Expert Information

Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes

Degree: M.D.

Specialty / Subspecialty:

  • Family Medicine

Area of Expertise: Family Medicine

Year of Medical Training Completion: 2000

City of Practice: Goshen

State of Practice: Kentucky

Previous Experience As Expert Witness: No

Type of Practice: Non-Academic

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

Awards: -

Number of Publications on PubMed: -

Professional Organizations: -

Fee Schedule

Medical Record Review:

Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation

  • $750
  • $5000

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

Young male primary MD gives colon cancer screening kit, he is not notified of positive results until 19 months later. Now has stage 3 cancer. (Case #375)

  • Medical Probability: 6 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: In 2021, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued updated guidelines recommending colon cancer screening to commence at the age of 45 for eligible individuals. One of the screening option...
  • Causation Probability: 6 / 10
  • Causation Summary: The delay in diagnosis and the potential implications for the patient's prognosis and treatment options suggests a concern about the impact of the delay. However, without specific details (size of mas...
  • Expert Summary: As a board-certified family medicine physician with 15 years of direct clinical experience, I have honed my skills in providing comprehensive care in an ambulatory setting, with a primary focus on pre...
  • Similar Summary: I am a board certified primary care physician who has had over 50,000 patient visits when I was a practicing physician.. My scope of practice when providing full clinical care including screening, pre...

**Req Family Medicine who works as ER provider** 25yo F possible missed post-c-section infection, abnormal CT. (Case #471)

  • Medical Probability: 5 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: There is not enough information in the case presentation to state if there was a medical error. A postpartum female (3 weeks post-delivery) presented to the emergency department with fever, tachyc...
  • Causation Probability: 4 / 10
  • Causation Summary: Again an abscess is a walled off area of infection, it does not typically cause fevers and would have been seen on the CT scan performed within the ER.
  • Expert Summary: Board certified family medicine physician who has treated over 50K patients in a variety of settings including treating pregnant and postpartum patients.
  • Similar Summary: I have encountered abscesses, UTIs, pneumonia and sepsis in my practice.