IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

2 OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO

3

4 CAROLYN J TOMAYKO,

5 Individually and as Administrator

6 of the Estate of

7 Gregory E Tomayko, Deceased,

8 Plaintiff,

9 VS Case No

 -10 KETTERING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, 9 4 - 4 42 2

11 et al,

12 Defendants

13

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is Deposition of THOMAS R VROBEL, MD,

16 FACC, called for examination under the

17 statute, taken before me, Tia G Moseley, a

18 Registered Professional Reporter and Notary

19 Public in and for the State of Ohio, pursuant to

20 notice and stipulations of counsel, at the

21 offices of Thomas R Vrobel, MD, MetroHealth

22 Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive,

23 Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday, May 31, 1995, at

24 3:45 o'clock pm

25 COPY

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 ---APPEARANCES:

2

3 On behalf of the Plaintiff:

4 Weisman, Goldberg & Weisman Co,

5 LPA, by

6 MITCHELL WEISMAN, ESQ

7 1600 Midland Building

8 Cleveland, Ohio 44115

9 (216) 781-1111

10

11 On behalf of the Defendant:

12 Jenks, Surdyk & Cowdrey Co,

13 LPA, by

14 SUSAN BLASIK-MILLER, ESQ

is 205 East First Street

16 Dayton, Ohio 45402

17 (513) 222-2333

18

--------19---ALSO-PRESENT:------

20 Carolyn J Tomayko

21 Scott Bleser, DO

22 ----

23

24

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1 MS BLASIK-MILLER: Mark this,

2 please

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4 (Thereupon, Defendant's VROBEL

5 Deposition Exhibit A was marked for

6 purposes of identification)

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8 MS BLASIK-MILLER: Swear in the

9 witness, please

10 THOMAS R VROBEL, MD, FACC, of lawful

11 age, called for examination, as provided by the

12 Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, being by me first

13 duly sworn, as hereinafter certified, deposed and

14 said as follows:

15 EXAMINATION OF THOMAS R VROBEL, MD, FACC

16 BY MS  BLASIK-MILLER:

17 Q Let the record reflect that we're

18 here for the deposition of Thomas Vrobel, MD,

19 being taken pursuant to notice and agreement

20 Is it Vrobel?

21 A Yes

22 Q- Dr Vrobel, I'm Susan Blasik-Miller

23 I represent Dr Scott Bleser, who is seated to my

24 left here, in a lawsuit filed by Carol Tomayko

25 You've been identified as an expert

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1 on behalf of the plaintiff I'm going to be

2 asking you some questions It you don't

3 understand my question, please make sure you tell

4 me; otherwise, if you answer, I will assume that

5 you've understood Also, please make sure all of

6 your responses are verbal rather than nodding

7 your head

8 A Okay

9 Q- For the record, would you state your

10 name and business address

11 A Thomas Raymond Vrobel, MD My

12 business address is 2500 MetroHealth Drive,

13 Cleveland, Ohio

14 Q Doctor, what we've marked as

is Deposition Exhibit A, is that a complete and

16 accurate copy of your curriculum vitae?

17 A That is correct, yes

18 Q Just a couple of questions on that

19 I see that you did a residency from July 1970 to

20 June 1972 in internal medicine

21 A That's correct

2 2 Q- Then you went intop-@na@ry

23 medicine  Was that a fe P?

2 4 A For ars, yes

25 Q Then your CV indicates you were a

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1 chief resident from July of 73 to 74 and I was

2 confused because I thought that was normally in

3 your last year of residency that you were chief

4 resident

5 A I just did it a little bit

6 differently

7 Q So you did it during your

s fellowship?

9 A I was basically chief resident while

10
I was a second year resident in pulmonary

11 medicine

12 Q Now, after you completed your

13 fellowship in pulmonary medicine in July of 74,

14 what did you do then until you started your

15 cardiology fellowship?

16 A I was in private practice at the

17 Milwaukee Medical Clinic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

18 Q What specialty did you practice?

19 A Internal medicine, pulmonary medicine

20 and some degree of cardiology

21 Q- Why did you decide to do a cardiology

22 fellowship?

23 A Because they were in the practice I

24 was in, I was being asked more cardiology

25 questions than pulmonary questions, and I had not

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1 had formal training in cardiology and I was being

2 forced to assume a role of rendering a lot of

3 cardiac opinions, so I basically went back to do

4 a brief sabbatical and learned cardiology and it

5 turned into a three-year fellowship

6 Q_ Then after you completed your

7 fellowship, that was in 1979?

8 A That's correct

9 Q That was at the University of

10 Minnesota?

11 A That's correct

12 Q Is that when you came to

13 Case-Western?

14 A That's when I came to MetroHealth,

15 formerly Cleveland Metro, which is af