Dr. V. Alin Botoman This is Me

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 Web References

1. 1. www.bonitanews.com

   www.bonitanews.com/news/2007/m - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/16/2007   Last Visited: 5/16/2007

   What clinched the case for jurors was the testimony of gastroenterologist Dr. V. Alin Botoman of Fort Lauderdale, a defense expert who disputed the opinion of Harvard gastroenterologist Dr. Ciaran P. Kelly, a plaintiff's expert who listed several reasons Marks was responsible for Dill's death.
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   Chimpoulis had pointed out Kelly was a busy paid expert, while Botoman, a University of Miami professor, had never testified as an expert and felt strongly enough to testify without charge.
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   "He was humble, conscientious and very experienced," juror Grace Kaschube, an administrative assistant, said of Botoman.

2. 2. www.bonitanews.com

   www.bonitanews.com/news/2007/m - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/14/2007   Last Visited: 5/15/2007

   And gastroenterologist Dr. V. Alin Botoman of Fort Lauderdale disputed the opinion of Harvard gastroenterologist Dr. Ciaran P. Kelly, who testified as a plaintiff's expert last week.
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   Botoman, a University of Miami professor educated at Johns Hopkins University and Yale, contended that waiting to see if the problems resolved, or prescribing neostigmine, would have been a "bad idea," and could have been catastrophic.
   
   "It's very inappropriate to give neostigmine," Botoman testified.
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   Botoman said he's busy as a gastroenterologist and professor and has never testified as an expert, but felt so strongly in this case that he agreed to testify in Marks' defense.
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   Botoman said that because Dill didn't improve, Marks was correct in performing a colonoscopy days later, but wasn't responsible for her death.
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   "It flies in the face of common sense ... to assume that she might not have ulcerative disease," Botoman said, noting it was possible because Dill's arthritis medications often cause that.
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   Botoman also testified Marks' treatment was correct because Dill suffered from iron-deficient anemia, which could suggest cancer, and that she'd never had a colonoscopy even though it's recommended after age 50.
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   "It's a dire event," Botoman said of the possibility the cecum could rupture.

3. 3. www.darsys.net

   www.darsys.net/labels/Medical. - [Cached]

   Last Visited: 2/4/2008

   Doctor V. Alin Botoman believes that over the next year or so the damage will slowly repair and I will get back to normal or at least as normal as I ever was. BTW, I didn't know it until today but Dr. Botoman is chairman of the Department of Gastroenterology at Cleveland Clinic locally and also at the University of Miami where he is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine -- and he's got impressive credentials.
   
   No tomato-based products, nothing carbonated, and no citrus products.
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   And now, you're up to today before Doctor Botoman.