Dr. Allan Feingold, Founder of Feingold Medical Legal, is a physician licensed to practice medicine in Florida and New York. He is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary medicine. Dr. Feingold has been a NIOSH certified B reader since 1985. From 1987 to 2008 Dr. Feingold was Chief of the Division of Pulmonary Medicine of South Miami Hospital, a large not-for profit community hospital. In 2008 Dr. Feingold became the Medical Director of a new department at South Miami Hospital, the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Dr. Feingold has studied the medical and epidemiological literature pertaining to occupational and non-occupational asbestos exposure, asbestos-induced pleural abnormalities, asbestosis, lung cancer associated with asbestosis and pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma. Furthermore, Dr. Feingold has studied the evolution of medical knowledge of asbestos-related conditions. He has examined, interviewed and treated asbestos- exposed workers for more than 3 decades. In addition, Dr. Feingold has reviewed medical records and x-rays of many thousands of asbestos-exposed individuals, both living and deceased. He has served as an expert and given important testimony as a pulmonary specialist in many well-known trials.

Dr. Feingold has studied the medical literature on tobacco smoking, smoking cessation, diseases related to smoking and addiction. Dr. Feingold has also studied the evolution of medical knowledge about smoking and smoking related diseases, including the internal documents of the tobacco industry. Dr. Feingold is a clinician who has examined, interviewed, and treated smokers and ex-smokers continually during his training and practice and he has treated many thousands of patients for cigarette-induced diseases including lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD – chronic bronchitis and emphysema), atherosclerotic coronary and peripheral vascular disease and cigarette-induced cancer of organs other than the lung including larynx, esophagus, bladder and kidney. Furthermore, Dr. Feingold has diagnosed and treated many patients for nicotine addiction.

Dr. Feingold has lectured extensively on asbestos medicine and tobacco issues at local and national conferences. Dr. Feingold is the co-author of a forensic medical textbook titled Asbestos Medicine on Trial (with Norwood Wilner. Andrews Professional Books 1995).