Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Pathology
Area of Expertise: Gastrointestinal and Liver/Pancreatobiliary Pathology, Cancer Pathology, Cause of Death, Causation
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1996
City of Practice: Southlake, TX
State of Practice: Texas
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 11
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 34
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 2
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 9
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
- $600
- $2400
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $600
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $2000
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $1000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $3000
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $1000
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $6000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $3000
- For each additional day: $3000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $6000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $6000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $3000
- For each additional day: $3000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $6000
Case Responses
Diagnosis of Connective Tissue Disorder (Case #240)
- Medical Probability: 7 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Depends on the actual pathology material available for histopathologic examination and the actual histopathologic changes present in such material. Otherwise, almost impossible to opine.
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: If the diagnosis of Ehlers Danlos, Type IV had been made during the bowel surgery, preventive measure could have been taken to prevent a vascular rupture.
- Expert Summary: I am a Gastrointestinal Pathologist.
- Similar Summary: A very rare disease. Have never seen one.
