Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree:
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Neurological Surgery
Area of Expertise: Cerebrovascular, Endovascular, Neuro ICU, Neurotrauma, Stroke, Aneurysm, Brain Hemorrhage
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2018
City of Practice: ATLANTA
State of Practice: Georgia
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 5
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff:
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 1
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 2
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: Brown
Year of Completion: 2006
Residency: Brown
Year of Completion: 2013
Fellowship: Emory
Year of Completion: 2015
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Professor and Vice Chair
Current Academic Affiliation: Emory University
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: 200
Professional Organizations: -
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $1500
- $4500
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
59yo F Pipeline Stent Complication Causing Bilateral Blindness (Case #520)
- Medical Probability: 3 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Unclear what the PRU was (plavix level) but orbital bleeding bilaterally from DAPT is extremely rare and unpredictable. I do not think the extra ASA would have contributed. The DAPT is essential for...
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: Hard to tell from info but seems to follow standard platelet testing procedures for pipeline.
- Expert Summary: I have written extensively on pipeline. I have performed over 200 in my career and am very familiar with DAPT testing.
- Similar Summary: We have >1000 cases in our pipeline database and I have not seen this.
19yo male VP Shunt Failure Resulting in Death (Case #525)
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The workup seems thorough with a shunt tap, etc. The question is whether they did imaging of his head (CT) and of his abdomen. Also would need to do a shunt series to make sure no breaks distally.
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: Again it depends on the workup. Constipation can cause distal malfunction due to increased abdominal pressure but it would be rare for it to cause overt failure. Sometimes a shunt tap can clog a s...
- Expert Summary: I perform 30 shunt surgeries a year. I also see many pediatric shunts who graduate to adulthood.
- Similar Summary: It is a very common ED consult
Surgeon performed a C7-T1 fusion that was not consented to by the patient. (Case #550)
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Sounds like they did not reconfirm the level and missed the diseased level bc of degeneration. It can sometimes be hard to see the disc spaces intraop. I will say that X-ray can be challenging at C7...
- Causation Probability: 3 / 10
- Causation Summary: The neck pain can be caused by anything. I would not be able to say if this wrong level mattered.
- Expert Summary: I perform a significant amount of cervical spine surgery and localize often.
- Similar Summary: I cannot recall a recent wrong level fusion.
