Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Anesthesiology
Area of Expertise: Anesthesiology, Pain, Critical care, Surgery
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1991
City of Practice: Chevy Chase
State of Practice: Maryland
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 4
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 5
- 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: -
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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
- $495
- $5000
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: -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $2500
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $2000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $2000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $5000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $2500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $2590
Case Responses
Endocarditis and lumbar osteomyelitis after epidural steroid injections (Case #180)
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Infection after multiple procedures. Likely faulty sterile technique. I've seen cases like this before.
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: Temporal relationship. The patient had a lot of procedures before the infection was noted. Patient suffered harm.
- Expert Summary: I am a nationally recognized patient safety expert.
- Similar Summary: 3times I've seen cases like this before.
Permanent hemidiaphragm paralysis after interscalene block (Case #344)
- Medical Probability: 9 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: It appears that the patient suffered permanent damage to his phrenic nerve. Phrenic nerve injury is known to happen with interscalene block, but permanent damage is a rare occurrence. The Doctor Who d...
- Causation Probability: 9 / 10
- Causation Summary: There is a temporal relationship between the procedure and the injury. That is all that needs to be said.
- Expert Summary: I have had anesthesia experience for almost 40 years and have performed all kinds of blocks, including interscalene block. I am a noted author and patient safety expert. Please see my Wikipedia page, ...
- Similar Summary: I see cases like this all the time when I was practicing nerve blocks, but I have never seen a permanent injury like that.
