Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Urology
Area of Expertise: BPH, Stone disease, Male health, Prostate cancer, Testicular pain surgery
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1995
City of Practice: NEW YORK
State of Practice: New York
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 3
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 1
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 1
- 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: -
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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
- $600
- $1500
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $600
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $2000
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $2000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $1000
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $500
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $8000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $6000
- For each additional day: $8000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $3000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $2000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $8000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $6500
- For each additional day: $6000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $3000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $4000
Case Responses
- Medical Probability: 9 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Vasectomies are simple office space procedures. Loss of a testicle sonata car. The hematoma occurred, and subsequent to this patient underwent an additional exploration. After the expiration, there wa...
- Causation Probability: 10 / 10
- Causation Summary: There is definite causality. It’s a security was injured at the time of the hematoma exploration.
- Expert Summary: I’ve been in practice for over 20 years and I’ve done over 1000 vasectomies. I’ve never had loss of a testicle after a vasectomy. I’ve also never had to bring a patient back to the operating r...
- Similar Summary: I’ve never had a testicular injury at the time of vasectomy. I have had to do several orchiectomy’s as a result of injuries at the time of vasectomy for patients, who are not, mine, were referred ...
Delayed diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma of ureter (Case #339)
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Clearly a missed case of TCC There should have been additional follow up Repeat CY should have been done
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: There should have been a degree of suspicion given prior hx of TCc Perhaps if seen earlier he could have had a local resection
- Expert Summary: Practicing urologist for 30 years Extensive endoscopic experience Excellent record with malpractice review
- Similar Summary: 10-12 yearly for 30 years. Ureterla thickening is commonly evaluated
61yo Female has pyeloplasty for UPJ obstruction, has stent migration and eventually loss of kidney. (Case #378)
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The indications for the procedure were correct. This seems to be a case of ureteral stent migration. The only potential flaw was that there wasnt a KUB to determine the distal portion of the stent...
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: The correct steps were taken by the surgeon Stent migration is a known complication of utilizing stents. The real question is what I pointed out above. Perhaps the nephrectomy needed to be done o...
- Expert Summary: I have been practicing for 3o years. I have previously published on UPJ obstruction in a sentinel article about UPJ obstruction
- Similar Summary: Pyeloplasties have a known low failure rate. This is uncommon but I have seen it before
Urologic Surgery, Emergency Evaluation, and Postoperative Management (Case #464)
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: What side was the hydrocele? What side was the pain? Was it bilateral? Your summary is not complete
- Causation Probability: 7 / 10
- Causation Summary: It appears that a vascular injury most likely occurred.
- Expert Summary: Been in practice for 30 yr and do a large amount of scrotal surgeyr
- Similar Summary: I have never had a case with this outcome and result in loss of testicel
Acute scrotal swelling (Case #480)
- Medical Probability: 1 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: There is definitely no Urological negligence in this case. In the unlikely event that this patient was having orchitis he was covered appropriately with antibiotics.
- Causation Probability: 1 / 10
- Causation Summary: Nothing in the scrotum led to this patient’s death
- Expert Summary: I’ve been a general urologist for 30 years I see 20 to 30 cases of acute scrotal swelling monthly
- Similar Summary: I see 20 to 30 cases of Scrotal pain and swelling every month
- Medical Probability: 10 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Bad planning led to the sphincter injury
- Causation Probability: 10 / 10
- Causation Summary: Same explanation The treatment ablated the sphincter as well as the prostate
- Expert Summary: Experience in Aquablation and BpH makes me good for this Case
- Similar Summary: Never in my hands This is negligent and they should settle He will need a sphincter to overcome the problem
