Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Pediatrics - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Pediatrics - Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Pediatrics - Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Area of Expertise: Neonatal resuscitation, Hypoglycemia, Birth injury, Kernicterus, GBS sepsis, BRUE or ALTE, Erb Palsy, Missed/Delayed/Wrong Diagnosis
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2017
City of Practice: PLAINVIEW
State of Practice: New York
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:
- 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: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Year of Completion: 2014
Residency: NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
Year of Completion: 2017
Fellowship: -
Year of Completion: -
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Pediatric Hospitalist
Current Academic Affiliation: Ross University School of Medicine
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: 2
Professional Organizations: American Academy of Pediatrics
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: $1450
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $725
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $1450
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): -
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $6000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $6000
- For each additional day: $6000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $6000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $6000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $6000
- For each additional day: $6000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $6000
Case Responses
5yo M Delayed Appendicitis Diagnosis, Rupture, Resection (Case #524)
- Medical Probability: 7 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Although the abdomen was documented as soft, flat, and nontender during the first visit, that did not resolve the clinical concern. The child had an elevated pulse without fever, raising concern for p...
- Causation Probability: 7 / 10
- Causation Summary: The lack of observation, pediatric-specific abdominal exam, reassessment, and escalation of care likely led to a delayed diagnosis and worsening of the appendicitis, which eventually led to its ruptur...
- Expert Summary: The ER at my hospital does not have pediatric emergency medicine physicians, so pediatric patients are seen by adult emergency medicine physicians, who would consult me (a double board-certified pedia...
- Similar Summary: I encounter pediatric patients with vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain in the ER weekly. I have also diagnosed children with appendicitis many times in the ER.
