Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Pediatrics - Pediatric Cardiology
Area of Expertise: Pediatric Cardiology, Congenital heart disease, Heart failure, Pediatric Cardiology, Congenital heart disease, Heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Heart transplantation
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2011
City of Practice: NASHVILLE
State of Practice: Tennessee
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 4
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 1
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent:
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff:
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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Fellowship: -
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Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: -
Current Academic Affiliation: -
Distinguishing Achievements
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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
- $500
- $1000
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
Deceased 2 week old (Case #307)
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: I would have managed the patient similarly. The only question is if there was an event in the cath lab that could explain the clinical worsening. A repeat echo following the balloon valvuloplasty wo...
- Causation Probability: 5 / 10
- Causation Summary: See above. No clear error in management from my perspective, despite the unfortunate outcome.
- Expert Summary: I am a pediatric cardiologist with expertise in management of congenital heart disease
- Similar Summary: A few times per year we encounter aortic stenosis in the neonatal period
8yo ECMO Cannulation complicated by tamponade, death (Case #511)
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: This is an unfortunate case. The physicians appropriately escalated care to VV ECMO due to respiratory failure in the context of pneumonia and resulting sepsis. However, the ECMO cannula very likely...
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: See above. Cardiac perforation during ECMO cannulation led to cardiac tamponade and cardiac arrest. This is an unfortunate case. The physicians appropriately escalated care to VV ECMO due to resp...
- Expert Summary: I am a pediatric cardiologist with expertise in heart failure, cardiomyopathy.
- Similar Summary: Yes. I have experience with similar cases and have experience with VV and VA ECMO.
