Maritime & Cruise Ship Medical Expertise

Dr. Victor Gomez has over a decade of experience delivering medical and occupational health services aboard major international cruise lines, including Azamara, Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises, and The Apollo Group. He has led onboard medical operations, overseen crew wellness, managed critical emergencies and evacuations, and implemented infection control protocols during Norovirus, Influenza, and COVID-19 outbreaks at sea.

His responsibilities included triage, documentation, emergency preparedness drills, and regulatory compliance. He directed occupational health programs for multinational crews, including fitness-for-duty assessments, health surveillance, and return-to-work protocols aligned with maritime standards.

Through his consultancy, VGMO Colombia SAS, Dr. Gomez advises offshore platforms on health systems readiness, occupational compliance, and emergency medical protocols. He is fully versed in the standard of care for maritime and remote medicine and brings this expertise to U.S. litigation through his expert witness firm, VGA Global Access LLC, supporting cases involving medical negligence, evacuation delays, and occupational illness.

Remote & International Medical Leadership

Dr. Gomez has served as Chief Medical Officer and Health Advisor in remote and medically underserved regions, including Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, and Mali. He provided clinical governance for mining and development operations, oversaw health risk assessments, and led emergency planning and outbreak response in high-risk environments.

In Mongolia, he advised government stakeholders and international partners on COVID-19 preparedness, system capacity, and workforce protection. In Papua New Guinea and Mali, he directed medical operations that integrated emergency, preventive, and occupational care across challenging geographies.

These experiences offer unique insight into triage under constraint, health regulatory navigation, and the adaptability of medical protocols in nontraditional and austere settings—insights that inform his expert testimony in litigation involving care delays, workplace injuries, and infrastructure failures.

Consulting & Expert Witness Practice

Dr. Victor Gomez is the founder of VGMO Colombia SAS, a consultancy supporting offshore, maritime, and industrial health operations with services including evacuation protocol development, outbreak response planning, and occupational health system audits.

He is also the founder of VGA Global Access LLC, through which he serves as a retained medical expert witness in litigation involving medical negligence, standard-of-care disputes, and failures in remote or maritime care delivery.

Dr. Gomez has been engaged by prominent U.S. law firms including Eduardo J. Hernandez, LLC, Lipcon, Margulies & Winkleman, P.A., Louis A. Vucci, P.A., Dickman, Epelbaum & Dickman, and LMK Legal, among others. His operational insight spans four continents and all oceans, offering legal teams a rare combination of clinical authority and field-tested experience in complex environments.

Expert Witness Case Involvement

Dr. Gomez has been retained as a medical expert witness in the following matters:

• 1. Bakshi v. Carnival – January 2024
• 2. Schuman v. Royal Caribbean – March 2024
• 3. von Kutzleben v. Allianz – May 2024
• 4. Leady v. [Defendant] – October 2024
• 5. Radovanovic v. Princess Cruises – December 2024
• 6. Jayishree v. Royal Caribbean – December 2024
• 7. Corpus v. Royal Caribbean – December 2024
• 8. Giuffra Landi v. Holland America – January 2025
• 9. D’Ambra v. Carnival – February 2025 (Deposition)
• 10. Knapic v. Sandals Resorts – June 2025
• 11. Minnick v. Carnival – June 2025
• 12. Pejcic v. Celebrity Cruises – July 2025
• 13. Beane v. MSC Cruises – August 2025
• 14. Jones v. NCL – August 2025
• 15. Dennis v. Carnival – August 2025
• 16. Marchuk v.Royal Caribbean – September 2025
• 17. Ritchie v. NCL – October 2025