Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: DPM
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Podiatrist
Area of Expertise: Podiatric medicine and surgery
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1994
City of Practice: ROCKVILLE
State of Practice: Maryland
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 2
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 5
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 2
- 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
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
- $500
- $2500
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): $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $2500
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): $9999
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): $9999
Case Responses
59yo diabetic with foot/toe ulcer, wound and hammertoe that progress quickly leading to amputations. (Case #408)
- Medical Probability: 7 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Diabetic ulcers require an aggressive plan of wound care, debridement, radiographs, cultures and antibiosis, and most importantly in this case, prompt referral to vascular specialists. Without good b...
- Causation Probability: 7 / 10
- Causation Summary: Surgery should not have been performed without medical clearance to stabilize the patient.
- Expert Summary: I have been working in a full time podiatry practice for 34 years. I have owned and operated my own surgical center, presided as chief of podiatry at our hospital, maintained board certification in fo...
- Similar Summary: Weekly. I treat diabetics on a daily basis for many different types of pathologies.
Foot drop from deep peroneal neuropathy after hardware removal and gastrocnemius recession. (Case #508)
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Neuropathy and foot drop are known possible complications after gastrocnemius recession. Early recognition and treatment are necessary to salvage the leg and foot. I have reviewed very similar cases ...
- Causation Probability: 9 / 10
- Causation Summary: As I previously noted, the surgeon likely resected the nerve during surgery, making him directly responsible for the patient's subsequent disability.
- Expert Summary: I have reviewed very similar cases recently. I have been in practice for 35 years, am board certified in foot surgery, have a FL expert witness ID#, was chief of podiatric surgery at our hospital and...
- Similar Summary: Often. Achilles injuries and surgeries are common in our practice.
