tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186593343917545414.post7334298178696141423..comments2024-03-10T12:29:30.004-07:00Comments on pediatric neurology: Williams v. Quest Diagnostics, Inc.Galen Breningstall, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170864203251456228noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186593343917545414.post-19717079823318877822019-01-28T11:11:35.801-08:002019-01-28T11:11:35.801-08:00In the wrongful death lawsuit, Williams v Quest/At...In the wrongful death lawsuit, Williams v Quest/Athena, the plaintiff's lawyers have submitted a new affidavit from pediatric neurologist Max Wiznitzer, who has stated that as a clinician, he should be able to rely on the results furnished by a high-complexity genetic testing lab when making a diagnosis…<br /><br />They submitted a new affidavit from Wiznitzer, a pediatric neurologist at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, as further support for their arguments. He had penned an earlier affidavit on behalf of Williams stating that Christian wouldn't have suffered the fatal seizure in January 2008 had he been diagnosed and treated appropriately.<br /><br />A VUS "classification provides little to no assistance with making a specific diagnosis," Wiznitzer stated in the latest affidavit. "As a treating neurologist, I have a right to rely on the classifications set forth … by Athena, and similar classifications provided by other genetic testing laboratories, when making a diagnosis, and thereafter prescribing treatment for such diagnosis."<br /><br />https://www.genomeweb.com/molecular-diagnostics/plaintiffs-counter-questathena-motion-dismiss-wrongful-death-lawsuit-new#.XE9ErVxKiUkGalen Breningstall, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170864203251456228noreply@blogger.com