Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: D.O.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Orthopaedic Surgery - Surgery of the Hand
Area of Expertise: hand surgery, work comp claims, general orthopaedics, personal injury, record review, IME, expert opinions
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2008
City of Practice: Lebanon
State of Practice: Pennsylvania
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 3
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 2
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 1
- 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: -
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
- $700
- $2100
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $750
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $1750
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $800
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $1750
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $3500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $3500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): -
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $8000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $8000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $8000
Case Responses
Partial left hand amputation post IV extravasation (Case #324)
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: pt has multiple medical and anatomic issues that present challenges to obtaining/maintaining IV access, at the same time require access for necessary treatment. Infiltration is a known possibility wit...
- Causation Probability: 5 / 10
- Causation Summary: pt has multiple medical and anatomic issues that present challenges to obtaining/maintaining IV access, at the same time require access for necessary treatment. Infiltration is a known possibility wit...
- Expert Summary: I am a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon with 19 years experience.
- Similar Summary: Consulted at least several times a year to evaluate infiltration events, and separately to evaluate for compartment syndrome.
- Medical Probability: 2 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: I think there are typos in the patient presentation paragraph. Did the pt have a rotator cuff tear that was repaired or a proximal humerus fracture? And did the pt actually have an olecranon chondrop...
- Causation Probability: 1 / 10
- Causation Summary: Eithor way, the majority of the impact was absorbed by the shoulder. Acute TFC tear presents with significant symptoms: swelling/effusion, decreased ROM and pain with supination/pronation that impairs...
- Expert Summary: hand surgeon for 20 years, have treated many wrist, elbow and shoulder injuries. I also do IME and UR work, reviewing others doctors treatment of similiar injuries.
- Similar Summary: regularly as a hand surgeon for 20 years, have treated many wrist, elbow and shoulder injuries. I also do IME and UR work, reviewing others doctors treatment of similiar injuries.
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: the provided documents are incomplete and out of order. They appear to be partial operative notes from two different procedures, and notes in between the procedures are not provided, so we do not ...
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: more information is needed on the patients PMH as well as documents including the surgeons pre-op and post-op office notes, describing his thought process and more information on his reading of the xr...
- Expert Summary: 20 plus years as orthopedic surgeon, and have performed ankle fusions.
- Similar Summary: often in diabetics that are overweight and have jobs that require a lot of standing & walking distances
