Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Area of Expertise: Kidney stones, CKD, hemodialysis
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1985
City of Practice: NEW YORK
State of Practice: New York
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant:
- 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: 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
- $700
- $0
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: -
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $3500
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $1
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $500
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $7000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1000
- For each additional day: $7000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $500
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $1
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $7000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1000
- For each additional day: $7000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $500
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $1
Case Responses
Hysterectomy- lost kidney case (Case #209)
- Medical Probability: 10 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Kidney dysfunction post-hysterectomy should be assumed to be due to ureteral injury. Appropriate management (by a urologist, not the nephrologist) should lead to normal kidney function on the affected...
- Causation Probability: 10 / 10
- Causation Summary: The hysterectomy led to a ureteral injury. The correct diagnosis was not made. When it was made by the demonstration of hydronephrosis and/or hydroureter the correct procedure was not performed. The g...
- Expert Summary: Much experience with obstructive uropathy. I work closely with urologists.
- Similar Summary: Fortunately not! Some experience as an expert in a couple of cases.
