Dempsey v. Gwinnett Hospital System, Inc.

Because I believe that the trial court correctly found that Man-nering was not a member of the same profession as the hospital’s *476RNs, I must respectfully dissent. OCGA § 24-7-702 (c) (2) specifically governs expert testimony in medical malpractice cases, and subsection (c) (2) (C) (i) requires that a proffered expert be “a member of the same profession” as the defendant whose conduct is at issue. Subsection (c) (2) (D) goes on to provide the sole exception to that requirement. An otherwise qualifying physician may testify as to the standard of care provided by “nurses, nurse practitioners,…