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In reply to the discussion: In early March, Judge Johnson put Justina Pelletier's medical care back with Dr. Korman/Tufts [View all]pnwmom
(110,346 posts)He set up a new medical team led by her original doctor, Dr. Korson, a metabolic specialist at Tufts.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/03/04/judge-approves-shifting-justina-pelletier-care-tufts-medical-center/rIQlvqj1VsgOsBtOTX3hDJ/story.html
More than a year after a Connecticut couple lost custody of their teenage daughter following a diagnostic dispute between doctors at Boston Childrens Hospital and Tufts Medical Center, a juvenile court judge approved a plan Monday to return the girls medical care to a Tufts-led team.
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Korson had suggested that Justina, who was having trouble eating and walking, go to Childrens so she could be seen by her longtime Tufts gastroenterologist, Alejandro Flores, who had recently moved across town to Childrens. But the girl was not seen by Flores, and instead, a different set of doctors at Childrens quickly concluded that the origin of her problems was mostly psychiatric. The parents, who had tussled with providers in the past, rejected the shift in diagnosis and the Childrens treatment plan and sought to remove Pelletier. That led the Childrens team to file allegations of medical child abuse against them with Massachusetts child-protection officials.
Korson will be a key player on Pelletiers new medical team, as will other specialists from Tufts, said Julie Jette, a Tufts spokeswoman. However, doctors from other institutions are expected to be on the team, including a neurologist from Boston Medical Center and Flores.