Wheres Rich?

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kd's daddy
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Wheres Rich?

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Did Rich retire?
Havent heard from him in awhile and just wondering?
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richinma2005
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Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Daughter Kailyn ROBPI, June 14, 1997.
Surgery with Dr Waters (BCH), April 1999 and in February 2012
2 more daughters, Julia (1999), Sarah(2002) born Cesarean.

Re: Wheres Rich?

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Thanks for your concern, I am around and contributing when I can. Hope all is well with you as well!

-rich
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Just making sure your still kickin. I sure could use your input about a Jeffrey Phelan Maternal Fetal M.D. J.D. I know you can help me a bit more. Him and Sandmire are two experts against us. Any advice or input would help. I got sandmire down pretty good just need some on Phelan.
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richinma2005
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Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Daughter Kailyn ROBPI, June 14, 1997.
Surgery with Dr Waters (BCH), April 1999 and in February 2012
2 more daughters, Julia (1999), Sarah(2002) born Cesarean.

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He has some nice titles too;

JEFFREY P. PHELAN, MD, JD
Chairman & Director of Quality Assurance
Citrus Valley Medical Center
West Covina, California
President/Medical Director
Childbirth Injury Prevention Foundation
Pasadena, California

Donations

The University of Florida Loss Prevention Fund was established in February 2003 by Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Phelan. Dr. Phelan is a nationally recognized expert in high risk obstetrics, well known for his research in brain damaged babies, and has a special interest and commitment to the risk management area of health care. Dr. Phelan is a graduate of the University of Florida. The fund was created to support research in the area of risk management and loss prevention. Expenditures are made under the direction of the University of Florida Clinical Staff Safety Committee (CSSC).

Surprising he is the president of chilbirth Injury Prevention Foundation!

If you need his email (LOL)

BOARD MEMBER: BYLAWS COMMITTEE

 Jeffrey P. Phelan, MD, JD
959 East Walnut Street, Suite 200
Pasadena, CA 91160
(626) 440-1503
Email: phelanjp@earthlink.net

Permanent Erb's Palsy: A Lack of a Relationship with Obstetrical Risk Factors.
American Journal of Perinatology. 20(5):275, 2003.
Ouzounian, Joseph G. M.D. 1; Korstn, Lisa M. M.D. 1; Phelann, Jeffrey P. M.D. 1


He seems more expert in blood pH readings , brain damage and VBAC experience. He doesn't do alot of publishing on Dystocia or BPi, but has a couple. I would assume that he is going to say that your child was in distress (according to heart rate monitor and blood cord pH and thus the doctor had to use extreme measures to bring the baby out undamaged cognitively. AKA it's better to have an injured arm than a brain damaged baby----(this is how they get the jury to agree!)



http://www.obgmanagement.com/content/ob ... _00012.xml

Here is a good one:
http://www.obgmanagement.com/content/ob ... _00054.xml

(not to mention Ghermans theory was recently ruled against at a court hearing!)
Despite the obvious truth of that statement, physicians and patients alike continue to assume that of the almost 7,000 hours of pregnancy, a child's brain or brachial plexus injury occurred in the few hours of labor and delivery. Clearly, many fetuses arrive at L&D units all over the United States and throughout the world with preexisting injuries. If not, why would they have persistent nonreactive FHR patterns on admission, 6 elevated nucleated red blood cell counts, 7 low platelet counts at delivery, 8 multi-organ dysfunction, 9 or an onset of neonatal seizures different from that associated with intrapartum asphyxia? 10 If, for example, Erb's palsy is related to traction, why is it that Gherman 11 and Ouzounian 12 have shown it to be an in utero event unrelated to traction?


http://www.zarins.com/samples/obla1-1-1.asp
Defendant's obstetrical experts: Gary D.V. Hankins, M.D. from Galveston, Tx. and Jeffrey P. Phelan, M.D., J.D

his articles that he has authored or co-authored:

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22 ... APhelan%22

Some highlights:

http://www.greenjournal.org/cgi/content ... t/89/1/139

Permanent Erb palsy: a traction-related injury?
JG Ouzounian, LM Korst, and JP Phelan



