Pediatric Hematology Oncology Expert Witnesses

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Nurse - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Pediatric Endocrinology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Critical Care Medicine,

Available for case evaluation, deposition and trial testimony in cases involving PICU/Pediatric standard of care.

Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Pediatrics - anemia, sickle cell anemia, bleeding disorders, thrombosis, clotting disorders, thrombocytopenia, stroke, neonatal hemorrhage, coagulation disorders, bone marrow failure, thalassemia, newborn screening, pulmonary embolus

I am a pediatric hematologist with decades of experience at two prominent children's hospitals. Fellowship training at Yale University. Currently in active practice and engaged in a variety of leadership responsibilities (Professor of Pediatrics at medical school). Former Chair, Dept. of Pediatrics at respected Midwestern medical school. Extensive CV (clinical research, administration and education). Experience in case reviews, depositions and testimony.I review cases with a sense integrity and "fair play". I passionately advocate when I believe that the position of the defense or plaintiff is justified and supportable. I have practiced for many years, in parallel to my hematology practice, as a hospital based physician seeing general pediatric patients referred to a tertiary children's hospital for evaluation and care. Hence, I am available to review complex cases across the spectrum of pediatric medicine. I am also available to review cases involving adults whose medical issues...

Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Pediatrics - Evaluation and management of cancer and blood disorders in infants, children, adolescents and young adults, cancer causation, cancer delay in diagnosis, abnormal clotting, thrombosis, stroke, intracraneal bleeding, bone marrow failure disorders, histiocytosis, sarcomas, leukemias, lymphomas.

I provide expert witness case analysis and testimony in cancer and blood disorder in children, adolescents and young adults. I have 27 years of experience as expert witness in medical liability cases for plaintiff and defense cases. The cases I am interested are failure to follow established clinical guidelines, adverse drug side effects, failure to follow chemotherapy guidelines, informed consent, lack of informed consent for fertility preservation procedures prior to chemotherapy in young adults, and analysis of medical errors on patient quality of life. I have experience and a particular interest in the diagnosis and management of bleeding disorders associated with or caused by hematological malignancies, specifically intracranial bleeding cases. Also, intracranial bleeding in infants and children suspected to be victims of maltreatment. My interest in adolescents and young adult oncology medical liability cases started in San Antonio, Texas where I moved in 1992, I developed the...