Klein v. Argoff

*1091“ ‘The essential elements of medical malpractice are (1) a deviation or departure from accepted medical practice, and (2) evidence that such departure was a proximate cause of injury’ ” (Faicco v Golub, 91 AD3d 817, 818 [2012], quoting Roca v Perel, 51 AD3d 757, 758 [2008]). On a motion for summary judgment dismissing a cause of action to recover damages for medical malpractice, “the defendant doctor has the initial burden of establishing the absence of any departure from good and accepted medical practice or that the plaintiff was not injured thereby” (Barnett v Fashakin, 85 AD3d 832, 834…