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all. Here’s a sample of typical recent consultation discussions…- 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.Take Advantage of Our Review Monitoring Service
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In what kind of world is a person like Dr. Pensa subjected to 12 years of life-altering hell simply for doing her job?
I have a better idea than learning how to be a good victim, though. Fight. Fight and win. The public has no idea of the suffering Dr. Pensa and countless other doctors have endured because of the laws they have written for themselves, allowing them to put us through this hell. We doctors need to teach them. We need to show them, up close, what life is like without the precious, lifesaving skills of doctors. In a few weeks’ time, we could destroy the genteel extortion racket known as medical malpractice litigation and reassert the dignity of our profession. Let’s do it!
I retired from medicine 8 years ago. In 25 years in practice I was sued once. That case was undeserved and I was dropped from the case after 2 years, and $40k spent by my malpractice carrier for my attorney to sit through depositions of everyone who had been in the room during a neonatal resuscitation of a CP baby. The baby was so bad it didn’t breath for over 45 minutes after birth. No payout on my part was made. But my malpractice rates doubled until I switched carriers. The average physician in my specialty is sued every 7 years. I went almost 4 times that with one suit. I spent two years of hell going through that with a cloud over my head. We need a no fault malpractice system that takes the profit motive out of the legal field for these types of cases. But the real takeaway is that physicians need to get out of medicine. No one needs their lives and livelihoods ruined over lunacy like this. There are easier ways to make a living. While I loved taking care of patients, I hated absolutely everything else that I had to deal with. EVERY physician that I talk to that is still in practice is miserable. They all want to get out. No one wants to leave practice except for the fact that they are miserable. Better than 85% of physicians are now employed and have no control over their practice or their offices. Hospital based physicians are in even worse shape. Regulations, politics, reduced funding and constant interference in the practice of medicine have created an untenable situation for physicians in practice.