtis@aperiomlc.com |

| 35 years of nursing experience: Home Health ~ Long term care ~ Hospital Nursing educator ~ Critical care 14 years of experience in Administration: Home health ~ Hospital ~ Long term care |

| WHY should you hire a Legal Nurse Consultant? As a busy attorney you do not have time to review each page of the medical record. Your time is far too valuable! On the other hand, missing something in the records could have an adverse impact on case outcomes and your firm's bottom line. Dr. Vrtis has an extensive nursing background and familiarity with standards of care, federal regulations and insider knowledge of how the medical care system works. She has reviewed countless charts for standards of care deviations and risk management issues. As an educator and published author, she is very skilled at translating complex medical concepts and procedures into terms that can be understood by jurors. In addition, we have a broad network of health care connections that will help you to locate just the right expert witnesses. |

| Services: Screen cases for merit. Educate on medical issues crucial to the case. Organize, interpret and translate medical records. Recognize tampering and identify missing documents. Identify deviations from recognized standards of care. Prepare chronologies and summaries. Extract information related to damages. Assist with preparation of interrogatories. Perform literature review. Locate expert witnesses. Develop exhibits that explain complex medical information. Assist with identification of proximate cause. |

| WE GUARANTEE OUR WORK! If you are not 100% satisfied with any portion of our work product, please notify us within 10 days and we will provide the revisions requested. |

| We are located in Virginia, but will provide services nationwide. |





