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 52-year-old female patient who regularly saw a dermatologist. The defendant dermatologist noted an abnormal finding on the patient’s cheek. Although the dermatologist noted the finding in the patient’s records, he failed to ever biopsy it. The…
This case involves a 43-year-old male patient who underwent a vasectomy. Within 2 hours of the procedure, the patient called the defendant regarding brisk bleeding. The physician instructed the patient to apply pressure and reassured him there was no cause…
This case involves a 62-year-old woman with a history of several prior abdominal procedures including removal of her gallbladder and a gastric bypass. She was taken for a laparoscopic robotic hysterectomy due to pelvic organ prolapse and postmenopausal bleeding. After…
This case involves a 9-year-old male patient who presented to the emergency room with reports of ongoing fever. His temperature on admission was 103 degrees. An acetaminophen protocol was administered several hours after admission, at which point the child’s oral…
This case involves an ambulance driver trainee who suffered a seizure while driving an ambulance during training. The field training officer attempted to regain control of the vehicle but was unable to. The ambulance eventually crashed into another vehicle after approximately…
This case involves a woman that was incarcerated for one week at a correctional facility for women. She was pregnant at the time and the jail was aware of this. On the last day of her incarceration, the woman complained of…
This case involves a 36-year-old male patient who presented to his primary care physician with headaches. The patient was found to have papilledema optic disc swelling caused by intracranial pressure. The patient was immediately referred to a neuro-ophthalmologist for further…
This case involves a 66-year-old female patient with a past medical history of an abdominal aortic aneurysm following a stent graft placement and a recent diagnosis of gout who presented to the emergency department with acute back pain. The emergency medicine physician…
This case involves a 41-year-old man that was prescribed potassium iodide by his physician. The patient was prescribed a dosage of 2 drops 4 times a day. The pharmacy mistakenly put on the bottle 10 mL 4 times a day and…
This case involves an elderly male patient who was admitted to the nursing home after a hospital stay during which he contracted C-Difficile. Upon admission to the nursing home, the patient suffered from fecal incontinence due to the C-Difficile and…