An ER Doctor Was Sued. She Survived and is Thriving. Hear Her Story. (Part 1)

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  • Former employee stole patient list. Now a competitor…
  • Patient suing doctor in small claims court…
  • Just received board complaint…
  • Allegations of sexual harassment by employee…
  • Patient filed police complaint doctor inappropriately touched her…
  • DEA showed up to my office…
  • Patient “extorting” me. “Pay me or I’ll slam you online.”
  • My carrier wants me to settle. My case is fully defensible…
  • My patient is demanding an unwarranted refund…
  • How do I safely terminate doctor-patient relationship?
  • How to avoid reporting to Data Bank…
  • I want my day in court. But don’t want to risk my nest egg…
  • Hospital wants to fire me…
  • Sham peer review inappropriately limiting privileges…
  • Can I safely use stem cells in my practice?
  • Patient’s results are not what was expected…
  • Just received request for medical records from an attorney…
  • Just received notice of intent to sue…
  • Just received summons for meritless case…
  • Safely responding to negative online reviews…
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About Dr. Gita Pensa

Dr. Gita Pensa is an Associate Professor, Clinician Educator, with the Brown University Emergency Medicine Residency. In 2015 she launched Brown EM’s educational blog, which now garners over 10,000 visits each month, as well as the Brown EM podcast series. She created and serves as host/editor of AEM Early Access, a collaborative podcasting project from the Academic Emergency Medicine journal and the Brown EM residency. She speaks nationally on digital education innovation.

At the local level, she teaches about podcasting and educational technology, and serves as a longitudinal mentor to over forty Brown medical students.

Dr. Pensa is the creator of the open access podcast series “Doctors and Litigation: The L Word”, a novel narrative-style podcast curriculum on the psychological and practical preparation required for malpractice litigation. She speaks nationally on the topic of malpractice litigation as well. She was named the 2018 EMRA National Mentor of the Year and won the RI ACEP 2019 Special Service Recognition award for “Courageous Public Advocacy of RI Emergency Medicine Colleagues.”


Jeff Segal, MD, JD

Founder & CEO, Medical Justicewww.medicaljustice.comDr. Jeffrey Segal is a board-certified neurosurgeon. In the process of conceiving, funding, developing, and growing Medical Justice, Dr. Segal has established himself as one of the country’s leading authorities on medical malpractice issues, counterclaims, and internet-based assaults on reputation.

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Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD
Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD is a board-certified neurosurgeon and lawyer. In the process of conceiving, funding, developing, and growing Medical Justice, Dr. Segal has established himself as one of the country's leading authorities on medical malpractice issues, counterclaims, and internet-based assaults on reputation.

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