Vaginal Mesh Expert Witnesses

This expert graduated from a joint Harvard-MIT MD program, completed his OB/GYN residency at Johns Hopkins and his Urogyn Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale. He has 15 years of experience as a urogynecologic surgeon, clinical researcher and patient-safety expert. He is a master vaginal surgeon who is regularly referred patients who have suffered complications from previous pelvic surgeries, including those involving mesh. He has experience in the design and engineering of medical devices and the application of Human-factors/Safety systems in health care. He is a published author in gynecology and urogynecology, and as of 2015, 40 cases reviewed, 8 depositions, 1 testimony at trial. He has 15 years of experience as a urogynecologic surgeon, clinical researcher and patient-safety expert. He is currently an assistant professor of OBGYN at a major Massachusetts medical school.

This highly qualified expert is double-board certified by the American Board of Urology in urology and female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. He received his BA in biology from Brandeis University before earning his MD at the State University of New York in Brooklyn. He subsequently went on to complete his an internship and residency in surgery, as well as a urology residency at Temple University Hospital. He then completed a neurourology, female urology, and prosthetics fellowship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. This expert is active in his field as a member of several associations, including the Society of Urodynamics and Female Urology, the American Urogynecologic Society, and the American Association of Clinical Urologists. He is also highly involved in research as an author of several peer-reviewed publications and a reviewer for multiple scientific journals. He specializes in urogenital trauma in both males and females, pelvic and vaginal mesh complications, device injury, sexual injury and abuse, and neurogenic bladder. He has formerly served as the director of female pelvic health at the Center for Urologic Services and the vice chairman of surgery at Chandler Regional Medical Center. Currently, this expert is the medical director of the Speaker's Bureau and the vice chairman of surgery at a medical center in Arizona, as well as the director of female pelvic health at a university-affiliated urological institute and a faculty physician at a major medical school in Arizona.