Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: D.O.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Area of Expertise: Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery, Joint arthroplasty, Sports Medicine
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2013
City of Practice: PORT JEFFERSON
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: 2
- 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: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Year of Completion: 2005
Residency: Millcreek Community Hospital
Year of Completion: 2010
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University Hopsital
Year of Completion: -
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Assistant Professor
Current Academic Affiliation: Stony Brook School of Medicine
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: -
Professional Organizations: North American Spine Society, Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $850
- $3000
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $2500
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $3000
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $1500
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $3000
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $1500
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $9999
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $7500
- For each additional day: $9999
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $5000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $3000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $9999
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $9999
- For each additional day: $9999
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $7500
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $3000
Case Responses
ACDF Anterior Cervical Disc Fusion Gone Wrong (Case #494)
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Dr. Y provided appropriate treatment for infection after ACDF, which is a known complication of surgery. It is unclear if any medical error resulted in C5 palsy or was it due to infection.
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: It is unclear if any medical error resulted in C5 palsy or was it due to infection.
- Expert Summary: I am an orthopedic spine surgeon and routinely perform ACDF.
- Similar Summary: I perform ACDF surgery on a routine basis.
46yo F Lumbar spine surgery: Missed Compression, Paralysis. Ortho spinal surgery only please. (Case #514)
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: MRI with contrast is the standard for evaluating cord compression/conus compression in the setting of progressive neurologic deficit following surgery. Surgeon should have known if the patient had spi...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: Without reviewing preop MRI report, it is difficult to asses whether the disc fragmen compromising the canal is new after the initial surgery. Op report suggested release of posterior longitudinal lig...
- Expert Summary: I am a board certified orthopedic spine surgeon and has been in practice for over 15 years. I routinely perform spinal decompression and fusion.
- Similar Summary: I routinely perform spinal decompression and fusion. I perform anterior, lateral and posterior approach for lumbar fusion.
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: There is no evidence of medical error. Sciatic nerve injury is a known complication of total hip arthroplasty. Peri facet enhancement at L3-4 would not explain the neurologic deficit. Spinal and epidu...
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: Foot drop is a common complication of total hip arthroplasty. There is evidence that a medical error occurred in this case.
- Expert Summary: I am a board certified orthopedic spine surgeon. I have been in practice for over 15 years.
- Similar Summary: I perform both hip replacement surgery and spine surgery on a regular basis.
