Direct-Examination of Dr. Johnson (Treating Doctor)

QUALIFICATIONS

  • BRIEF BACKGROUND OF YOUR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • BRIEF BACKGROUND OF YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE

THIS PARTICULAR CASE

  • WHAT RECORDS DID YOU REVIEW IN THIS CASE
  • DID YOU CONDUCT A PHYSICAL EXAM OF MR. VANDERBILT
  • DID YOU TALK TO STEVE ABOUT HIS JOB
  • ARE YOU AWARE OF WHAT HE DOES FOR A LIVING
  • ARE YOU AWARE OF THE PHYSICAL DEMANDS THAT ARE PLACED ON HIS BECAUSE OF HIS JOB

ER RECORDS FROM BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON HOSPITAL AS OF 3/10/11

  • HOW DID STEVE PRESENT IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM
  • WHAT DID THE DOCTORS DO FOR HIM IN THE ER
  • WHAT TYPE OF PAIN MEDS WAS HE ON IN THE ER
  • WHAT DID THE X-RAYS REVEAL
  • WHAT WAS HIS DIAGNOSIS
  • WHAT WERE HIS D/C INSTRUCTIONS
  • DID NEED ANY TYPE OF DEVICE TO ASSIST HIM WITH WEIGHT BEARING
  • WAS HE DIAGNOSED WITH THE ACL TEAR AT THIS POINT

DR. HERRON

  • WHAT WERE THE OBJECTIVE FINDINGS
  • WHAT WERE DR. HERRON’S DIAGNOSIS
  • WHAT IS COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
  • WHAT WERE HIS RECOMMENDATIONS
  • WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT AT THAT TIME TO MAINTAIN MOTION IN FEET AND ANKLES

APRIL OF 2011 SURGERY

DIRECTING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE NOTE OF 4/2/11, HOW DID KEVIN PRESENT IN HIS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS? (Knee is the size of Bolivia)

  • WHAT IS SEPTIC ARTHRITIS?
  • WHAT TYPE OF SURGERY DID HE HAVE IN APRIL?
  • DESCRIBE THE SURGERY
  • HOW WAS HE DOING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SURGERY?
  • 6 WEEKS AFTER THE SURGERY ON 5/14/11 -HOW WAS HE DOING?
  • WHAT WERE THE DRS RECOMMENDATIONS?

JUNE OF 2111 ARTHOSCOPIC SURGERY

  • ON 6/4/11 WHAT WERE THE DRS RECOMMENDATIONS?
  • DESCRIBE THAT PROCEDURE FOR US?
  • DONE UNDER GENERAL OR LOCAL ANESTHESIA?
  • WHAT IS A PAIN PUMP?
  • WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A PAIN PUMP?
  • AT SOME POINT DID RYAN HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIS PUMP?
  • AFTER TWO SURGERIES ON 6/18/11-HOW IS HE DOING?

DR. SILBERSTEIN

  • IN JULY RYAN WENT TO JHH AND SAW DR. SILBERSTEIN, WHAT WERE DR SILBERSTIEN’S FINDINGS?
  • HOW WAS HE GETTING AROUND AT THAT TIME? (Limping and left foot turned out)
  • WHAT WAS THE DRS DIAGNOSIS?
  • WHAT WAS THE DRS RECOMMENDATIONS?
  • DID DR. SILBERSTEIN REFER HIM TO ANY OTHER DR?
  • WHAT WERE DR. COSGERA’S FINDINGS?
  • DID HE HAVE ANY OTHER TYPE OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS?
  • WHAT DID HIS MRI REVEAL?
  • DID HE HAVE A NERVE CONDUCTION STUDY TE?
  • WHAT DID THAT REVEAL?

HEALTH SOUTH REHAB

  • FIRST PT EVALUATION WITH HS, WHAT WERE HIS COMPLAINTS?
  • HOW LONG WAS HIS THERAPY? (4/9/11-12/5/11) 8 MONTHS
  • WHAT DID HIS THERAPY INVOLVE?
  • HOW MANY VISITS DID HE HAVE? 90 VISITS
  • IS THERE ANY INDICATION IN THE RECORD WHETHER HE NEEDED TO TAKE RX OR NOT TO TOLERATE PT?
  • WHAT WERE HIS COMPLAINTS AT THE END OF HIS PT?
  • WHAT IS A DYNASPLINT, HOW LONG WAS HE IN THE SPLINT? (7 MONTHS)
  • EXHIBIT #1, MEDICAL BILLS $75,418.83, ARE ALL OF THOSE BILLS FAIR, REASONABLE, NECESSARY AND CAUSALLY RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT OF MARCH 10, 2111?

WAGE CLAIM

  • DO YOU KNOW WHEN MR. VANDERBILT WAS RELEASED BACK TO WORK?
  • IN YOUR OPINION WAS HIS TIME OFF FROM WORK REASONABLE AND RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT?

DR. JOHNSON’S IME

  • WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET RON VANDERBILT?
  • DID YOU TAKE A HISTORY FROM HIM?
  • WHAT WAS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HIS JOB REQUIREMENTS?
  • DID YOU CONDUCT A PHYSICAL EXAM?
  • WHAT DID YOUR PHYSICAL EXAM REVEAL?
  • WHICH OF THOSE FINDINGS ARE OBJECTIVE INJURIES?
  • BOIL DOWN WHAT HIS INJURIES WERE AND WHAT HIS CURRENT CONDITION IS?
  • IS THIS CONDITION GOING TO GET BETTER OR WORSE OVER TIM?
  • WOULD THE TYPE OF INJURIES THAT RYAN SUFFERED CAUSE A PERSON PAIN?
  • DESCRIBE FOR JUDGE JONES THE LIMITATIONS THAT STEVE HAS NOW WITH RESPECT TO HIS ABILITY TO LIFT HEAVY OBJECTS?
  • DESCRIBE FOR JUDGE CASULA THE LIMITATIONS THAT STEVE HAS NOW WITH RESPECT TO HIS ABILITY TO KNEEL?
  • DO HIS INJURIES AFFECT HIS ABILITY TO SQUAT AND BEND AT THE KNEES?
  • DO HIS INJURIES AFFECT HIS GENERAL ENDURANCE?

HAVE ALL OF YOUR OPINIONS BEEN WITHIN A REASONABLE DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY?

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