State Of Ohio,
	County of Summit.	)	SS:


IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
	ETHEL RISNER, etc.,	).

	Plaintiff,
	vs.	)	Case No. CV—2001—04—1699
			Judge Cosgrove
	Mercy Hospital,
Willard, et al.,

	Defendants.



THE DEPOSITION OF GAYLE A. GALAN, M.D.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2003



	The deposition of GAYLE A. GALAN, M.D.,
called by the Plaintiff for examination pursuant, to
the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, taken before me,
the undersigned, Darlene Vance, a Registered
Professional ~Reporter and Notary Public within and
for the State of Ohio, taken at the offices of
Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & 'Howley, 2500
Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio, commenc~ing at 9:22

a.m.	the day and date above set forth.
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APPEARANCES:


On behalf of the Plaintiff:

James A. Marx, Esq.
Tract & Marx
1370. West 6th Street, Suite 350
Cleveland, Ohio 44113


On behalf of Defendant JeUrey B. Romig, M.D.:

Beverly A. Harris, Esq.
Andrew Stieneck~r, Esq.
Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley
2500 Terminal Tower
Cleveland~, Ohio 44113


On behalf of Defendants Dr. Rosso and
Dr. Secor:

Jeanne M. Mullin, Esq.
Reminger & Reminger
237 W. Washington Row, Second Floor
Sandusky, Ohio 44870


On behalf of Defendant Mercy Hospital
of~Willard: ~

Julia Smith Wiley, Esq.
Robison, Curphey & O'Connell
Ninth Floor - Four Seagate
Toledo, Ohio 43604	-
















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	1		              GAYLE A. GALAN, M.D.
	2		of lawful age, called by the Plaintiffs for
	3		examination pursuant to, the Ohio Rules of Civil
	4		Procedure, having been first duly sworn, as
	5		hereinafter certified, was examined and
	6		testified as follows:
	.7		     EXAMINATION OF GAYLE A. GALAN, MD.
	8	BY MR. MARX:
	9	Q	Good morning, Doctor. We were introduced. My

10	name is Jim Marx. As I'm sure you've been told,

11	I represent the estate of Vernon Risner in a

12	medical malpractice action that has been filed

13	against Willard Hospital and Drs. Secor and

14	Ross.

15	So at this point in time, I'm here to ask

16	yo~u some questions. because~you've been

17	identified as an expert by the defense in this

18	case. Correct?
	19	A	Yes.
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	21		clear, that you don't understand, please let me
	22		know that.
	23	A	Yes.
	24	Q	I'll try- not to do that, but it may happen. If
	25		you need to take a break, that's fine, just let




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objection is being raised by counsel
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Could you tell me your professional address,
please?

I am employed by Emergency Professional
Services, which is~ in Middleburg Heights. I
work at St. Vincent Charity Hospital which is on
East 22 Street in Cleveland, Ohio
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CV of yours. Is that correct, Doctor?
Correct

Is there anything that should be added or
deleted from that?

There are several things. I have been
recertified in family practice within the last
year and a half. I~ now am an advanced hazardous
life support instructor. That's the pertinent
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	1		updates.
	2	Q	Okay. Looking at this briefly, I didn't notice
	3		any articles listed. Have you published any
	4		articles?
	5	A	Yes. In fact, I have published three articles.
	6		Maybe that's not included in there. They're all
	7		on asthma~
	8	Q	Andyour teaching positions or faculty
	9		positions, is that listed on here?
	10	A	Yes.
	11	Q	Are those current or were those positions that
	12		you held in the past?
	13'	A	They are current. I continue to teach, both with
	14		Case Western'Reserve and Northeastern Ohio
	15		College of Medicine. My ongoing hands-on
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	16		teaching experiences are that we have residents
	17		in internal medicine at, St. Vincent Charity, and
	18		I both lecture and also do' clinical supervision
	19		of residents.
	20	Q	What does that supervision involve? Is there an
	21		area of practice? Is it emergency medicine?
	22	A	Yes, in emergency medicine. The residents
	23		actually do rotations in the emergency
	24		department and so they will assess patients,
	25		either with me or just prior to my seeing the




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	1		pati?~1t, we discuss the patient, I evaluate the
	2		patient, compound.
	3	Q	Do you have a private practice as well?
	4	A	No. That is my practi