According to many, the medical malpractice crisis in New York state is reaching fevered pitch. In today’s Staten Island Advance, Dr. Joseph DeSena Richmond writes a letter to the editor on the subject urging citizens of the state to write to their local representatives and ask them to help with with problem.
As with most issues, however, a clear illustration of the facts is often needed to prove a point. Sadly, the latest illustration involves one of our finest young OB/GYN physicians, someone with whom I have worked on countless occasions and who I and many others consider to be one of the best the OB/GYN world has to offer.
Unfortunately, because of the incredibly high malpractice insurance premiums he has been faced with over the last few years, he has made the difficult decision to drastically pare down his practice. As of January, 2009, Dr. Alex Giannakakos will no longer be practicing obstetrics, nor will he perform any more GYN surgeries, limiting his practice to office-based GYN and related procedures.
January 8th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I was Alex’s nurse when he worked here in Watertown and this is a real shame and a shock — I can understand what he is doing as several physicians here in the desolate North Country have done the same and I am sure that several would like to! Please we need to change this trend so that we can keep the GOOD physicians in our medical community — Thank You