Expert review · Inquiry
Request a Scope Discussion
Start with a short, non-clinical message that lets Dr. Gill screen conflicts and judge fit. Records come later, after the scope and terms are agreed.
What to include
A useful first inquiry answers the questions Dr. Gill needs for conflict screening and fit, and nothing more. Please include:
- You. Name, professional role, organization, and a telephone number.
- The client. Whom you represent, or which organization is requesting the review.
- Everyone involved. All parties, facilities, clinician groups, contractors, management companies and insurers, so that conflicts can be checked before anything else.
- The forum. State or federal court, administrative proceeding, or no proceeding; and the jurisdiction.
- The dates. The period of care at issue, and any deadlines — expert designation, report, deposition or trial.
- The role. Consulting review only, a potential testifying expert, or an organizational review.
- The question. Two or three sentences describing the clinical question in non-clinical terms — for example, "whether follow-up of an abnormal outpatient result in 2024 met the expected standard for a primary-care practice".
Please do not include
Medical records, patient names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, diagnoses, medication lists, images or any other health information. This channel is not designed to receive confidential health information. It is not for medical care, urgent clinical questions, subpoenas or requests for a patient's own records.
Send the inquiry
The button below opens a pre-formatted message in your email program, with the fields above ready to complete. Nothing is sent until you send it yourself.
If the button does not open your email program, write to webmaster [at] kpsgill [dot] com with the subject line "Expert review inquiry" and the seven items above.
What happens next
- Conflict and fit screening. Dr. Gill checks the parties against his relationships, prior workplaces and publications, and considers whether the question fits his qualifications and capacity.
- A reply. If the matter can proceed, he proposes a short scope discussion. If it cannot, he says so; where another discipline is better placed, he says which.
- Scope and terms. The question, role, records, work product, fee schedule and secure transfer method are agreed in writing.
- Records and review. Records are transferred by the agreed method and the review begins.
An inquiry does not create an engagement, an attorney–client relationship or a physician–patient relationship, and it does not guarantee confidentiality protections that depend on the circumstances and the law. Opinions may support, limit or contradict the position of the requesting party. Fees compensate professional work and are never contingent on the opinion or the outcome. See engagement terms and the independence policy.
Other kinds of contact
Media, editorial and website correspondence: Professional contact. Patients seeking care, results or their own records: please contact your own clinician or the organization that holds your records. In an emergency, call 911.
Questions counsel often ask
Should we attach records to the first message?
No. Please do not send medical records, patient names, dates of birth, diagnoses or other health information in the first message. The inquiry channel is for conflict screening and scoping only. Records are transferred later by an agreed secure method, after conflicts are cleared and the engagement terms are signed.
Who reads the inquiry?
Dr. Gill reads professional inquiries personally. Not every inquiry can be accepted; some are declined for conflicts, scope or capacity, and some are better served by another discipline, in which case he will say so.
Is this channel suitable for subpoenas or records requests?
No. Subpoenas, requests for a patient's own records and questions about clinical care belong with the organization that holds the records or provides the care. This channel is for counsel and organizations proposing a review or consulting assignment.
This page describes professional consulting services for attorneys and healthcare organizations. It is not legal advice or medical advice. An inquiry does not create an engagement, an attorney–client relationship or a physician–patient relationship. Opinions are formed only after review of the evidence and may support, limit or contradict the position of the party that requests them. Fees are never contingent on the content of an opinion or the outcome of a matter.