Drawing from an unmatched global view of the patient’s entire care experience, Shaw Legal Nurse Consulting is unique in its ability help our clients navigate the always tedious and often tortuous health and managed care industry.

We partner with attorneys who want a competent licensed medical professional to accompany their clients to their defense physical exam, medical exam, or neuropsych exam.

Maryellen Shaw, Founder
MS, RN, CCM, NBC-HWC

For sixteen years, Maryellen trained families and caregivers as a Respiratory Care Practitioner for Loma Linda University Medical Center before transitioning into nursing. With a combined knowledge and dual license, Maryellen moved into corporate managed care handling medically complex cases based in homes, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities for the largest managed care corporation in the US.

Maryellen’s unique skill set led her to the emerging field of proton radiation medicine. There she specialized in head, neck, and prostate cancer patients, liaising with insurance companies, physicians, and ancillary services to ensure smooth and exemplary patient care.

Most recently, Maryellen served as a Clinical Staff Educator for Kaiser Permanente, working closely with its ambulatory primary care and speciality clinic physicians, managers, and nurses to ensure that clinical staff performed within their specified scope of practice in their delivery of quality patient centered health care.

Maryellen holds degrees in Organizational Leadership as well as Nursing, Respiratory Care, and Business Administration. She has also earned certifications from the American Heart Association, and is board certified by the Case Management Society of America, and the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaches.

Maryellen is described by friends and colleagues as compassionate, professional, reliable, focused, trustworthy, and driven. She has spent her entire career building and creating a solid knowledge base founded on evidence based practice.