IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO

Rudy Seuffert, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

VS. Case No. 193581
Judge Patricia A. Cleary
Kaiser Foundation
Hospitals, et al.,

Defendants.



Videotape deposition of MARTIN 1. RESNICK, M.D.,
called as a witness on behalf of the Defendants, taken
before Ross A. Catania, RPR, a Notary Public within and
for the State of Ohio, at University Hospitals,
Lakeside Building, Room 7112, Cleveland, Ohio, commenc-
ing at 9:30 a.m., on Saturday, July 20, 1991, pursuant
to notice.



APPEARANCES:

Weisman, Goldberg, Weisman & Kaufman, by
Mr. Paul M. Kaufman,

on Behalf of the Plaintiffs;

Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, by
Mr. James F. Sweeney,

On Behalf of the Defendants.

ALSO PRESENT:

Mr. John Smith, Video Technician.




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COURT REPORTERS
1530 HUNTINGTON BUILDING . CLEVELAND.  OHIO 441 ifi,
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2 (Defendant's Exhibits I and 2
3 were marked for the purpose of
4 identification.)
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6 MARTIN__j._.8ZENI_QK,_M.D., of lawful age,
7 called as a witness on behalf of the
8 Defendants, being by me first duiy sworn, as
9 hereinafter certified, deposed, and said as
1 0 f ol I ows :
11 MR. SWEENEY: Let the record
12 show that this is a videotape deposi-
13 tion of Dr. Martin 1. Resnick being
14 taken at Dr. Resnick's offices in
15 University Hospitals in Cleveland.
16 The intent is to have the deposi-
17 tion testimony of Dr. Resnick
18 videotaped and then the videotape will
1 9 be played to the Jury at the trial of
20 this lawsuit.
21 DIREr.T_EX&MINATIQIJ_gk-MALtl!N_I.-RESNIrK.-M.D.
22 BY MR. SWEENEY:
23 Q Dr. Resnick, will you please tell us your
24 full name?
25 A Martin I. Resnick.
1 Q And you're a medical doctor? 3
2 A Yes, I am.
3 Q Ali right. And, Doctor, we're here today at
4 University Hospitals. Will you tell us more
5 specifically where we are?
6 A We're in the Division of Urology offices;
7 specifically a conference room at University
8 Hospitals of Cleveland.
9 Q What is your position at University
10 Hospitals?
11 A Chief of the Division Of Urology at that
12 institution.
13 Q Okay. Doctor, for the benefit of the Jury,
14 would you please tell us what your education
15 and training has been in the medical field?
16 A Yes. I received my medical training at the
17 Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake
18 Forest University and graduated in 1969;
19 from 1969 to 1971 I received training in
20 general surgery at University Hospitals of
21 Cleveland; and from 1971 to 1975 received
22 specific training in urology at Northwestern
23 University Medical Center in Chicago.
24 After completion of my residency I
25 returned to North Carolina at Bowman Gray
1 School of Medicine and served on a faculty 4
2 position from 1975 through 1981, and in
3 August of 1981 was appointed chief of the
4 Division of Urology at University Hospitals
5 and professor and chairman of urology at
6 Case Western Reserve University School of
7 Medicine, and have held that position until
8 the present time.
9 Q Doctor, what is urology?
10 A Urology is considered a surgical sub-
11 specialty or a division of surgery in a
12 broad sense. And individuals that practice
13 urology are responsible for both medical and
14 surgical diseases of the urinary tract;
is kidneys, urinary bladder, and the male
16 genital system, which is primarily prostate
17 and testicles.
18 Q Do urologists perform surgery?
19 A Yes, we do.
20 Q What are some of the procedures that
21 urologist perform?
22 A Well, a variety of procedures related to the
23 different structures or organs that we deal
24 with. So kidney surgery for malignancies of
25 the kidney, stone disease of the kidney.
I The ureter, which is the tube that drains
2 the kidney, requires surgical procedures at
3 times. Procedures on the bladder, tumors of
4 the bladder or stones in the bladder.
5 And then specifically related to the
6 male genital tract, prostate surgery related
7 to benign and malignant diseases of the
8 prostate, and then surgery on the testicles
9 or structures associated with the testicles
10 reiated to specific problems that may occur.
11 Q All right. Doctor, I'm going to hand you
12 what has been marked Defendant's Exhibit 1
13 and ask you if you'll teli us what that is?
14 A That is my curriculum vitae.
15 Q All right. Doctor, that includes a list of
16 numerous articles and publications that you
17 apparently have prepared or participated in;
18 is that correct?
19 A That is correct.
20 Q How many are there currently?
21 A There are over 200 publications related to
22 individual articles, and then there are
23 approximately 70 or so articles or chapters
24 in books.  There are something like 15 or so
25 books that I have edited, and then a variety
1 of abstracts or editorials that I have 6
2 written for a variety of journals.
3 Q And they say are related to the field of
4 urology?
5 A Yes, they are.
6 0 All right. Your specialty, then,