Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree:
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
Area of Expertise: Obstetrics, Gynecology, Labor & Delivery, Gyn surgery
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2008
City of Practice: Rochester
State of Practice: New York
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 50
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 20
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 2
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 3
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
- $500
- $2000
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $500
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $750
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $500
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $1500
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $1500
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $6000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $4000
- For each additional day: $6000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $3000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $6000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $7000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $7000
- For each additional day: $7000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $5000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $5000
Case Responses
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: This case involves a 5/21/2013 birth. Mother had been treated by a doctor in Brooklyn who failed to commence progesterone therapy for the incompetent cervix until 23 weeks while the literature indicat...
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: This case involves a 5/21/2013 birth. Mother had been treated by a doctor in Brooklyn who failed to commence progesterone therapy for the incompetent cervix until 23 weeks while the literature indicat...
- Expert Summary: 20 plus years experience on L&D; experience in trial, deposition and over 150+ medical reports/reviews
- Similar Summary: Monthly, placenta previas happen quiet often.
Client believes untreated placenta accreta resulted in her requiring a hysterectomy. (Case #507)
- Medical Probability: 2 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Up to 50% of placenta accreta spectrum cases go undiagnosed until delivery or postpartum, even in patients with known risk factors such as placenta previa and prior cesarean delivery. Delayed postpar...
- Causation Probability: 2 / 10
- Causation Summary: If the placenta delivered intact, and there was no hemorrhage at delivery, the likelihood of delayed hemorrhage due to placenta accreta is low. Not zero, but very low. We do give patients hemorrhage...
- Expert Summary: Full time OBGYN hospitalist for 13 years; 6 years of full scope practice prior. Have reviewed over 400 cases; expert for medical board, experience with case reports, depositions and trials.
- Similar Summary: This is a rare occurrence. I have not encountered this exact scenario, though I have had many patients re-present in the postpartum period with bleeding that we assume, based on clinical history to b...
bilateral ureter injury following C-Section hysterectomy in case involving placental accreta (Case #533)
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Ureteral injury is a recognized complication of cesarean hysterectomy for placenta accreta, particularly in complex cases involving HELLP syndrome. Literature reports ureteral injury rates of approxim...
- Causation Probability: 5 / 10
- Causation Summary: This case could be difficult to prove in court because ureteral injury is a well-recognized complication of cesarean hysterectomy for placenta accreta spectrum, particularly in complex clinical settin...
- Expert Summary: I don't perform scheduled Cesarean hysterectomies for accreta, though I do perform cesarean hysterectomies. I'm likely not a great expert for this case but I like answering these questions.
- Similar Summary: As above, I don't do scheduled cesarean hysterectomies.
