This is the first of many EMCrit Expert Rounds (like Grand Rounds, except good!). Today's guest for the inaugural rounds is the brilliant Gita Pensa. We discuss all things Doctors and Litigation…
Gita Pensa, MD
Gita Pensa, M.D., is an emergency physician practicing in Rhode Island since 2001. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (now Perelman School of Medicine) in 1997. She continued on to residency at the combined George Washington/ Georgetown Emergency Medicine Residency in Washington, D.C., graduating as Chief Resident in 2001. She worked in community emergency medicine for thirteen years before joining the faculty at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University in 2014. She is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
In addition to physician defendant well-being coaching and consulting, Dr. Pensa was the host and editor of AEM Early Access, a research podcast of the Academic Emergency Medicine journal, through 2024. She is also a regular contributor to Emergency Medicine Reviews and Perspectives (EM:RAP) and the co-host of its UC Max program. At the medical school of Brown University, she served as a Mary B. Arnold Longitudinal Mentor to over forty medical students yearly until 2022.
Dr. Pensa lives in Providence, RI, with her husband, three daughters, and a (mostly) good dog named Maggie.
Doctors and Litigation: The L Word Podcast
You must listen!!
If you've been sued…
Reach out to Dr. Pensa for coaching
The Documentary
On the Rounds, We discuss…
Her Origin Story
How to Avoid Getting Sued
State of Play in the USA
Process of a Suit
What to do when you had a bad case
You've Been Served
Attorney Selection
Deposition
Pre-Trial Settlement
Trial
Experts and Testiliars
Psychology of a Suit
Fixing the System
Additional New Information
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Nassau University Medical Center
No conflicts of interest (coi).
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