This expert has been the Chief of Pediatrics at the Chicago Shriners Hospitals for Children since 1981, the Medical Director of the Spinal Cord Injury program since its inception in 1983, and in 2005 became the Assistant Chief of Staff, Medicine. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University and an MD from University of Illinois. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the Subspecialty of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine. He is the immediate ...
This case involves a 36-year-old construction worker that was injured installing insulation on the second floor of a house. The worker fell through a weak floorboard and injured his spine. The injury rendered the worker permanently paralyzed from the neck…
This case involves a 7-month-old male patient whose right leg was not moving with the same range of motion as the left. He was admitted for a workup, but X-rays and a skeletal survey came back negative. Although the nurse noted…
This action sports case involves a male college student in Indiana who participated in his school’s division III swim team, under the guidance and supervision of his coach. On the date of the incident in question, he was instructed to practice…
This case involves an elderly patient who suffered injuries from a fall in his shower. He was taken to the hospital where he was diagnosed with a neck fracture. On admission to the hospital’s emergency department, his neurological examination indicated full…
This case involves a female patient with a medical history significant for multiple sclerosis. The patient had suffered a spinal injury after a fall while at home, after which it was discovered that she was suffering from stenosis, or narrowing,…
This case involves a female Plaintiff who injured her back while working in a shipping and receiving center. She presented to her primary care physician complaining of significant pain and was prescribed painkillers and sent home. Over the course of the…
This case involves a 30-year-old female who was involved in a boot camp competition at a health club, where personal trainers expected her to lift a large amount of weight from the floor to above her head as many times…
This case takes place in Missouri and involves a female patient who underwent fusion surgery on her upper spine. The patient was discharged but later returned to the ER with signs of sepsis from the surgical site, and was consequently…
The patient eventually suffered an injury and presented to the hospital complaining of back pain. She was still ambulatory and walked into the ER on her own after driving herself there. The patient was worked up for her pain and…
