Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Pediatrics - Pediatric Cardiology
Area of Expertise: Pediatric Interventional Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiology, Congenital Interventional Cardiology
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2018
City of Practice: MIAMI
State of Practice: Florida
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: No
Available to Testify In Trial: No
Training and Additional Credentials
Medical School: Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia
Year of Completion: 2009
Residency: Miami Children's Hospital
Year of Completion: 2015
Fellowship: Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Year of Completion: 2020
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Associate Professor, Medical Director Congenital Interventional Cardiology
Current Academic Affiliation: Florida International University
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: 15
Professional Organizations: SCAI, PICS
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $650
- $5000
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: -
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $2000
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $1000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $4000
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $2000
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $7500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $7500
- For each additional day: $6000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $3500
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $9500
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $9000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $9000
- For each additional day: $7500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $4500
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $9500
Case Responses
PDA Closure failed, contraindicated equipment? (Case #503)
- Medical Probability: 7 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Based on the angiography description, the PDA was initially deployed (not released) and was entirely within the pulmonary artery. Then, repositioning of the device was by leaving the retention disc wi...
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: The patient did not receive chest compressions for the time the chest was being prepared and incised. Probably, neck cannulation would have allowed for less time without chest compressions.
- Expert Summary: I perform PDA closures in patients from 650g to adults. In addition, I do percutaneous ECMO cannulation for ECPR.
- Similar Summary: Embolization of PDA devices occur and is well described in the literature. However, I have never heard of a patient going immediately to ventricular fibrillation secondary to embolization of a device.
