Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Neurological Surgery
Area of Expertise: brain tumor, stereotactic radiosurgery
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1991
City of Practice: Lake Success
State of Practice: New York
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 10
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff:
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent:
- 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: Columbia
Year of Completion: 1982
Residency: Albert Einstein/Montefiore
Year of Completion: 1988
Fellowship: -
Year of Completion: -
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Professor, Vice Chair, and Program Director
Current Academic Affiliation: Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: Best Doctors in NJ, Best Doctors in NJ (Castle Connolly, 200-2025)Faculty of the Year (resident award)
Number of Publications on PubMed: 158
Professional Organizations: AANS, CNS, WSSFN, SNS, AAcNS, SNO, ISRS, RSS
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $750
- $1000
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
Surgeon performed a C7-T1 fusion that was not consented to by the patient. (Case #550)
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: It appears the surgeon made an intraoperative decision re fusion the C7-T1 disc space after re-counting the vertebrae and assessing the need for resorting cervical lordosis. The planned disc space was...
- Causation Probability: 3 / 10
- Causation Summary: It appears the surgeon made an intraoperative decision re fusion the C7-T1 disc space after re-counting the vertebrae and assessing the need for resorting cervical lordosis. The planned disc space was...
- Expert Summary: I have performed many anterior cervical spine operations.
- Similar Summary: none lately as my current practice is primarily focused on patients with brain tumors.
