Dr. Wendy Ketner is the Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs at Expert Institute. Dr. Ketner graduated with a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Dr. Ketner completed her training at Mount Sinai Beth Isreal where she participated in all aspects of general surgery, including routine hernia repairs, cholecystectomies, and appendectomies. She also performed mastectomies for breast cancer, and breast reconstruction, surgical oncology procedures, vascular surgery, including endovascular and open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, colorectal surgery for benign and malignant disease, as well as taking care of critically ill patients in the surgical intensive care unit. Her research was in post-mastectomy reconstruction and the surgical treatment of gastric cancer, on which she co-authored a textbook chapter. She also has a paper on the percutaneous delivery of stem cells after myocardial infarction.
This case involves a 70-year-old woman with a history of heart bypass graft surgery and several coronary stent procedures who developed a sudden onset of chest pain. She presented to the emergency room pale, sweating heavily, and had high blood pressure. An…
This case involves a female patient who was undergoing laser hair removal on her cheek. After beginning her first treatment, the patient got married and moved to another county. She continued laser hair removal treatment at the defendant facility in…
This case involves a 66-year-old male with a history of diabetes who underwent a metatarsophalangeal joint fusion, a dorsal flexor shortening wedge osteotomy, and hammertoes arthrodesis. The patient felt the bandages were too tight on his foot but kept them on…
This case involves a 28-year-old male patient who had been undergoing mental health treatment every 6 months for 6 years. During this timeframe, the patient was seen and solely treated by a nurse practitioner. The nurse practitioner saw the patient…
This case involves an 80-year-old man who underwent a right hip resection arthroplasty including removal of femoral head and neck. Several months later, he underwent a right hip arthrotomy and hip abscess drainage at the same hospital. During this surgery, a wound…
This case involves a 66-year-old woman who was pulled over on suspicion of DUI. At the time she was pulled over, she was driving 23 miles over the speed limit and was swerving in and out of the left lane. The…
This case involves a woman who sustained serious injuries after being mistakenly attacked by a police dog. The woman was bitten in her left leg and was left with open wounds and a fractured ankle. Several weeks later, she developed…
This case involves a 71-year-old male patient who visited a gastroenterologist for a routine colonoscopy. During the colonoscopy, a large sessile serrated lesion was found. The patient received a hot snare polypectomy procedure for treatment of the lesion and was subsequently discharged.…
This case involves a 6-month-old baby who developed uneven pupils. The baby was taken to the emergency room and was noted to have a less reactive left eye as well as mild left ptosis. A fundus exam revealed that the…
This case involves a 61-year-old female patient who underwent surgery to resect an intradural intramedullary spinal tumor. The surgical procedure included the use of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. As part of the IOM, both somatosensory evoked potentials and motor evoked potentials were…