Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
Area of Expertise: office gynecology (non-surgical), informed consent, menopause and hormone therapy, standards of care, medication management, sexual dysfunction, failure to diagnose/delayed diagnosis, abnormal bleeding
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2016
City of Practice: NEW YORK
State of Practice: New York
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: No
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
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 Upstate Medical University
Year of Completion: 2010
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Year of Completion: 2014
Fellowship: -
Year of Completion: -
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Clinical Instructor
Current Academic Affiliation: non academic
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: Great Catch Award for patient safety and attention to detail
Number of Publications on PubMed: -
Professional Organizations: ABOG, ACOG, MSCP (Menopause Society), AMA
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $450
- $1800
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $700
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $1200
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $600
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $2400
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): -
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $6000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $6000
- For each additional day: $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $2000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $6000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $7500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $7500
- For each additional day: $6000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $2500
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $7500
Case Responses
Client believes untreated placenta accreta resulted in her requiring a hysterectomy. (Case #507)
- Medical Probability: 3 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: With the information provided, there is no indication that there was placenta accreta. This is something that can often be seen on imaging during the pregnancy, and then at delivery (especially during...
- Causation Probability: 3 / 10
- Causation Summary: There is no indication based on the information provided that a medical error occurred. The placenta was noted as being intact. She was managed appropriately when she returned days later with bleeding...
- Expert Summary: As a board-certified obgyn, I have performed thousands of c-sections over the past 15 years, including those with previously undiagnosed accretas. I am well aware of the unpredictable nature of obste...
- Similar Summary: Delayed obstetrical hemorrhage is not very common, but c-sections are. I am not currently practicing obstetrics but when I did, accretas were and are also quite rare.
