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DCA Diagnostics complaint alleges post-EGD monitoring failure and patient death

EGD recovery allegedly followed by unattended respiratory failure and cardiac arrest

Facility: DCA Diagnostics, LLCProviders involved: DCA Diagnostics, LLC / Gastrointestinal Specialists of Georgia, P.C. / Priti Pandya, M.D. / John Sexton, CRNA / Kiera Holman, RN / Dawn Jones, endoscopy technician / Brieanna Kocsis, RN
Gastrointestinal Specialists of GeorgiaPost-operative complicationsGastroenterology

Memorial Health complaint alleges giant-cell arteritis diagnosis delay before permanent vision loss

Emergency-department headache and scalp tenderness allegedly discharged without giant-cell arteritis diagnosis or specialist consultation

Facility: Memorial Health University Medical CenterProviders involved: Memorial Health University Medical Center / Bradley K. Post, M.D. / Georgia Emergency Physician Specialists, LLC / Sound Inpatient Physicians, Inc. / Hospitalist Medicine Physicians of Georgia-TCG PC
Memorial Health University Medical CenterDelayed or missed diagnosisEmergency medicine

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta complaint alleges identical-twin stem cell transplant without genetic confirmation

Allogeneic stem cell transplant using twin sibling donor allegedly performed before confirming whether the twins were genetically identical

Facility: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Arthur M. Blank HospitalProviders involved: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta / Alan Bidgoli, MD / Diana M. Fridlyand, MD / Transplant team
Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaDocumentation failuresPediatric oncology

Brainstem stroke allegedly missed at Hamilton Medical Center

Brainstem stroke allegedly misread on two radiology studies and not treated as a neurological emergency

Facility: Hamilton Medical CenterProviders involved: Hamilton Medical Center / Radiology / Emergency department
Hamilton Medical CenterStrokeEmergency medicine

Post-thyroidectomy neck hematoma allegedly not relieved in time at St. Mary’s

Rapidly expanding post-thyroidectomy neck hematoma followed by delay in cutting sutures to relieve airway pressure

Facility: St. Mary’s Health Care SystemProviders involved: St. Mary’s Health Care System, Inc. / On-call ENT surgeon / Emergency department physician / Nurse
St. Mary’s Health Care SystemPost-operative complicationsENT surgery

Heart attack allegedly not transferred or treated at Tift Regional

Heart attack identified at a hospital lacking definitive capability, followed by failure to transfer, failure to diagnose a second heart attack, and admission without a treatment plan

Facility: Tift Regional Health SystemProviders involved: Tift Regional Health System, Inc. / Cardiologist Paul Murray / Cardiologist Jonathan Tronolone / Internist Cynthia Phillips
Tift Regional Health SystemDelayed treatmentEmergency medicine

Atlanta Brain & Spine Care complaint alleges spine-hardware misplacement

Misplaced spinal implant and screws followed by months of dismissed pain complaints without imaging

Facility: Atlanta Brain & Spine CareProviders involved: Atlanta Brain & Spine Care / Dr. Roger Frankel / Dr. Steven Wray / Dr. David Benglis
Atlanta Brain & Spine CareSurgical errorSpine surgery

Pressure-wound and bone-infection case at Doctors Hospital of Augusta

High-risk patient developed a deep infected pressure wound that allegedly was not prevented or treated in time

Facility: Doctors Hospital of AugustaProviders involved: Doctors Hospital of Augusta (DHA) / Nurse staff / Physician staff
Doctors Hospital of AugustaPressure ulcersHospital nursing

Transverse-myelitis case allegedly misdiagnosed as conversion disorder at Kennestone

Neurological emergency in a healthy 18-year-old followed by failure to order contrast MRI of the entire spine and premature conversion-disorder diagnosis

Facility: WellStar Kennestone HospitalProviders involved: WellStar Kennestone Hospital / Dr. James Armstrong / Consulting neurologist
Kennestone HospitalDelayed or missed diagnosisNeurology

Chatham Orthopaedic ASC complaint alleges elective cervical surgery proceeded despite hypertensive emergency

Alleged outpatient cervical surgery clearance despite hypertensive emergency and high-risk comorbidities

Facility: Chatham Orthopaedic ASC, LLCProviders involved: Chatham Orthopaedic Associates, P.A. / Chatham Orthopaedic ASC, LLC / Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC / Sentry Anesthesia Management, LLC d/b/a Northstar Anesthesia / Dmitri Sofianos, M.D. / Robert Hoffman, M.D. / Stephen Miller, M.D.
Chatham OrthopaedicsSurgical errorOrthopaedic surgery

CHOA-Hughes Spalding complaint alleges repeated discharges before a child’s pneumonia death

Alleged repeated pediatric emergency and office discharges without pneumonia workup or admission

Facility: CHOA-Hughes Spalding Emergency RoomProviders involved: Emory Healthcare Inc. / Emory University / The Emory Clinic, Inc. / Children’s Hospital Atlanta / CHOA-Hughes Spalding Emergency Room / Jennifer M. Collier-Madon, M.D. / Mark A. Griffiths, M.D. / Kaley L. French, M.D. / Anjali S. Chaudhari, M.D. / Rajani Chaudhari, M.D. / Rajani Chaudhari MD/PC
Emory Healthcare / Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaDelayed or missed diagnosisPediatrics

