Many HER2 breast cancer patients diagnosed at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in North Carolina endured permanent, painful treatments—only to find out they had been misdiagnosed. Grant & Eisenhofer is representing these patients in seeking justice for what they went through, and to hold Atrium Health responsible for upending their lives.
Cancer patients from North Carolina underwent radical, irreversible HER2 cancer treatments, only to find out they had been misdiagnosed. Now, Grant & Eisenhofer is representing these women in seeking justice for their suffering and to hold accountable for its abject failures.
G&E is representing women and men whose HER2 breast cancer diagnosis turned out to be inaccurate due to failures in interpreting lab tests. These patients, who were treated at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, were informed—after receiving extensive, invasive treatments—that their cancer was misdiagnosed.
A young woman from North Carolina underwent radical, irreversible HER2 positive cancer treatment, only to find out she had been misdiagnosed and did not have HER2 positive. She turned to the medical negligence attorneys at Grant & Eisenhofer for help, who are investigating the culture at Atrium Health and potentially many other women whom have gone through a similar journey.
April is HIE Awareness Month, and April 4th marks HIE Awareness Day. Join us in recognizing the signs of HIE and supporting families affected by this type of brain damage, which typically occurs before, during, or shortly after birth and may lead to lifelong injuries.
Study finds that patterns of gene expression in the blood of newborns may help determine the cause of their HIE brain injury. The blood tested showed differences between infants born in low-income countries vs. high-income countries, which may impact therapy treatment regimens
A team of researchers from Imperial College London completed a study analyzing newborn brain injuries caused by a lack of oxygen. This type of injury, known as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), is responsible for a large number of permanent injuries and deaths of babies every year.
Over 90% of pregnancy-related deaths in Arkansas were likely preventable, a new legislative report finds. The Arkansas Maternal Mortality Review Committee sets forth recommendations to combat this troubling trend.
According to a December 2023 report published by the Arkansas Maternal Mortality Review Committee, 92% of pregnancy-related deaths in Arkansas between 2018 and 2020 were likely preventable. Other key findings of the report include the many factors contributing to maternal death such as race and ethnicity, age, education, cause of death, timing of death, source of payment, and geographic location.
Families devastated by the alleged malpractice of OB/GYN Dr. Thomas J. Byrne, whose New York medical license was revoked in 1991 due to charges such as gross negligence and incompetence, have faced ongoing distress as Dr. Byrne, despite obtaining subsequent medical licenses in New Mexico and Oklahoma, had his New York license reinstated in 2014. Numerous lawsuits and claims of negligence followed, including a lawsuit as recent as December 2020, highlighting systemic failures in oversight and regulatory mechanisms that allowed Dr. Byrne to practice and potentially endanger numerous lives.
Mothers who were injured or died under the care of a New York doctor have been reeling for decades.
