Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Plastic Surgery
Area of Expertise: Plastic surgery, Cosmetic surgery, Breast surgery, Plastic surgery, Cosmetic surgery, Breast surgery, Plastic surgery, Cosmetic surgery
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1978
City of Practice: Boca Raton
State of Practice: Florida
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: 5
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 5
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: SUNY Downstate
Year of Completion: 1969
Residency: Kings County Hospital
Year of Completion: 1976
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
- $500
- $1000
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $500
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $1000
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $1000
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $1000
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $1000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $1000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $7500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $1000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $1000
Case Responses
Rupture of breast implant following kenalog injection (Case #125)
- Medical Probability: 10 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The dermatologist should not have been injecting with sharp needles in proximity to the breast implant. Silicone breast implant rupture at one year post op would be extremely rare under any circumstan...
- Causation Probability: 9 / 10
- Causation Summary: Hard to explain a reason for breast implant rupture at one year post op absent another explanation.
- Expert Summary: I have been a board certified plastic surgeon for over forty years with much experience in breast implants. . I present well and know the difference between fact and opinion.
- Similar Summary: I see several cases of breast implant rupture annually over many years. In this specific case, i have never encountered a case where a dermatologist felt comfortable injecting scars connected to an un...
Bilat breast reduction, has multiple wound complications, nipple necrosis, implant infection/removal. (Case #386)
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Not enough information provided to make any reasonable determination. Detailed past surgical history vital. Preop photos vital. Complete operative reports vital. This complication can occur with or w...
- Causation Probability: 5 / 10
- Causation Summary: Cannot be determined without full case review. Poor technique can cause the injury but so can good technique and bad luck. It depends on the detailed documentation to make reasonable difference.
- Expert Summary: I have had a long career, done many cases of this type and have seen complications of this type before, both from my community and personally
- Similar Summary: Less than one annually over a forty year career. Clarification: I have seen hundreds of breast implant problems, hundreds of abdominoplasties, hundreds of liposuctions. Complications of each are infr...
45 yo Female post face/neck lift complications (Case #496)
- Medical Probability: 2 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Delayed wound healing or post op wound dehiscence is a known risk of facelift, including scarring more visible than desired. I can glean nothing from the history as presented or post procedure photos ...
- Causation Probability: 2 / 10
- Causation Summary: See answer above. Even a “perfect” operation with “perfect” post op care can lead to imperfect result. Neither the result nor the patient’s dissatisfaction indicates a deviation from standar...
- Expert Summary: I have done hundreds facelifts throughout my career and have seen hundreds of postop facelifts from other community surgeons for complications. My own complication rate is rare but not zero so I can a...
- Similar Summary: Rare but not zero. One. Just balance the treatment of a complication either the appropriate time frame for resolution or intervention.
