Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD, MSc
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Neurological Surgery
Area of Expertise: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Surgery, General Neurosurgery, Traumatic Brain Injury, Hydrocephalus
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2014
City of Practice: LOS ANGELES
State of Practice: California
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant:
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 2
- 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
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Residency: -
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Academic / Leadership Information
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Number of Publications on PubMed: -
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Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $1500
- $4500
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $2000
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
bilateral craniotomy for scaphocephaly (Case #398)
- Medical Probability: 9 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Yes. typically these pressure ulcers are avoidable with adequate padding and paying attention to not placing much added pressure on the head while operating. These injuries are the result of an error...
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: Yes. there's not other reason for the patient to have developed this pressure ulcer.
- Expert Summary: Board Certified in Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Similar Summary: I have not had such a complication in the past, but I do encounter craniosynostosis cases.
**PEDIATRIC NS EXPERT REQUESTED** Malpositioned ventricular stent leading to neuro deficit. (Case #461)
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Based on the materials provided, including the operative reports, there is insufficient information at this time to render a firm opinion, particularly in the absence of imaging for review. However, s...
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: I don’t have sufficient evidence here to say there was a technical error. From the operative report, it seems like this was a very technically challenging operation with extensive scar tissue. Diss...
- Expert Summary: Board certified in pediatric Neurosugery. Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Similar Summary: 5 times a year I would have a surgery like this. I have treated about 100 chiari patients over my career.
