Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Surgery (General Surgery)
Area of Expertise: Pediatric surgery, Pediatric trauma
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2006
City of Practice: New Brunswick
State of Practice: New Jersey
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 1
- 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: -
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Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $500
- $5000
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $500
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $1000
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $3000
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $5000
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $5000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $5000
Case Responses
Death of 3 y/o post MVA complications (Case #334)
- Medical Probability: 7 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: A lot would depend on when the patient was examined by the pediatric trauma surgeon and decision making process. Assessing a 3 year old is difficult and additional studies including laboratory and rad...
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: The child likely became septic because of small bowel content contaminating the abdomen. However, the placement of responsibility will depend on a detailed evaluation of medical records including vita...
- Expert Summary: I have been a level 1 pediatric trauma director. It is important to have processes in place to protect the injured child at a recognized trauma center. If there are deficiencies I may find them. I...
- Similar Summary: A lot. We are in a busy pediatric trauma center.
Bilateral hernia mesh placement with complications (Case #337)
- Medical Probability: 10 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: There is no indication to put a mesh when no hernia existed. While hernia repair with mesh on the right side was indicated, with only a lipoma on the left side there is no indication to place a mesh.
- Causation Probability: 10 / 10
- Causation Summary: The more the mesh the greater the risk of infection and entrapment of nerves and complications. So I would conclude that mesh repair on left side definitely increased risk of complications.
- Expert Summary: Repair a lot of hernias and selectively use mesh to repair hernias.
- Similar Summary: Often. While exploring the other side is certainly indicated. There is no role to repair the side with no hernia.
Patient Death following Cholecystectomy (Case #355)
- Medical Probability: 9 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Patient’s with sickle cell disease often develop abdominal pain due to crises. They all have gallstones. There is no necessity to do a gallbladder surgery with an INR of 1.9. It is important to op...
- Causation Probability: 9 / 10
- Causation Summary: The patient’s problem has not been completely understood and should have been worked up better to have an Optimal outcome. Gall bladder surgery in the setting of sickle cell disease is never to be u...
- Expert Summary: I take care of a lot of gall bladder disease in the setting of sickle cell disease. These cases are never easy and patients should not go to the operating room without 100% optimization and they shoul...
- Similar Summary: Once a month. These cases should be done in larger centers with sufficient understanding of risks.
- Medical Probability: 9 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: While accessing the internal jugular vein using ultrasound one should be able to visualize the passage of the guide wire clearly. Perforating the subclavian artery indicates an error in technique. I u...
- Causation Probability: 9 / 10
- Causation Summary: It is likely the procedure happened due to mistaken identification of anatomy. If the subclavian artery was punctured in an ultrasound guided neck catheter insertion, it usually suggests a misadventur...
- Expert Summary: I am a pediatric surgeon who does venous access all the time on children.
- Similar Summary: 5-10 times a month. We provide vascular access to children and adolescents year around at the children’s hospital.
