Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Surgery (General Surgery) - Surgical Critical Care
Area of Expertise: Gallbladder surgery, Hernia, Sepsis, trauma, traumatic brain injury, colon surgery
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2013
City of Practice: WILLIAMSPORT
State of Practice: Pennsylvania
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant:
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff:
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 2
- 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: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Year of Completion: 2008
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Year of Completion: 2013
Fellowship: Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore
Year of Completion: 2014
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Trauma Medical Director. Chief, Acute Care Surgery
Current Academic Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: 1
Professional Organizations: EAST, AAST, SCCM
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $795
- $5000
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
- Medical Probability: 9 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Either the orthopedic surgeon or trauma surgeon should have come to personally evaluate the patient. Compartment syndrome is a time sensitive diagnosis which would’ve been better treated locally and...
- Causation Probability: 7 / 10
- Causation Summary: Post injury nerve damage is likely due to a prolonged compartment syndrome, which may not have been an issue had the compartment been relieved in a timely fashion.
- Expert Summary: I currently function as Trauma medical Director and actively participate in the care of traumatically injured patients. I am bored certified in surgical critical care and General Surgery. I am asked t...
- Similar Summary: Couple times a year. Most compartment syndrome rule outs do not end up needing fasciotomy, however those that do require that it be done in a timely manner as a surgical emergency usually.
