What is the Standard of Care? An interactive medical malpractice symposium where you weigh in as an expert witness

Monday, March 6, 2023

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Location:Phoenix Convention Center, 231C

CE: 1.5 Credits

Coordinator(s)

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Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR

Professor of Radiology
University of Chicago

Disclosure(s): Balt USA: Advisory Committee or Review Panel Member (Ongoing); Okami Medical: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaking and Teaching (Ongoing)

Disclosure(s):

Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR: Balt USA: Advisory Committee or Review Panel Member (Ongoing); Okami Medical: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaking and Teaching (Ongoing)

1. What is the standard of care? (15 mins) Short introductory lecture emphasizing legal definitions of “reasonable” physician, “more likely than not,” “community standard”, etc.
2. Case Series presented relatively quickly – 1 case every 5-8 minutes with editorial points made by panelists (mechanism, treatment, avoidance) including vote on whether standard of care was met (60 minutes); audience votes during panel discussion
3. Wrap up and discussion (15 mins)

Learning Objectives:

i. To define the standard of care in interventional radiology across a variety of common clinical scenarios
ii. To recognize variability in IRs opinions of standard of care
iii. Review both common and uncommon examples of alleged medical malpractice

Presentations:

8:30 AM – 8:48 AM

What is the standard of care? Short introductory lecture emphasizing legal definitions
Speaker: Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR – University of Chicago
9:24 AM – 9:42 AM

Case series and discussion
Speaker: Osman Ahmed, MD – University of Chicago
9:24 AM – 9:42 AM

Case series and discussion
Speaker: Divya Kumari, MD – University of Chicago Medicine
9:24 AM – 9:42 AM

Case series and discussion
Speaker: Osman Ahmed, MD – University of Chicago
9:42 AM – 10:00 AM

Q&A
Speaker: Osman Ahmed, MD – University of Chicago