Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Surgery (General Surgery)
Area of Expertise: Endocrine Surgery, General Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1997
City of Practice: Sleepy Hollow
State of Practice: New York
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant:
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 4
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent:
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 3
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: -
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Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: -
Current Academic Affiliation: -
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
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
- $450
- $2000
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
42yo F with Graves Disease, total thyroidectomy, bilateral vocal cord paralysis (Case #405)
- Medical Probability: 3 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Bilateral recurrent nerve injury is a well known and feared complication of total thyroidectomy. While nerve injuries during thyroidectomy can occur, there are available mitigation strategies that ar...
- Causation Probability: 3 / 10
- Causation Summary: the use of nerve monitoring can prevent BILATERAL injuries by identifying an unilateral injury and the stopping the operator from going to the other side and putting the contralateral nerve at risk
- Expert Summary: 50% of my practice has been thyroid/parathyroid since 2006 with approximately 75 open neck cases per year
- Similar Summary: Graves disease is more frequently treated with non operative methods these days ( radioactive iodine, RAI), but still see 5-7 cases per year that require total or subtotal thyroidectomy
