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• Levey, DS, Chhabra A, ...
• Diffusion Tensor Imaging- DTI

FORENSIC RAD GUIDING BOTH PLAINTIFF & DEFENSE

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

Dr. David S. Levey is a Diagnostic Radiologist with offices in Austin and San Antonio, working throughout Texas and the US, with over 30 years of Radiology experience. He provides both Insurance Defense and Plaintiff Attorney assistance as a Medical Expert, as an Expert Witness for ALL forms of Radiology and MRI studies. Dr. Levey has been in clinical practice without interruption for over three decades, and has been working as a Forensic Physician for ~15 years- while still maintaining a clinical radiology practice. Dr. Levey is ABR Board Certified, Fellowship Trained, and has extensively published and lectured in the field of Radiology, including but not limited to subspecialties of Neuroradiology, Spine & Orthopedic & Musculoskeletal Imaging and others *(see uploaded C/V, available below). *** TBI cases are common- Dr. Levey commonly EVALUATES AND PERFORMS: Brain MRI DTI, 3D-Tractography, volumetric analysis and neuro-quantitative reports*** When called upon to review a case, Dr. Levey will evaluate the Radiology Imaging studies, as well as the battery of medical and surgical records (as needed), e.g. the EMS/police/accident reports, initial ER visit, urgent care records, chiropractic and pain specialist treatments, surgical evaluation and operative treatment. Additionally, Dr. Levey may be asked to review the Life Care Plan for accurate assessment of the diagnostics deemed reasonable and necessary, as well as an array of other "expert opinion reports", depositions and opinion papers that may be submitted by opposing counsel, whether plaintiff or defense. Dr. Levey's goal is to evaluate the facts of an injury case, medical records, depositions and MRI/ radiology images and reports, to apply an independent, impartial approach for both Plaintiff and Defense firms. This includes non-traumatic cases of medical malpractice and toxic tort claims (e.g. CO poisoning). Ultimately, Dr. Levey is called upon to establish causation related to a given injury. His consultative reports always include a discussion regarding cause and effect. Additionally, Dr. Levey has been working in the field of traumatic brain injury (mTBI, TBI, DAI, CTE) for decades. He has personally designed a program for obtaining 3T DTI MRI brain imaging on potentially brain-injured patients, for which he uses qualitative and quantitative brain 3T MRI DTI imaging. He has evaluated brain injured patients throughout the US and Canada. Recently, Dr. Levey has been the radiology medical expert in many U.S. v. John Doe military cases, where brain injury evaluation w/ Brain MRI DTI was employed. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Radiologist Medical Expert - Expert Witness/Expert Testimony - Both Consultative & Testifying Expert Witness services - Consultative reports compiled and ready without delay - Medical case review; Insurance Defense; Plaintiff Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice - Forensic Radiology: Radiology, MRI, CT & other X-ray analysis - both Adult & Pediatric - Oral and Videotaped depositions, Zoom and live in-court appearance PERFORMS on patients and OVERREADS outside DTI studies- - Qualitative 3T DTI Brain MRI w/ 3D color-coded Tractography, SWI, FLAIR, ADC - Quantitative DTI Brain Lab analysis offering NeuroQuant® & LesionQuant®, volBrain, pBrain, and others, as these tools are regularly updated Dr. Levey interfaces on a regular basis with Attorneys / Law Firms, providing unbiased analysis for case evaluation and resolution, available for both defense and plaintiff attorneys. He has also been involved in a large number of cases where he is usually asked for a link to causation. He welcomes discussions with Attorneys, ZOOM meetings and cause-and-effect analysis- and may called upon to collaborate with other treating or expert Physicians. Dr. Levey is self-employed; due to his interest in the field of Forensics, this is a primary parallel professional interest in his daily practice of Diagnostic Radiology.