Pharmacist and Pharmacology Expert Witness
Dr. Zlatan Coralic
I provide expert witness services in Pharmacy and Pharmacology for litigation matters. I specialize in:Medication safety
Pharmacology
Clinical pharmacy practiceI’m a full-time practicing Emergency Medicine Pharmacist and a Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), with over two decades of hands-on experience in high-acuity care. Additionally, I am a:Published researcher
Frequent conference speakerWith skills developed over two decades, I bring a balanced mix of real-world clinical insight and academic rigor to my expert witness work.I have provided reviews, written reports, depositions, and testified with over 30 engagements.My previous expert witness work includes:Complex Causality Analysis (e.g., Bradford Hill)
POSA Patent Analysis & Interpretation
Drug Labeling
Medication Safety
Adverse Drug Events and Toxicities
Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacy Standards of Care
Drug Administration & Dispensing
Anticoagulation Management
Opioid Use & Misuse
Antibiotic Stewardship
General, Emergency, & Critical Care Pharmacology
Pharmacy Operations
Credentials
Pharmacy Doctorate: University of Southern NevadaResidency Training: University of California San FranciscoBoard Certified Pharmacotherapy SpecialistFellow of the American Society of Health-System PharmacistsEmergency Medicine Clinical PharmacistClinical Professor of PharmacyClinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1. Hwang C, Michaels B, Park K, Dang A, Vo C, Lee S, Coralic Z. Impact of paralytic choice on postintubation sedation and analgesia in the emergency department. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2025 Mar 03. PMID: 40037283.2. Ray L, Acquisto NM, Coralic Z. Feldman R, Mercer K, Zimmerman DE, Howington GT, Slocum GW, Faine B, Rech MA. A national survey of medication utilization for cardiac resuscitation in the emergency department: A survey of emergency medicine pharmacists. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2024 Dec 05; 81(24):1313–1321. PMID: 38990863.3. Murphy CE, Coralic Z. Wang RC, Montoy JCC, Ramirez B, Raven MC. Extended-release naltrexone and case management for treatment of alcohol use disorder in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2023 Apr; 81(4):440–449. PMID: 36328851.4. Coralic Z. Olson KR, Chamberlain JM, Overbeek D, Silbergleit R. In reply. Ann Emerg Med. 2022 Dec; 80(6):573–574. PMID: 36404004.5. Jackson N, Belmont CR, Coralic Z. Riley LW. Genetic predictive factors for nonsusceptible phenotypes and multidrug resistance in expanded-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli from a multicenter cohort. mSphere. 2022 Dec 21; 7(6):e0047122. PMID: 36377882.6. Coralic Z. Kapur J, Olson KR, Chamberlain JM, Overbeek D, Silbergleit R. Treatment of toxin-related status epilepticus with levetiracetam, fosphenytoin, or valproate. Ann Emerg Med. 2022 Sep; 80(3):194–202. PMID: 35718575.7. Coralic Z. Rader ES, Vinson DR, Wilson MP. Haloperidol versus ziprasidone with concomitant medications and other predictors of physical restraint duration in the emergency department. J Emerg Med. 2022 May; 62(5):636–647. PMID: 35361510.8. Leung T, Kedzior S, Moore K, Bierman J, Coralic Z. Intermittent versus continuous infusion dosing of intravenous proton pump inhibitors for upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Ann Pharmacother. 2022 Oct; 56(10):1127–1132. PMID: 35135340.9. Lee A, Coralic Z. Use of capsaicin cream in cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome in patients presenting to the emergency department. Ann Pharmacother. 2022 Feb; 56(2):151–154. PMID: 33998315.10. Acquisto NM, Coralic Z. In the midst of an opioid epidemic: Pharmacists on the frontline of substance use disorder treatment. