Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D., M.P.A.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Clinical Informatics
- Dermatology
- Internal Medicine
Area of Expertise: pyoderma gangenosum, skin cancer, stevens johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis/TEN, alopecia/hair loss, inpatient dermatology, cellulitis/skin infections
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2012
City of Practice: BOSTON
State of Practice: Massachusetts
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: -
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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
- $750
- $3000
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
Skin lesion ruled out cancer w/ Dermtech. 5 months later, invasive stage 2 melanoma. (Case #466)
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: It would be better to see the mole at the time they did the stripping, but the patient does not have other moles in the area (low mole burden) and cosmetically this is not a sensitive area. Your over...
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: Again, I don't know how it looked at the time of the biopsy but this is a rapidly growing lesion that is thick. If it was thinner initially it would be a better prognosis and less requirement for eval...
- Expert Summary: I am a clinical researcher and dermatologist who has written papers focused on screening. I have previously worked for a company developing AI screening for nevi and have thought substantially about t...
- Similar Summary: I do not use dermtech at my practice, but we see melanoma regularly.
