List of Cases

List of Cases Retained as an Expert Witness 2023- Present

• Over-Sedation leading to Code Blue in dental office
• Post-operative Stroke after cervical spine surgery
• Failure to Intubate leading to Death in ER
• Failure to intubate post tonsillectomy leading to death on the floor (also deposition)
• Shoulder surgery leads to stroke and blindness
• Failed hip procedure leading to embolism and death
• Popliteal nerve injury post block for pain control
• Death after negative pressure pulmonary edema after ENT case
• Laryngospasm after spine surgery leading to prolonged hospitalization
• Air embolism during hip surgery
• Cervical spine surgery leading to paraplegia
• Esophageal intubation leading to hypoxic brain injury
• Pulmonary embolism
• Sleep apnea leading to post operative morbidity
• Intraoperative MI
• Gastric perforation from NG tube leading to death
• IV infiltration leading to limb amputation
• Upper lip block during plastics procedure leading to permanent nerve damage
• Middle turbinate avulsion during nasal intubation
• Hemorrhagic stroke during MRI procedure
• Radial Nerve damage post supraclavicular block
• OB drug error using Pitocin leading to uterine rupture and fetal demise
• OB drug error using Succinylcholine leading to prolonged ICU stay
• PTSD after spinal anesthesia
• Right heart failure leading to death after induction
• Intraoperative MI and death during urology procedure
• Operating on the wrong knee
• Operating on the wrong eye
• Metoclopramide drug reaction leading to permanent neurological sequalae
• Thoracic epidural leading to epidural hematoma
• Leg falling from stirrups intraoperatively leading to nerve damage
• Hemorrhagic Stroke Post MRI
• Post operative death due to ARDS
• Esophageal intubation leading to hypoxic brain injury
• Post operative stroke after Craniotomy
• Femoral nerve injury on non-operative leg from positioning
• EGD/Colonoscopy Code Blue in patient s/p Heart transplant
• Bronchoscopy Code blue leading to hypoxic brain injury
• Intraoperative corneal abrasion causing permanent eye damage
• Failed extubation following ENT procedure leading to prolonged stay
• Failed extubation due to flash pulmonary edema eventually leading to pulmonary embolism and death
• Intraoperative death due to pulmonary hypertension in outpatient orthopedic procedure
• Median nerve injury post supraclavicular block
• Endotracheal Tube misfunction leading to hypoxemia
• Malignant hyperthermia
• Failure to obtain Informed Consent
• Difficult intubation causing oropharyngeal laceration and the development of necrotizing fasciitis and the need of multiple surgeries including a tracheostomy
• Attempted adductor canal block causing femoral nerve damage.
• Esophageal perforation after NG tube placement causing sepsis and death
• Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) Procedure L4-S1 for back pain and patient falling off of the table sustaining head injury.