Linda Wood RN (Legal Nurse Consultant)

lwood@demourasmith.com

Linda Wood is a registered nurse and certified legal nurse consultant. A graduate of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Nursing School, Linda uses her knowledge, training and clinical experience to provide critical analysis and review on the firm’s medical/legal cases. Her in-depth understanding of medicine and the healthcare system is invaluable to the evaluation of symptoms, injuries, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, as well as standards of care, causation, damages, and other medically issues relevant to our clients’ claims or defenses. Linda lends her medical expertise and experience in cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, toxic tort, long-term care/elder law, regulatory compliance, employment discrimination and medical malpractice.

Linda has been a registered nurse since 1979, spending years in community and hospital settings, surgery, and acute care practices. She received her certificate as a Legal Nurse Consultant from Northeastern University in 2000. Since 2002, Linda has been practicing in the medical aesthetics profession. She spent ten years working in the Boston area for one of the nation's top cosmetic dermatology practices. She has developed an expertise in cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures, including lasers, cosmetic injectables, neurotoxins and dermal fillers.