I have over 30 years' experience in the fields of stroke medicine, geriatric medicine and internal medicine. I am familiar with clinical practice in these fields. Since 2010, my main work has been in stroke medicine. However, I continue to have a commitment to geriatric and internal medicine. My areas of expertise are in stroke medicine, geriatric medicine and internal medicine. I have gained the Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate.

Dr Cristina Russo is a leading medico-legal expert specialising in Stroke Medicine, providing independent expert opinion in clinical negligence and criminal cases relating to acute stroke management (thrombolysis and thrombectomy), secondary prevention and long-term prognosis. Dr Russo holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Stroke (Buckingham University) and has completed the Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificates (CUBS) in Civil and Criminal Law through Cardiff University, including formal training in report writing, courtroom skills and cross-examination. She accepts instructions in...

Infection & infectious diseases • Hospital-acquired infection • Travel & tropical medicine • Especially: AIDS/HIV, Campylobacter, cellulitis, Clostridium difficile , COVID-19, encephalitis, Escherichia coli O157, food poisoning, gastroenteritis, immunisations, Legionnaire's disease, leishmaniasis, leptospirosis, life expectancy, listeriosis, Lyme disease, malaria, meningitis, monkeypox, MRSA, necrotising fasciitis, norovirus, Q fever, sepsis, septic shock, swine flu, toxoplasmosis, typhoid fever, tuberculosis

Delay in diagnosis of cancer • Tumour growth rates • Radiotherapy & chemotherapy

Dr Kishore is involved in the delivery of high-quality hyperacute stroke care, including thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy. He has a special clinical interest in the diagnosis and management of acute cerebrovascular conditions such as acute ischaemic stroke, acute intracerebral haemorrhage, carotid and vertebral artery dissections and TIAs. He is also interested in secondary prevention, understanding the aetiopathogenesis of stroke and the evaluation of embolic strokes of unknown source.

I am a doctor of medicine practising for over 22 years as an NHS England hospital-based Consultant Physician and an accredited specialist in Stroke and Neurovascular Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Adult Internal Medicine. I accept instructions as a medical expert in civil and criminal cases of medical negligence and adult safeguarding on behalf of the claimant or defendant or as an SJE. I provide expert witness and condition and prognosis reports, and am happy to attend court hearings and coroner's inquests.