Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Family Medicine
Area of Expertise: Urgent Care, Obesity Medicine, Family Medicine
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2014
City of Practice: Brooklyn
State of Practice: New York
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: No
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
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: -
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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
- $400
- $2000
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
An infant with vomiting and bloody diarrhea (Case #255)
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Several points I would like to comment on: 1. The child was described as being "lethargic." This is a red flag term, often used by concerned parents, but which clinically means something very speci...
- Causation Probability: 5 / 10
- Causation Summary: Despite the inadequacies in documentation, the catastrophic event that occurred is extremely rare and thus difficult to predict. The PA made a judgment based on their evaluation of the child that ...
- Expert Summary: I have 7 years experience in a high volume urgent care setting. I have had training in managing risk and proper medical documentation. I regularly guide my colleagues on how to lessen their medical le...
- Similar Summary: I encounter pediatric patients with similar presentations on a regular basis in the urgent care setting.
Delay in diagnosis/treatment of acute appendicitis (Case #299)
- Medical Probability: 7 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The patient presented with pain in right lower abdomen. The PCP appears to have anchored to the diagnosis of "ovarian cyst" It is well known to medical providers that acute appendicitis is an emergenc...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: The diagnosis of acute appendicitis was delayed by 2 days from the initial office visit. Same day imaging should have been obtained. If this was not possible then the patient should have been referre...
- Expert Summary: I have a extensive experience from working in Family Medicine and Urgent Care clinics. I regularly encounter similar cases that require me risk stratify in order to not miss an acute diagnosis.
- Similar Summary: In my urgent care career I encounter patients presenting with acute abdominal pain on a daily basis. In many of these cases I am required to make a decision about obtaining stat vs. routine imaging, v...