Maurice Small complaint alleges CorrectHealth Chatham failed to treat elevated blood pressure before detention death

Alleged failure to treat elevated blood pressure, assess mental health crisis, and respond to acute deterioration in detention

Facility: Chatham County Detention CenterProviders involved: CorrectHealth Chatham, LLC / Mary E. Hoskins, RN / Jennifer E. Sigman, RN / Carolyn Rivers, LPC / Doreen Godbee, MA / Simone C. Branton, LMSW / Danielle C. Edwards, LPC / Jane Doe RN/MHP/MA 1-5
CorrectHealth Chatham, LLCDelayed treatmentCorrectional healthcare

Piedmont Rockdale complaint alleges fatal Dilantin overdose despite patient warnings

Alleged administration of triple the patient’s usual Dilantin dose despite patient and family warnings

Facility: Piedmont Rockdale HospitalProviders involved: Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. / Piedmont Rockdale Hospital, Inc. / Blessing Ngozi Aneke, M.D. / Chinmaya Sharma, M.D. / Samuel Ogbuchi, M.D. / Roni Sharon, M.D.
Piedmont HealthcareMedication errorEmergency medicine

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston complaint alleges delayed recognition of need for neurosurgery

Alleged failure to recognize need for urgent neurosurgical intervention after headache presentations

Facility: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at EglestonProviders involved: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. / Pediatric Neurosurgery Associates at Children’s, LLC / Emory University, Inc. / David Michael Wrubel, M.D. / Joshua Jiachuh Chern, M.D. / Reem Amer Dawoud, M.D. / Fadi Paul Jacob, M.D.
Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaDelayed or missed diagnosisPediatric neurosurgery

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding complaint alleges improper discharge before fatal epiglottitis

Alleged discharge of a pediatric patient with abnormal vital signs and respiratory symptoms

Facility: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes SpaldingProviders involved: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding / Alesia Fleming, M.D. / Jenna Gorbatkin, M.D. / Emory + Children’s Pediatric Institute, Inc. / Emory University
Emory University / Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaDelayed or missed diagnosisEmergency medicine

Talbot Recovery Campus complaint alleges misdiagnosis and unnecessary inpatient treatment

Alleged false diagnosis of substance-use disorders leading to unnecessary long-term inpatient treatment

Facility: Talbot Recovery CampusProviders involved: Talbot Recovery Campus / Constantine Galifianakis, M.D. / Richard Amar, M.D. / Jason King, Ph.D. / UHS of Talbot, L.P. / Foundations Recovery Network, LLC
Foundations Recovery NetworkDelayed or missed diagnosisAddiction psychiatry

Wellstar Cobb Hospital complaint alleges failure to treat cerebellar stroke

Alleged failure to diagnose and treat cerebellar stroke after emergency presentation with neurological symptoms

Facility: Wellstar Cobb HospitalProviders involved: Wellstar Health System, Inc. / Wellstar Medical Group, LLC / South Fulton Emergency Physicians, LLC / Garret Douglas Anderson, M.D. / Matthew Joseph Lee, D.O. / Johnray Resurreccion Manao, RN
Wellstar Health SystemDelayed or missed diagnosisNeurology

Grady Memorial complaint alleges trauma-care delay after abdominal evisceration

Alleged delay in treating abdominal evisceration and alleged discharge attempt after motor-vehicle collision

Facility: Grady Memorial HospitalProviders involved: Grady Health System / Grady Memorial Hospital / David Bower / Yhaneek Douglas-Mattis / Jacob Goergen / Alison Kelley / Elizabeth Lewinger / Troy Marxen / Jonathan Nguyen / Nicole Petcka / Nicholas Rowe / Victoria Wagner / David Wright
Grady Health SystemDelayed treatmentEmergency medicine

Northside Hospital complaint alleges C-section delay before newborn brain injury

Alleged delay in emergency C-section after severe pre-eclampsia and non-reassuring fetal tracing

Facility: Northside HospitalProviders involved: Northside Hospital, Inc. / John R. Conatser, M.D. / Taylor N. Plumer, M.D. / Northside/Northpoint OB-GYN, LLC / Northside Anesthesiology Consultants, L.L.C.
Northside HospitalBirth injuryObstetrics

Pooler Imaging Center complaint alleges renal-mass interpretation and communication failures

Alleged inadequate interpretation and communication of renal imaging findings before delayed monitoring and treatment

Facility: Pooler Imaging CenterProviders involved: Atlantic Radiology Associates d/b/a Pooler Imaging Center / Richard Tyler Burgner, M.D. / Dr. Micheal Cohen / Dr. Khoa Tran / Dr. David Cheng / SouthCoast Health
Atlantic Radiology AssociatesCommunication or follow-up failureRadiology

Wellstar North Fulton complaint alleges fetal-hernia diagnosis and delivery-delay failures

Alleged failure to recognize congenital diaphragmatic hernia on prenatal imaging and delayed C-section despite fetal distress

Facility: Wellstar North Fulton HospitalProviders involved: Nile Women’s Healthcare / Wellstar North Fulton Hospital, Inc. / Katherine Cooke, CNM / Lynn Fisher, RN-CNM / Jigish Sheth, D.O. / Rachel A. Yakrus, M.D. / Hughan R. Frederick, M.D.
Wellstar Health SystemDelayed or missed diagnosisObstetrics

