Expert Information

Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes

Degree: M.D.

Specialty / Subspecialty:

  • Otolaryngology

Area of Expertise: head and neck oncology, skull base surgery

Year of Medical Training Completion: 2009

City of Practice: LOMA LINDA

State of Practice: California

Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes

Type of Practice: Academic

  • Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 2
  • Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff:
  • 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: Yes, for either the defendant or the plaintiff

Available to Testify In Trial: No

Training and Additional Credentials

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Residency: -

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Academic / Leadership Information

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Distinguishing Achievements

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Number of Publications on PubMed: -

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Fee Schedule

Medical Record Review:

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

  • $350
  • $2000

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

Failure/Delay in Diagnosis of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (Case #165)

  • Medical Probability: 4 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: Difficult to say if there was a medical error based on the information given. How was the diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia arrived at? Was there imaging done prior to arriving at that diagnosis? W...
  • Causation Probability: 4 / 10
  • Causation Summary: If an error was made as outlined above, and diagnosis was delayed for four years, then there was injury as likely the surgery and treatment would have been less invasive and possibly the oncologic out...
  • Expert Summary: I am a head and neck surgical oncologist at a major academic center with 12 years of experience after completion of training.
  • Similar Summary: I deal with salivary gland tumors like this case several times a month.

Unilateral Hearing Loss - Possible Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (Case #208)

  • Medical Probability: 6 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: on 3/5/18, pt presented with dizziness, hearing loss and tinnitus. While otitis media and resultant conductive hearing loss can cause these symptoms and is the more common etiology, sensorineural hea...
  • Causation Probability: 4 / 10
  • Causation Summary: While systemic corticosteroids and intratympanic steroids are common treatments for sudden sensorineural hearing loss, there is no strong evidence to show that any treatment is superior to no treatmen...
  • Expert Summary: 15 year experience in ENT at an academic center. Also, had sudden sensorineural hearing loss myself.
  • Similar Summary: I see cases of sudden sensorineural hearing loss about 6 times a year.

Need a Head and Neck Surgical Oncologist. Delay in diagnosing & treating CA of the parotid gland. (Case #522)

  • Medical Probability: 7 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: The preauricular mass first thing by the dermatologist was most likely an intraparotid node and would not have been properly biopsied with a punch biopsy. Hard to know for sure without seeing a pictu...
  • Causation Probability: 7 / 10
  • Causation Summary: The initial biopsy being negative led to delay in treatment and disease progression.
  • Expert Summary: I'm a head and neck oncologic surgeon.
  • Similar Summary: Several times a year. I deal with several cutaneous malignancies as well as metastatic lesions in the parotid as well as primary parotid malignancies.