Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree:
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Area of Expertise: Kidney Biopsy, Resistant Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2002
City of Practice: Camden
State of Practice: New Jersey
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant:
- 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: Virginia Commonwealth Univserity
Year of Completion: 1996
Residency: University of Maryland
Year of Completion: 2000
Fellowship: University of Pennsylanvia
Year of Completion: 2003
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Associate Professor of Medicine
Current Academic Affiliation: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: 7
Professional Organizations: American Society of Nephrology
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $600
- $1
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
46yo F Progressive Renal Decline Before IgA Diagnosis (Case #523)
- Medical Probability: 7 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The case of this woman shows findings suggesting a downhill course of kidney function due to active, untreated glomerulonephritis. This was present in 2023, based on the presence of hematuria and pro...
- Causation Probability: 7 / 10
- Causation Summary: The time to intervene would have been between 2023 and 2024 before irreversible kidney damage had occurred as evidenced by the T2 score on the biopsy. Presuming the patient was adhering to recommenda...
- Expert Summary: I am familiar with IgA nephropathy and see cases where treatment leads to disease stabilization.
- Similar Summary: We see cases of untreated glomerular diseases 1-3 x year (including all types- ilncluding SLE). Many times, the lack of treatment is patient driven. Typically, in the setting of hematuria and protei...
