state of Ohio,
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2 County of Cuyahoga

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEA
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EMIL DeCREDICO,
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P I a i n t i f f ,
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v s  Case No 112,6 3

8 HURON ROAD HOSPITAL, Judge
et al, Francis E Swe ney
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Defendants
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DEPOSITION OF ALAN MARKOWITZ, MD
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Thursday, March 17, 1988
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The Deposition of ALAN MARKOWITZ, MD a
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witness, called by the Plaintiff for cross
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examination under the Ohio Rules of Civil Pr cedure,
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taken before me, the undersigned, Rober A angemi,
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a Notary Public within and for the Stat of hio,
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pursuant to notice and agreement of counsel, at the
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offices of Alan Markowitz, MD, 26900 Cedar Road,
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Cleveland, Ohio, commencing at 5:00 o'clock m, on
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the day and date above set forth
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APPEARANCES:

On behalf of the Plaintiff:
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Weisman, Goldberg, Weisman & Kau man
3 Howard Mishkind, Esq
540 Leader Building
4 Cleveland, Ohio 44114


5 On behalf of Defendant Huron Road Hospi al:

Reminger and Reminger
6 James Malone, Esq
Peter Marmaros, Esq
7 The 113 Building
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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on behalf of the remaining Defendants:

9 Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman & Ka ur
Anthony DaPore, Esq
10 Craig A Grimes, Esq
100 Erieview Plaza

11 14th Floor
Cleveland, Ohio 44115

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1 ALAN MARKOWITZ, MD
2 a witness called by the Plaintiff for c-oss
3 examination under the Ohio Rules of Civ 1 Pr cedure,
4 having been first duly sworn, as herein-fter
5 certified, was examined and testified a- follows:
6 CROSS-EXAMINATION
7 BY MR  MISHKIND:
8 Q Would you state your name for th record?
9 A Alan Markowitz,
10 Q You are a physician?
1 1 A  Yes
12 Q Your specialty is what, Doctor?
13 A Thoracic and cardiac surgery
14 Q I asked you before we began the epos tion
15 whether you had a curriculum vitae, and you indicated
16 that you do, correct?
1 7 A  Yes
18 Q Is it current with regard to all of y ur
19 publications?
2 0 A  Yes
21 Q And you are going to provide me -ith copy of
22 that?
2 3 A  I can
24 Q Doctor have you written any articles ealing
25 with aortic aneurysms?
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1 A No I have presented some inforinaticn
2 recently about aneurysms
3 Q How recent?
4 A About a week ago
5 Q Back in the 1985 time frame that we are
6 concerned about in this case, had you aithor d any
7 articles dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of
8 aortic aneurysms?
9 A No
10 Q Specifically the diagnosis and teat
11 thoracic aneurysms?
1 2 A  N o 
13 Q Had you done any presentations, ack in the
14 1985 time frame, dealing with the diagn sis and
15 treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms?
16 A I have
17 Q And is that reflected in your cu-riculum
18 vitae?
19 A I don't recall whether I have pr?sen ations
20 and meetings listed, but I will certainly i clude
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22 Q Tell me what presentations you hid given back
23 in the 1985 time frame
24 A These are similar in terms of di'fere tiating
25 between an aneurysm and a dissection, a,d the
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1 diagnostic modalities that would allow iou to
2 determine what kind of diseases of the orta you are
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4 Q Do you have copies of any of tho-e
5 presentations?
6 A These were invited presentations at a meeting
7 sponsored by an oxygenator manufacturer where
8 different problems of cardiac surgery a e discussed
9 This was one of the topics I dis ussed and
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12 They are not transcribed, and these are not
13 formal presentations, but they are formal in terms of
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15 Q But the substance of those preseltati ns dealt
16 with the diagnosis of various aneurysms'
17 A And dissections with the use of tortograms,
18 CAT scans, things of that nature
19 Q Those presentations deal with th( mortality
20 associated with operative procedures foi various
21 aneurysms?
22 A Not specifically, no
23 Q Have you done any writing or pre enti g of any
24 medical information, back in the 1985 t me frame,
25 that would deal with the mortality asso iated with
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operations on thoracic aortic aneurysms?

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A Not in 1985, no

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Q And the first time that you did ny

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presentations relative to the mortality con erning

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thoracic aortic aneurysms would have be?n just

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recently?

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A Something I am in the process of working on

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now

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Q Just as a point of reference, te 1 mI what

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that is

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A we are compiling our own results of aortic

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aneurysms, ascending arch, descending a7ch

13 Q You are chief of the department, are you not?

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A Yes

15 Q That's the cardiothoracic depart*ient@

16 A Right

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Q How long has Mt  Sinai Hospital )een doing

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thoracic aortic aneurysm surgery?

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A I have been there since 1981 I can only

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speak to that period of time

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Prior to that time they stopped heii cardiac

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surgery program

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When I cam