Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree:
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Ophthalmology
Area of Expertise: Cataract surgery, glaucoma, LASIK
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1990
City of Practice: St Louis
State of Practice: Missouri
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 5
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 7
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 2
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 2
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: St. Louis University School of Medicine
Year of Completion: 1984
Residency: St. Louis University Department of Ophthalmology
Year of Completion: 1988
Fellowship: University of Southern California - Doheny Eye Institute
Year of Completion: 1988
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Assist Professor of Ophthalmology
Current Academic Affiliation: Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: Best Teacher Award - St. Louis University Department of Ophthalmology
Number of Publications on PubMed: 1
Professional Organizations: American Academy of Ophthalmology, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $750
- $3000
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $750
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $3000
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $750
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $3000
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $3000
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $8000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $4000
- For each additional day: $8000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $4000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $8000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $9500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $5000
- For each additional day: $9500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $5000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $9500
Case Responses
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The surgeon admitted that the implant lens in the left eye was "now what was agreed upon". She continues to experience severe glare following cataract surgery in both eyes and has limited visual acu...
- Causation Probability: 7 / 10
- Causation Summary: The surgeon admitted that the implant lens in the left eye was "now what was agreed upon".
- Expert Summary: I have 36 years of experience in the medical and surgical treatment of eye disease. I have performed over 35,000 cataract surgeries.
- Similar Summary: I have dealt in referral with patients who have had the "wrong implant" placed in the eye. Often, this will require me to do an exchange for a new implant lens. I also frequently deal with the glare...
