I IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
2 OF MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO
3 WILLIAM G. GITSCHIER, et al.,
4  Plaintiffs,
5 VS. Case No.
6 JOHN AGNONE, M.D., et al., 86 CV 1547
7  Defendants.
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9 Deposition of THOMAS VROBEL, M.D., a
10 Witness herein, called by the Defendants for
11 examination under the statute, taken before me,
12 Suzanne Lamparter, a Registered Professional
13 Reporter and Notary Public in and for the State
14 of Ohio, pursuant to notice and stipulations of
15 counsel, at the offices of Thomas Vrobel, M.D.,
16 Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital,
17 Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 9, 1988,
18 at 4:15 o'clock p.m.
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1 APPEARANCES:

2 on behalf of the Plaintiffs:

3 Weisman, Goldberg,

4 Weisman & Kaufman Co., L.P.A., by

5 ERIC KENNEDY, ESQ.

6 540 Leader Building

7 Cleveland, Ohio  44114

8 781-1111

9 on behalf of the Defendants:

10 Herbert, Treadon, Benson & Frieg

11 Co., L.P.A., by

12 DAVID L. HERBERT, ESQ.

13 The Belpar Law Center

14 4571 Stephen Circle, NW

15 Canton, Ohio 44718-3629

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1 THOMAS VROBEL, M.D., of lawful age,

2 called for examination, as provided by the Ohio

3 Rules of Civil Procedure, being by me first

4 duly sworn, as hereinafter certified, deposed

5 and said as follows:

6 EXAMINATION OF THOMAS VROBEL, M.D.

7 BY-MR. HERBERT:

8 MR. HERBERT: Mr. Kennedy,

9 can we have a stipulation that we waive

10 formalities of notice and time and service, we

11 are doing this by agreement of counsel, this is

12 a discovery deposition?

13 MR. KENNEDY: Sure, yes.

14 MR. HERBERT: Which may be

15 used in part or entirely for the arbitration

16 proceeding now scheduled for the 11th of

17 March?

18 MR. KENNEDY: Yes.

19 MR. HERBERT: Thank you.

20 Q. Doctor, I introduced myself to you a few

21 minutes ago. My name is David Herbert. I

22 represent two of the defendants in this case,

23 Dr. Georgeopoulos and Dr. Agnone.  If there is

24 anything you don't understand that I ask you

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1 you.

2 State your name for the record.

3 A. Dr. Thomas R. Vrobel.

4 Q. And what is your profession?

5 A. Medicine, specifically cardiology.

6 Q. How long have you been a physician?

7 A. Since 1969.

8 Q. Now you have given me a copy of your CV

9 before we started here, right?

10 A. That is correct.

11 Q. Is this current and up to date?

12 A. Yes, it is.

13 Q. Are you board certified?

14 A. I am board certified in internal

15 medicine, pulmonary medicine, and cardiology.

16 Q. Is that reflected on the CV?

17 A. Yes.

18 Q. When were you certified in cardiology?

19 A. In 1981.

20 Q. 81?  You on the faculty of any

21 institutions where you teach?

22 A. I am assistant professor of medicine at

23 Case Western Reserve University.

24 Q. You have been there since 1979?

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1 Q. What subjects do you teach?

2 A. Cardiology.

3 Q. You have had a series of publications

4 according to what I see on your CV.  What

5 generally do these deal with?

6 A. Most of them deal with either myocardial

7 blood flow and the congestive heart failure,

8 treatment of congestive heart failure, and

9 finally treatment of arrhythmias.

10 Q. Have you written any publications or any

11 articles, books, book chapters that deal

12 specifically with the kinds of facts and

13 circumstances as exist in this case?

14 A. I have not.

15 Q. Okay. What records have you reviewed in

16 reference on this case?

17 A. I reviewed the coronary angiograms from

18 7/10/85 and 8/2/85 from Youngstown Hospital,

19 the office records of Dr. Barolsky, records

20 from Youngstown Hospital, including admissions

21 on 7/9/85 to 7/18/85, 8/1/85 to B/6/85, records

22 from East Liverpool City Hospital from 7/29/85

23 to 7/31/85, outpatient records from Cleveland

24 Clinic Foundation, and most recently some

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1 Q. Which ones most recently have you

2 reviewed?

3 A. Which