Emory Decatur complaint alleges meningitis and sepsis misdiagnosis before stroke

Alleged failure to diagnose and treat bacterial meningitis and sepsis before discharge

Facility: Emory Decatur HospitalProviders involved: Emory Decatur Hospital / James H. Elder, IV, M.D. / DeKalb Emergency Physicians Associates, LLC / Vituity-Georgia Hospitalists, PC / Vituity-Georgia Intensivists, PC
Emory HealthcareDelayed or missed diagnosisEmergency medicine

Fulton Center complaint alleges stage 4 pressure ulcer and fatal sepsis

Alleged failure to monitor and treat worsening pressure ulcers in a skilled nursing facility

Facility: Fulton Center for RehabilitationProviders involved: Fulton Center for Rehabilitation / Kristen Shea, N.P. / Willie E. Landrum, M.D. / Lytani Wilson, M.D. / Medical Director Services, PC / Skilled Facility Health Care Solutions, Inc.
Empire Care CentersPressure ulcersSkilled nursing care

Piedmont Henry complaint alleges ovarian-torsion delay before ovary loss and fetal death

Alleged failure to investigate severe abdominal pain in pregnancy despite known adnexal cysts

Facility: Piedmont Henry HospitalProviders involved: Piedmont Henry Hospital, Inc. / Every Woman’s OB-GYN, LLC / Temitope Fapohunda, M.D. / Preyasi Kothari, M.D. / Reagan Burge, CNM / Kelli Kilpatrick, RN / Northside Hospital
Piedmont Henry HospitalDelayed or missed diagnosisObstetrics

Tucker Nursing & Rehabilitation Center complaint alleges pressure-injury and malnutrition neglect before resident’s death

Alleged failure to prevent and treat pressure injuries and respond to nutritional decline during a skilled-nursing stay

Facility: Tucker Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterProviders involved: Tucker Operating Company, LLC d/b/a Tucker Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and d/b/a Tucker Wellness & Rehabilitation Center / Tucker Nursing Center, LLC d/b/a Tucker Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and d/b/a Tucker Wellness & Rehabilitation Center / Tucker Center nursing staff / Emory Decatur Hospital
Tucker Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterPressure ulcersLong-term care

Piedmont Eastside complaint alleges appendicitis diagnosis delay across repeat visits before perforation

Alleged failure to reassess and re-image repeated abdominal-pain presentations over about ten days

Facility: Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterProviders involved: Piedmont Eastside Medical Center / Eastside Medical Center, LLC / Clement Ayanbadejo LLC d/b/a Macley Family Practice and Walk-in Clinic / Matthew T. Tinkham, M.D. / Clement O. Ayanbadejo, M.D. / The Piedmont Clinic, Inc. / Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. / Team Health, Inc. / Team Health Holdings, Inc.
Piedmont HealthcareDelayed or missed diagnosisEmergency medicine

Memorial Health amended complaint alleges tracheostomy sentinel bleed was not worked up before fatal hemorrhage

Alleged failure to consider a tracheo-innominate fistula after a sentinel bleed from a tracheostomy site

Facility: Memorial Health University Medical CenterProviders involved: HCA Health Services of Georgia, Inc. / Savannah Health Services LLC d/b/a Memorial Health University Medical Center / Elizabeth A. Atkinson, M.D. / Alana Koehler, M.D.
Memorial Health University Medical CenterDelayed or missed diagnosisEmergency medicine

Memorial Health complaint alleges pressure injuries and absent nursing records after a T5-T6 spinal dislocation

Alleged failure to turn, reposition, and document skin care for an immobile patient after a traumatic spinal injury

Facility: Memorial Health University Medical CenterProviders involved: HCA Health Services of Georgia, Inc. / Savannah Health Services, LLC d/b/a Memorial Health University Medical Center / Select Specialty Hospital
Memorial Health University Medical CenterPressure ulcersHospital nursing

American Anesthesiology of Georgia complaint alleges extubation and airway failures after kidney transplant at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital

Alleged failure to plan for post-extubation breathing risk and to monitor a kidney-transplant patient after extubation

Facility: Piedmont Atlanta HospitalProviders involved: American Anesthesiology of Georgia, LLC / Piedmont Anesthesia Associates, LLC / Vadim Katsenovich, D.O. / Jiyeong West, P.A.-A.A. / Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
Piedmont Atlanta HospitalAnesthesia and airwayAnesthesiology

Quantum Radiology complaint alleges its radiologist did not report a pelvic mass on an emergency CT at Wellstar Kennestone Medical Center before a delayed cancer diagnosis and death

Alleged failure to identify and report a visible pelvic mass on an emergency-department CT scan

Facility: Wellstar Kennestone Medical CenterProviders involved: Quantum Radiology, P.C. / Dr. Abdulrahman O. Nasiru / Wellstar Kennestone Medical Center / The Bortolazzo Group, LLC / Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital
Wellstar Kennestone Medical CenterDelayed or missed diagnosisRadiology

Emory Geriatric Primary Care complaint alleges critical laboratory results went unreviewed before cardiac arrest and death

Alleged failure to review, communicate, and act on alert-flagged outpatient laboratory results for a home-health patient

