Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Obstetrics and Gynecology - Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Area of Expertise: Management of Labor, Induction of Labor, External Cephalic Version, Breech deliveries, Postpartum hemorrhage, obstetric hemorrhage management, Preterm Prelabor Rupture of Membranes, Preeclampsia / Eclampsia, Cesarean delivery, Inpatient obstetrics / Antepartum admissions, Labor & Delivery / Perinatal Quality Improvement, Preterm birth, Cervical insufficiency, Cerclage
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2015
City of Practice: NEW HYDE PARK
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
Medical School: -
Year of Completion: -
Residency: -
Year of Completion: -
Fellowship: -
Year of Completion: -
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: -
Current Academic Affiliation: -
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: -
Professional Organizations: -
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: $1500
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $500
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $1500
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $1500
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $2000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $2000
- For each additional day: -
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $2000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $2000
- 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): $2000
Case Responses
Birth Injury (Case #448)
- Medical Probability: 7 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The merits of the case depend on a large number of factors, including the precise estimate of the fetal weight at time of delivery, the specific measurements of the fetus (head circumference, abdomina...
- Causation Probability: 7 / 10
- Causation Summary: If in fact the heart rate being monitored was the maternal pulse, then there would have been no fetal monitoring for some period of time. Second stage labor with chorioamnionitis should have continuou...
- Expert Summary: I am an MFM (Maternal-Fetal Medicine) attending physician and Associate Director for Perinatal Quality at my hospital. I conduct case reviews regularly including reviewing the chart, reviewing tracing...
- Similar Summary: Approximately 2-4 per month. We have weekly meetings to review cases in our hospital that were identified, and we encounter HIE several times per month.
bilateral ureter injury following C-Section hysterectomy in case involving placental accreta (Case #533)
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Multiple questions need to be addressed. First – was this placenta accreta suspected on prenatal ultrasound, or was this a previously undiagnosed accreta? If suspected prenatally – what was th...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: Hard to say given the description but at the end of the day, the patient had a cesarean hysterectomy and bilateral ureter injuries. Ureter injuries are a known complication of hysterectomy, but it is ...
- Expert Summary: I am a maternal-fetal medicine subspecialist and practiced as a general OB/GYN prior to going for MFM fellowship, so have clinical experience as a general OB/GYN managing patients within a larger syst...
- Similar Summary: Obstetrical GU tract injuries are rare and thankfully so. They usually involve the bladder. Rarely the ureter. Placenta accreta spectrum – approximately 15-20 per year.
