isa Dagostino, M.D., J.D., MBE
is a doctor and award-winning medical researcher who has
earned dual degrees in law and bioethics from the University
of Pennsylvania while at Kline & Specter. She has
worked on a number of important cases in recent years.
She teamed with Shanin Specter in a
recent trial that resulted in a record-setting $7.8 million
award by a Pittsburgh jury to the family of a boy who
suffered cerebral palsy as a result of medical negligence
immediately after childbirth. The Briggs
case malpractice verdict, handed down in June 2004, was
the largest in Allegheny County history.
Almost immediately after joining Kline
& Specter as a law clerk while earning her J.D., Dr.
Dagostino was thrust into the case of David Caruso,
a young man who entered a hospital with a treatable malady
but who suffered severe brain damage after a tube was
placed improperly in his throat and slipped out of place,
depriving him of oxygen for six minutes. The case, headed
by Specter, resulted in a $49.6 million jury verdict,
a record at the time for a Pennsylvania medical malpractice
case.
Dr. Dagostino has had a distinguished
academic career, earning her bachelor’s degree in
1991 at Princeton University, where she majored in English
Literature. She received her M.D. at the UMDNJ Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School in 1995 and completed her
residency training through the school’s Department
of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences.
In May 2002, Dr. Dagostino earned her dual degrees in law and bioethics
at the University of Pennsylvania.
She was managing editor of
the inaugural volume of The American Journal of Bioethics,
a peer-reviewed publication produced by Penn's Center
for Bioethics. Her research interests include critical
care obstetrics, clinical ethics, and legal and ethical
issues surrounding assisted reproduction.
Dr. Dagostino continues to do research
in the complex medical field of bioethics – including
topics such as medical errors, reproductive ethics, women’s
health and the law, and transplant ethics. She has a special
interest in women’s issues as they pertain to health
care law.
Dr. Dagostino is a fellow of the American College of Legal
Medicine and a member of the American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists. She is also a member of the Philadelphia
Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers
Association and the American Association for Justice.
To contact Lisa Dagostino, email her at
Lisa.Dagostino@KlineSpecter.com |
