Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Urology - Pediatric Urology
Area of Expertise: Circumcision, Hydronephrosis, Urinary tract infection, Pediatric Urology, Vesicoureteral reflux, Undescended testicle, Testicular torsion, Testicle disorders
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1984
City of Practice: Auburndale
State of Practice: Massachusetts
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 25
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 6
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 5
- 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: U of Oklahoma
Year of Completion: 1976
Residency: Yale; (Surgery); Johns Hopkins (Urology)
Year of Completion: 1982
Fellowship: Chikldren's Hospital of Philadelphia
Year of Completion: 1986
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Carter Kissell Professor of Urology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine; Chief of Urology, Henry Ford Hospital
Current Academic Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: Best Doctors in Boston, 2016-2025; Castle Connolly Top Doctors 1992-present; AOA; Pediatric Urology Editor, Journal of Urology
Number of Publications on PubMed: 166
Professional Organizations: AUA, American College of Surgeons, American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $450
- $900
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
Testicular Torsion (Case #433)
- Medical Probability: 2 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: I assume that the baby was delivered on November 19, 2023, not 2019 as noted in the narrative. At birth and on days 1 and 2 both testicles were noted to be descended. At 4 subsequent visits by an M...
- Causation Probability: 1 / 10
- Causation Summary: At birth and on days 1 and 2 both testicles were noted to be descended. At 4 subsequent visits by an MD up to April 1, 2024, both testicles were noted to be descended. On May 20, 2024, the left testic...
- Expert Summary: I am a board certified pediatric urologist. I perform > 100 orchiopexies per year and have seen several boys with torsion involving an undescended testis.
- Similar Summary: Approximately once every 4 or 5 years.
Urologic Surgery, Emergency Evaluation, and Postoperative Management (Case #464)
- Medical Probability: 7 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: As presented, this is a very unusual case. Based on the description of the case, if the patient was in the ED (as opposed to Urgent Care), with significant scrotal swelling and pain and flank pain 2 d...
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: If a scrotal US had been performed, it might have shown decreased or absent flow to the testicle, as well as possibly a hematoma. If the surgeon was aware of this issue, they might have decided to exp...
- Expert Summary: I am a board certified urologist who specializes in pediatric urology and perform many hydrocelectomies in young children as well as adolescents.
- Similar Summary: This is a highly unusual case. Absent blood flow to the testicle following a hydrocelectomy is very unusual.
