Expert Information
Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes
Degree: MD
Specialty / Subspecialty:
- Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Area of Expertise: Nephrology, Hypertension, Interventional Nephrology, Electrolyte Disorders, Dialysis, Acute Renal Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease
Year of Medical Training Completion: 2012
City of Practice: CINCINNATI
State of Practice: Ohio
Previous Experience As Expert Witness: Yes
Type of Practice: Non-Academic
- Deposition(s) Given For the Defendant: 4
- Deposition(s) Given For the Plaintiff:
- Testified in a Trial For the Defendent: 1
- 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: -
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Residency: -
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Academic / Leadership Information
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Fee Schedule
Medical Record Review:
Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation
- $600
- $3000
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
- Medical Probability: 6 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: It's not completely clear from the images provided, but there may be an extravasation (damage to the vessel causing blood to leak out of the vessel) causing a hematoma at the site of the balloon. Thi...
- Causation Probability: 8 / 10
- Causation Summary: If there is clear evidence of an extravasation that was not addressed in the procedure, it caused the hematoma that resulted in the hospitalization and follow up surgery.
- Expert Summary: I am a full time practicing nephrologist, board certified. I have been preforming interventional nephrology procedures like the one in this case since I completed fellowship in 2012. I am the presid...
- Similar Summary: I perform over 500 interventional cases per year.
Renal Injury Due to Vancomycin and PiP/Tazo? (Case #367)
- Medical Probability: 3 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: Renal toxicity has been found with the combination of vancomycin and pip/tazo, but it is very controversial - other studies suggest it does not increase the risk of renal failure. Vancomycin levels s...
- Causation Probability: 3 / 10
- Causation Summary: See above. Likely justifiable use of antibiotics. Most likely this patient required dialysis due to her sepsis and volume depletion causing AKI. Her baseline CKD stage 4 makes an AKI of any type li...
- Expert Summary: I am a full time practicing nephrologist with over 10 years in general nehprology and interventional nephrology. I have thousands of visits with hospitalized patients each year, any many similar to t...
- Similar Summary: Very often. This case covers many topics that I see on a regular basis in my practice.
46yo F Progressive Renal Decline Before IgA Diagnosis (Case #523)
- Medical Probability: 8 / 10
- Medical Error Summary: The patient likely had IgA nephropathy for years, but many cases are stable and "smoldering" for many years. An indication she may have had IgA earlier was the trace blood on her urinalysis - but tha...
- Causation Probability: 10 / 10
- Causation Summary: Treatment of IgA nephropathy has undergone a revolution in the last several years. Previous to that there were no significant targeted therapies for IgA. In 2023, two medicines specifically FDA approv...
- Expert Summary: I treat many patients with IgA nephropathy and have for 15+ years.
- Similar Summary: I see 1-2 patients with IgA nephropathy per week.
