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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS


FRAWKLIN COUNTY, OHIO






HEATH RY.AN WILSON, etc., et al.,
		)
Plaintiffs,
		)
	v.	) No. 95CVA08—5729
		)
	CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, et al.,	)



Defendants.

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DEPOSITION OF SHERWIN J. ISENBERG, M.D.

May 24, 1999
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	1	IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
	2	   FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO

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	4	HEATH RYAN WILSON, etc.,
		etal.
	5
		          Plaintiffs,
	6
		     vs. ) No. 95CVA08—5729
	7
		~CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL,
	8	etal.,
	9	   Defendants.
	10
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	13
	14	     Deposition of SHERWIN J. ISENBERG,
	15	M.D., taken on behalf of Plaintiff
	16	Heath Ryan Wilson, at 11900 West Olympic
	17	Boulevard, Suite 780, Los Angeles,
	18	California 90064, connencing at 10:07 a.m.,
	19	Monday, May 24, 1999, before Cindy Oatis,
	20	Certified Shorthand Reporter No. 9109.
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	1	APPEARANCES:

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	3	For Plaintiff	JAMES A. MARX, ESQ.
		Heath Ryan Wilson	TRACI & MARX
	4		55 Public Square
			Suite 1550
	5		Cleveland, Ohio 44113
			(216) 623—8010
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	7	For Defendant	ALAN T. RADNOR, ESQ.
		Children's Hospital	VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE
	8		52 East Gay Street
			Columbus, Ohio 43216
	9		(614) 464—6400

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		For Defendant	MARYELLEN C. SPIRITO
	11	Gary Rogers, M.D.	ATTORNEY AT LAW
			LANE, ALTON & HORST
	12		175 South Third Street
			Columbus, Ohio 43215
	13	(614) 228—6885

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	1		INDEX
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	3	DEPONENT	EXAMINED BY	PAGE
	4	SHERWIN J. ISENBERG, MR. MARX	5
		            M.D.
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	7	EXHIBITS FOR IDENTIFICATION	PAGE
	8	Plaintiff Heath Ryan Wilson's
	9	1 —	49—page Curriculum Vitae	21
	10	2 —	5 pages of handwritten notes	9, 28
	11	3 —	5—page document entitled "ARVO	17, 66
			Abstract Book, Annual Meeting
	12		Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 9—14,
			1999"
	13
		4 —	2—page excerpt from Review of	17, 66
	14		Ophthalmology, May 1999
	15	5 —	17—page document entitled	16, 66
			"Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for
	16		Ophthalmic Surgery"
	17	6 —	5-page document entitled	16, 66
			"Conjunctival Anaerobic and Aerobic
	18		Bacterial Flora in Paediatric Versus
			Adult Subjects"
	19
	7 —. 18—page document entitled "Results			15, 66
	20		of the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy
			Study"
	21
		8 —	11—page document entitled "Role of	12, 66
	22		External Bacterial Flora in the
			Pathogenesis of Acute Postoperative
	23		Endophthalmitis"
	24	9 — 7-page document entitled "Prophylaxis	12, 66
of Endophthalmitis with Topical
	25		Povidone—iodine"



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	1	               LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
	2	           MONDAY, MAY 24, 1999; 10:07 A.M.
	3
	4	             (SHERWIN J. ISENBERG, M.D.,
	5	           deponent, was sworn and examined
	6	              and testified as follows:)
	7
	S	         DEPOSITION OFFICER: Do you solemnly swear
	9	that the testimony you are about to give in this
	10	matter shall be the truth, the whole truth, and
	11	nothing but the truth, so help you God?
	12	         DR. ISENBERG: Yes.
	13
	14	                     EXAMINATION
	15	BY MR. MARX:
	16	              Q Would you please state your name for
	17	the record.
	18	         A Sherman J~ Isenberg.
	19	              Q Dr. Isenberg, we met very briefly
	20	before we started. As I told you, my name .is
	21	Jim Marx. I represent the plaintiff in this case, and
	22	I'm here to ask you some questions concerning the
	23	opinions ——
	24	                (Telephonic interruption.)
	25	         THE DEPONENT: I'm sorry.



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	1		(Off the record.)
	2	Q	BY MR. MARX: In any event, Doctor,
	3 you've been identified as an expert on behalf of the
	4 defense in this		case, and I'm here to ask you some
	5 questions about		the opinions you may have formulated
	6 in this case, what you have based those opinions on,
	7 probably some questions obviously about your
	8 background, training, and so forth.
	9		If I ask you any questions today you
	10 don't understand, they don't make sense to you, please
	11 let me know, because it's important that you
	12 understand the questions that you answer. Okay?
	13	A	Yes.
	14	Q	And it's also important that you
	15 answer the questions verbally,