Historically, the primary risk factor attributed to brachial plexus injury during birth has been excessive traction applied at delivery to an entrapped anterior shoulder. However, recent evidence has suggested that not all cases of brachial plexus palsy are attributable to traction. We have encountered several cases of permanent Erb palsy associated with birth that were not attributable to traction applied at delivery. We reviewed cases of neonates with documented permanent Erb palsy that occurred either in the absence of shoulder dystocia or in the neonate's posterior arm in the presence of anterior shoulder dystocia. We identified four cases that occurred in the absence of shoulder dystocia and four cases that occurred in the posterior arm of infants with anterior shoulder dystocia. These data further support the notion that the etiology of permanent brachial plexus palsy associated with birth may not be related to traction.

http://www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals ... 62965.jvm2
Permanent Erb's Palsy: A Lack of a Relationship with Obstetrical Risk Factors
 
Joseph G. Ouzounian M.D. , Lisa M. Korstn M.D. , Jeffrey P. Phelann M.D. 


http://www.obgmanagement.com/content/ob ... _00054.xml
Or, why does my baby have a paralyzed arm? As the father of a disabled son, I have asked myself those questions
countless times for more than 2 decades. During that time, my wife and I frequently blamed ourselves for what happened to him. As time has passed, I have learned that there are no negatives in life--only positives waiting to happen. Shane, my son, has helped me better explain how or why something has happened to a patient or to her baby. This brings not only closure to the parents of these children, but also, in my opinion, brings all of us closer together. Oftentimes, these discussions help our patients and their partners become more aware of our clinical limitations.






A navy doctor:

Robert A. Ross Award
RADM Robert A. ?Daddy? Ross was a founding fellow of ACOG and its 20th president. He was a vigorous supporter of Navy medicine and was instrumental in armed forces OB/GYN achieving first Chapter and then District status within ACOG. He served on active duty during WWII, was wounded, and received a Purple Heart on Okinawa. While a professor at both Duke University School of Medicine and North Carolina School of Medicine, he maintained his close affiliation with Navy obstetrics, continuing to make important contributions to the Armed Forces District and the Navy Section. The Robert A. Ross Award is given annually to recognize significant, ongoing contributions to the Navy Section. Congratulations to the following recipients!

1997 Jeffrey Phelan

(So obviously a close collaborator with Gherman also)


Published cases (not necessarily BPI)

http://www.nso.com/case/com_print.php?i ... 0b5a5f1c38

http://www.zarins.com/samples/obla1-1-1.asp

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:ez ... n&ie=UTF-8


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Re: Wheres Rich?

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Hi Rich...I emailed you, did you get it???
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Wow thanks Rich. I have his resume and searched but didnt have some of that stuff THANK YOU very much.

I have one more big question for you. I have researched this person and found some of his stuff.
However I have no idea what he will testify to. Unlike Phelan and Sandmire this one puzzles me.
Sandmire going to say in utero, Phelan can follow the Gherman philosphy also and the blood thing.

But This Dr.John Menkes you know what he might say?


I know he is an author of these books for medical school and such but I cant find info on anything but the disease named after him. They have him classified as a pediatric neuroligist. I cannot find bpi on him or anything.

KD has a c8 avulsion. And the in utero thing wont work so sandmire needs to stay home.
They all talk about in utero him and Phelan but they talk about stretches , tears never an avulsion.

I would appreciate anything you can give me on this one then I will let you go trick or treat..

Thanks Rich
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So you wanted to hear from Rich KdDaddy? Well there you have it,....he is sure a fountain of infromation isn't he.....have a fun trick or treating day.....give KD a hug from Brandon !!!!! Gayle
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yea he is great researcher. I looked and found some of that but he has a better feel what these guys will testify to. He is an asset in this community.

