A physician specializing in nephrology with more than 30 years of medical experience, this expert serves as an expert witness in matters involving nephrology and pediatric kidney disease. The expert’s clinical and research background includes kidney transplantation, transplantation immunology, and the evaluation of kidney transplant outcomes, with particular emphasis on pediatric renal transplantation and immunosuppressive therapies used in transplant recipients. With more than 13 years of expert witness experience, the physician has provided litigation consultation, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in disputes involving kidney disease, transplant care, and related medical decision-making.

The expert’s nephrology practice includes several specialized areas of clinical and research focus. These include pediatric nephrology and kidney disease management, renal transplantation and transplant immunology, and the study and evaluation of transplant rejection and renal fibrosis. Additional expertise includes dialysis, renal failure management, kidney biopsy procedures and interpretation, and the use of immunosuppressive pharmaceuticals in kidney transplant recipients. As Medical Director of a pediatric renal transplant program, the physician has performed and overseen hundreds of kidney and kidney transplant biopsies and has directed the clinical evaluation and management of pediatric transplant recipients.

In addition to clinical practice, the expert has held multiple academic leadership roles, including service as a professor of pediatrics and director of a pediatric nephrology fellowship training program. Professional affiliations include membership in organizations such as the American Society of Nephrology, the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, the American Society of Transplantation, the International Pediatric Transplantation Association, the National Kidney Foundation, and the Renal Pathology Society. The physician holds a Doctor of Medicine degree and maintains board certification in pediatrics and pediatric nephrology.