Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Area of Expertise:
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2010
City of Practice: LOS ANGELES
State of Practice: California
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: No
Type of Practice: Academic
Available to Review Cases: Yes, for either the defendant or the plaintiff
Available to Be Deposed: No
Available to Testify In Trial: No
Training and Additional Credentials
Medical School: -
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Residency: -
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Fellowship: -
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Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: -
Current Academic Affiliation: -
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
- $400
- $1600
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
CABG complications and bacteremia death (Case #203)
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: This appears to be an elective operation with presumably a short cross clamp time, short bypass time. Therefore the likelihood of these complications in a 56 year old would be expected to be very low....
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: I would query the post operative management of the patient. Why was the patient only extubated on pod 2? He should have been expected to be extubated on Pod 0 (day of operation) after a routine cabg ...
- Expert Summary: I do these operations. I also manage my patients or am closely involved with their management.
- Similar Summary: Our most commonly performed case is CABG.
Death from CAD after CABG postponed (Case #210)
- Medical Probability: 7 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: There are 2 points in the timeline that are of question: 1. January of 2020 - when proximal LAD was noted to be diseased did patient see a surgeon? This is a young patient and proximal LAD disease wo...
- Causation Probability: 7 / 10
- Causation Summary: Again, was there heart team (surgery) consultation when proximal LAD disease was discovered? Did patient turn down surgery that was offered at that time? After discovery of left main disease why was ...
- Expert Summary: I am a cardiac surgeon and do mostly coronary bypass operations.
- Similar Summary: Left main cases come about every few weeks.