Facility: Emory Geriatric Primary CareProviders involved: Emory Healthcare, Inc. / Emory Geriatric Primary Care / Jorge Isaac Pena Garcia, MD / Pinkesh Amrish Bhuta, MD / East Cobb Center for Nursing and Healing / Interim Healthcare, Inc. / Laboratory Corporation of America / Emory University Hospital Midtown
Emory Geriatric Primary CareCommunication or follow-up failureGeriatrics

Budd Terrace at Wesley Woods complaint alleges fall-risk assessment and supervision failures before brain injury

Alleged low fall-risk rating and generic care planning for a dependent skilled-nursing resident

Facility: Budd Terrace at Wesley WoodsProviders involved: Emory North Clifton, Inc. f/k/a Wesley Woods Center of Emory University, Inc. d/b/a Budd Terrace at Wesley Woods / HCR Manor Care Services, LLC / ProMedica Health System, Inc. / Emory Healthcare, Inc. / Northside Hospital / Wellstar North Fulton Hospital
Budd Terrace at Wesley WoodsFallsSkilled nursing care

Memorial Health complaint alleges bypass-graft occlusion and leg amputations after vascular surgery

Alleged unnecessary and improperly performed lower-extremity bypass surgery followed by an alleged discharge without antiplatelet or anticoagulant medication

Facility: Memorial Health University Medical CenterProviders involved: Savannah Health Services, LLC d/b/a Memorial Health University Medical Center / Southeast Georgia Health System, Inc. / Savannah Vascular Institute, LLC / P. Kevin Beach, MD / Justin B. Brown, MD / Bakhtiar Chaudry, MD
Memorial Health University Medical CenterSurgical errorVascular surgery

St. Joseph’s/Candler Urgent Care complaint alleges hemorrhoid diagnosis without rectal exam before Fournier’s gangrene

Alleged urgent-care diagnosis of uncomplicated hemorrhoids without a rectal examination despite an elevated heart rate

Facility: St. Joseph’s Candler Urgent CareProviders involved: St. Joseph’s/Candler Urgent Care Centers, LLC / Marquez Reid, NP / Reginald Davis, Jr., M.D. / Premier Health Consultants, LLC
St. Joseph’s/Candler Urgent Care CentersDelayed or missed diagnosisUrgent care

Pruitthealth - Virginia Park complaint alleges pressure-ulcer neglect and understaffing before a resident’s death

Alleged failure to prevent, assess, and treat pressure ulcers during a four-week nursing-home stay said to have been affected by understaffing

Facility: Pruitthealth - Virginia ParkProviders involved: Pruitthealth - Virginia Park, LLC / United Health Services of Georgia, Inc. / UHS-Pruitt Holdings, Inc. / United Health Services, Inc. / Pruitthealth, Inc. / Pruitthealth Care Management, Inc. / Pruitthealth Consulting Services, Inc. / Eric McLemore, NHA
Pruitthealth - Virginia ParkPressure ulcersNursing home care

Wellstar amended complaint alleges a bariatric-surgery leak went undiagnosed and surgery was delayed by transfers

Alleged days-long failure to diagnose a postoperative bowel obstruction and leak, then a delayed transfer for emergency surgery

Facility: Atlanta Medical CenterProviders involved: Wellstar Health System, Inc. / Wellstar’s Kennestone Hospital, Inc. / Wellstar Medical Group, LLC / Atlanta Medical Center, Inc. / Atlanta Medical Center Physician’s Group, LLC / Larry Hobson, M.D. / Robert Hull, M.D. / Rachel Godlewski, M.D. / Mohan Punja, M.D. / Lucas Lathrop, M.D. / Zakia Boston, PA / Richard Rivera, PA / Brandee McDonald, NP / Emily Klingman, RN / Matthew Moore, RN / Joanna Stephens, RN / Jonathan Hopson, RN / Cimone Hamiter, RN / Caitilin Sampson, RN
Wellstar Health System, Inc.Delayed or missed diagnosisBariatric surgery

WellStar North Fulton complaint alleges Pitocin continued despite warning signs in TOLAC before newborn’s brain injury

Alleged failure to stop Pitocin and escalate care despite signs of fetal intolerance to labor and possible uterine rupture during a TOLAC induction

Facility: WellStar North Fulton HospitalProviders involved: WellStar North Fulton Hospital, Inc. / Allison Perry Mitchell, C.N.M. / Nkechinyere Brodie, C.N.M. / Lynn Earman, C.N.M. / Isis Obstetrics & Gynecology, LLC, d/b/a Nile Women’s Healthcare / Providence Wellness Center, LLC, d/b/a Providence Women’s Healthcare / Shelley Dunson-Allen, P.C., d/b/a Providence Women’s Healthcare
WellStar North Fulton HospitalBirth injuryObstetrics

Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center amended complaint alleges delayed response to fetal distress before a newborn’s death

Alleged failure to timely recognize and respond to a nonreassuring fetal heart tracing during labor

Facility: Wellstar Atlanta Medical CenterProviders involved: Bradford Bootstaylor, M.D. / See Baby, LLC / Alphonzo Overstreet, Jr., M.D. / OBHG Georgia, Inc. / Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center / Wellstar Health System, Inc. d/b/a Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center / Kwajalein Cleveland, C.N.M.
Wellstar Health System, Inc.Failure to monitorObstetrics

