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FOSTER v. UPMC SOUTH SIDE HOSP.

No. 1995 WDA 2008.

2 A.3d 655 (2010)

Mark R. FOSTER, Ph.D., M.D., Appellant v. UPMC SOUTH SIDE HOSPITAL, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 6, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cassidy, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Howard A. Chajson, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

BEFORE: MUSMANNO, BENDER, and BOWES, JJ.

OPINION BY BOWES, J.:

Dr. Mark R. Foster appeals from the November 20, 2008 order granting summary judgment to Appellee, UPMC South Side Hospital. We affirm.

Appellant was an orthopedic surgeon with privileges at UPMC South Side Hospital ("UPMC"). On September 15, 2005, he was summarily suspended by UPMC after performing surgery on the wrong side of a patient. This error was one of several surgical missteps committed...

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