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2021 Feb 08; 78(4):277–278. PMID: 33354712.11. Murphy CE, Wang RC, Coralic Z. Lai AR, Raven M. Association between methamphetamine use and psychiatric hospitalization, chemical restraint, and emergency department length of stay. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 Nov; 27(11):1116–1125. PMID: 32713087.12. Montoy JCC, Coralic Z. Herring AA, Clattenburg EJ, Raven MC. Association of default electronic medical record settings with health care professional patterns of opioid prescribing in emergency departments: A randomized quality improvement study. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Apr 1; 180(4):487–493. PMID: 31961377.13. Brown C, Noble J, Coralic Z. Brief summary of potential SARS-CoV-2 prophylactic and treatment drugs in the emergency department. West J Emerg Med. 2020 Mar 31; 21(3):510–513. PMID: 32302280.14. Coralic Z. Medication reconciliation studies: High quantity, low quality. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2019 Dec 2; 76(24):1996–1997. PMID: 31789356.15. Avdagic K, Geier M, Coralic Z. Finley P. Evaluation of the impact of a multimodel intervention on prescribing patterns of sedative-hypnotics in a behavioral health system. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2018 May 31; 20(3). PMID: 29873949.16. Morgan SR, Acquisto NM, Coralic Z. et al. Clinical pharmacy services in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Oct; 36(10):1727–1732. PMID: 29475633.17. Coralic Z. Sawe HR, Mfinanga JA, et al. Ketamine procedural sedation in the emergency department of an urban tertiary hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Emerg Med J. 2018 Apr; 35(4):214–219. PMID: 29358491.18. Li K, Vo K, Lee BK, Addo N, Coralic Z. Effect of a single dose of intravenous ondansetron on QTc interval in emergency department patients. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2018 Mar 1; 75(5):276–282. PMID: 29317399.19. Coralic Z. Hayes BD. Emergency medicine pharmacists on an international scale. Emerg Med J. 2017 Aug; 34(8):492–493. PMID: 28501816.20. Gertler SA, Coralic Z. López A, Stein JC, Sarkar U. Root cause analysis of ambulatory adverse drug events that present to the emergency department. J Patient Saf. 2016 Sep; 12(3):119–124. PMID: 24583958.21. Coralic Z. Kim AS, Vinson DR. Prochlorperazine-induced hemidystonia mimicking acute stroke. West J Emerg Med. 2015 Jul; 16(4):572–574. PMID: 26265971.22. Burnett MM, Zimmermann L, Coralic Z. et al. Simple text-messaging intervention is associated with improved door-to-needle times for acute ischemic stroke. Stroke. 2014 Dec; 45(12):3714–3716. PMID: 25352486.23. Coralic Z. Kanzaria HK, Bero L, Stein J. Staff perceptions of an on-site clinical pharmacist program in an academic emergency department after one year. West J Emerg Med. 2014 Mar; 15(2):205–210. PMID: 24672613.24. James KT, Detz A, Coralic Z. Kanzaria H. Levamisole contaminated cocaine induced cutaneous vasculitis syndrome. West J Emerg Med. 2013 Sep; 14(5):448–449. PMID: 24106539.25. Coralic Z. Lenhoff T, Kanzaria HK, Gerona R. A 120-hour case of priapism from an over-the-counter herbal supplement. Ann Pharmacother. 2013 Feb; 47(2):289–290. PMID: 23386071.26. Kanzaria HK, Farzan N, Coralic Z. Adie’s tonic pupil. West J Emerg Med. 2012 Dec; 13(6):543. PMID: 23359653.27. Chung-Esaki H, Knight R, Noble J, Wang R, Coralic Z. Detection of acute pulmonary embolism by bedside ultrasound in a patient presenting in PEA arrest: A case report. Case Rep Emerg Med. 2012; 2012:794019. PMID: 23326723.28. Frymoyer A, Hersh AL, Coralic Z. Benet LZ, Guglielmo BJ. Prediction of vancomycin pharmacodynamics in children with invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: A Monte Carlo simulation. Clin Ther. 2010 Mar; 32(3):534–542. PMID: 20399990.29. Avdagic Z, Purisevic E, Omanovic S, Coralic Z. Artificial intelligence in prediction of secondary protein structure using CB513 database. Summit Transl Bioinform. 2009 Mar 1; 2009:1–5. PMID: 21347158.
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Speaking Engagements
| Date | Title | Conference/Location | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | When and How To Reverse Anticoagulation: Best Practices | High Risk Emergency Medicine, Honolulu, HI | Lecture |
| March 2025 | Antiplatelet Agents in the ED: Pearls and Pitfalls | High Risk Emergency Medicine, Honolulu, HI | Lecture |
| March 2025 | Pressors in ED: Best Practices | High Risk Emergency Medicine, Honolulu, HI | Lecture |
| February 2024 | ED Pressors: Tips, Tricks, Pearls, and Pitfalls | High Risk Emergency Medicine, Honolulu, HI | Lecture |
| February 2024 | Resuscitation Medications | High Risk Emergency Medicine, Honolulu, HI | Lecture |
| February 2024 | Medications for Acute Agitation in ED | High Risk Emergency Medicine, Honolulu, HI | Lecture |
| December 2023 | From Traditional to Transformational: Making the Most of Mentorship | ASHP 2023 Midyear, Anaheim, CA | Lecture |
| June 2023 | Anticoagulation in ED: Pearls and Pitfalls | High Risk Emergency Medicine, Sonoma, CA | Lecture |
| June 2023 | Pressors in ED: Pearls and Pitfalls | High Risk Emergency Medicine, Sonoma, CA | Lecture |
| May 2023 | New and Old Medications in Emergency Medicine | Vituity Annual Conference, Oakland, CA & Los Angeles, CA | Lecture |
| December 2022 | Care of Geriatric Patients in the Emergency Department: The Role of Clinical Pharmacist | ASHP 2022 Mid-Year, Las Vegas, NV | Lecture |
| December 2022 | Let’s Stop Torturing Intubated Patients | ASHP 2022 Mid-Year, Las Vegas, NV | Lecture |
| October 2022 | Toxismo: Toxin-Related Seizures During ESETT | American Academy of Clinical Toxicology National Webinar | |
| April 2022 | Medication Tips and Tricks to Keep Your Patient from Needing Admission | High Risk Emergency Medicine, Maui, Hawaii | Lecture |
| April 2022 | Medication Tips and Tricks for the Crashing Patient | High Risk Emergency Medicine, Maui, Hawaii | Lecture |
| January 2020 | Acute Management of Shortness of Breath in ED | UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine Nursing Education Series, San Francisco, CA | Lecture |
| April 2019 | Drug Shortages: Woes and Opportunities | Vituity Spring Symposium, San Diego, CA | Lecture |
| October 2018 | Updates in Reversal of Anticoagulation | Advanced Critical Care & Emergency Nursing, Las Vegas, NV | Lecture |
| October 2018 | A Discussion about the Opioid Epidemic | Advanced Critical Care & Emergency Nursing, Las Vegas, NV | Lecture |
| October 2018 | Drug Shortages: Woes and Opportunities | Advanced Critical Care & Emergency Nursing, Las Vegas, NV | Lecture |
| April 2018 | Hyponatremic Emergencies in the ED | High Risk Emergency Medicine, Maui, Hawaii | Lecture |
| December 2017 | Opioids for Pain: Drug Seeking Behavior, Acute Pain Management, and Drug Monitoring Databases | ASHP 2017 Mid-Year Meeting, Orlando, FL | Lecture |
| November 2017 | EM Meds: Pearls and Pitfalls | Advanced Critical Care & Emergency Nursing, Las Vegas, NV | Lecture |
| December 2016 | Stop the Bloodshed: What Every Pharmacists Needs to Know About Anticoagulation Reversal | ASHP 2016 Mid-Year Meeting, Las Vegas, NV | Lecture |
| May 2016 | Medication Price Gouging in Emergency Medicine | Essentials of Emergency Medicine, Las Vegas, NV | Lecture |
| May 2016 | Dangerous Drug Interactions in Emergency Medicine | Essentials of Emergency Medicine, Las Vegas, NV | Lecture |
| May 2016 | Careful with Some of These in the Resus Room | Essentials of Emergency Medicine, Las Vegas, NV | Lecture |
| April 2016 | Emergent Anticoagulation Reversal | CEP America continuing education (Long Beach, CA; Chicago, IL; San Francisco, CA) | Lecture |
| March 2016 | NOACS in the ED | Kaiser South San Francisco CE | Lecture |
| December 2015 | ASHP Clinical Pearls Session | ASHP 2014 Mid-Year Meeting, New Orleans, LA | Lecture |
| December 2015 | The Use of Ketamine in a Low Resource Hospital: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | ASHP 2014 Mid-Year Meeting, New Orleans, LA | Poster presentation |
| November 2015 | A Drug Study Sponsored by Industry…What Does That Mean? | Essentials of Emergency Medicine - Los Angeles, CA | Lecture/Livestream |
| November 2015 | Novel Antibiotics: Should We Use These in the ED? | Essentials of Emergency Medicine - Los Angeles, CA | Lecture/Livestream |
| November 2015 | What Happens In July…Stays in July! | Essentials of Emergency Medicine - Los Angeles, CA | Lecture/Livestream |
| November 2015 | Common Medication Errors in the ED | Essentials of Emergency Medicine - Los Angeles, CA | Lecture/Livestream |
| October 2015 | Paralyzed and Awake: Lessons from ED Intubation Research | UCSF Clinical Pharmacy Research Seminar Series | Lecture |
| August 2015 | Treatment of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the ED | UCSF Emergency Medicine Conference | Lecture |
| August 2015 | Common Pitfalls with Antibiotics | UCSF Emergency Medicine Conference | Lecture |
| June 2015 | Blood Thinners – Pearls and Pitfalls | High Risk Emergency Medicine San Francisco Conference | Lecture |
| June 2015 | Medication Errors - Pearls and Pitfalls | High Risk Emergency Medicine San Francisco Conference | Lecture |
| May 2015 | Opioids in the ED | UCSF School of Medicine Emergency Medicine Elective | Lecture |
| April 2015 | Drugs in Pregnancy in Emergency Medicine | UCSF Emergency Medicine Conference | Lecture |
| December 2014 | Perceived Value of Resource-Specific Treatment Protocols in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | ASHP 2014 Mid-Year Meeting, Aneheim, CA | Poster Presentation |
| December 2014 | Demystifying Acute Management of Atrial Fibrillation | ASHP 2014 Mid-Year Meeting, Aneheim, CA | Lecture |
| December 2014 | The Errors We Make… | ASHP 2014 Mid-Year Meeting, Aneheim, CA | Lecture |
| October 2014 | Adverse Drug Events in the Community | Continuous Pharmacy Education; Alameda Highland Hospital | Lecture |
| October 2014 | Fun with Drugs in the ED | UCSF Emergency Medicine Conference | Lecture |
| June 2014 | Your Medications: Making Sense of Treatments, Benefits, and Risks | UCSF Osher Mini Medical School for the Public | Lecture / YouTube Series |
| May 2014 | Emerging in the ED: Primer for Starting in the Emergency Department | ASHP: Webinar (460 attendees) | |
| April 2014 | Toxicology Review | UCSF Emergency Department; Department of Nursing | Lecture |
| April 2014 | A Qualitative Study Evaluating the Current Landscape of Healthcare Social Media and Podcasts | UCSF Spring Research Seminar | Poster Presentation |
| December 2013 | Post Rapid-Sequence-Intubation Analgesia and Sedation Practices | ASHP 2013 Mid-Year Meeting/Society for Academic Emergency Medicine | Poster Presentation |
| December 2013 | Root-Cause Analysis of Adverse Drug Events Leading to an Emergency Department Visit | ASHP 2013 Mid-Year Meeting/Society for Academic Emergency Medicine | Poster Presentation |
| December 2013 | Cannabinoid Induced Hyperemesis Syndrome & Treatment | ASHP 2013 Mid-Year Meeting: Hot Topics in Emergency Medicine | Lecture |
| November 2013 | Controversies in Migraine Management / Fun with Drugs in the ED | UCSF’s Continuing Medical Education Series: Topics in Emergency Medicine | Lecture |
| October 2013 | Emergency Department Clinical Pharmacists: Pros and Cons | CSHP 2013 Annual Meeting | Lecture |
| December 2012 | Give Me Fat, or Give Me Death! The Use of Fat Emulsion Therapy for Calcium Channel Blockers and Other Toxicities | ASHP 2012 Mid-Year Meeting: Hot Topics in Emergency Medicine | Lecture |
| December 2012 | Impact of ED Pharmacists in Improving Door-to-tPA Administration Times in Ischemic Stroke | ASHP 2012 Mid-Year Meeting | Poster Presentation |
| December 2012 | Prospective Observational Study of Adverse Drug Events Leading to an Emergency Department Visit Identified by a Clinical Pharmacist | ASHP 2012 Mid-Year Meeting | Poster Presentation |
| December 2012 | Prothrombin Complex Concentrates INR Dose Response Analysis in Patients with Intracranial Hemorrhage: PIDRA-ICH Study | ASHP 2012 Mid-Year Meeting | Poster Presentation |
| November 2012 | Simulation Training in Emergency Medicine | Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) national conference in San Francisco | Simulation |
| April 2012 | Emergency Department Override Medication List | Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee at UCSF | Policy Approval |
| April 2012 | UCSF Nursing Grand Rounds: Code Stroke | UCSF Department of Nursing | Lecture |
| January 2012 | Emergency Medicine Pharmacotherapy – Global Initiative | Emergency Medicine Conference; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Lecture |
| January 2012 | Medication Use in Pregnancy – Global Initiative | Emergency Medicine Conference; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Lecture |
| December 2011 | Emergency Medicine Clinical Pearls - tPA and ED Pharmacists | ASHP 2011 Mid-Year Meeting | Lecture |
| October 2011 | California Poison Control Center Rounds – GHB Ingestion | California Poison Control Center San Francisco Division | Lecture |
| June 2011 | California Poison Control Center Rounds – Amphetamines from India | California Poison Control Center San Francisco Division | Lecture |
| May 2011 | Successful Implementation of Emergency Department Clinical Pharmacists at UCSF | UCSF Spring Research Seminar | Poster Presentation |
| August 2010 - present | ED Nursing Annual In-service: Meds in the Code Room | UCSF Medical Center Emergency Department | Lecture |
| May 2009 | Current Recommended Dosing for Vancomycin in Children is Inadequate – a Montecarlo Simulation | UCSF Spring Research Seminar Poster Presentation, Western States Conference, and UCSF Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee | |
| November 2008 | Proposal for Addition to UCSF’s Formulary: Regadenoson | UCSF Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee | Policy Approval |
| December 2007 | Treatment of Cysticercosis | UMCSN | Student Lecture |
| November 2007 | Diabetic Medications | UMCSN – Family Resource Center Services | Community Outreach Lecture |
| October 2007 | Detecting EPS in Patients on Metoclopramide | UMCSN | Student Lecture |
| June 2007 | Maraviroc in Antiretroviral Experienced HIV Patients | UMCSN | Student Lecture |
| December 2006 | Etiology and Treatment of Pulmonary Fibrosis | USN College of Pharmacy | Student Lecture |
| April 2006 | OTC Supplements: Garlic | USN College of Pharmacy | Student Lecture |