Expert Information

Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes

Degree: MD

Specialty / Subspecialty:

  • Anesthesiology

Area of Expertise: Thoracic anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Obstetric anesthesia

Year of Medical Training Completion: 2014

City of Practice: LOS ANGELES

State of Practice: California

Previous Experience As Expert Witness: No

Type of Practice: 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: No

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Residency: -

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Fee Schedule

Medical Record Review:

Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation

  • $350
  • $5000

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

Delay in surgery for acute appendicitis due to low potassium. (Case #297)

  • Medical Probability: 3 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: Multiple textbook and clinical guidelines exist in regards to potassium levels and proceeding with non-emergent surgery under anesthesia. My health system's current guideline is that the potassium sho...
  • Causation Probability: 3 / 10
  • Causation Summary: The only delay in treatment that could have resulted in harm is the incorrect radiological read done 7/7. Otherwise, in the absence of clear evidence and documentation that this was a surgical emer...
  • Expert Summary: I am an attending anesthesiologist at one of the centers that performed the CODA trial. I provide care for acute appendicitis weekly, I deal with periop hypo and hyperkalemia on an almost daily basis.
  • Similar Summary: Multiple times a week I deal with issues of periop hypo or hyperkalemia. I provide anesthesia for appendicitis 1 to 2 times a week.

Permanent hemidiaphragm paralysis after interscalene block (Case #344)

  • Medical Probability: 6 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: Given the new oxygen requirement you can infer something happened perioperatively. Given the known risks of interscalene block (ISB) and the hemidiaphragmatic paralysis on the same side, the ISB is li...
  • Causation Probability: 6 / 10
  • Causation Summary: Permanent hemidiaphragmatic paralysis is a known complication of interscalene block. There is a published case series of 14 cases requiring surgical treatment (see Kaufman et, al. Surgical Treatment o...
  • Expert Summary: 11 years at academic affiliated medical center, associate professor of anesthesiology. High volume center for regional anesthesia. Director of quality for department
  • Similar Summary: A couple times a year we see a transient paralysis after Interscalene block, often requiring 1 day admission for hypoxia. In the past 10 years we have had 1 case of long term paralysis after regional ...

Missed Intubation attempt led to Cardiac Arrest (Case #430)

  • Medical Probability: 9 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: Airway management is the number 1 priority for any anesthesia provider, and the ability to control the airway after induction of anesthesia is the paramount task. If the patient did not have a cardiac...
  • Causation Probability: 9 / 10
  • Causation Summary: The patient was alive and breathing before the induction of anesthesia. The meds used to induce anesthesia cause respiratory depression and if paralytics were used cease respiratory function. If the a...
  • Expert Summary: 11 years attending anesthesiologist at large county hospital. 11 years as faculty at major academic medical center, now associate professor. Lead for ENT anesthesia at my institution. Cited in 2022 di...
  • Similar Summary: Every other month a difficult airway like this comes around, rarely does it progress to asystole

Failure to secure IV, monitor, and assess patient in prone position on OR table. (Case #432)

  • Medical Probability: 9 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: This patient was awake and complaining of arm pain during the procedure. Her positioning should have been checked and adjusted during that time. It appears it was not, that is unjustifiable. The patie...
  • Causation Probability: 9 / 10
  • Causation Summary: Positioning injuries can happen during anesthesia because patient are unable to complain. In this case the patient was awake and complaining and it appears nothing was done. Unless her deltoid was tor...
  • Expert Summary: Associate professor at academic medical center, in charge of quality for the department of anesthesiology.
  • Similar Summary: Positioning injuries happen with about 1 pct of cases, but we have never had an injury as severe as this in a patient who was actively expressing their discomfort