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Asset Protection for the EM Physician: Consider These 10 Steps Before You Are Sued

By Douglas Segan, M.D., J.D., ACEP News Contributing Writer | on October 1, 2013 | 0 Comment
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Dr. Segan is an emergency physician based in East Lansing, Mich., and Woodmere, N.Y. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and is the in house physician-attorney at Johnson and Wyngaarden, P.C., a medical malpractice defense firm in Okemos, Mich. He can be reached at dougsegan@yahoo.com.

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