Expert Information

Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes

Degree: MD

Specialty / Subspecialty:

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology  -  Maternal and Fetal Medicine

Area of Expertise: High Risk Pregnancy, Labor & Delivery, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Pregnancy

Year of Medical Training Completion: 1987

City of Practice: New York

State of Practice: New York

Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes

Type of Practice: Academic

  • Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 3
  • Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 10
  • Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 1
  • Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 5

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: $500

Deposition in office:

Deposition: Discovery/Evidence

  • First two hours: $2000
  • For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $750
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $2500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $1000

Trial (InState):

  • Initial day: $3500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1500
  • For each additional day: $2500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1500
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $3500

Trial (Out of State):

  • Initial day: $5000
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1500
  • For each additional day: $2500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1500
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $5000

Case Responses

Birth Injury (Case #448)

  • Medical Probability: 7 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: "Medical error” is not a strict legal term, but it is commonly used in both lay and clinical contexts. Legally, the term that matters more is “medical negligence” or “standard of care violatio...
  • Causation Probability: 7 / 10
  • Causation Summary: Based on the available summary, there is a plausible link between the intrapartum course and the child’s hypoxic-ischemic injury. The prolonged second stage of labor, maternal fever (suggestive of i...
  • Expert Summary: As a board-certified Obstetrician and Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist with decades of experience in managing high-risk pregnancies and interpreting complex labor and delivery cases, I have extensiv...
  • Similar Summary: In my clinical practice as a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist, I have routinely managed cases involving gestational diabetes, suspected macrosomia, prolonged labor, and concerns about fetal intolera...