An attorney who was the chairman of his bar association’s malpractice committee called for an oncologist expert. His case involved a young male who had a leg tumor visible on MRI but not diagnosed by the radiologist. Eventually, he lost neurologic function.

He had a radiologist on standard of care but was seeking a causation/damages expert. Because there was a radiologic study showing the tumor on “day one” and another showing it years later when it was diagnosed, the issue was whether it could have been removed soon after “day one” without neurologic injury.

The doctor who performs surgery on nerve entangled or nerve-proximate tumors, should be a neurosurgeon. When explained that way, he realized he needed a neurosurgeon and that his request for an oncologist was incorrect.