SG attorneys in our healthcare practice group are experienced in defending physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, nurses, nurses aids, nurse midwives, hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical providers in medical professional liability actions, medical malpractice actions and proceedings before N.Y.S. Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC).
Our attorneys have experience in defending cases alleging medical and nursing malpractice and negligence, including: surgical errors, post-operative complications, misdiagnosis, birth injury (including birth asphyxia, cerebral palsy, shoulder dystocia, and mental retardation), anesthesia complications, emergency room errors, nursing care, and have defended actions in almost all medical specialties, including: obstetricians and gynecologists, nurse midwives, general surgeons, vascular surgeons, plastic surgeons, cardiologists, otolaryngologists, family practitioners, dentists, podiatrists, internists, infectious disease, hospitalists, critical care, emergency medicine practitioners, EMT’s, radiologists, neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, thoracic surgeons and neurosurgeons.
SG's health care practice group attorneys have defended hundreds of medical malpractice and professional medical liability cases representing the interests of physicians, hospitals, nurses, and other medical care providers, and have tried to successful verdict cases involving allegations of medical malpractice in the areas of obstetrics and gynecology, general surgery, otolaryngology, family medicine, plastic surgery, orthopedic surgery, spinal surgery, and hand surgery.