Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: O.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Optometrist
Area of Expertise: Glaucoma, General Eye Care
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2011
City of Practice: HARRISBURG
State of Practice: Pennsylvania
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant:
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 1
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent:
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 1
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
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Academic / Leadership Information
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Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $500
- $1000
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: -
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: -
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): -
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): -
Trial (InState):
- 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): -
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
66yo F has standard eye exam, RD next day. Concern that autofluorescence imaging was culprit. (Case #393)
- Medical Probability: 2 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The only possible medical error here would be "Failure to Diagnose", as it would be unlikely for a patient to develop an acute retinal detachment one day after a comprehensive eye examination. However...
- Causation Probability: 1 / 10
- Causation Summary: An FAF is a photograph. The image obtained is the result of the normal autofluorescence of the human fundus. To suggest that this could cause a retinal detachment is frankly preposterous.
- Expert Summary: I'v been a comprehensive medical eye practice for 40+ years. I am board certified in optometry and in the subspecialty of Glaucoma. I am one of 8 Glaucoma Diplomates of the American Academy of Optomet...
- Similar Summary: Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is not a rare occurrence in general practice. It is more commonly seen in older and more myopic patients. It is not caused by FAF.
