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STATE OF MICHIGAN
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF BALTIMORE
RYAN BOZEL, et al ,
Claimants,
Civil Action No  :
v 
93-CV-3895
ANTHONY S  COURPAS, M D ,
et al ,
Defendants 
DEPOSITION OF STEVEN DQSTN, MD 
Taken at the Offices of Hall and Deer,
215 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, on March 8, 1994, commencing at
or about 5 :35 p m 
APPEARANCES :
For the Claimants : (via telephone)
MR  PHILIP C  FEDERICO
Schochor, Federico and Staton, P A 
1211 Saint Paul Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
For the Defendant Dr  Courpas : (via telephone)
MR  MARK CONFORTI
Shaw & Brown, P A 
102 West Pennsylvania Avenue
Towson, Maryland 21204
For the Defendant Dr  Startzman : (via telephone)
MS  SUSAN DURBIN
Miles & Stockbridge
10 Light Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
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APPEARANCES (Continued) :
For the Defendant Greater Baltimore Medical
Center :
MS  BARBARA L  AYRES
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
500 Court Towers
210 West Pennsylvania Avenue
Towson, Maryland 21204-4515
REPORTED BY : Therese N  Brandell
CSR-2663 RPR-CM
Certified Shorthand Reporter
I N D E X
WITNESS :
STEVEN DONN, M D 
Examination by Mr  Federico
EXHIBITS :
None
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
March 8, 1994
At or about 5 :35 p m 
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STEVEN DONN, M D ,
having first been duly sworn or affirmed by the
Notary Public, was examined and testified as
follows :
EXAMINATION
BY MR  FEDERICO :
Q Doctor, can you hear me okay?
A Yes, I can 
Q Good  I\'m going to try to put myself on speaker
phone a nd see if you can still hear me 
Doctor, how about now can you hear me
okay?
A Yes 
Q Good  Before we get started on the record I
just want to mention to you that it\'s probably
going to be helpful if we can wait until each
other is finished talking before we jump in
because the court reporter can\'t take us both
down at once  I guess we can get started
Have you ever had your deposition
taken before?
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A Yes, I have 
Q Okay  Have you ever testified in cases from the
State of Maryland?
A Yes, sir 
Q Have I taken your deposition before?
A I\'m n ot sure  You may have 
4 Okay  How many cases do you think you\'ve done
from Maryland?
A Maybe six or eight 
Q Yeah, I think I took your deposition 
Do you remember a case by the name of
Veron ica Williams?
A No 
Q Okay  Do you have a copy of your CV there?
A No, I don\'t  I wasn\'t asked to bring one 
Q Oh, d o you have one?
MS  AYRES : You have one at your
office?
BY MR  FEDERICO, CONTINUING :
Q Do you have one back at your office?
A Yes, I do 
Q Would you be kind enough to mail one at your
earliest convenience to Ms  Ayres?
A I\'ll be happy to do that 
MR  FEDERICO : Barbara, would you give
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me a copy?
MS  AYRES : Of course 
BY MR  FEDERICO, CONTINUING :
Q Doctor, I\'m just going to go through your
background with you a little bit 
Where did you go to medical school?
A Tulane University 
Q And when did you finish?
A November of 1974 
Q And did you go right into a residency program?
A At the first available date I did, which was I
believe June 23rd of 1975  I did have about a
six-and-a-half month gap between completing
medical school and beginning my internship 
Q Was that because you finished medical school
early?
A Yes, sir, it was 
Q Okay  Where did you do your internship
residency?
A University of Vermont College of Medicine,
Medical Center Hospital of Vermont in
Burlington 
Q And what was the residency in?
A General pediatrics 
i Q Okay  Did you complete that in an uninterrupted
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fashion?
A Yes, sir 
Q Then what did you do?
A I obtained fellowship training in neonatal and
perinatal medicine at the University of Michigan
Medical Center 
Q In Ann Arbor?
A Yes, sir 
Q And did you complete your fellowship in an
uninterrupted fashion?
A I did 
Q When did you complete that fellowship?
A June 30th, 1980 
Q And have you been there ever since?
A Yes, sir 
Q And are you on the faculty at the University of
Michigan?
A Yes, I am 
Q Initially you were a -- what type of -- what was
your status initially?
A I was appointed as an assistant professor and a
staff neonatologist in July of 1980 
Q Okay  An