Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Surgery (General Surgery)
Area of Expertise: Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgical Quality
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2001
City of Practice: FLUSHING
State of Practice: New York
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: No
Type of Practice: Academic
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
- $350
- $3000
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
Necrotizing Pancreatitis s/p lap chole (Case #115)
- Medical Probability: 1 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Routine versus selective cholangiography has been a debate in surgery for almost 2 decades. Most surgeons practice selective intraoperative cholangiography (a smaller subset of surgeons perform cho...
- Causation Probability: 1 / 10
- Causation Summary: I do not believe not performing a cholangiogram in a patient who had no indication for a cholangiogram (normal bilirubin and normal sized CBD) is an error. If no error then no causation. Of note- ...
- Expert Summary: I am currently an Assistant Professor of Surgery at a major medical school and serve in our department as the Chief of General Surgery as well as the Vice Chairman of Patient Safety and Quality. I ...
- Similar Summary: As the chief of quality for the department I review all complications. About 3 years ago we had a similair case. An uneventful laparoscopic cholecystectomy with preop normal LFTs and CBD size (so no...
Bilateral hernia mesh placement with complications (Case #337)
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: In the performance of the left inguinal dissection he identified a lipoma of the cord which is preperitoneal fat in the pelvis. Once does not close the internal ring so if once reduces the fat but do...
- Causation Probability: 5 / 10
- Causation Summary: I believe one might be able to argue that exploring the other side in a patient who has no complaints related to the left groin and no documented hernia on examination preoperatively- SHOULD NOT have ...
- Expert Summary: I serve as the surgical quality officer at a major urban hospital and for more than a decade have performed reviews of all morbidities and internal review of malpractice cases in a busy department o...
- Similar Summary: My practice involves a large number of hernia repair both laparoscopically as well as open. I used mesh in the majority of my inguinal hernia surgeries. I have also trained fellows and residents in ...
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Complex case. Patient with ongoing bowel obstruction unclear volume status but had fall in BP on induction so some element of hypovolemia which would not be unexpected given her diagnosis and treate...
- Causation Probability: 5 / 10
- Causation Summary: Again the surgeon's maneuvers did not cause this patients change in status but the induction of anesthesia may have played a role. Again event likely related to anesthesia induction and nothing to ...
- Expert Summary: Have been performing expert review for many years and on a number of cases including writing reports and participating in depositions (as an expert). Have been involved in surgical quality at a majo...
- Similar Summary: Again this case in unique and hopefully no surgeon ever has a patient arrest during surgery (except maybe an unstable trauma patient or ruptured AAA). Most surgeons will never have a case where a pat...
