Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Surgery (General Surgery) - Surgical Oncology
Area of Expertise: Cutaneous malignancies, Melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, Squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma, Adnexal skin tumors, Soft tissue sarcoma
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2005
City of Practice: Tampa
State of Practice: Florida
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:
- 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: -
Year of Completion: -
Residency: -
Year of Completion: -
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
- $700
- $5000
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: -
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $3500
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $3500
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $3500
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $3500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $3500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $3500
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $8000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $8000
Case Responses
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: When lesions aren’t improving with prescribed medicines/ creams that’s an indication to biopsy. Return 1 year for a lesion that wasn’t improving with a years worth of cream treatment is too lon...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: Larger lesion (would be nice to see pictures in 2018 vs late 2020 ) means larger surgery
- Expert Summary: I see basal cell carcinomas every day. I’m an internationally recognized melanoma and skin cancer expert.
- Similar Summary: I see basal cell carcinoma’s on the skin every day in clinic in my practice
Elective sigmoidectomy breakdown and death (Case #293)
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Unfortunately anastamotic breakdown and leaks are more Common than we want. It is one of the risks that should be discussed when booking any colorectal surgery. I don’t think that is a “medical er...
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: As mentioned above this is a known complication. On this case it lead to multiple abscesses and further complications. Very unfortunate but not something we haven’t seen before
- Expert Summary: I have performed open colon operations and anastomoses and work in a very busy surgical practice where we do see this occasionally happen. Not to the point of death very often at all but anastamotic l...
- Similar Summary: Hard to say and wouldn’t have the denominator. Rare but not super rare
Abdominal bleed/anastomotic leak (Case #357)
- Medical Probability: 2 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Sometimes the CT is inconclusive and : or there is a contained perforation and can be drained by IR. The patient has a high white count and could be observed for a bit with IV abx with a plan to expl...
- Causation Probability: 2 / 10
- Causation Summary: I don’t think there were medical errors that led to the Anastamotic leak and abscess formation
- Expert Summary: I have done plenty of GI surgery and anastamoses over a career of nearly 20 years since fellowship.
- Similar Summary: Thankfully very very rarely! Actually I cannot remember the last time I had. A patient with an anastamotic leak.