Have a great day Gayle and get brandon 2 costumes so he can go twice.
See ya
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Come KDsdaddy,
He has two costumes and I cannot get him to go.....Trick or treating was here on Saturday and he decided to stay home and pass out candy. We are supposed to go to a town nearby tonight and trick or treat and he is findind excuses alreay. I think this is out last year of trying, but at 7 give me a break.....Yes, I agree, Rich is awesome....I hope all this research helps you out and KD gets what she deserves.....Gayle
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richinma2005
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Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Daughter Kailyn ROBPI, June 14, 1997.
Surgery with Dr Waters (BCH), April 1999 and in February 2012
2 more daughters, Julia (1999), Sarah(2002) born Cesarean.

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http://dgsom.healthsciences.ucla.edu/in ... l_id=46820

Dr. John H. Menkes is director of Pediatric Neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the pediatric neurologist at the Cedars-Sinai Neurofunctional Surgery Center. He has a long and distinguished career in pediatric neurology.. He served on the faculty of UCLA for more than 30 years in the Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics..He served on the faculty of Johns Hopkins for six years before joining UCLA.

John Menkes is a neurologist who deals with diseases of the nervous system that affect infants, children, and adolescents. He is an internationally noted authority in this field, and his best-selling Textbook of Child Neurology is now in its sixth edition. He is also a produced playwright, and After the Tempest is his second novel. He lives in Los Angeles, California and Wales. Lady Macbeth is Dr. John Menkes' sixth play, his most famous being The Last Inquisitor

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ ... 87469/pg_3
Dr. John Menkes, internationally recognized as the founder of pediatric neurology, also won a Courage in Science Award

Here he does testify in a BPI case, but for the plaintiff:

http://www.gmsr.com/docs/briefs_opinion ... b_caob.pdf

364 [Dr. John Menkes, plaintiff's expert
pediatric neurologist, agrees that the necessary therapy is available
through the public schools and that in general, children get good
services in Los Angeles County],

357 [Dr.
Menkes testifies that surgery wouldn't help]


Another version of that (Your lawyer should know that Menkes said all this!!!!!!)

http://tinyurl.com/dd37d
Here there was testimony by plaintiffs’ expert, Dr. John H. Menkes, a
pediatric neurologist, that Jabes will require annual orthopedic evaluations for life;
physical therapy evaluations for the first 12 years; occupational therapy until he is
25 years old; and physical therapy two to three times a week for the rest of his life.
Edward Lee Bennett, a vocational rehabilitation counselor, developed a life care
plan for Jabes in consultation with Dr. Menkes. Among his recommendations were
annual physical examinations for life and an annual orthopedic or neurological
evaluation for life.
Counsel for Jabes argues that more of the award should have been
http://tinyurl.com/9rhgc

He is an author as well
http://www.danielpublishing.com/bro/menkes.html


Interesting interpretation on Menkes attitude:

http://www.brianothmerfoundation.org/brianstory.htm



His picture is here:

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ ... 87469/pg_3

The program has grown and developed into a multidisciplinary comprehensive program to address the diversity of needs of both patients and referring physicians. Our team consists of specialists in adult and pediatric movement disorders, neurobehavior, neurogenetics, stereotactic neurosurgery, and neurorehabilitation to provide state of the art diagnosis and therapy for both adult and pediatric patients with movement disorders.
Dr. Menkes joins our weekly Movement Disorders Conference where children with movement disorders are often presented.

(Maybe he is going to testify of the impact of the injury, and how well she will do reguardless of the injury, the impact is not that great as is evidenced by such and such studies-but largely, I think because he is so famous is why he is being used)

here is testifies for the plaintif: (vaccine induced issue)

http://www.whale.to/vaccine/l/clements.html

There is a lot of pages about vaccines causing problems as believed by Menkes:
No pharmaceutical company is interested in keeping an unsafe or deadly
product on the shelves,'' she said. The FDA even
denies the existence of so-called ``hot lots.'' Some lots ``will receive
more reports than others simply due to chance,'' reads
VAERS literature. Some scientists disagree. ``I think there are hot
lots, I really do,'' said Dr. John Menkes, head of the
Pediatric Neurology Department at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.
``Some lots are more likely to produce neurological
disorders than others.''
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