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Ernest P. Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., M.S., C.I.H. is a physician, attorney, industrial hygienist, industrial toxicologist and biomedical engineer with board certification in internal medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, public health and general preventive  medicine, and industrial hygiene. He received his medical, legal, and biomedical engineering degrees from Wayne State University and his Master of Public Health from Harvard University.  Wayne State University in Detroit is a leading center for the study of vehicular (car and truck) impact biomechanics as well as industrial hygiene and toxicology.  Biomedical engineering is the area of engineering that includes biomechanical engineering. In addition, he has a Master of Science in Threat Response Management (biological, chemical, and radiological defense) from the University of Chicago. He is the former Medical Director of the Detroit Health Department. He is an assistant professor of internal medicine, family medicine, and public health at Wayne State University. He is the immediate Past-President of the Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society and Vice-Chairman of the Environmental Litigation and Administrative Practice Committee of the State Bar of Michigan. He has clinical privileges at the Henry Ford Health System and serves as the attorney for the Medical Staff of Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals-Warren Campus. He is licensed to practice medicine and law in Michigan, Illinois and New York. He is also licensed to practice law in the states of Michigan and Illinois and is an adjunct professor of law at John Marshall Law School in Chicago where he teaches toxic tort law. He has offices in Chicago, New York City, Miami Florida and suburban Detroit.

MEDICAL PRACTICE

Dr. Chiodo's medical practice includes the diagnosis and treatment of occupational and environmental disease caused by exposures to toxins, chemicals, molds, infectious agents, lightning, electrocution, heat, noise, lasers, and radiation. He has special expertise in determining causation of disease due to automobile accidents and falls given his Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering. As a Certified Industrial Hygienist (C.I.H.), Dr. Chiodo also has special expertise in issues concerning Building Related Disease. Dr. Chiodo also has a Master of Science in Threat Response Management (biological, chemical, and radiological defense) from the University of Chicago and has served as the international advisor to Goodrich Corporation concerning pandemic influenza as part of his consulting practice in threat response management. Dr. Chiodo has also held a postion of significant public responsibility having served as the Medical Director of the City of Detroit and was responsible for protecting the public health of over one million people.

An area of focus in Dr. Chiodo's practice given his Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering is impact biomechanics including the calculation of forces in low speed vehicular (car and truck) collisions. Biomedical engineering is the area of engineering that includes biomechanical engineering.

Dr. Chiodo has also been frequently called upon to provide services concerning building related disease (mold, carbon monoxide, and vapor intrusions) since he is a physician board certified in the medical specialties of internal medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, and public health and general preventive medicine as well as being a Certified Industrial Hygienist (C.I.H.).

 

LAW PRACTICE

Dr. Chiodo's law practice has included service as a trial attorney in toxic tort and environmental litigiation. He has also represented numerous physicians in medical licensure, peer review, and contract issues. His legal practice also includes venture capital law services to biotechnology and environmental concerns.

DISEASE CAUSATION

Determination of causation of occupational and environmental disease requires knowledge of medicine, epidemiology, toxicology, biostatistics, industrial hygiene, public health, and biomedical engineering. Dr. Chiodo has formal education and board certifications documenting his expertise in all of these disciplines. In addition, as a practicing attorney, he has knowledge of evidentiary rules including the Federal Daubert Rules for admission of expert testimony. 

Toxic Tort: Medical and Legal Elements

When your legal concerns involve dangerous toxins and pesticides, you want to know exactly what you are dealing with. Attorney and physician Dr. Ernest Chiodo has outlined these concerns in his book, Toxic Tort: Medical and Legal Elements. This is what former Chairman of the environmental law section of the State Bar of Michigan, Donnelly W. Hadden had to say about the book:

"Dr. Chiodo provides within this book gems of researched law and accepted science polished with the grit of practical courtroom experience. If you do any toxic tort litigation, this book will soon become dog-eared and full of underlined passages. You will always keep it near."

ERNEST P. CHIODO, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., M.S., C.I.H.

Ernest P. Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., M.S., C.I.H. provides medical, industrial hygiene, threat response management and biomedical engineering services from his offices in Metropolitan Detroit, Chicago, and New York. He provides legal services in his Metropolitan Detroit and Chicago offices.  

Office Locations

Michigan Office

35770 Harper Avenue
Clinton Township, MI 48035

Tel. 586-746-1761

221 North LaSalle St.
Suite 1748
Chicago, IL 60601

Tel. 312-351-0717

New York Office (Forensic consulting)

Empire State Building
350 Fifth Avenue
59th Floor
New York, NY 10118

Tel. 646-919-0710  

Miami Office (Forensic consulting)

Barclay Business Center
555 NE 15th Street
Suite 200
Miami, FL 33132

Tel. 305-967-7570  

 

Toxic Tort

Toxic Tort: Medical and Legal Elements by Ernest P. Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., C.I.H.

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Dr. Chiodo provides forensic medical, industrial hygiene, and engineering services in his Metropolitan Detroit, Chicago and New York City offices to persons from throughout the United States, including Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Toledo, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Flint, Ann Arbor, Columbus, Cleveland, Milwaukee, New York City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Washington DC, San Francisco, Denver, Phoenix, Miami, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, New York, California, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.