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Andrea Dunlop

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Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

So I think we don't have, you know, I don't think we can assume that that pediatric data includes child abuse pediatricians, which is a much smaller subspecialty. But so in these statistics, the average payout in 2022 was about 379,000. So I think we probably see big numbers in these. Again, only 17% of them end up with some kind of payout.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

And it said higher payouts tend to be associated with surgical error or delayed diagnosis. So something really serious and probably very provable would be my guess. So with neurosurgeons, I thought this was really interesting. So just a little under 20% of practicing neurosurgeons in the U.S. get a malpractice claim each year and is the highest of all the subspecialties.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

And it said higher payouts tend to be associated with surgical error or delayed diagnosis. So something really serious and probably very provable would be my guess. So with neurosurgeons, I thought this was really interesting. So just a little under 20% of practicing neurosurgeons in the U.S. get a malpractice claim each year and is the highest of all the subspecialties.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

And it said higher payouts tend to be associated with surgical error or delayed diagnosis. So something really serious and probably very provable would be my guess. So with neurosurgeons, I thought this was really interesting. So just a little under 20% of practicing neurosurgeons in the U.S. get a malpractice claim each year and is the highest of all the subspecialties.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

And by age 65, nearly all neurosurgeons will have been named as a defendant in at least one malpractice claim. So that said, Paolo Bolognese is still very much in the minority here. So yes, so over an entire career, if you're a neurosurgeon, you practice for decades, you know, it's likely that you will face a couple of claims.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

And by age 65, nearly all neurosurgeons will have been named as a defendant in at least one malpractice claim. So that said, Paolo Bolognese is still very much in the minority here. So yes, so over an entire career, if you're a neurosurgeon, you practice for decades, you know, it's likely that you will face a couple of claims.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

And by age 65, nearly all neurosurgeons will have been named as a defendant in at least one malpractice claim. So that said, Paolo Bolognese is still very much in the minority here. So yes, so over an entire career, if you're a neurosurgeon, you practice for decades, you know, it's likely that you will face a couple of claims.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

Um, however, if you have more than five or 10, you are already in a very small percentage. Um, if you have 11 claims that will put you in the 95th percentile. So 40 plus known claims and he's not elderly. I can't remember what age he is. You know, this is a late middle age. He's still practicing. He's still practicing.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

Um, however, if you have more than five or 10, you are already in a very small percentage. Um, if you have 11 claims that will put you in the 95th percentile. So 40 plus known claims and he's not elderly. I can't remember what age he is. You know, this is a late middle age. He's still practicing. He's still practicing.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

Um, however, if you have more than five or 10, you are already in a very small percentage. Um, if you have 11 claims that will put you in the 95th percentile. So 40 plus known claims and he's not elderly. I can't remember what age he is. You know, this is a late middle age. He's still practicing. He's still practicing.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

And this puts him in a very, very small percentage of people to get sued this much. So in looking at these lawsuits, we're not going to go by them one by one. And one or two of these, I think we will do a deeper dive on because these are really interesting cases. But the claims across these lawsuits... really paint a very consistent picture.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

And this puts him in a very, very small percentage of people to get sued this much. So in looking at these lawsuits, we're not going to go by them one by one. And one or two of these, I think we will do a deeper dive on because these are really interesting cases. But the claims across these lawsuits... really paint a very consistent picture.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

And this puts him in a very, very small percentage of people to get sued this much. So in looking at these lawsuits, we're not going to go by them one by one. And one or two of these, I think we will do a deeper dive on because these are really interesting cases. But the claims across these lawsuits... really paint a very consistent picture.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

And so this is coming from, I don't think that we have any reason to believe these plaintiffs are in some kind of conspiracy with each other. So the fact that this is not a class action lawsuit, so these are individual claimants and the things that he's being accused of, so this is all alleged, but the things he's being accused of are remarkably consistent.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

And so this is coming from, I don't think that we have any reason to believe these plaintiffs are in some kind of conspiracy with each other. So the fact that this is not a class action lawsuit, so these are individual claimants and the things that he's being accused of, so this is all alleged, but the things he's being accused of are remarkably consistent.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

And so this is coming from, I don't think that we have any reason to believe these plaintiffs are in some kind of conspiracy with each other. So the fact that this is not a class action lawsuit, so these are individual claimants and the things that he's being accused of, so this is all alleged, but the things he's being accused of are remarkably consistent.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

So these are the things that came up again and again. that he was performing medically unnecessary and experimental neurosurgeries, that he was misdiagnosed. Can I comment on that? Can I? I have like a little note for each one. Absolutely.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

So these are the things that came up again and again. that he was performing medically unnecessary and experimental neurosurgeries, that he was misdiagnosed. Can I comment on that? Can I? I have like a little note for each one. Absolutely.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

So these are the things that came up again and again. that he was performing medically unnecessary and experimental neurosurgeries, that he was misdiagnosed. Can I comment on that? Can I? I have like a little note for each one. Absolutely.

Nobody Should Believe Me
Case Files 21: Rady Children’s Part 5

Yeah, and I think it's more the whole picture that comes through for these lawsuits. So it's not just the experimental neurosurgery. The other thing that comes up a ton in these lawsuits is misdiagnosing patients to justify doing the procedures. The other thing that comes up is failure to disclose the surgical risks and that these are experimental treatments, right?