Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts



Ernest Chiodo P.C.

Best's Recommended Expert Service Providers - Accident Reconstruction


221 North LaSalle Street, Suite 854, Chicago, Illinois 60601

Established: 1989


About Us

Ernest P. Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., M.S., C.I.H. is a physician, attorney, certified industrial hygienist, toxicologist and biomedical engineer. Dr. Chiodo is board certified in the medical specialties of internal medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, and public health and general preventive medicine. He is also a Certified Industrial Hygienist which is the engineering and public health professional most focused upon the quantification and control of occupational and environmental hazards including biomechanical and ergonomic hazards as well as various air toxins including carbon monoxide and mold.

He actively practices both medicine and law with specialization in the medical and legal aspects of occupational and environmental disease including exposures to toxins, chemicals, heat, noise, lightning, electricity, lasers, radiation, mold exposures. He also has special expertise concerning automobile accident and fall injuries due to his Master of Science from Wayne State University in Detroit which is one of the leading international centers for research concerning vehicular injuries. He also has special expertise in building related disease issues due to his Master of Science in Occupational and Environmental Health with Specialization in Industrial Toxicology from Wayne State University, board certification as a Certified Industrial Hygienist, and licensure as a residential builder in the State of Michigan. He has served as trial counsel in a number of cases involving toxic substances litigation including mass toxic tort cases. He has also been the lead expert witness in a number of high profile toxic tort cases including serving as the lead expert witness in a mass toxic tort case for Gerry Spence.

Dr. Chiodo received his medical degree (M.D.) from Wayne State University School of Medicine, his law degree (J.D.) from Wayne State University Law School, his Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) from Harvard University School of Public Health, his Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Wayne State University, his Master of Science in Threat Response Management (biological, chemical, and radiological defense) from the University of Chicago, his Master of Science in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences with Specialization in Industrial Toxicology from Wayne State University, his Master of Business Administration with a concentration in economics from the University of Chicago, his Master of Science in Evidence Based Health Care (evidence based medicine) from the University of Oxford, and his Master of Science in Experimental and Translational Therapeutics (drug, vaccine, and medical device development) from the University of Oxford.

Dr. Chiodo has served as the Medical Director and Manager of Medical and Public Health Services for the City of Detroit. He was the chief physician in charge of all medical and public health services provided by the City of Detroit to over one million persons then living and working in the City of Detroit. This was a position of substantial public responsibility where he had the direct telephone number to the United States White House in the event that he needed to contact the President in the event of a serious public health emergency in the City of Detroit.


Awards

  • Dr. Chiodo has been inducted in the Hall of Fame of Wayne State University College of Engineering as a Distinguished Biomedical Engineer.

Services Rendered

  • Accident Claim Examinations
  • Accident Reconstruction
  • Air Bags
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Automobile
  • Automobile Crashes/Collisions
  • Automotive
  • Biomechanics
  • Brain Injury
  • Chemical Exposures
  • Contamination Control
  • COVID-19/Coronavirus
  • Crash Investigation
  • Disability Claim Disputes
  • Disability Determination and Management
  • Disability Evaluation
  • Disability Medical Record Review
  • Dram Shop Cases
  • Drowning
  • Economic and Statistical Analysis
  • Economic Damages
  • Environmental Toxicology
  • Forensic Engineering
  • Human Factors
  • Independent Medical Examinations
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Industrial Accidents
  • Industrial Hygiene
  • Ladder Accidents
  • Life Care Planning
  • Lightning
  • Medical Record Review
  • Mold Abatement
  • Mold and Mildew Causation
  • Mold Remediation
  • Mold Restoration
  • Noise-induced Hearing Loss
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Occupational Lung Disease
  • Occupational Medicine
  • Origin and Cause Analysis
  • OSHA Regulations
  • Police Misconduct
  • Premises Liability
  • Property Damage
  • Reconstruction
  • Recreational Accidents
  • Recreational Vehicles
  • Shopping Cart Accidents
  • Slip, Trip and Fall
  • Toxicology
  • Epidemiology
  • Vehicular Crash Reconstruction
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Wrongful Death
  • Asbestos
  • Catastrophic Injuries
  • Motor Vehicle
  • Toxic Tort Law
  • Ammonia, Nitric Acid, Ammonium Nitrate, Urea Expert
  • Benzene
  • Biological, Chemical and Radiological Defense
  • Building Related Disease including Mold
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Handcuff Injuries
  • Impact Biomechanics
  • Injury Causation Analysis
  • Near-Drowning
  • Public Health
  • Vapor Intrusions
  • Work & Environmental Illness
  • Covid-19 Workers' Comp
  • Covid-19 Expert


Qualifications

Dr. Chiodo has a broad range of expertise including internal medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, public health and general preventive medicine, biomedical engineering, toxicology, epidemiology, industrial hygiene, and biostatistics. Recent cases have included mold, asbestos, benzene, manganese (welding fumes), PCBs., solvents, heavy metals, lightning, falls, and vehicular injuries.


Additional Locations

  • Michigan Office
  • 35770 Harper Avenue
  • Clinton Township, Michigan 48035
    • Telephone: 586-746-1761
  • West Palm Beach Florida Forensic Medical Office
  • 701 S. Olive, Suite 113
  • West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
    • Telephone: 561-603-7701

Professional Memberships

  • American Industrial Hygiene Association
  • Chicago Bar Association
  • State Bar of Michigan
  • Royal Society of Medicine

Service Area

Serving the United States and Canada with offices in Michigan, Illinois, and Florida.


Personnel Information


Ernest P. Chiodo MD, JD, MPH, M,S MBA, CIH

President
Dr. Chiodo received his Bachelor of Arts from Kalamazoo College, his Medical Doctorate (M.D.) from Wayne State University School of Medicine, his Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from Wayne State University Law School, his Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) from Harvard University School of Public Health, his Master of Science in Biomedical Enigeering (M.S.) from Wayne State University, his Master of Science in Threat Response Management (biological, chemical, and radiological defense) from the University of Chicago, and his Master of Science in Occupational and Environmental Health with Specialization in Industrial Toxicology from Wayne State University. He has served as the Medical Director of the Detroit Health Department as well as Medical Director of the pension boards of the City of Lansing, Michigan. He has served as an assistant professor of internal medicine, family medicine, and public health at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He is a past Chairman of the Environmental Litigation and Administrative Practice Committee of the State Bar of Michigan and a Past-President of the Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society.


High Profile Cases

Parr v. Aruba Petroleum which was the first jury verdict for personal injuries in a fracking case.

(This firm also appears in the Toxicology section of this publication)

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