Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: D.M.D.
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Dentist - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Area of Expertise: Oral and maxillofacial surgery
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2012
City of Practice: CHICAGO
State of Practice: Illinois
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 2
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 4
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent:
- 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: -
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Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: -
Current Academic Affiliation: -
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
- $500
- $3500
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $750
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $1500
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: -
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $5000
- 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: $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
Strep intermedius abscess and osteomyelitis after crown lengthening (Case #340)
- Medical Probability: 4 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: This is a common procedure performed for restorative purposes and infection, even severe ones are always a risk.
- Causation Probability: 3 / 10
- Causation Summary: Without review of the case it is impossible to state whether negligence lead to the patient's infection.
- Expert Summary: I have reviewed dozens of cases of infections after dental/oral surgery procedures.
- Similar Summary: Infections after oral surgery procedures do occur even when all best practices are followed.
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The lesion was noticeable even on initial imaging. This would have warranted referral to a surgeon or interventional radiologist who would have been comfortable completing a biopsy of the region.
- Causation Probability: 7 / 10
- Causation Summary: Delayed diagnosis likely allowed for disease progression.
- Expert Summary: I am happy to provide my opinion but I have not performed this type of surgery since residency. My area of expertise is more with the hard tissue structures of the Maxillofacial skeleton.
- Similar Summary: This is a very rare tumor but I have treated many tumors of the maxillofacial region.
28yo Molar Extraction Complicated by Right IAN Injury (Case #521)
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: I would need a pre-operative film but poor technique could lead to the issues the patient is having. Having an operative report to evaluate would also be beneficial.
- Causation Probability: 6 / 10
- Causation Summary: I would need a pre-operative film but poor technique could lead to the issues the patient is having. Having an operative report to evaluate would also be beneficial. Based on the reviewed films this...
- Expert Summary: I have reviewed dozens of cases of nerve injury after tooth extraction and implant placement.
- Similar Summary: Dozens of times. I have reviewed many cases of nerve injury after extractions, dental implant placement and trauma.
