Expert Information

Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes

Degree: MD

Specialty / Subspecialty:

  • Pediatrics  -  Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Area of Expertise: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Evidence based medicine

Year of Medical Training Completion: 1994

City of Practice: ORLANDO

State of Practice: Florida

Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes

Type of Practice: Non-Academic

  • Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 2
  • Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 1
  • Testified in a Trial For the Defendent:
  • Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 1

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: -

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

  • $400
  • $400

Independent Medical Examination:

Independent Medical Examination with written report

  • Per Hour: $400

Deposition in office:

Deposition: Discovery/Evidence

  • First two hours: $1000
  • For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $500
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $450

Trial (InState):

  • Initial day: $3500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $2500
  • For each additional day: $2000
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1000
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $1000

Trial (Out of State):

  • Initial day: $5000
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $4000
  • For each additional day: $3000
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $2000
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $2000

Case Responses

Delay in appendicitis (Case #127)

  • Medical Probability: 8 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: On the 2nd visit, an abdominal U/S should have been done. It is an easy, painless test without radiation exposure. Any child that returns to the ED with abdominal pain needs to have an appendicitis ...
  • Causation Probability: 8 / 10
  • Causation Summary: If the appendicitis was picked up sooner, it was most likely not ruptured with the mildly elevated inflammatory markers. When the appendix is ruptured, the WBC count is typically >20,000. Without ru...
  • Expert Summary: 26 years of experience with 24 yrs in the pediatric ED. Also, I am an editor and writer for evidence based medicine.
  • Similar Summary: Very common, unfortunately. Appendicitis is a difficult diagnosis especially in pediatrics but the ability to perform a quick ultrasound helps.