Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Neurological Surgery
Area of Expertise: General Neurosurgery, Complex spine, Minimally invasive spinal access, Spinal oncology
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2013
City of Practice: VANCOUVER
State of Practice: Washington
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 10
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 3
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent:
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff:
Available to Review Cases: Yes, for either the defendant or the plaintiff
Available to Be Deposed: No
Available to Testify In Trial: No
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: -
Current Academic Affiliation: -
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
- $800
- $4000
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $800
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $1500
- 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: $9999
- 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
Epidural abscess results in fall and paralysis (Case #124)
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: In a setting of documented weakness, bacteremia, elevated WBC and inflammatory markers, and MRI evidence of epidural abscess with spinal cord compression, the neurosurgeon should be consulted immediat...
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: The data suggests that there was delay from the time the MRI was completed until Neurosurgery saw the patient. There was Also a delay from the time the patient fell on 3/13 and the time he was decomp...
- Expert Summary: I specialize in complex spine surgery.
- Similar Summary: Our group encounters these cases every 1-2 weeks.
