The family of Tennessee resident Chesta Shoemaker has filed a lawsuit against Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Shoemaker was under the care of general surgeon Dr. Gretchen Edwards for a kidney ...
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports continued growth in cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic procedures have long included rhinoplasty, face-lifts, scar revision, liposuction, abdominoplasty and breast augmentation. One of the fastest ...
In Lockhart v. Bloom, et al., Connie Lockhart sued ER physician Dr. Glenn Bloom and critical care physician Dr. Sachin Lavania for negligence following her treatment at Northside Hospital-Cherokee’s ER ...
The Florida Appeals Court in Osceola County rejected a medical malpractice lawsuit by plaintiff Sandra Dale Essex. Essex alleges that she suffered a broken femur during a hip replacement surgery. The ...
When does a physician need to get a specialist involved in patient care? When a primary care physician orders and interprets specialized tests, they are expected to be thoroughly familiar ...
The Massachusetts Medical Society published A Crisis in Health Care: A Call to Action on Physician Burnout on January 17, 2019. The report describes burnout as “a syndrome involving one ...
Critical care medicine, also known as intensive care medicine, deals with the management of critically ill patients. Litigation in critical care medicine may arise due to allegations of improper treatment, ...
The role of the general surgery expert witness in medical malpractice litigation requires specialized knowledge and training. Litigation against general surgeons commonly involves allegations of delayed or improper treatment as ...
Spine surgery is technically difficult and requires a high level of surgical skill. Surgeons are trained to be especially cautious when operating around the spine. There is a generally accepted standard of ...
More than thirty-five medical malpractice cases against Dr. Gerard Stanley and Sculpt Contemporary Cosmetic Surgery will be heard in Douglas County District Court, Omaha, Nebraska. Plaintiffs are charging him with ...
