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OB: With Fiends Like This From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Fri Oct 26 09:13:52 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Gerald P.Rodriguez: "Re: With Fiends Like This" Previous message: art fougner, md: "GYN: Hysterectomies Boost Incontinence" Article in today's WSJ on Barry Schiffrin - ...A decade ago, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, known as ACOG, created a peer-review grievance process, which allows members to lodge complaints against peers, including for alleged unethical expert witness testimony. In 2002, ACOG created an "expert witness affirmation," a document that members can opt to sign, saying they vow to give ethical testimony. Former ACOG president Charles B. Hammond wrote that "expert witnesses play an important role in the civil justice system," but "too often, however, the College learns about expert witness testimony that is neither fair nor accurate." Two months prior, an obstetrician in Utah filed a formal complaint against Dr. Schifrin regarding his testimony in a malpractice case. Dr. Schifrin had prepared an expert report and gave deposition testimony in a case, saying he believed the doctor violated the standard of care. Dr. Schifrin gave his opinions on the use of a vacuum to deliver the baby and the use of a size index that can be used to assess newborns. The case settled in 2002. Terms weren't disclosed. In 2004, ACOG censured Dr. Schifrin. The group declines to elaborate on why he received the reprimand. In November of that year, he resigned from the organization. The ACOG censure was devastating, Dr. Schifrin says. "Understand that a censure isn't saying, you made a mistake," he says. "It's saying you knowingly lied." He says he stands by his opinions. ...Since the censure, Dr. Schifrin says his expert-witness work has declined. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119336003608672363.html Just another poor young Jedi seduced by the Dark Side ... Art -- art fougner, md "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton Next message: Gerald P.Rodriguez: "Re: With Fiends Like This" Previous message: art fougner, md: "GYN: Hysterectomies Boost Incontinence"

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