Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
- Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine
Area of Expertise: pulmonary, critical care
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2010
City of Practice: CHESTERFIELD
State of Practice: Missouri
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 10
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 10
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 10
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 10
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: -
Year of Completion: -
Residency: -
Year of Completion: -
Fellowship: -
Year of Completion: -
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Not academic Medical Staff Association President
Current Academic Affiliation: None
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: -
Professional Organizations: -
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $700
- $700
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $700
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
73 yo F bleeds after bronchoscopy and biopsy, then progressively declines (Case #518)
- Medical Probability: 9 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: No indication for high risk cryobiopsy. Too high risk of a procedure and biopsy for this consdition is almost never done now
- Causation Probability: 9 / 10
- Causation Summary: bleeding as a complication of biopsy No indication for high risk cryobiopsy. Too high risk of a procedure and biopsy for this consdition is almost never done now
- Expert Summary: I perform bronchoscopy often and we have elected against crytobiopsy because of the high risk nature of this procedure No indication for high risk cryobiopsy. Too high risk of a procedure and biopsy...
- Similar Summary: rare, No indication for high risk cryobiopsy. Too high risk of a procedure and biopsy for this consdition is almost never done now
Potential improper prescription for steroids given history of aortic aneurysm. (Case #573)
- Medical Probability: 1 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The steroids were unlikely to have an impact of his aneurysm. There are many other factors that would have been more likely to contribute that have been left out of the summary
- Causation Probability: 1 / 10
- Causation Summary: Steroids rarely cause rupture or harm to aneurysms.
- Expert Summary: 16years of pulmonary practice.
- Similar Summary: Often. Aneurysms like this are common as is steroid use
