A Ph.D.-trained and board-certified medical geneticist and physician serving as an expert witness, this expert earned a B.S. in Biochemistry and Mathematics, an M.D., and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology. The expert completed an internship and residency in pediatrics followed by a fellowship in medical genetics. With more than 20 years of experience in the diagnosis and evaluation of genetic disorders, the expert has a specialized focus on skeletal malformations and inherited bone disease. The expert has more than 16 years of experience providing consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony in matters involving genetic conditions, including osteogenesis imperfecta and other skeletal dysplasias, with particular expertise in differentiating underlying medical conditions from traumatic injury.

The expert's work focuses on genetic and metabolic disorders, including osteogenesis imperfecta, skeletal dysplasia, and other genetic bone diseases, as well as inborn errors of metabolism and molecular and biochemical genetics. Additional areas of expertise include achondroplasia, Fabry disease, and pediatric genetic conditions, with analysis of diagnosis, causation, and disease progression in both clinical and legal contexts.

Professional experience includes academic and clinical roles involving patient care, research, and teaching in medical genetics, along with involvement in legal matters in both criminal and civil proceedings addressing fracture causation and the distinction between disease-related findings and external injury.