February 01, 2003

Refractive Community Responds to Public Postings of Private Physician Correspondences

Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP press release.

Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today recently informed readers that excerpts of private e-mails exchanged between physician members of the International Society for Refractive Surgery (ISRS) had been posted on the public Internet newsgroup alt.lasik-eyes, causing substantial concern among the refractive surgery community. The newsgroup can be accessed by the public from the Web site www.lasikcourt.com by clicking on "Links." ISRS recently provided us with the following statement in response: 

"It has come to the attention of ISRS that certain individuals may have made, displayed, and disseminated copies of copyrighted and confidential materials taken without authorization from our private computer network. Attorneys for ISRS have notified these individuals of the apparent violations they may have committed and have demanded that they cease any unlawful activity. ISRS is currently investigating the methods by which material has been misappropriated from its site and intends to take all action necessary to protect its interests and the interests of those whose right to privacy may have been violated."

In connection with this incident, Herman Sloane, MD, of Chicago, whose private comments were among those published, said, "Although many of the conversations seem innocuous to us, they may be quite shocking when taken out of context and viewed by a public not normally exposed to such candid exchanges." Posted by Admin at February 1, 2003 11:48 PM

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The infamous postings in which surgeons call each other "whores"

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Posted by: Admin at December 19, 2004 11:56 PM