Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Pediatrics - Pediatric Cardiology
Area of Expertise: Interventional cardiac catheterization
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1989
City of Practice: Norfolk
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:
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 1
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff:
Available to Review Cases: Yes, for either the defendant or the plaintiff
Available to Be Deposed: Yes, only for the defendant
Available to Testify In Trial: Yes, only for the defendant
Training and Additional Credentials
Medical School: University of Rochester Medical School
Year of Completion: 1986
Residency: Duke University Medical Center
Year of Completion: 1989
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center
Year of Completion: 1992
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Current Academic Affiliation: Children Hospital of the King's Daughters
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: Virginia Business Magazine "Top Doc" 2024, 2025; Coastal Virginia Magazine "Top Doc Allstar" 2015-2025
Number of Publications on PubMed: -
Professional Organizations: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $700
- $2800
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
PDA Closure failed, contraindicated equipment? (Case #503)
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: 1. The procedure was clinically indicated as the patient had a significant PDA with"heart failure" (slow growth, diaphoresis with feeds), left ventricular dilation and right ventricular hypertension. ...
- Causation Probability: 7 / 10
- Causation Summary: I would characterize this as a complication, not an error. But, the brain injury occurred either when the patient was in ventricular fibrillation receiving CPR, while on ECO or in the operating room. ...
- Expert Summary: I am an interventional pediatric cardiologist with 33 years of experience. I was an investigator in the Phase 3 trial of this device.
- Similar Summary: Transcatheter PDA closure is a fairly common procedure. I have probably closed more than 200 in my career
