Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Psychiatry - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Psychiatry - Forensic Psychiatry
Area of Expertise: Forensic psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Forensic psychiatry
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2009
City of Practice: LEXINGTON
State of Practice: Kentucky
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 5
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 5
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 20
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 5
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: -
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Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: -
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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
- $750
- $7500
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $750
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $1500
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $750
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $1500
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $1500
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
DRESS syndrome from Wellbutrin (Case #302)
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Regarding the initial prescription of Wellbutrin: Review of records may shed light on why Wellbutrin was chosen over an SSRI. Although Wellbutrin would not have been my first choice given the relative...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: Based on the limited information provided, it seems more likely than not that DRESS syndrome was caused by Wellbutrin. Further records might change this likelihood.
- Expert Summary: I am triple board certified in Psychiatry, Child / Adolescent Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry. I have testified dozens of times in Court (more criminal cases than civil cases). Having stated this,...
- Similar Summary: Treatment of DRESS Syndrome: Never treated it Treatment of children and adolescents w/ depression: Have treated hundreds over the years
