Pope Paul VI Institute Experiences

[megsaveslives]

I’ve sent in my charting and received a reply from Pope Paul VI Institute. I’m now waiting for a callback from the nurse to receive lab orders and surgery date. They gave me 3 options of surgeons, Dr Theresa Hilgers, Dr Kristina Pakiz, and Dr. Catherine Keefe. Has anyone had a positive experience at Pope Paul VI Institute in Omaha, NE and has worked with one of the above doctors? I was hoping to see Dr Thomas Hilgers but he is on sabbatical writing a book and is retiring soon. I read about a lawsuit with one of the docs and am now nervous to go there.

 

[MusicalMom]

I’m a current patient with Dr. Pakiz. She performed two laparoscopies on me last year - the first just to see for sure what was going on (PCOS for me), and the second to do an ovarian wedge resection in the hopes that that would improve my ovarian function. The second surgery also involved laser removal of some minor endometriosis, and a D&C to remove uterine polyps. Both of my surgeries went well, and I became pregnant shortly after the second, which was definitely one of the goals. Dr. Pakiz followed my pregnancy and prescribed me the progesterone and thyroid supplements I needed to have a healthy, full-term pregnancy (I also have a preterm birth in my reproductive history). All in all, we’ve had a positive experience with PPVI.

I hadn’t heard about the lawsuit. Do you know any particulars? The only negative I’ve experienced with the Institute is that they’re not always the most organized or fastest communicators. My local OB’s office had to request my records from them several times before getting a response.

 

[FiveLinden]

I know-nothing of this service, its procedures or its doctors. But I have had the experience of using a surgeon who had been subject to formal complaints procedures and was found to be at fault. I read them, I talked to him, and made up my own mind. A doctor who has been through such a process may well be superior to a doctor who has not. All those found to have been guilty of malpractice have until them been blameless! Everyone makes mistakes. In scientific medicine there is a strong culture of learning from mistakes. It’s a bit like aviation. In well-regulated markets you are probably safer using an airline that has made a mistake and had to review procedures than one that has not. Also conscious that in the US the litigation culture provides a very strong incentive to sue, and a strong incentive to settle.

 

[TheLittleLady]

We would not want to weigh in on a legal, medical case.

Speak to the licensing org in the State where your doc practices.

Pray for physicians, they do practice with the risk of lawsuits hanging over them every day.

 

[Abiamw]

I’m not trying to scare you but I read about the lawsuit. The plaintiffs sued Dr Pakiz and some other doctors, Pope Paul VI Institute, and a hospital. The woman and her husband went to the Pope Paul VI Institute to help her try to get pregnant. She sued because a surgical glove was left inside her during a surgery that was performed by Dr Pakiz. Apparently it was found by a doctor when she went to have a hysterectomy. Her and her husband sued for $1.75 million. You can google it to find out the specifics. I couldn’t find the outcome of the case though.