Wellstar North Fulton amended complaint alleges delayed cesarean before newborn’s brain injury after uterine rupture

Alleged delay in recognizing uterine-rupture warning signs and reaching an emergency cesarean during a trial of labor after cesarean

Facility: Wellstar North Fulton HospitalProviders involved: Wellstar North Fulton Hospital, Inc. / Urania Davis, D.O. / Mia Wyatt, CNM / Lynn Earman, CNM / Isis Obstetrics & Gynecology, LLC d/b/a Nile Women’s Healthcare
Wellstar Health SystemBirth injuryObstetrics and gynecology

Tucker Nursing & Rehab Center complaint alleges fall-risk care-plan failures before a resident’s hip fracture

Alleged failure to implement fall-risk precautions for a newly admitted, confused nursing-home resident

Facility: Tucker Nursing & Rehab CenterProviders involved: Tucker Operating Company LLC d/b/a Tucker Nursing & Rehab Center / Parkside Operating Company LLC / Tucker Operating Group, LLC / MFI Healthcare GA LLC / ECM Holdings, LLC / Ahava, LLC
Tucker Nursing & Rehab CenterFallsSkilled nursing care

Emory University Hospital Midtown complaint alleges failures to act on a newborn’s rising bilirubin before kernicterus

Alleged failure to monitor and treat a newborn’s rising bilirubin level across a hospital, a pediatric clinic, and a children’s hospital

Facility: Emory University Hospital MidtownProviders involved: David Carlton, M.D. / Tonya R. Selfridge, NNP / Nicola Chin, M.D. / Justine Mrosak, M.D. / David Bakken, M.D. / Keiko Tarquino, M.D. / Christin Carroll, M.D. / Emory Healthcare, Inc. d/b/a Emory University Hospital Midtown / Morehouse Healthcare, Inc. d/b/a Morehouse Healthcare Howell Mill / Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center Inc. d/b/a Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite / Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. / Pediatric Emergency Medicine Associates, LLC
Emory HealthcareFailure to monitorNeonatology

Cherokee County Detention Center complaint alleges failure to stop a priapism drug before permanent erectile dysfunction

Alleged failure to stop a priapism-causing medication and arrange timely urology follow-up

Facility: Cherokee County Adult Detention CenterProviders involved: FCH Cherokee LLC / First Class Healthcare LLC / First Class Healthcare Staffing Management LLC / Heidi Klein, MD / Robert Lamar Cochran, MD / Julie-Ann Forbes, NP / April Romeo, RN / Kelly Lovern, RN / Kimona Williams, RN / Bryan Rothkin, RN / Jessica Nicole Harris, LPN / Kayla Vess, LPN / Rachelle Roland, LPN / Christina Chester / Dynez Bolden / Alexis Clarke / Nigel Wooten / Northside Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Northside Hospital Cherokee / Northside Emergency Associates, PC / Marie Tabuteau Howe, MD
Cherokee County Adult Detention CenterMedication errorCorrectional medicine

Emory University Hospital Midtown complaint alleges a mismanaged induction before a newborn’s brain injury

Alleged mismanagement of a Pitocin induction and delayed cesarean despite a nonreassuring fetal heart tracing

Facility: Emory University Hospital MidtownProviders involved: Emory Healthcare, Inc. / The Emory Clinic, Inc. / Emory University / Stacia M. Crochet, M.D. / Jennifer Wrenn, M.D. / Nina D. Metcalfe, M.D. / Michael Neblett, M.D. / Veronica Alvarez, M.D. / Ying Liu, M.D. / Setutsi Miller, R.N. / Melanie Oneill, R.N. / Lauren Lux Middleton, R.N. / Elisheva Fekheri, R.N.
Emory UniversityBirth injuryObstetrics

Wellstar Douglas Hospital complaint alleges delayed delivery amid fetal heart concerns before a newborn’s brain injury

Alleged failure to respond to a nonreassuring fetal heart rate during a Pitocin-augmented induction, delaying delivery

Facility: Wellstar Douglas HospitalProviders involved: Kendy Verpile, M.D. / Center for Women’s Health and Aesthetics LLC / Kristine Marie Raynard, CNM / Natalie Ronnette Brathwaite, M.D. / Wellstar Medical Group, LLC d/b/a Wellstar North Douglas OB/GYN / Douglas Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Wellstar Douglas Hospital / Wellstar Health System, Inc. / Egleston Children’s Hospital at Emory University, Inc. d/b/a CHOA Egleston Children’s Hospital
Wellstar Health System, Inc.Birth injuryObstetrics

NaphCare complaint alleges no proper neurological workup at Gwinnett County Jail before quadriplegia and death

Alleged failure to properly evaluate worsening neurologic complaints over a four-month jail incarceration

Facility: Gwinnett County JailProviders involved: NaphCare, Inc. / NaphCare of Fulton County, LLC / Natalia Todd, M.D. / Muhammed Hashmi, M.D. / Mona Clarivil Fontaine, N.P. / Yvette Whitaker, R.N. / Karen Harris, R.N. / Wendy Harryman, L.P.N.
NaphCare, Inc.Delayed or missed diagnosisCorrectional medicine

Northside Hospital complaint alleges no continuous fetal monitoring before a twin’s death and her sister’s brain injury

Alleged failure to start continuous electronic fetal monitoring after membrane rupture and an emergency cesarean ordered without a vaginal or cervical exam

