Richard Baratta

Biography

RICHARD V. BARATTA, Ph.D., P.E., VICE PRESIDENTDr. Baratta is a 1989 graduate in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University in New Orleans. Dr. Baratta’s primary areas of consulting expertise include injury causation biomechanics, accident reconstruction, medical device failures and intellectual property.  Dr. Baratta performs biomechanical analysis on cases involving low-speed accidents, driver determination, falling objects, slip and falls, and amusement rides.  He has reconstructed accidents involving low-speed accidents, high-speed fatality collisions, pedestrian accidents, vehicle rollovers and other types of accidents.  Dr. Baratta also provides expertise in relation to modified, high performance and racing automobiles.  Dr. Baratta is fluent in English and Spanish and has testified in both depositions and trials in the United States and Mexico.
Dr. Baratta’s prior experience has included multiple aspects of orthopedic, facial and spinal biomechanics and rehabilitative engineering and research.  He has an extensive publication record addressing basic, applied, and clinical orthopedic topics and has performed collaborative research with other intramural departments and outside academic and industrial institutions.  He has experience in the development, clinical implementation and writing of FDA submissions for a paraplegic ambulation device.  Dr. Baratta continues to be involved with teaching biomechanics to orthopedic surgeons seeking recertification.

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