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03/17/2025
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (MEDICAL MALPRACTICE)
From: Elliot Udell, DPM
Dr. Chaskin’s point that the clearing physician should be the one who is held responsible if a patient develops a pulmonary embolism brings us back to the long hashed discussions on PM News. Those discussions germinated from those of us who took courses in general physical examinations, who wanted to do their own medical clearances.
The counter argument was that most orthopedic surgeons, ophthalmologists, and other medical surgical subspecialists would always defer to an internist or family practitioner to do his or her pre-op examinations. So why should podiatrists not follow this? The answer lies in Dr. Chaskin's reasoning that if the patient should have a post-op medical complication, only the clearing MD or DO should be held accountable, not the podiatrist.
Elliot Udell, DPM, Hicksville, NY
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