Facility: Northside HospitalProviders involved: Northside Hospital, Inc. / Atlanta Perinatal Consultants, L.L.P. / Georgia Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, P.C. / Carla Ransom, M.D. / Dian Sanders, M.D. / Kel Harper, M.D. / K.H.
Northside HospitalFailure to monitorObstetrics

Grady Memorial Hospital complaint alleges inadequate monitoring before brain-injured patient’s fall and cardiac arrest

Alleged failure to properly monitor a brain-injured patient after his transfer from the ICU to a general floor

Facility: Grady Memorial HospitalProviders involved: Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation / The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority d/b/a Grady Health System / Emory Healthcare, Inc. / Emory University / The Emory Clinic, Inc. / Morehouse Healthcare, Inc. / The Morehouse School of Medicine, Inc. / Jason Sciarretta, M.D. / Emily Smith, M.D. / Deepika Koganti, M.D. / Kahdi Udobi, M.D. / Alicia Edwards, NP / Tesfanesh Tellore, RN / Cardell Sudlow, RN, CM / Toyin Adigun, RN / Derianne Jones, RN / Christiana Udofia, RN
Grady Health SystemFailure to monitorCritical care medicine

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta complaint alleges splint and cast pressure injury before debridement

Alleged failure to recognize and protect against a splint- and cast-caused pressure injury on an infant’s foot

Facility: Hughes Spalding Hospital and Egleston HospitalProviders involved: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. d/b/a Hughes Spalding Hospital / Kimberly Willis, RN / Bruce Chien, MD / The Emory Clinic, Inc. / Emory Healthcare, Inc. / Emory University / Joshua Myers, NP / Nicholas Fletcher, MD / Children’s Physician Group Specialty Providers, LLC
Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaPressure ulcersEmergency medicine

Fibroid and Pelvic Wellness Center complaint alleges missed blood thinners before DVT and pulmonary embolisms

Alleged failure to prescribe blood thinners before and after pelvic surgery despite a documented clotting history

Facility: Fibroid and Pelvic Wellness Center of GeorgiaProviders involved: Soyini Hawkins, MD / Nidhi Shah De, MD / Hawkins, MD, LLC, d/b/a Fibroid and Pelvic Wellness Center of Georgia / Arisen Ventures, LLC
Fibroid and Pelvic Wellness Center of GeorgiaMedication errorObstetrics and gynecology

Northeast Georgia Gainesville amended complaint alleges delayed antibiotics before an unstable transfer and meningitis

Alleged failure to give antibiotics to an infant flagged as septic before an unstable transfer between hospitals

Facility: Northeast Georgia Medical Center GainesvilleProviders involved: Michael Lee Patterson, MD / Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. / Sidhant Nagrani, MD / Georgia Emergency Department Services, Inc. / Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc. / Vivian Ruth Barbara-Stark, MD / Pediatric Emergency Medicine Associates, LLC
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc.Delayed or missed diagnosisPediatrics

Fulton Center for Nursing and Healing complaint alleges staff concealed a pressure ulcer before it reached the bone

Alleged concealment of a worsening sacral pressure ulcer and delayed care after a feeding tube dislodged

Facility: Fulton Center for Nursing and HealingProviders involved: Fulton Center for Rehabilitation LLC / ENSH Consulting LLC / Empire Care Centers LLC / YW Georgia 4 LLC / Starlight Healthcare Services LLC / YYES OP, LLC
Fulton Center for Nursing and HealingPressure ulcersNursing home care

Northside Hospital Atlanta complaint alleges fetal monitoring was stopped despite an abnormal tracing before stillbirth

Alleged failure to respond appropriately to an abnormal fetal heart tracing and untimely discontinuation of monitoring during expectant management of premature rupture of membranes

Facility: Northside Hospital AtlantaProviders involved: Northside Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Northside Hospital Atlanta / Northside/Northpoint OB-GYN, LLC / Bret C. Lewis, M.D. / Candace McNair, N.P. / Sarah Sennett, RN
Northside HospitalBirth injuryObstetrics and gynecology

Grady Memorial Hospital complaint alleges inconsistent monitoring and delayed CT before patient’s fall and brain injury

Alleged failure to adequately monitor and timely obtain ordered CT imaging for a head-trauma patient before he fell in the trauma room

Facility: Grady Memorial HospitalProviders involved: Nicole Battaglioli, MD / Jordan Leumas, MD / Jeroson Church Williams, MD / Keneeshia Williams, MD / Emily Catherine Fuson Horowitz, RN / Jessica Menke, RN / Kelley Navaja, RN / Gloria Udoudah, RN / Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation d/b/a Grady Health System / Emory University
Grady Health SystemFailure to monitorEmergency medicine

Northside Hospital complaint alleges a facial surgeon severed a neck artery before hemorrhagic shock and a brain injury

Alleged surgical injury to a neck blood vessel during cosmetic facial surgery, compounded by a hospital’s credentialing of the surgeon

Facility: Northside Hospital – Meridian Mark Outpatient Surgery CenterProviders involved: Harvey "Chip" Cole, M.D. / Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery, P.C. / Oculus Plastic Surgery, LLC / InsideOut Beauty, LLC / Marvin M. Palmore, M.D. / Scott M. Kreger, M.D. / Northside Hospital, Inc.
Northside Hospital, Inc.Surgical errorOculoplastic surgery

