Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
Area of Expertise: Interventional Pulmonary, Pleural effusion/disease, Bronchoscopy/complications, Mesothelioma, Lung mass/nodule, Complex airway obstruction, Lung Cancer diagnosis
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2005
City of Practice: PHILADELPHIA
State of Practice: Pennsylvania
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 4
- 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, 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: Thomas Jefferson University
Year of Completion: 1999
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Year of Completion: 2002
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Year of Completion: 2005
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Professor
Current Academic Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: Academy of Master Clinicians, Division Educational Award
Number of Publications on PubMed: 95
Professional Organizations: AABIP, ACCP, ATS
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $600
- $600
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: -
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $800
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $800
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $800
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $400
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $6400
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1200
- For each additional day: $6400
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1200
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $3200
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $6400
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1200
- For each additional day: $6400
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1200
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $3200
Case Responses
73 yo F bleeds after bronchoscopy and biopsy, then progressively declines (Case #518)
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: In patients with an interstitial lung disease of unclear etiology, it is fairly common to perform transbronchial bx to try to delineate the underlying cause to guide treatment decisions. Transbronchi...
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: Detailed above - assuming no severe pulmonary HTN and other factors could have lead to decompensation beyond the bronchoscopy and bleed - ie, the underlying ILD itself, possible superimposed infection...
- Expert Summary: 20 year experience as an advanced bronchoscopist making cognitive decision on if procedure should be done, performing the procedures and dealing with the complications.
- Similar Summary: I rarely perform cryobx any longer due to a personal experience with a severe and life threatening bleed and I am not convinced in the current context of therapies the added diagnostic yield of cryobx...
