Expert Information

Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes

Degree: MD

Specialty / Subspecialty:

  • Neurology  -  Vascular Neurology

Area of Expertise: Neuroendovascular Surgery, Neurocritocal care, Status Epilepticus, Subarachnoid and Intracranial Hemorrhage, Stroke, Mechanical thrombectomy

Year of Medical Training Completion: 2013

City of Practice: Valhalla

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: 4
  • Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 1
  • Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 1

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: -

Year of Completion: -

Fellowship: -

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Academic / Leadership Information

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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

  • $600
  • $600

Independent Medical Examination:

Independent Medical Examination with written report

  • Per Hour: $3500

Deposition in office:

Deposition: Discovery/Evidence

  • First two hours: $1200
  • For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $600
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $3000
  • Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $3000

Trial (InState):

  • Initial day: $4500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $4500
  • For each additional day: $4500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $4500
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $3000

Trial (Out of State):

  • Initial day: $9000
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $4500
  • For each additional day: $4500
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $4500
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $4500

Case Responses

Brain injury following AVM Hemorrhage (Case #281)

  • Medical Probability: 7 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: The patient was manifesting signs of elevated ICP. I am not sure any non invasive device (Invos) would have changed anything but the patient was clearly within the peak swelling window and considering...
  • Causation Probability: 7 / 10
  • Causation Summary: Why was an diagnostic cerebral angiogram not performed.
  • Expert Summary: I am a neurointensivist and neuroendovascular surgeon and I treat AVMs routinely.
  • Similar Summary: I see AVM patients in clinic atleast twice a month and I manage ruptured AVMs atleast once a month (I also manage ICHs on a daily basis).

Neurosurgery departure (Case #284)

  • Medical Probability: 7 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: He needed to be decompressed earlier
  • Causation Probability: 7 / 10
  • Causation Summary: Zosyn has poor coverage of the cns especially if there was cns instrumentation. He needed more broad spectrum antibiotics
  • Expert Summary: I treat similar cases routinely from a Neurocritical Care perspective. I would have pushed to have this patient evacuated earlier. I feel it may have changed the outcome
  • Similar Summary: I encoynter simikar cases atleast 1-2 times a month

Sphenopalatine and facial artery embolization for recurrent epistaxis results in loss of vision (Case #310)

  • Medical Probability: 7 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: In the setting of these dangerous anastamoses one should never use particles. There was likely embolization through ethmoidals to the ophthalmic artery. Many times these dangerous anastamoses are not...
  • Causation Probability: 6 / 10
  • Causation Summary: There was likely embolization through ethmoidals to the ophthalmic artery. Many times these dangerous anastamoses are not visualized unless one has the microcatgeter wedged. If they are visualized th...
  • Expert Summary: I am a triple trained neurologist, neurointensivist and neuroendovascular surgeon currently practicing in a level 1 trauma center and comprehensive stroke center. Being in a traumacenter affords me th...
  • Similar Summary: I see atleast 2 of these a month.. some occur spontaneously, others are in the setting of trauna, radiation or cancer.

Anti-NMDA encephalitis -- mismanaged? (Case #315)

  • Medical Probability: 4 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: The patient had multiple confounders and potential reasons to present with status. The fact that the utox was negative does not indicate much since olanzapine would not have been detected on utox. T...
  • Causation Probability: 4 / 10
  • Causation Summary: Sadly samples can be lost occasionally. It is especially frustrating when we are dealing with precious samples like CSF. There is no reason to assume the MD incorrectly documented an LP procedure in a...
  • Expert Summary: I treat autoimmune encephalitides routinely. As a neurointensivist practicing in a Quaternary care center, I would have at least 1-2 patients with NMDA receptor encephalitis or other encephalitides a ...
  • Similar Summary: I treat autoimmune encephalitides routinely. As a neurointensivist practicing in a Quaternary care center, I would have at least 1-2 patients with NMDA receptor encephalitis or other encephalitides a ...

Bilateral Blindness after Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Case #338)

  • Medical Probability: 7 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: It is unclear what happened but it is not as simple as blaming Idiopathic intracranial hypertension as a cause of the blindnes especially in tbe absence of papilledema. The elevated opening oressure c...
  • Causation Probability: 7 / 10
  • Causation Summary: It is unclear what happened but it is not as simple as blaming Idiopathic intracranial hypertension as a cause of the blindnes especially in tbe absence of papilledema. The elevated opening oressure c...
  • Expert Summary: I am a triple trained neurologists, neurointensivist and neuroendovascular surgeon at a quarter nary care center.
  • Similar Summary: This is a challenging case and it is unclear what the underlying cause of the blindness is however practicing at my comprehensive stroke center allows .e to serve a large area with almost 4 million in...