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 1         IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
       PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND
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   TARA S. BLAKE           :  NO. L03-14224
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            V.             :
 4 ANDREW B. BLOCK AND     :
   CONTEMPORARY OB/GYN     :
 5 ASSOCIATES, LLC AND     :
   DIMENSIONS HEALTH       :
 6 CORPORATION D/B/A LAUREL:
   REGIONAL HOSPITAL       :
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 9             September 9, 2003
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11        Oral deposition of ROBERT DIEN,
12 M.D., held in the offices of Dr. Dien,
13 Bryn Mawr Hospital, Ladd Conference
14 Room, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania,
15 commencing at 2:15 p.m. on the above
16 date, before Cherese Cornish, a Court
17 Reporter and Notary Public in and for
18 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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        BY:  NANCY J. MALIR, ESQUIRE
 3      900 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
        Washington, D.C. 20006
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        -- Representing the Plaintiff
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 6      ARMSTRONG DONOHUE & CEPPOS
        BY:  EDWARD GONSALVES, ESQUIRE
 7      204 Monroe Street, Suite 101
        Rockville, Maryland 20850
 8      (301) 251-0440
        -- Representing the Defendant, Andrew
 9      B. Block and Contemporary OB/GYN
        Associates, LLc
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11      SASSCER, CLAGETT & BUCHER
        BY:  PHILLIP R. ZUBER, ESQUIRE
12      5407 Water Street, Suite 101
        Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772
13      (301) 627-5500
        -- Representing Dimensions Helath
14      Corporation t/a Laurel Regional
        Hospital
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 3 Testimony of:  ROBERT DIEN, M.D.
 4 By Mr. Gonsalves. . . . . . . 5
 5 By Mr. Zuber. . . . . . . . . 65
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 8              E X H I B I T S
 9 EXHIBIT NUMBER  DESCRIPTION  PAGE MARKED
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11 Exhibit-1A   Notes                 27
12 Exhibit-1B   Notes                 27
13 Exhibit-2    Curriculum Vitae      7
14 Exhibit-3    Certificate of Merit  73
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 2              ROBERT DIEN, M.D., after
 3        having been first duly sworn, was
 4        examined and testified as
 5        follows:
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 7                EXAMINATION
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 9 BY MR. GONSALVES:
10        Q.    Doctor, state your full
11 name for me, please.
12        A.    Robert Alan Dein, M.D.
13        Q.    What is your professional
14 address?
15        A.    1030 East Lancaster Avenue,
16 Rosemont, Pennsylvania 19010.
17        Q.    You have an office there?
18        A.    Yes.
19        Q.    Is that a sole practice or
20 do you practice with other doctors?
21        A.    It's currently five
22 physicians and three nurse
23 practitioners.
24        Q.    What's the name of the
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 1 practice?
 2        A.    Main Line Women's Health
 3 Care Associates.
 4        Q.    Is that the only office you
 5 have that you practice at?
 6        A.    No.  It's the only
 7 practice, but we have a second office in
 8 Paoli Hospital.
 9        Q.    Do you see patients at that
10 office in Paoli?
11        A.    Yes.
12        Q.    How often?
13        A.    Once or twice a week.
14        Q.    How often do you see
15 patients at the Rosemont address?
16        A.    Three or four times a week.
17        Q.    What days do you have
18 surgery?
19        A.    Thursday.
20        Q.    When you perform surgery,
21 what hospitals do you normally perform
22 surgery at?
23        A.    About 90 percent is at Bryn
24 Mawr Hospital.  10 percent is at Paoli
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 1 Hospital.
 2        Q.    What percentage of your
 3 overall surgeries, at least currently,
 4 are laparoscopic surgeries?
 5        A.    I have a practice that's
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