Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: D.O.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Internal Medicine
Area of Expertise: Primary care, Internal Medicine, Diabetes, Hypertension, Depression, Adult medicine, Cirrhosis, Medicine
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2018
City of Practice: MESA
State of Practice: Arizona
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: No
Type of Practice: Non-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: A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
Year of Completion: 2015
Residency: Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program
Year of Completion: 2018
Fellowship: -
Year of Completion: -
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: -
Current Academic Affiliation: -
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: Voted "Compassionate Resident" by peers
Number of Publications on PubMed: 1
Professional Organizations: -
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $600
- $2400
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: -
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $1200
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $600
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $2400
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $600
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $3000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $600
- For each additional day: $2400
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $600
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $3000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $3000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $600
- For each additional day: $2400
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $600
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $3000
Case Responses
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The orogastric tube having been coiled in the patient's mouth and not draining gastric contents for an indeterminate amount of time is concerning. One should review the nursing notes and attending ph...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: If staff were inadequately attentive to the patient (i.e. OG tube coiled in mouth and not draining appropriately, CT scan results not reviewed in a timely manner, bronchoscopy delayed), then these ove...
- Expert Summary: I am not a good expert for this case as I have not practiced inpatient medicine since residency and graduated from residency in 2018. However, from the knowledge and experience I have, it certainly s...
- Similar Summary: As I practice outpatient medicine, this is not routine for me. However, I certainly have experience with older patients. I do recommend that the patient's primary care physician records be examined ...
**Req IM practicing as Primary Care expert** Questionable finding on ultrasound not investigated. (Case #465)
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Given the concern expressed by the radiologist in the radiology report, a referral for biopsy to either general surgery, ENT, or interventional radiology would have been warranted. At the very least,...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: Of course, in this situation, the medical error did not cause the cancer, but the delay in diagnosis may have allowed the cancer to continue to grow, which complicates treatment options. So, the dela...
- Expert Summary: I practiced primary care for the previous 5 years and am a board-certified internal medicine physician. These were the type of incidental findings that we saw on imaging and lab reports all the time ...
- Similar Summary: During my previous several years of practice, we would see incidental findings such as this routinely.
