Spinal & Cranial Neurosurgery Expert Witness Services By Stephen C. Saris, MD
Duke and Harvard Trained Neurosurgeon with extensive brain and spine surgery expertise, offering objective case assessment, standards-of-care review, and reliable expert testimony.
"I worked with Dr. Saris a few years ago on a case involving a college student who alleged a life-altering head strike and traumatic brain injury. The plaintiff demand was $7,000,000, and the award was zero. ... Read More
Rick Ramsey, defense counsel, Wicker Smith LLC, Jacksonville, Florida
"I am writing to recommend Stephen C. Saris, M.D. as a neurosurgical expert. I am an attorney who has retained Dr. Saris as an expert witness in medical malpractice and complex injury matters. In my experience, Dr. Saris is exceptionally thorough, clinically sharp, and able to explain complicated neurosurgical issues in a clear, practical way that attorneys, adjusters, and jurors can understand. ... Read More
Anthony M. Gantous Esquire, plaintiffs' counsel, Anchor Legal Group, PLLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Stephen C. Saris, MD
- Board-Certified Neurosurgeon with over 40 years of continuous active clinical practice, specializing in brain and spine surgery.
- Harvard, Duke and NIH–trained. Boston University M.D.
- Boston University/University of Edinburgh B.S.
- Published extensively, with 30+ peer-reviewed journal articles and multiple textbook chapters on neurosurgery and neuro-oncology.
- Served as a peer reviewer for major medical journals, including Cancer and the Journal of Neurological Surgery.
- More than 30 years of medicolegal experience, having served both plaintiff and defense attorneys in medical malpractice, personal injury, and workers’ compensation.
- Extensive medicolegal experience, including 500+ depositions, 1,000+ IMEs, 1,000+ record reviews, and 50+ court appearances.
- Available for in-person and virtual IMEs, offering practical flexibility for counsel.
- Extensive experience evaluating complex causation scenarios.
- Former Research fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NINDS), underscoring a strong foundation in neurosurgical research.
Dr. Saris’s expertise spans cases involving neurosurgical and spinal procedures, traumatic brain and spinal injuries, intracerebral and subdural hemorrhage, closed head injury, traumatic brain injury (TBI), degenerative spine conditions, cauda equina syndrome, spinal fusion, whiplash, independent medical examinations (IMEs), headaches, epilepsy, gliomas, radiosurgery and Gamma Knife treatment, pedicle screw placement, intracranial hemorrhage, glioblastoma, brain cancer, and spinal epidural abscesses.
Dr. Stephen C. Saris, a board-certified neurosurgeon with extensive brain and spine surgery expertise, provides expert witness services across the United States of America including Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin.