Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree:
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Ophthalmology
Area of Expertise: Cataract surgery, Glaucoma, Retina, Patent, Antitrust
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1993
City of Practice: San Francisco
State of Practice: California
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 12
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 29
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 4
- Testified in a Trial For the Plaintiff: 2
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
- $900
- $3600
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
Retinal detachment following cataract surgery. (Case #314)
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: It is not possible to render a definitive opinion without seeing the medical records. Furthermore, the law governing experts requires us to use sound methodology and provide expert opinions based on a...
- Causation Probability: 5 / 10
- Causation Summary: It is not possible to render a definitive opinion without seeing the medical records. Furthermore, the law governing experts requires us to use sound methodology and provide expert opinions based on a...
- Expert Summary: I have performed over 8,000 cataract procedures and actively teach cataract surgery. I am one of the few cataract surgeons who also diagnoses and treats (non-surgical) retinal disease (including retin...
- Similar Summary: I actually invented an instrument for removal of mature, high-risk cataracts, and have removed many such cataracts over the years. I am therefore very familiar with the complications of mature catarac...
