Expert Information

Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes

Degree: M.D.

Specialty / Subspecialty:

  • Diagnostic Radiology  -  Pediatric Radiology

Area of Expertise: Diagnostic Radiology, Trauma, Emergency Medicine, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Procedures, Pediatric Radiology, Oncology

Year of Medical Training Completion: 2016

City of Practice: Los Angeles

State of Practice: California

Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes

Type of Practice: Academic

  • Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 1
  • Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 1
  • 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: 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

  • $600
  • $0

Independent Medical Examination:

Independent Medical Examination with written report

  • Per Hour: $1000

Deposition in office:

Deposition: Discovery/Evidence

  • First two hours: $1600
  • For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $800
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $1600
  • Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $1600

Trial (InState):

  • Initial day: $9500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $5000
  • For each additional day: $9500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $2000
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $9500

Trial (Out of State):

  • Initial day: $9500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $9500
  • For each additional day: $9500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $2000
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $9500

Case Responses

Burn injury following needle localization procedure for breast cancer (Case #171)

  • Medical Probability: 2 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: The savi scout is an inert device that could not possibly result in a burn like this. it is the size of a grain of rice. This redness looks like a tape allergy. I would need to know more details on...
  • Causation Probability: 2 / 10
  • Causation Summary: see above. I dont think an error occured assuming this is an allergic reaction.
  • Expert Summary: I am an Academic Radiologist at UCLA. I have experience with needle guided procedures. I have experience with breast biopsies and marker placements. I have performed hundreds of marker placements f...
  • Similar Summary: I have never seen a burn like this from a breast mass localization. I have seen burns from MRI, and also many allergic reaction rashes from latex, tape, etc.

Failure to properly read CT Angiogram leads to unnecessary surgical procedure (Case #259)

  • Medical Probability: 8 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: I only give it an 8/10 because I haven't seen the report and images firsthand. However an Agatson score of 0 implies no calcification. This means any luminal stenosis is low density implying partial...
  • Causation Probability: 8 / 10
  • Causation Summary: If they depended on the coronary CT for a decision to cath, that directly led to the cath, which then led to a complication (bad luck or otherwise). Would be curious to know what the complication w...
  • Expert Summary: I am an academic radiologist at UCLA with expertise in Acute Care imaging. Coronary CTs are often used in the ER to evaluate borderline cases, triage low intermediate ACS patients. I have had trainin...
  • Similar Summary: I have never seen a person misread a coronary CT like this (if true), theyre usually pretty straightforward. I would have to see the images myself. But Coronary CTs, yes I am comfortable reading the...

Patient vs Out Patient Radiology Center (Case #542)

  • Medical Probability: 10 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: staff should be trained to have ACLS or BLS certification and should make an attempt to take a pulse, get vitals and do basic CPR until help arrives. At the very least they should assess for a heartbe...
  • Causation Probability: 8 / 10
  • Causation Summary: seven minutes is a lifetime in CPR. if they had just restored some circulation with chest compressions only and I'm not even talking about breaths or airway bagging it's possible they might have had a...
  • Expert Summary: I am a radiologist at a major academic center, and I have trained in ACLS and BLS and maintain those certifications throughout my career. I have been called by the technologies to respond to unstable ...
  • Similar Summary: once every couple months, there will be a complication and an imaging center. A cardiac arrest is quite rare. It might only happen once every few years.