Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: PA-C
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Physician Assistant
Area of Expertise: Physician Assistant, Emergency Medicine, Orthopedic Spine Surgery, Orthopedics
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2007
City of Practice: FLORENCE
State of Practice: Kentucky
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant:
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 1
- 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: University of Kentucky
Year of Completion: 2007
Residency: -
Year of Completion: -
Fellowship: -
Year of Completion: -
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: -
Current Academic Affiliation: -
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: -
Professional Organizations: -
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $350
- $1750
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
Physician Assistant at pulmonary practice did not coordinate immediate CTA for patient to rule out PE (Case #491)
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: If someone is profoundly hypoxic with exertion, especially with history of PE and not anticoagulated, they should likely be evaluated in the emergency department.
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: PE would require emergent treatment including anti coagulation, respiratory support, and possible thrombectomy.
- Expert Summary: I frequently treat patients with chronic respiratory conditions and pulmonary embolism in the emergency department.
- Similar Summary: I don’t treat these as an outpatient but in the ED I encounter these patients several times per week.
Alleged Failure to Diagnose Monteggia Fracture in Pediatric Patient by Pedes Ortho PA-C (Case #544)
- Medical Probability: 10 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The PA that saw the patient in follow up should have reviewed the ER note which would have discussed the possibility of radial head dislocation and the poor quality of the radiographs. Furthermore, th...
- Causation Probability: 9 / 10
- Causation Summary: Standard treatment of a Monteggia fracture is closed reduction. Failure rates increase significantly if treatment is delayed beyond 2-3 weeks. This would most likely lead to requiring operative repair...
- Expert Summary: I am an orthopedic PA with 20 years of clinical experience, 7 of those being in orthopedics and 12 years in emergency medicine. I have also served as an expert witness in many cases for both plaintiff...
- Similar Summary: I commonly see pediatric injuries including fractures (with and without dislocation). In my practice, I am required to review my own X-rays without direct oversight by a physician.
