Medical Wrongdoing

A misdiagnosis is what has led to your child’s Retinopathy of Prematurity.  While all doctors are humans and they make mistakes like anyone else, they have been trained to identify if a baby may have this disease.  However, It was their responsibility to prevent ROP from happening.

There is a time window for specialists known as pediatric retinal ophthalmologists to treat your baby’s eyes, after which the likelihood of successful surgery drops significantly. In order to determine whether or not your child’s ROP was preventable, we must obtain copies of all medical records, including photographs and x-rays. Those records, in turn, must be examined by expert medical doctors who specialize in the treatment of ROP. Since the number of specialists is extremely small, it requires skill and experience to gain access to these physicians. After the consultation between a lawyer and doctor, a determination will be made whether or not there was substandard care in your child’s particular case. You will then be notified immediately after the conference by Richard Shapiro as to merit of your case.

Learn about Avastin and Retinopathy of Prematurity here.