Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Area of Expertise: Foot and Ankle subspecialist
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1996
City of Practice: BALTIMORE
State of Practice: Maryland
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 10
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 4
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 5
- 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
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Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $650
- $1000
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $950
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
55yo Male missed/delayed Lisfranc Dx in R foot leading to multiple complications. (Case #387)
- Medical Probability: 10 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: This is a Charcot foot problem, not a Lisfranc issue. The Lisfranc ligament is strictly between the medial cuneiform and the base of the second metatarsal and is common source of litigation but easil...
- Causation Probability: 10 / 10
- Causation Summary: See above....clear Charcot foot progression without appropriate treatment.
- Expert Summary: Please see CV- I am an academic foot and ankle specialist.
- Similar Summary: I see Charcot foot issues on a weekly basis.
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The issue is poor outcome vs. technical difficulties.; most of these cases fall towards sloppy surgery but within the standard of care. The total ankle over a triple is common, the decision to perform...
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: Complex revision surgery has its attendant outcome issues. Nothing seemed off in the op notes I saw except that I rarely use an 11 poly( usually smaller).
- Expert Summary: I am an academic foot and ankle subspecialist who has extensive experience with triple arthrodesis and with total ankle replacement.
- Similar Summary: As above, not seen a talar neck fracture like this case. I do several triple arthrodesis and a couple of total ankle procedures each month.
Ankle pseudoaneurysm after surgery (Case #502)
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The vascular injury after ankle scope is unusual but a recognized complication. I would NOT consider this a deviation from the standard of care and would not recommend Plaintiff action. Damages will ...
- Causation Probability: 10 / 10
- Causation Summary: The ankle scope caused the vascular injury but this complication is a recognized risk, even more so after research documented some patients are at increased anatomic risk.
- Expert Summary: I have extensive experience in ankle arthroscopy and have treated many complications. As an academic subspecialist, I teach and write about ankle surgery. I am very familiar with the standards of car...
- Similar Summary: I have not seen arterial injury but have seen many nerve injuries from ankle arthroscopy, the more common complication.
