Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Surgery (General Surgery) - Transplant Surgery
Area of Expertise: Liver Transplant, Kidney Transplant, Pancreas Transplant, Living Donor Nephrectomy, Liver Surgery, Pancreas Surgery, Bile Duct Surgery, Gallbladder Surgery
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2005
City of Practice: PHILADELPHIA
State of Practice: Pennsylvania
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 3
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 4
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent:
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 1
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: McGill University
Year of Completion: 1996
Residency: McGill University Health Centre
Year of Completion: 2003
Fellowship: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Year of Completion: 2005
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Professor, Division Chief, Surgical Director, Medical Staff Affairs President Elect
Current Academic Affiliation: Temple University
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: Top Doctor, NIAF Award for Ethics and Creativity in Medical Research, Endowed Fund, New Key Opinion Leader American Society of Transplantation
Number of Publications on PubMed: 38
Professional Organizations: American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Society of Transplantation, The Transplant Society, UNOS, International and American HepatoPancreaticoBiliary Association (IHPBA,AHPBA), Society of University Surgeons
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $800
- $4000
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $800
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $3000
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $1000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $3000
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $1000
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $9000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $3000
- For each additional day: $7500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $3000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $5000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $9000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $3000
- For each additional day: $7500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $3000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $5000
Case Responses
Inadvertent pre-op CMV mismatch for kidney transplant, CMV+ 3 months later. (Case #467)
- Medical Probability: 7 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: A donor does not revert from CMV-positive to CMV-negative. If serology was positive in August, the donor would still be positive at the time of transplant in October. If more recent testing exists, it...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: The program should have a documented protocol/policy for the prophylaxis of CMV. In this case, the likely incorrect documentation led to breech of protocol and poor care. There is no precedent for tr...
- Expert Summary: 20+ years as an adult and pediatric transplant surgeon. Professor, Chief and Surgical director. Leadership positions in several societies. Have reviewed 10+ transplant cases. Reviewed a CMV mislab...
- Similar Summary: I treat and prescribe prophylaxis regularly and fortunately I have yet to encounter this error in clinical practice. We have implemented strict protocols in listing patients including requiring 2 c...
Permanent, moderate to severe ulnar neuropathy occurring during surgery. (Case #483)
- Medical Probability: 10 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Perioperative ulnar neuropathy of moderate to severe degree indicates prolonged compression or stretch. Proper positioning, padding, and monitoring should prevent such injury. The surgeon and operatin...
- Causation Probability: 9 / 10
- Causation Summary: It is more likely than not (>50% probability) that the patient’s left ulnar neuropathy resulted from prolonged compression or stretch during the operative procedure. Proper positioning, padding, and...
- Expert Summary: I have over 20 years of experience as an attending surgeon performing complex cases. These cases include unusual positioning and prolonged operation time.
- Similar Summary: This is not common, fortunately.
