Pediatric Neurology Expert Opines on Child’s Traumatic Brain Injury

The case involves a 3 year old child who fell 30 feet off of a balcony that had no railings, and suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of the fall. She was flown to a hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana via air ambulance, where she was stabilized and released after about 3 months. The child is now four years old. The plaintiff requires an expert in pediatric neurology to opine on the patient’s likely prognosis.

Question(s) For Expert Witness

1. Do you have experience treating patients who have suffered similar injuries?

2. Please explain you experience reviewing similar cases?

3. Are you available to opine on this patient's prognosis and future management/medical requirements?

Expert Witness Response E-001341

The patient is likely to have suffered from a fairly severe traumatic brain injury. I take care of many pediatric patients with traumatic brain injury as part of the scope of my practice as an academic pediatric neurologist at Louisiana State University School of Medicine. I have been a board certified pediatric neurologist for 20 years with academic position of Associate Professor of Neurology at LSUHSC in New Orleans and Children's Hospital. I have written a book chapter on pediatric traumatic brain injury in Cohn's Current Therapy and an article on Shaken Baby Syndrome published in Seminars in Pediatric Neurology. I have given expert opinion for medical legal cases involving pediatric TBI on a couple of occasions