In an interesting trial rebuke, the Court "struck" the expert testimony and opinions of Mary Beth Edwards, a representative and consultant with Navigant Consulting, Inc. in Washington, D.C. Edwards was hired by Aetna to present a damage model of Aetna's alleged, calculated damages. The record indicates that Navigant charged more than $300,000 for the work performed by Edwards and others at Navigant. The Court in its ruling said Edwards' testimony was "truly prejudicial and as established by her testimony a built-in bias that had nothing to do with the evidence presented."
North Cypress Medical Center's litigation team is composed of lead counsel, J. Douglas Sutter of Kelly, Sutter & Kendrick, P.C. and Neil L. Prupis of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman and Dicker LLP.
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About North Cypress Medical Center
North Cypress Medical Center is a 175-bed physician-owned, general acute care hospital, founded by local physicians who wanted to create a sophisticated, upscale, patient-friendly healthcare environment for their community. Services include the latest, state-of-the-art medical technology and equipment, well-respected area physicians, and an upscale 5-star hotel-like patient experience.
About Robert A. Behar, M.D.
Dr. Robert A. Behar is the Founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of North Cypress Medical Center. North Cypress is a Tertiary General Acute Care Hospital located in Northwest Harris County. Dr. Behar has grown this entity over ten years from a startup to a comprehensive medical center with over $2 billion in revenues and 1,200,000 square feet of improvements on 60 acres of land on four separate campuses.
In addition to managing the hospital, Dr. Behar practices medicine and serves as Director of the hospital's Cancer Center. A respected leader in his field, Dr. Behar earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago with Honors (at the age of 19) and went on to become the youngest medical student in his class at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine. He went on to intern at Northwestern University and completed his residency in Radiation Oncology at Stanford University where he was also the Chief Resident and named the American Cancer Society Research Fellow in Clinical Oncology. Dr. Behar has been involved in many Houston medical "firsts" such as Ultrasound Guided Transperineal Radioactive Palladium Seed Implants for Prostate Cancer, Photon Knife Radiosurgery for Inoperable Brain Tumors and Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery to cure previously untreatable cancers throughout the body. Dr. Behar also holds a MBA with Honors in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
SOURCE North Cypress Medical Center
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