Expert Information

Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes

Degree: M.D.

Specialty / Subspecialty:

  • Family Medicine

Area of Expertise: Headache

Year of Medical Training Completion: 2009

City of Practice: LEXINGTON

State of Practice: Kentucky

Previous Experience As Expert Witness: No

Type of Practice: Non-Academic

Available to Review Cases: No

Available to Be Deposed: Yes, only for the defendant

Available to Testify In Trial: No

Training and Additional Credentials

Medical School: -

Year of Completion: -

Residency: -

Year of Completion: -

Fellowship: -

Year of Completion: -

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

  • $200
  • $2000

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: 4 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: There could be many variables at a PCP office that could have happened that are reasonable where a physician should. Not be held accountable for reporting this result and it is the patient’s respons...
  • Causation Probability: 1 / 10
  • Causation Summary: Colon cancer is slow growing. Even if colonoscopy had found it 19 months before it would likely have been there and not early stage. Delayed colonoscopy did not cause cancer.
  • Expert Summary: Have sent many fecal occult blood tests over a decade of practice .
  • Similar Summary: I have run into this type of case very often.

**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: Unclear, possibly but this could reasonably be a presentation for a UTI that was treated appropriately in the ER as long as it had close follow up with gyn within the next few days or week. Without go...
  • Causation Probability: 8 / 10
  • Causation Summary: If there was not appropriate follow up or if the patient did not look well and was discharged anyway, this could result in the poor outcome that resulted.
  • Expert Summary: I have practiced family med with OB before and have seen patients in the ER as well. I am very familiar with care of women post op and have been in academic medicine teaching these topics.
  • Similar Summary: Currently I do not practice in the ER but do see women with gyn issues