Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree:
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Surgery (General Surgery) - Pediatric Surgery
Area of Expertise: Pediatric Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Trauma, Cancer, Regenerative medicine, Stem Cell therapy
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1981
City of Practice: Chicago
State of Practice: Illinois
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 12
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 2
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 5
- 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: -
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Fellowship: -
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Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: -
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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
- $950
- $5000
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $950
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $1900
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $2000
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $7600
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $2000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $2000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $7600
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- For each additional day: $2000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $2000
Case Responses
Death of 3 y/o post MVA complications (Case #334)
- Medical Probability: 10 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: CT did not include oral contrast - breach of SOC Failing to do this miss’ed bowel injury
- Causation Probability: 10 / 10
- Causation Summary: Delay in surgery led to sepsis and death Had the CT been done with oral contrast the bowel injury would have been detected. Missing this resulted in sepsis This led to an irreversible situation an...
- Expert Summary: I’m a pediatric trauma surgeon I’m experienced in court I’ve never lost a case in which I’ve provided expert testimony
- Similar Summary: Every day I’m head of pediatric surgery at our county trauma facility- we admit several cases daily - all sorts of trauma
Bilateral hernia mesh placement with complications (Case #337)
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Patients with cord lipomas can present with inguinal pain and perhaps a protrusion or mass, mimicking a hernia or with similar symptoms. A significant cord lipoma is a reasonable indication to carry o...
- Causation Probability: 3 / 10
- Causation Summary: please see my narrative above related to causation
- Expert Summary: I do hernias routinely in my practice. So this is in my area of expertice.
- Similar Summary: I see similar cases often enough
54 y.o. man dies of hemorrhagic shock after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (Case #354)
- Medical Probability: 10 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: He should have had immediate investigation rather than plan for studies in wks as prescribed. He had a major operation and one must assume that the bleeding and subsequent death were related to the ...
- Causation Probability: 10 / 10
- Causation Summary: Same as above Had he been studied or perhaps explored, he likely would not have bled as he did
- Expert Summary: I do bariatric surgery and encounter these types of problems on a routine basis
- Similar Summary: We seen marginal ulcers with bleeding post op and treat them. it happens Death from bleeding should not ever occur
Patient Death following Cholecystectomy (Case #355)
- Medical Probability: 10 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: This was a critically ill, complicated patient with hematological problems. The surgeon requested a heme consult but didn't get it. He should have at least spoken with heme. It may have been pruden...
- Causation Probability: 10 / 10
- Causation Summary: The patient would still be alive had there been no surgery and thus no hemorrage
- Expert Summary: I do robotic cholecystectomy routinely
- Similar Summary: Hopefully never We operate on a lot of sickle cell patients. I've never had a death
