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You are seeking an ally in navigating your client’s radiology studies. Afterall, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Allow me to use my knowledge and expertise in diagnostic and interventional radiology to provide an honest, objective, reasoned, fact-based impartial evaluation of what the images say in the context of related medical proceedings.

Trust led to your client hiring you. Solidify that trust they placed in you by allowing me make sense of their imaging findings and/or clinical course for you as your diagnostic and/or interventional radiology expert witness.

Please see below for frequently asked questions, areas of expertise, my medical expert witness services, privacy and safety measures as well as my contact.

See my complete professional biography here.

FAQ

I am a medical doctor licensed in Illinois and Pennsylvania. I am board-certified in diagnostic and interventional radiology. I am additionally certified as a Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) by the Alliance for Physician Certification and Advancement (APCA). I am currently employed full-time by the University of Pittsburgh Physician group at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) as a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor in Radiology. I spend more than 75% of my professional time in active clinical practice and/or teaching of medicine.

I specialize in radiology and image-guided procedures that has cross-over to other specialties and will issue medicolegal findings and clinical standards by report, consultation and testimony. Otherwise, see Medical Expert Witness Services below.

I am an experienced diagnostic and interventional radiology expert witness that has opined on the standards of care, evaluated cases for merit, performed blind reviews, provided second opinions, deposed and gave in court testimony on diagnostic radiology cases and/or interventional cases for plaintiff and defense attorneys since 2020. I communicate well to non-medical people about medical events/findings and more often than not, am found likeable by people.

No. There are no active or pending legal cases in which I am named. I have not had any licenses or hospital privileges revoked. I have never been sanctioned professionally. I have no felony convictions.

Areas of Expertise

  1. Image interpretation including but not limited to ultrasound, radiographs, fluoroscopy,  computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
  2. Vascular imaging including but not limited to ultrasound, angiography, and CT.
  3. Standards for communication of radiological findings.
  4. Treatment and follow-up standards for image-guided procedures.
  5. Procedural moderate sedation.
  6. Imaging or procedural documentation.
  7. Periprocedural anticoagulation management.
  8. Imaging appropriateness criteria and evidence-based guidelines.

Medical expert witness services

I perform everything from phone or zoom consultation to in-court testimony on an as needed basis. The process starts with contacting me.

  1. Screening phone or Zoom meeting to discuss the case
  2. Review of discovered records and information
  3. Image interpretation and annotation
  4. Signed and notarized Affidavits of Merit
  5. Draft a fact-based, rational expertly detailed report or response
  6. Discussion and review of the draft report or response
  7. Finalization of the report and submission of a letterhead report
  8. Expert witness deposition and/or testimony

Privacy and safety measures

First and foremost, our communications are directly to and from me. Your and your client’s information will be securely transmitted and stored. All precautions to protect that data are taken and include but not limited to encryption, two-factor authentication and/or fingerprint or facial recognition-enabled devices. Computers used to store case or personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Online messages are only for general questions and/or information. Please do NOT submit detailed medical questions or a patient’s personal health information.