Expert Information

Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes

Degree: MD

Specialty / Subspecialty:

  • Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Area of Expertise: cardiac surgery, lung cancer, thoracic surgery, lung nodules, chest wall surgery, bronchoscopy, heart failure, empyema pleural effusion

Year of Medical Training Completion: 2007

City of Practice: CHATTANOOGA

State of Practice: Tennessee

Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes

Type of Practice: Non-Academic

  • Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 1
  • Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 1
  • 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: No

Training and Additional Credentials

Medical School: Sind Medical College , University of Karachi

Year of Completion: 1989

Residency: University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Year of Completion: 1999

Fellowship: University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Year of Completion: 2006

Academic / Leadership Information

Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Associate Professor of Surgery

Current Academic Affiliation: none

Distinguishing Achievements

Awards: Honorary Governors Awards from West Virginia and Kentucky

Number of Publications on PubMed: 35

Professional Organizations: Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Fee Schedule

Medical Record Review:

Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation

  • $500
  • $1000

Independent Medical Examination:

Independent Medical Examination with written report

  • Per Hour: $350

Deposition in office:

Deposition: Discovery/Evidence

  • First two hours: $500
  • For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $300
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $1000
  • Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $350

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

74yo Lead Extraction Complicated by Major Vascular Injury (Case #527)

  • Medical Probability: 7 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: I have read the provided material in detail several times and have familiarized myself with the case very well. Without summarizing the case again as has already been done above, I submit the followi...
  • Causation Probability: 6 / 10
  • Causation Summary: Based on what I have read from the case, I can not determine a clear reason for the location of the tear in the IVC which is rarely ever the location of a tear during RV laser lead extraction. The Bri...
  • Expert Summary: I have experience with providing coverage for laser lead extractions and have had to salvage several patients who experienced hemorrhage during similar procedures (line placements) with lacerations of...
  • Similar Summary: Mishaps during wire manipulations of the central venous system are very common at our institution, both in the context of the EP lab and the several intensive care units where such procedures are rout...