Neuroradiologist, Vice President, Informaticist

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

Christopher J. Roth, MD, MMCI, FACR, FSIIM serves as: Professor of Radiology at Duke University School of Medicine, with a specialty of neuroradiology, Physician Vice President for the Duke Health Imaging Service Line, Director of Imaging Informatics Strategy at Duke Health, and Past Vice Chair in the Department of Radiology for IT and Informatics. - Clinical activities: Dr. Roth’s clinical work focuses on diagnostic CT and MRI, as well as interventional spine pain procedures and biopsies. Dr. Roth currently averages more than 100 work relative value units (RVUs) per diagnostic workday, above departmental and national university hospital averages. Dr. Roth has not been named in a malpractice case in his seventeen years of clinical practice. - Administrative Leadership: As Physician Vice President leading Duke Health’s Imaging Service Line, Dr. Roth is responsible and accountable for strategies and operations for imaging clinical growth and access, quality and safety, people, as well as revenue cycle and capital outlays. - Informatics Leadership: Fifteen years of informatics leadership and informatics board certification by Dr. Roth has included more than 200 national and international informatics lectures and numerous peer-reviewed publications. He is a recognized leader in the field, contributing to various national organizations such as the American College of Radiology (ACR), the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). His informatics work focuses on enterprise imaging strategies, standards development, governance, artificial intelligence, and the integration of imaging technologies into healthcare settings. - Additional Activities: Finally, Dr. Roth participates in one-to-two expert witness engagements per year in neuroimaging or imaging informatics, has served as a compensated informatics consultant for four corporate services, and offered pro bono consulting to many health systems and industry partners. FEE SCHEDULE: - Court appearance and/or preparation (in person or video) = $800/hr - Deposition and/or preparation, medical-legal conference/consultation, review of records = $700/hr - Court appearances in person or via video, charged for trial prep at $800/hr and the day of testimony as an 8-hour day ($6,400). Local court appearances (less than or equal to 60 miles) are billed at $800/day for reservation of 6 hours, prepaid. Additional hours beyond the minimum will be billed at $800/hour. All meals, travel/mileage (at current IRS mileage rates), lodging and other direct expenses are paid by firm. - Cancellations of court appearances must be made within 2 weeks prior to the scheduled date or expert must be reimbursed for 8 hours of allotted time at the rate of $700/hr. Cancellations of depositions must be made within 5 days prior to the scheduled date or expert must be reimbursed for 4 hours of allotted time at the rate of $700/hr. - Deviations from these standard fees may be agreed to by the physician providing the services if the change is mutually agreed to by the physician and the entity requesting the services.