Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology
Area of Expertise: Interventional radiology, Diagnostic radiology, MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, Xrays
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2015
City of Practice: Torrance
State of Practice: California
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 2
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 2
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 1
- 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: -
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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
- $650
- $2500
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
Portal vein thrombectomy injury (Case #178)
- Medical Probability: 7 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: I believe there was a medical error since the hepatic artery was catheterized during attempt at portal vein access. Nonetheless, this is a possible expected complication and it appears that is was man...
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: The hepatic artery was inadvertent access was identified and treated appropriately with tract embolization. Moreover, even if there was a hepatic artery branch injury it is unlikely that this would le...
- Expert Summary: I have been Chief of Interventional Radiology at major Los Angeles hospitals for several years. I am also a Research Associate in Radiology at UC San Francisco. I have an BSE in Bioengineering from Un...
- Similar Summary: These cases are rare, but I do encounter them a handful of times each year. I also have reviewed cases similar to these in past in a research setting.
