Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Internal Medicine - Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Area of Expertise: cardiac EP, cardiology, life expectancy
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1991
City of Practice: PASADENA
State of Practice: California
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 10
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 20
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 3
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 5
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: drexel university
Year of Completion: 1988
Residency: loma linda university
Year of Completion: 1991
Fellowship: LA county USC
Year of Completion: 1995
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: MD
Current Academic Affiliation: USC keck school of medicine , UCLA nursing
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: 35
Professional Organizations: AMA < ACC HRS
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $650
- $3900
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: -
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $1300
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $650
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $1800
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $1800
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $7200
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $7200
- For each additional day: $7200
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $7200
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $7200
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $7200
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $7200
- For each additional day: $7200
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $7200
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $7200
Case Responses
82yo M Fatal Intraoperative Tamponade During PVC Ablation (Case #516)
- Medical Probability: 9 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: In this case, the patient’s apixaban (Eliquis) had been initiated for treatment of a prior DVT that had already resolved, and there is no indication from the summary that he had an independent high-...
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: n addition to the anticoagulation concern, several procedural and management aspects warrant scrutiny from a standard-of-care perspective. First, papillary muscle ablation in an 82-year-old patient re...
- Expert Summary: I am board-certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and perform more than 150 complex ablations annually, including left-sided and ventricular procedures involving pa...
- Similar Summary: In my practice, I perform more than 150 ablations annually, including complex left-sided and ventricular cases such as papillary muscle and LV substrate ablation. While catastrophic perforation leadin...
Potential negligent treatment of acute pancreatitis resulting in multiorgan failure. (Case #575)
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: I am a cardiologist , I dont think this case is proper for me
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: I am a cardiologist , I dont think this case is proper for me
- Expert Summary: I am not the right expert for this case
- Similar Summary: I am not the right expert for this case
