Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Pediatrics - Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Area of Expertise: Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Year of Medical Training Completion: 1998
City of Practice: WILMINGTON
State of Practice: North Carolina
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant:
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 1
- 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, only for the defendant
Available to Testify In Trial: Yes, only for the defendant
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
- $2500
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: $1000
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $2500
- For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: $500
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): $2500
- Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): $1000
Trial (InState):
- Initial day: $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $2500
- For each additional day: $2500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1000
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $5000
Trial (Out of State):
- Initial day: $7500
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $5000
- For each additional day: $5000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $2500
- Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): $5000
Case Responses
4 year old with pneumonia sent home from hospital (Case #356)
- Medical Probability: 10 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The empyema was a critical part of this case that was not communicated to the receiving institution. Likewise the blood culture results were not communicated. SOP in receiving such a patient would be ...
- Causation Probability: 9 / 10
- Causation Summary: An effusion should have been monitored closely and likely drained and cultured. It should indicate broader antibiotic coverage, including coverage for MRSA such as with Vancomycin. Failure to track th...
- Expert Summary: I have been practicing pediatric hospital medicine for over five years and have extensive experience with designing and implementing clinical protocols based on available guidelines.
- Similar Summary: Community acquired pneumonia, daily. With effusion, perhaps annually. With florid sepsis, rarely, thankfully.
