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              COLE MIHALIK, a minor,       :  IN THE
              by his mother and next       :
              friend, DONNA S. MIHALIK,    :  CIRCUIT COURT
              and DONNA S. MIHALIK,        :
              individually,                :  FOR
                                           :
                   Plaintiffs,             :  BALTIMORE CITY
                                           :
              vs.                          :
                                           :
              JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL,      :
              et al.                       :  CASE NO.
                                           :
                   Defendants              :  24-C-06-007042 MM


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                     DEPOSITION OF:    Eugene D. Shapiro, M.D.

                     DATE:             June 12, 2007

                     HELD AT:          Yale-New Haven Hospital
                                       Dana Clinic Building
                                       789 Howard Avenue
                                       New Haven, CT  06510


                    REPORTER:  Peggy McKie, RPR, LSR No. 175
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              APPEARANCES:



              REPRESENTING THE PLAINTIFFS:

              MARK S. COHEN, ESQ.
              LAW OFFICES OF MARK S. COHEN
              40 York road, Suite 300
              Towson, MD  21204
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              REPRESENTING THE DEFENDANTS THE JOHNS HOPKINS
              HOSPITAL AND DANIELLE DOOLEY, M.D.:

              DENA M. TERRA, ESQ.
              WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON, LLP
              210 West Pennsylvania Avenue
              Towson, MD  21204
              Telephone (410) 832-2000
              Facsimile (410) 832-2015
              dterra@wtplaw.com
























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             WITNESS                                         PAGE

             EUGENE D. SHAPIRO, M.D.

               Direct examination by Ms. Terra                  4



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             DEFENDANTS' EXHIBIT                             PAGE
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               1   Dr. Shapiro's curriculum vitae               5



               (Original exhibit filed with original transcript.)



























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          1                   (Whereupon, the deposition commenced

          2              at 9:20 a.m.)

          3                   THE REPORTER:  Ms. Terra, could I

          4              please get your transcript order on the

          5              record?

          6                   MS. TERRA:  I would like a mini,

          7              four to a page, one-sided, and an ASCII

          8              disk or CD-ROM.

          9                   (Discussion held off the record.)

         10                   MS. TERRA:  And could I get a rough?

         11                   THE REPORTER:  Sure.

         12

         13                 EUGENE D. SHAPIRO, M.D.,

         14

         15      having been first duly sworn by the notary, was

         16      examined and testified on his oath as follows:

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         18                    DIRECT EXAMINATION

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