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite complaint alleges appendicitis missed before perforation

Alleged failure to order imaging, blood work, or antibiotics for a child referred emergently for suspected appendicitis

Facility: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish RiteProviders involved: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. d/b/a Scottish Rite Hospital / Martin G. Belson, M.D. / Pediatric Emergency Medicine Associates, LLC
Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaDelayed or missed diagnosisEmergency medicine

WellStar Atlanta Medical Center complaint alleges stroke-diagnosis delay before patient’s death

Alleged hours-long delay in stroke screening, CT review, and neurology consultation after an emergency-department presentation

Facility: WellStar Atlanta Medical Center South CampusProviders involved: WellStar Health System, Inc. / WellStar Atlanta Medical Center, Inc. / ApolloMD, Inc. / Jimson Smith, M.D. / F&S Radiology, P.C. (d/b/a and/or a/k/a Radisphere, Candescent Health, Inc., and/or Sheridan Radiology Management Services, Inc.) / Johnny Alexander, M.D.
WellStar Health SystemStrokeEmergency medicine

Emory University Hospital Midtown complaint alleges delayed cesarean before newborn’s hypoxic brain injury

Alleged failure to monitor and timely deliver during a prolonged labor complicated by pre-eclampsia and non-reassuring fetal heart tracings

Facility: Emory University Hospital MidtownProviders involved: Emory Healthcare Inc. / Emory University / The Emory Clinic, Inc. / Sara Rizk, M.D. / Rachel McDiehl, M.D. / Angela Holder, M.D. / Elizabeth Marie Barnes Collins, M.D. / Natalie Levey, M.D. / Caroline Wentworth, M.D. / Alisha Kramer, M.D. / Jennifer Gustafson, M.D. / Emily Apple aka Emily Meares, R.N. / Ashley Cole, R.N. / Keturah Williams, R.N. / Kim Storey, R.N.
Emory HealthcareFailure to monitorObstetrics

Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center complaint alleges doctors did not review an x-ray showing an ankle fracture

Alleged failure to review an ankle x-ray and radiologist report showing a fracture after a trauma admission

Facility: Wellstar Atlanta Medical CenterProviders involved: Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center, Inc. / Wellstar Medical Group, LLC / ACS Primary Care Physicians-Southeast, P.C. / Sparlin Health Care, LLC / Katherine Kohler, MD / Melissa Smith, MD / Jonathan Overcash, MD / Nikhil Patel, MD / Daniella Kington, MD / Ebenezer Enchia, MD / Kim Eubanks, MD / James Sartori, PA
WellstarDelayed or missed diagnosisTrauma medicine

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta complaint alleges delayed spinal-tumor imaging before permanent nerve damage

Alleged failure to order timely spine imaging for worsening leg and back pain in a pediatric neurology patient

Facility: Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaProviders involved: Sumit Verma, M.D. / Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. / Children’s Physician Group Specialty Providers, LLC / Children’s Physician Group Inc.
Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaDelayed or missed diagnosisPediatric neurology

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta complaint alleges missed signs of cerebral venous thrombosis before a teen’s death

Alleged failure to recognize signs of cerebral venous thrombosis in a chemotherapy patient with persistent headaches

Facility: Egleston Children’s HospitalProviders involved: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. / Egleston Children’s Hospital at Emory University, Inc. / Children’s Physician Group Specialty Providers, LLC / Emory University / The Emory Clinic, Inc. / Emory Pediatrics, LLC / Egleston Pediatric Group, Inc. / Sharon Castellino, M.D. / Frank G Keller, Jr., M.D. / Kathleen Stone, NP
Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaDelayed or missed diagnosisPediatric oncology

CHOA Scottish Rite complaint alleges ED sepsis-workup failures before a 17-year-old patient’s death

Alleged failure to work up a bacterial infection and reconsider a rhinovirus diagnosis in a feverish, tachycardic, hypotensive patient before emergency-department discharge

Facility: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Scottish Rite HospitalProviders involved: Thomas J. Abramo, M.D. / Pediatric Emergency Medicine Associates, LLC / Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.
Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaDelayed or missed diagnosisPediatric emergency medicine

Emory LTAC complaint alleges premature decannulation and a failed reinsertion before a patient’s death

Alleged decannulation of a tracheostomy despite failed valve trials and vocal-cord trauma

Facility: Emory Long Term Acute CareProviders involved: Emory Healthcare, Inc / Decatur Healthcare, Inc. / Northside Hospital, Inc / Emory Specialty Associates, LLC / Terri Lynn TenHoor, M.D. / Southeastern Lung Care, P.C. / Mary K. Clark, PA / Trang Lai, RT / Deborah Saepharn, D.O. / Christie Cavorsi-Barber, SLP / Violet Davies, RN / Janet Davies, PCT / US Physiatry, LLC / US Physiatry of Georgia, LLC / Kyle Aman, MD
Emory HealthcareAnesthesia and airwayPulmonology

Scottish Rite complaint alleges post-operative hypotension was not timely treated after scoliosis surgery before quadriplegia

Alleged failure to promptly treat post-operative hypotension after elective scoliosis surgery

