Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Internal Medicine
Area of Expertise: Hospitalist Medicine, Inpatient Internal Medicine, Patient Safety, Critical Care Medicine
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1981
City of Practice: NEWTON
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: 4
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 6
- 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: -
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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
- $550
- $2200
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
DVT resulting in death (Case #252)
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Regarding peri op care - they did provide excellent DVT/PE prophylaxis. But this was a high risk patient based on history of surgery and cancer. Therefore despite Lovenox/SCDs, PE still can occur. ...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: If there was failure to diagnose PE/DVT (see above), then there was an opportunity to start anticoag or if severe findings on CTA, direct intra pulmonary arterial thrombolysis (not systemic post op).
- Expert Summary: Clinician since 1982 - critical care training and 15+ years experience in addition to 22 years as a hospitalist. Experience practicing in both large AMCs and mid size community hospitals working with ...
- Similar Summary: We do medical consults on post operative patients including pre op clearance as well. DVT/PE is a common hospital acquired complication that we dx and tx.
Death After Bowel Obstruction (Case #345)
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: This patient had multiple medical problems including communication issues (e.g. poor memory) that may have contributed to inaccurately communicating his ongoing issues. On 6/6 an abdominal film was do...
- Causation Probability: 2 / 10
- Causation Summary: I do not believe there was causation because there was no medical error to have prevented this outcome as explained above. In addition, I doubt the aspiration pneumonia (the immediate cause of death ...
- Expert Summary: I have been a clinician since 1982 - 15+ years’ critical care training / experience followed by 23 years as a hospitalist. Experience practicing in both large AMCs and mid-size community hospitals c...
- Similar Summary: Bowel ischemia and aspiration pneumonia are common illnesses that hospitalists may care for though more often the former is seen by surgeons and the latter when it results in respiratory failure nee...
