Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Pediatrics - Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Area of Expertise: Pediatric infections, HIV, neonatal infections, perinatal infections, Chlamydia
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2013
City of Practice: BROOKLYN
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:
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 1
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff:
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: Freie Universitaet Berlin
Year of Completion: 1995
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Year of Completion: 2001
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Year of Completion: 2005
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Division Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Current Academic Affiliation: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: 107
Professional Organizations: IDSA, ESPID
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $350
- $350
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
Failure to diagnose and treat CMV infection in a newborn (Case #416)
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Thrombocytopenia in a neonate with no other obvious explanation (such as immune disorder, bacterial sepsis, etc) should raise concern for congenital CMV (cCMV) infection and prompt more investigations...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: If the patient had a cCMV infection that was not identified or treated the medical error of failing to diagnose it would have contributed to the injury but it would an exaggeration to say it caused it...
- Expert Summary: Many (20+) years of experience managing infants with congenital CMV, participation in clinical trial of valganciclovir for infants with cCMV and isolated hearing loss.
- Similar Summary: I see several cCMV infections every year, many with milder course of illness, patients with severe disease about 1 per year