Facility: Scottish Rite Children’s Medical CenterProviders involved: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. / Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center, Inc. / Children’s Physician Group Specialty Providers, LLC / Neonatology Associates of Atlanta, PC / Pediatrix Medical Group of Georgia, PC / Mednax Services, Inc. / Otobong I. Udoudoh, NP / Lindsay Sikora, M.D. / Jorge A. Fabregas, M.D. / Joshua J. Chern, M.D.
Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaDelayed or missed diagnosisOrthopedic surgery

Egleston Hospital complaint alleges a hot plaster splint burned a child’s leg after surgery, requiring a skin graft

Alleged use of dangerously hot water and plaster, with inadequate padding, while applying a post-surgical splint to a child’s leg

Facility: Egleston HospitalProviders involved: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. d/b/a Egleston Hospital / Elmer Dunn / Deanna Mahaley, RN / Albert Pendleton, MD / Pediatric Orthopaedic Associates, P.C.
Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaBurn injuryOrthopedic surgery

Grady Memorial Hospital complaint alleges delayed response to a nonreassuring fetal tracing before a newborn’s injuries

Alleged failure to properly monitor and timely respond to a nonreassuring fetal heart tracing during labor

Facility: Grady Memorial HospitalProviders involved: Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority d/b/a Grady Health System d/b/a Grady Memorial Hospital / Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation / Alexandra Gabrielle Caldwell, M.D. / Banafsheh B. Shoai, M.D. / Tambari Simewa Piawah, M.D. / Thomas Faustino Chavez, M.D. / De’Smond Marquise Henry, M.D. / Frederick Orrin Bright, M.D.
Grady Health SystemFailure to monitorObstetrics

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite complaint alleges a family got no neutropenia information before fatal sepsis

Alleged failure to clearly explain a severe neutropenia diagnosis and direct urgent evaluation when fever and vomiting developed

Facility: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish RiteProviders involved: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. / Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center, Inc. / Children’s Physician Group Specialty Providers, LLC / Melinda Pauly, M.D.
Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaCommunication or follow-up failureHematology-oncology

Emory Decatur Hospital complaint alleges labor-induction Pitocin mismanagement before a newborn’s death

Alleged Pitocin escalation without notice to a physician despite abnormal fetal heart tracings

Facility: Emory Decatur HospitalProviders involved: Andrea M. Dabney, M.D. / Shanee L. Moore, RN / Cerita R. Houston, RN / Emory Physicians Group, LLC / Emory Healthcare, Inc. d/b/a Emory Decatur Hospital / Emory Healthcare Services Management, LLC / The Emory Clinic, Inc.
Emory HealthcareFailure to monitorObstetrics

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta complaint alleges a retraction let a tumor occlude a child’s airway before his death

Alleged endotracheal-tube retraction during tumor-removal surgery that let a dislodged tumor occlude the airway

Facility: Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaProviders involved: Jonathan A. Meisel, M.D. / Christopher S. Fiedorek, M.D. / Emory + Children’s Pediatric Institute, Inc. / Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.
Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaSurgical errorPediatric surgery

Northside Hospital Forsyth complaint alleges surgeon performed hysterectomy instead of planned myomectomy

Alleged performance of a hysterectomy and salpingectomy despite the patient’s planned myomectomy and bedside correction

Facility: Northside Hospital ForsythProviders involved: Dorigen Kasparek, M.D. / Kelly Winn Haney, R.N. / Mary Ellen Brill Murtha, R.N. / Leannah Michelle Thompson Langston, R.N. / Complete Women’s Healthcare, Limited Liability Company / Northside Hospital, Inc.
Northside Hospital, Inc.Surgical errorObstetrics and gynecology

Georgia Hemorrhoid Institute complaint alleges misplaced coils before a suspected rectal perforation and colostomy

Alleged coil misplacement during a hemorrhoidal artery embolization and failure to recognize a resulting rectal injury from post-procedure complaints

Facility: Georgia Hemorrhoid InstituteProviders involved: Georgia Endovascular Associates, LLC / Georgia Hemorrhoid Institute / Kevin Theodore Lie, M.D. / Alyssa Patel, PA-C
Georgia Endovascular Associates, LLCSurgical errorInterventional radiology

CHOA Egleston complaint alleges delayed pressure-wound care and infection misdiagnosis before chronic mastoiditis

Alleged failure to timely treat pressure wounds from EEG monitoring electrodes and misdiagnosis of the resulting infections as viral

Facility: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, EglestonProviders involved: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. / Emily Kern-Smith, M.D. / Kiran B. Hebbar, M.D. / Keiko M. Tarquinio, M.D. / Atul Vats, M.D. / Emilee C. Flynn, M.D. / Patricia T. Perlow, R.N. / Lisa F. Baldwin, R.N. / Madelyn H. McGuire, R.N.
Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaPressure ulcersPediatric critical care

Hughes Spalding Hospital complaint alleges failure to relay a normal x-ray before a splint pressure sore

Alleged failure to notify parents that a splinted child’s x-ray was normal and to have the splint removed

Facility: Hughes Spalding HospitalProviders involved: Bolanle Tokunbo Akinsola, M.D. / Emory + Children’s Pediatric Institute, Inc. / Pediatric Emergency Medicine Associates, LLC / Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation / Emory Healthcare, Inc. / Emory University / Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.
Hughes Spalding HospitalCommunication or follow-up failurePediatric emergency medicine

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