Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Pediatric Surgery
Area of Expertise: Neonatal surgery, Pediatric Trauma, Pediatric oncologic surgery, Pedaitric general surgery, Surgert Education, Pediatric thoracic surgery
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2006
City of Practice: Akron
State of Practice: Ohio
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: 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: 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: -
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Fellowship: -
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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
- $650
- $2500
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
Death of 3 y/o post MVA complications (Case #334)
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The synopsis of the case is vague. Probably done on purpose. The initial work-up appears to be appropriate. Many children have free fluid that is unexplained after trauma. The patient was clinical...
- Causation Probability: 4 / 10
- Causation Summary: Essentially the same question. I do not know the details of the operation and how the abdominal wall has extensive bleeding and how this resulted in sepsis. My guess is that the description of abdom...
- Expert Summary: I am a pediatric surgeon who has practiced at a level 1 pediatric trauma center for 20 years. There is never a simple answer with any of these cases. Dissecting the entire chart and looking at what ...
- Similar Summary: Yes, we receive many trauma victims who arrived with similar mechanisms of injury. The outside evaluation can commonly mask the ability to ascertain exact diagnoses.
