I am an experienced medical expert who is Board Certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabiltation, and I have practiced for more than 15 years. I provide litigation support services, and serve as a medical expert for plaintiff and defense counsel, and as a consultant to insurance companies. Areas of litigation support and consulting include medical malpractice, disability evaluation and management, personal injury, peer reviews, utilization review, second opinion, Workers' Compensation and the standard of care.
I have served on the faculty of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School. I concurrently served as an Attending Physician and on the faculty of the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. I have also served as a Medical Director for a consortium of Diagnostic and Treatment Centers and as Medical Director of Ambulatory Care Services at a Rehabilitation Hospital. I am currently an Attending Physician at a teaching hospital, and am a published author and a lecturer.
I am a graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin. My residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation was served at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, an Academic Campus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Temple University Hospital. I am a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, where I obtained a B.A. degree in Biology, Magna Cum Laude.
My areas of expertise include Physical Medicine and Rehabilitaiton, Spine Trauma/Spine Disorders, Brain Injury/Head Injury, Stroke/Cerebrovascular Accident, Fibromyalgia, Disc Herniation, Disc Bulge, Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT), Wound Infection, Orthopedic Injuries, Nerve Injury, Chronic Pain, Cumulative Trauma Disorders, Elder/Geriatric Care, Trauma, Amputation, Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Decubitus Ulcer/Pressure Sore, Spinal Cord Injury, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (EMG/NCV).
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Board Certified, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, 1992
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1987
Medical College of Wisconsin, M.D. degee granted 1986
State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A. degree in Biology, Magna Cum Laude; Phi Betta Kappa
Active Physicians Licenses in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania
State of New York Workers Compensation Rating-CPMR
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Fellow, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation,1992
Member, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1988-present
Member, Medical Society of the State of New York, 1995-present
Member,Medcial Society of the County of Queens, 1995-present
Member, Association of Academic Physiatrists, 1988-2001
Member,American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, 1993-2002
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: -I have served on the faculty of the University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Medical School in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabiltation concurrent with serving on the faculty at Kessler Institute for Rehabiltation
-Course Director, Orthotics: A Comprehensive Course, at Kessler Institute for Rehabiltation, West Orange, New Jersey
-Currently on teaching staff in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,in the Department of Medicine at Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
-Support Group Faciltator, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
-Lecturer in association with the Arthtitis Foundation; topic: Fibromyalgia
-Guest Panelist on "Let;s Talk Sports," discussing Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Radio station WCCN, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: I have been retained as an expert on numerous occassions
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabiltation Medicine, Physiatry, Neurological diseases/disorders, nerve injuries, Spinal Diseases/Disorders, Spine Injury, Spine surgery, Back Pain , Pain Disorder, musculoskeltal disease, musculoskeletal disorder, orthopedic disease/disorder, complications of Spine surgery, complications of Spine procedures, Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT), Pulmonary Embolus (PE), Trauma, Total Joint Replacement, Complications of Total Joint Replacement, Complications of Orthopedic Surgery, decubitus ulcer, pressure ulcer, pressure sore, wound infection, falls, Geriatric care, elder care, Nursing Home matters, Cauda Equina Syndrome
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: available upon request
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: available upon request
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: I have had depositions taken
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: 2006
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: I have been declared an expert by the Court as a treating physician
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: I have had experience testifying in court, and as the treating physican I have been declared an expert by the Court
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: I am experienced as an expert
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: litigation support, consulting, medical record review, expert reports, deposition, testimony, medical malpractice, disabilty evaluation, disabilty determination, disability management, personal injury, Workers' Compensation, product liabilty, utilization review, medical necessity review, peer review, second opinion
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: available upon request
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: available upon request
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: available upon request
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: available upon request
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: available upon request
