Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Surgery (General Surgery) - Surgical Critical Care
Area of Expertise: trauma, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2002
City of Practice: HOUSTON
State of Practice: Texas
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 1
- 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
- $400
- $400
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
A Trauma Case in the ED (Case #232)
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: There appear to be both system and provider factors contributing to the outcome. At our level 1 trauma center, the patient would have been a level 1 activation based on respiratory compromise (based o...
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: The patient was hypoxemic and in hemorrhagic shock. There were delays in recognition and appropriate treatment -- intubation and initiation of transfusions and correction of coagulopathy. Furthermore,...
- Expert Summary: Trauma surgeon at a busy Level 1 trauma center with patients with high acuity (high Injury Severity Score)
- Similar Summary: Our team encounters several a month.
