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Jeff Segal M.D

Dr. Jeffrey Segal, the principal and founder of Medical Justice, was interviewed about medical malpractice problems driving the best and the brightest away from the practice of medicine for American Airline's Forbes Business & Technology Channel. The show was titled "Legal Insider: Tort Remedies."

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Dr. Segal initially conceived of Medical Justice in 1998, and the first patents were filed in 1999. At the time, he was practicing clinical medicine in Indiana, a state that had successfully controlled medical malpractice premiums by judicious use of medical review panels and caps on total payouts. Between 1994 and 2000, