Dr. Aaron Rea is a board-certified anesthesiologist with over 18 years of private practice experience in perioperative medicine, providing expert witness services for medical malpractice, personal injury, and standard-of-care litigation involving anesthesia.

Dr. Rea's clinical practice has centered in the Denver, Colorado metro area, with additional experience in Nebraska. His areas of clinical expertise include general anesthesia, regional anesthesia and nerve blocks, obstetric anesthesia, trauma anesthesia, and acute pain management — he has served as Director of Acute Pain Services for multiple anesthesia practices. He has also held physician leadership roles on clinical governance boards and as a scheduling/operations director, giving him direct insight into how anesthesia care is delivered, staffed, and overseen in real-world hospital and ambulatory surgery center settings.

Dr. Rea provides objective, well-reasoned analysis for attorneys and insurers evaluating anesthesia-related cases, including:

• Standard-of-care review and case evaluation

• Medical record review and written expert reports

• Deposition and trial testimony

• Cases involving general, regional, obstetric, and trauma anesthesia

• Acute and perioperative pain management, including regional nerve block complications

He is familiar with the legal process and committed to maintaining an unbiased, evidence-based position throughout every engagement.

Education & Training
Dr. Rea completed his anesthesiology residency at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, where he served as Chief Resident. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and his undergraduate degree in Cell and Molecular Biology from Missouri State University.

Board Certification
American Board of Anesthesiology, Certificate #44192