Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Pain Medicine
Area of Expertise: Sports Medicine, Undersea. And hyperbaric medicine
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2003
City of Practice: KANSAS CITY
State of Practice: Kansas
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 10
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 10
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent:
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff:
Available to Review Cases: Yes, for either the defendant or the plaintiff
Available to Be Deposed: Yes, for either the defendant or the plaintiff
Available to Testify In Trial: Yes, for either the defendant or the plaintiff
Training and Additional Credentials
Medical School: -
Year of Completion: -
Residency: -
Year of Completion: -
Fellowship: -
Year of Completion: -
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: -
Current Academic Affiliation: -
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: -
Professional Organizations: -
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $750
- $750
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $2500
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $2000
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $1000
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $2000
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $2000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $2000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): -
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: -
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: -
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): -
Case Responses
60yo Male has "plasma rhizotomy" for chronic hip pain, has immediate evidence of nerve injury (Case #388)
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: I was involved in preparing a lecture and training block for a medical device company. We spent the entire time designing the lectures and cadaveric pictures for shoulder and hip radio frequency abl...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: I’m ’not sure the procedure was done improperly, but the procedure. Has inherent risks.
- Expert Summary: Not saying that I am. Just this is an interesting format and procedure.
- Similar Summary: I haven’t heard of plasma ablation.
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The choice of placing a trial spin accord stimulator for a patient with Phantom syndrome is considered standard of care. Phantom Lim syndrome is an accepted diagnosis for which spinal cord stimulation...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: The argument for the procedure causing the issue was the patient’s claim there no difficulties prior to The Spinal Cord Stimulator trial.
- Expert Summary: I’m a board-certified interventional Physiatrist and I placed numerous Spinal Cord Stimulator trials as well as permanents.
- Similar Summary: Thankfully, personally rarely. Period however I have been retained on several spinosum cases, both on the plaintiff as well as defense side.
