Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Hospitalist
- Pediatrics - Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Area of Expertise: Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2005
City of Practice: Atlanta
State of Practice: Georgia
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 2
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff: 2
- 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: Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Year of Completion: 2001
Residency: Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children
Year of Completion: 2005
Fellowship: -
Year of Completion: -
Academic / Leadership Information
Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: Chief, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Current Academic Affiliation: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Distinguishing Achievements
Awards: -
Number of Publications on PubMed: 25
Professional Organizations: American Academy of Pediatrics
Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $700
- $700
Independent Medical Examination:
Independent Medical Examination with written report
- Per Hour: -
Deposition in office:
Deposition: Discovery/Evidence
- First two hours: $2000
- 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: $3000
- Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): $1000
- 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
4 year old with pneumonia sent home from hospital (Case #356)
- Medical Probability: 9 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this case, Young children commonly present with vomiting, cough, and decreased oral intake due to bacterial pneumonia. Several features of the child who...
- Causation Probability: 7 / 10
- Causation Summary: Please see my explanation above. There has never been a study comparing the natural history of children with bacterial pneumonia treated with the correct antibiotic vs those treated incorrectly (th...
- Expert Summary: I am a board-certified Pediatric Hospitalist (and General Pediatrician) who has worked at a nationally recognized children's hospital for 18 years. I have served as an expert witness for a number of ...
- Similar Summary: Very often, at least 5-10 cases per year.
5yo M Delayed Appendicitis Diagnosis, Rupture, Resection (Case #524)
- Medical Probability: 5 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Vomiting and diarrhea in an otherwise healthy child is almost always due to infectious gastroenteritis. The fact that the patient had apparently not had fever is noteworthy and probably would help re...
- Causation Probability: 5 / 10
- Causation Summary: Since I am not sure whether there was a medical error, I cannot say with confidence whether an error resulted in an injury. The patient probably had unruptured appendicitis when initially seen, so th...
- Expert Summary: I am an experienced pediatric hospitalist (20 years) at two nationally known children's hospitals. I am Division Chief for Pediatric Hospital Medicine at a large children's hospital and full Professo...
- Similar Summary: We see patients with similar complaints just about every day, though a misdiagnosis such as this one is thankfully much less common.
