Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Dermatology
Area of Expertise: Dermatology, Dermatology
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1985
City of Practice: LOS ANGELES
State of Practice: California
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 35
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 5
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 2
- 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: No
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
- $800
- $800
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $800
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $910
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $455
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $910
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $510
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $1
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1
- For each additional day: $1
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $1
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $1
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1
- For each additional day: $1
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $1
Case Responses
Failure to diagnose squamous cell carcinoma (Case #237)
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: This is a case of a squamous cell carcinoma arising in a chronic leg ulcer.. There is no way of telling exactly when the SCC started. Chronic leg ulcers in patients with stasis dermatitis are extrem...
- Causation Probability: 3 / 10
- Causation Summary: It is difficult to diagnose a SCC in this setting, and doing a biopsy can make the underlying condition worse.
- Expert Summary: Associate clinical Professor of Medicine/Dermatology UCLA School of Medicine
- Similar Summary: I rarely encounter these type of cases.
