Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
Area of Expertise: Gastroenterology, ERCP, Endoscopic Ultrasound, Pancreas and biliary disease, Advanced Emdoscopy, Colonoscopy
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2006
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: 3
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff:
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 1
- 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
- $600
- $-
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $1000
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $2500
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $1250
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): -
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $500
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $7500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1000
- For each additional day: $7500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): -
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $9500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $3500
- For each additional day: $9500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): -
Case Responses
Colonoscopy resulting in splenic capsule laceration and death (Case #243)
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Splenic laceration is a rare, yet known complication of colonoscopy. The problem in this case deals with the preparation. The poor prep in the past could portend a poor prep in the future, but not al...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: If the preparation was poor and the procedure was going to be non-diagnostic then consideration for aborting the procedure should have been taken. The poor visualization could have made the procedure ...
- Expert Summary: I am an experienced academic gastroenterologist who is well respected in the field. I have done many thousands of colonoscopies, including higher risk, advanced therapeutic procedures, and understand...
- Similar Summary: This is a very rare complication. I believe I have seen this 2-3 times over my career.
