Re: Physician indicted for exaggerating qualifications during trial
From: Andrew Folley (agfolley@hotmail.com)
Wed Jan 24 06:32:31 2007
Serves him right, the heartless *#$@%@*&
>From: GIN11153@aol.com
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>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>Subject: Physician indicted for exaggerating qualifications during trial
>Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:37:17 -0600
>
>Alex Zakharia, a Miami-Dade heart surgeon, was indicted by a federal grand
>jury in Detroit for allegedly exaggerating his surgical qualifications
>during a
> deposition for the plaintiff in a Michigan malpractice case, according to
>The Miami Herald. In particular, Zakharia is accused of allegedly
>misrepresenting his experience performing open heart surgery.
>The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Michigan, which was
>also the office that provided the defense attorneys in the malpractice
>lawsuit,
>brought the charges against Zakharia. The malpractice case involves a man
>suing the Veterans Administration and the U.S. government.
>Zakharia testified that notes in the medical case file clearly indicated
>that, before the coronary bypass surgery, an ultrasound to detect blocked
>carotid arteries was inconclusive and needed to be redone. But new tests
>were not
>done before surgery.
>During his deposition in that case, Zakharia was asked by defense attorneys
>about his qualifications to perform coronary bypass surgery. The indictment
>alleges Zakharia testified he performed 10–12 such operations a year and
>was
>the lead surgeon during the operations. Defense attorneys said records of
>the
>hospitals he mentioned did not support his claims. Zakharia claims the
>defense
> lawyers misunderstood him and he didn't exaggerate his case.
>Read The Miami Herald article here:
>_http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16413722.htm_
>(http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16413722.htm)
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