Lawyer Monthly - January 2022 Edition

to correlate, such as plain x-ray and ultrasound. Often these will show other more chronic changes that can help “age” the MRI findings. What advice would you give to other expert witnesses or legal counsel when dealing with MRI technology? We all have to understand that MRI scans are ordered far too much and, often, far too soon after a patient is injured. It often brings unnecessary information to the patient that can cloud their understanding of their injury. Being told there is a “tear” on MRI is a powerful message to a patient that can influence how they behave both consciously and unconsciously. Legal counsel should have their experts challenge the MRI findings and always see the films themselves. The findings are not gospel and radiologists do often call things abnormal that are normal according to orthopaedic criteria. About Jonathan Hersch MD I am a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon in practice for 20 years. My specialty is arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery of the shoulder. elbow, hip and knee. Currently I practice in a large multispecialty group in Boca Raton, Florida.