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Matter of Kyle Elliott Hoogendoorn, D.P.M. Page 46
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A. [By Dr. Chelimsky] No.
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Q. That, in fact, the fellowship program of Dr. Leak was used for the purposes of
providing the educational hours necessary for the subspecialty of pain
medicine; are you aware of that?
A. I was not aware of that.
Q. And that those hours as certified during the period that is under review are
those that were the basis to allow a physician to sit for examination who is
now certified in the subspecialty of pain medicine; are you aware of that?
A. I thought I just said that.
Q. Are you aware that the same program without change was certified the
following year as an accredited fellowship by the Ohio College of Podiatric
Medicine and certified the hours of Dr. Hoogendoorn?
A. I was not aware of that.
Q. Having this additional information available to you now, does it change your
opinion?
A. I think I would still need to look at the structure of the program to understand
what the program’s about and what the teaching hours were and so on.
Q. So that your opinion as expressed in your testimony to date is lacking the
foundation necessary, in your opinion, of the fellowship program itself to
being fully accurate?
A. As far as the structure of the fellowship program.
Q. Correct.
A. Yes.
(Tr. at 2008-2010)
Testimony of Dr. Bressi
112. Dr. Bressi testified that he does not believe that it had been inappropriate for Dr. Griffin, a
second year fellow in Dr. Leak’s program, to have supervised Dr. Hoogendoorn, a first
year fellow, even though Dr. Hoogendoorn was a podiatrist. Dr. Bressi testified that “[i]t’s
perfectly reasonable and it does not deviate from any standard of care.” (Tr. at 2432-2433)
Signed Discharge Summaries for Procedures
113. The following table lists the invasive procedures performed by Dr. Hoogendoorn, whether
the discharge summary was signed, by whom it was signed, 12 and the medical record page
number for the discharge summary:
12 An example of Dr. Leak’s signature appears at State’s Exhibit 41 at 8. (Tr. at 455-460) An example of
Dr. Griffin’s signature appears at State’s Exhibit 2 at 326. (Tr. at 673) An example of Dr. Hoogendoorn’s signature
appears at St. Ex. 9 at 97a, to the left of Dr. Griffin’s initial “G.” (Tr. at 200)