Pediatric Neurology Expert Opines on Child's Traumatic Brain Injury

Case Overview

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.

Questions to the Pediatrics expert and their responses

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

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.

Please explain you experience reviewing similar cases?

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.

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

The patient is likely to have suffered from a fairly severe traumatic brain injury.

About the expert

This highly qualified expert is board certified in neurology and child neurology and has been practicing for 20+ years. He completed his internship, residency and fellowship trainings focusing on pediatrics and pediatric neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a neurology specialty fellow at the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of various other professional associations, including the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society. He is a former clinical assistant professor of neurology at Louisiana State University and a former attending child neurologist at University and Charity Hospitals. Currently, he works as a child neurologist at a major children's hospital and as a clinical associate professor of neurology at a major medical school.