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Behind the Knife, the Surgery Podcast, where we take a behind the scenes intimate look at surgery

from leaders in the Knife. Our guest today is Mr. Dan

Kavitt of the Cabot in Fulton Law Firm in Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Kavitt

attained his jurist doctorate in 1971 and has been focused on medical malpractice since 1975.

He's clearly very experienced and qualified to speak on this subject so we're excited for this episode and to hear

anecdotes in real life examples of cases he has defended.

Welcome Mr. Kavitt to Behind the Knife.

Good afternoon.

And just to get us started, you know,

you've had a long history in defending positions. What is your person? How did you get involved in medical malpractice and what's your what brought you to the to the field?

Well, I came out of the military serving as a JAG officer back during

Vietnam and began practice in a law firm in Tucson, Arizona, doing products liability cases, in general personal injury

cases, and then started doing defending doctors and hospitals in about 1980 on a full and of physicians, nurses,

nurse practitioners, hospitals with regard

to claims of medical negligence.

I also represent doctors before the state regulatory agencies and before credentialing

committees at their hospitals.

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