âI remember being served with papers for a medical lawsuit like it was yesterday, even though it happened years ago. I felt like my whole world shifted on its axis. One minute I had thought of myself as a great doctor, and the nextâI was wondering what I was even doing in the emergency department anymore. I felt nausea. Panic set in. I thought I might faint. That was my entrance into twelve years of medical malpractice litigationâand the beginning of a deeply personal ordeal that eventually ended in my favor."
Dr. Sarah M., Emergency Medicine Physician
Learn from Someone Who's Been There
Dr. Gita Pensa survived 12 years of litigation including two jury trials and emerged victorious. Now she's dedicated to making sure no physician faces this journey alone and unprepared.
Through her experience, she's developed a comprehensive understanding of the legal, emotional, and professional challenges physicians face when sued. Her mission is to transform litigation from a crisis into a growth opportunity.
â˘Â Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician
â˘Â Creator: "Doctors and Litigation: The L Word" Podcast
â˘Â Featured: Time Magazine, NPR, PBS, SXSW
â˘Â EMRA National Faculty Mentor of the Year (2018)
â˘Â Brown University Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award (2020)
Dr. Pensaâs session on self-coaching strategies to manage litigation stress was one of the highlights of our conference. Dr. Pensa is a dynamic and compelling speaker who shared concrete strategies and insights on how to navigate this âtabooâ topic. Attendees commented that what they learned can be applied to many stressful life situations. Highly recommend her as a speaker for any medical conference!
â Dr. Suzanne Schmidt, FemInPEM Conference organizer
I make no bones about being emotionally and psychologically rattled. Dr. Pensa was phenomenal in her words of wisdom. One of the biggest contributions from Dr. Pensa was to instill me with confidence and clarity in my approach, and I took this message to heart, and it reflected in my testimony at trial, my cross examination and through the entire one-month grueling trial I went through. But in the end, it was a defense verdict, one of the best things that happened to me in 2022!
â S.P., MD, After Prevailing at Trial, 2022
Dr. Pensa helped me work through the emotional distress of being a defendant and I now feel confident to defend myself and my medicine...
I have been able to return to work, practice medicine confidently and embrace my family without having the emotional baggage of litigation constantly hanging over my head, all thanks to Dr. Pensa.
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â P.E., Malpractice Litigation Defendant, 2024
