Podiatry Expert Witness · Board-Certified Podiatric Physician
Expert opinions, independent medical examinations, and physician-level review for the medical-legal community — grounded in the record and clearly reasoned.
Services
Five ways to put physician-level foot and ankle judgment behind a claim, a defense, or a determination. Each engagement produces clear, organized, well-documented work product.
Standard-of-care, causation, and treatment-related opinions in foot and ankle matters — including malpractice, personal injury, and nursing-home negligence. Written reports and testimony for plaintiff and defense.
In-person examinations with mechanism-of-injury analysis, pre-existing condition and apportionment review, and functional limitation assessment — reported in a format that answers the referral questions actually asked.
Medical-necessity determinations for podiatric and lower-extremity care, applying evidence-based criteria with a documented clinical rationale that stands up to appeal.
Medical records analysis, chronology development, treatment-appropriateness assessment, and documentation review — organized so counsel and claims teams can act on it quickly.
Physician-level review of podiatric care: treatment reasonableness, standard-of-care assessment, documentation quality, and appeal determinations for review organizations and carriers.
Scope of review
Clinical judgment built across outpatient, hospital, nursing-home, assisted-living, urgent-care, home-care, and correctional settings — applied to the questions that decide lower-extremity cases and claims.
Who I serve
Plaintiff and defense engagements in malpractice, personal injury, liability, and long-term-care matters — from early merit screening to written opinions and testimony as a matter requires.
Panel-ready podiatric reviewer for independent examinations, external review, and dispute resolution, with report formats matched to your referral requirements.
Workers’ compensation, disability, and liability lines: medical necessity, causation, treatment reasonableness, and claim-file review.
Claims-support reviews with documented rationale, clear determinations, and dependable turnaround for high-volume workflows.
Disability evaluation, program-integrity review, and correctional or public-health-adjacent matters, informed by direct experience in state-facility care.
Lower-extremity input for life care plans, future treatment needs, and cost projections — plus consulting support for other medical-legal professionals.
The physician behind the opinion
Foot Expert Witness is the solo practice of Dr. Ahmad Rashid, DPM — a board-certified, surgically trained podiatric physician and founder of a multi-state podiatry practice. When you retain the firm, the physician who takes your first call is the same one who personally reviews the relevant medical records, performs the examination, writes the report, and gives testimony.
His clinical base is unusually broad for a foot and ankle specialist: hospital medicine, wound care and limb salvage, nursing-home and assisted-living care, urgent care, home visits, and correctional medicine — with residency training in reconstructive rearfoot and ankle surgery and graduate training in accounting that brings fluency to the billing side of necessity disputes.
The same standards apply whether retained by plaintiff or defense: the opinion follows the record.
PDF · Full clinical record & scope of medical-legal services
Credentials
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| CaliforniaUnrestricted licensure | Dec 2026 |
Additional state licensure obtained as engagements require.
Clinical record
United Podiatry, PLLC — New Hampshire & Vermont
Independent multi-state practice spanning clinic, urgent-care, nursing-home, assisted-living, home-care, and state-prison settings. Full physician responsibility for medical decision-making, documentation, compliance, and operations across medically complex, mobility-limited populations.
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital — St. Johnsbury, VT
Solo hospital-based podiatrist evaluating and treating 20+ patients per day: diabetic ulcers, fractures, tendon ruptures, infections, and in-office procedures, with documentation supporting diagnosis, medical necessity, and response to care.
Advanced Foot and Ankle Center, LLC — Rutland, VT
Helped establish a new community podiatry clinic; independent practice across wound care, orthotics, minor procedures, and evaluation of varied lower-extremity complaints.
Androscoggin Valley Hospital — Berlin, NH
In-house lower-extremity wound care including bedside and operating-room debridement, plus outpatient surgical services covering elective and infectious foot and ankle cases.
Coos County Family Health Services — Berlin, NH
Solo podiatrist in a multi-specialty group treating 20+ patients per day; expanded a part-time service to full-time during the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining independent clinical responsibility.
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center / New York Medical College Teaching Hospital, Brooklyn, NY · 2016–2019 · Chief Resident, final year
Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine · 2016 · Merit Scholarship, Dean’s List
Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst · 2012
Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst · 2010 · Cum Laude, Pre-Medical Studies
Engagement
A predictable path from first contact to deliverable, so you always know where your matter stands.
Reach out with the matter type and jurisdiction. Conflicts are confirmed by phone before party names or records are exchanged.
Fee schedule and CV provided on request; retainer agreement executed and secure records transfer arranged.
Complete record review, examination where applicable, chronology development, and documentation-supported findings.
A clear written report answering the referral questions — with deposition and trial testimony available as the matter requires.
Contact
Start with the matter type and jurisdiction — we’ll run the conflict check by phone before party names or records are exchanged. Fee schedule and full CV available on request.
In-person examinations are conducted in states where Dr. Rashid holds active licensure. Record review, utilization review, and peer review are available in other jurisdictions subject to applicable licensure and program requirements.