Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Area of Expertise: Orthopaedic Trauma, Soft Tissue Injuries, Amputatons, Compartment Syndrome, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Malpractice, Orthopaedic Leadership
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2007
City of Practice: NEWPORT NEWS
State of Practice: Virginia
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 1
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 10
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 3
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 7
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: Uniformed Services University
Year of Completion: 1996
Residency: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Year of Completion: 2004
Fellowship: Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland
Year of Completion: 2005
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Chairman Orthopaedic Surgery, Walter Reed (6 years), Chief of Orthopaedics, Riverside Health System
Current Academic Affiliation: Professor of Surgery, VCOM
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: Bronze Star, numerous military, Surgeon General Award
Number of Publications on PubMed: 90
Professional Organizations: AAOS, Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Southern Orthopaedics, Eastern Orthopedics
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $1500
- $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
Ankle pseudoaneurysm after surgery (Case #502)
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: An anterior tibial artery injury is quite rare, in a recent article looking at complications of ankle arthroscopy there were injuries to nerves but no injuries to to the anterior tibial artery. There...
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: The injury was associated with the ankle arthroscopy, that is what must have injured the anterior tibial artery. The summary did not indicate what portal were used. The summary provided did not indi...
- Expert Summary: I am an orthopaedic trauma surgeon and fix many ankle fractures. Although IU do ankle arthroscopy, I only do it as a small part of my practice. I would be able to find you a better expert than mysel...
- Similar Summary: Never, this is an incredibly rare complication with well less than a 1% incidence, potentially 0.1% incidence.
