Lisa S. Santopadre, a Registered Nurse, joined our firm’s legal team on March 1, 2010. Lisa began her nursing career caring for patients with chronic medical diseases, such as renal failure, congestive heart failure, and diabetes, as well as those with acute conditions, such as sepsis and dehydration. After working in a Telemetry Unit, Lisa moved into a position managing patients in a Sub-Acute Care Unit. There she monitored patients recovering from diagnostic and interventional cardiac procedures, including electrophysiology studies and ablations, as well as patients undergoing stem cell transplants for various medical conditions. Lisa is also a Diabetic Educator, helping patients learn to manage their newly diagnosed illness. Combining her interest in research with her clinical nursing experience, Lisa is pursuing an extensive, accredited program of study and examination and rigorous practical training to become a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant in 2011. Lisa assists our defense team with assessment of medical and personal injury case files, including medical records review, evaluation and analysis; deposition and expert preparation and other appropriate tasks. In order to stay abreast of the latest trends in health care, Lisa remains a practicing nurse, serving to further enhance the quality of this firm’s legal representation of its healthcare and environmental law clients.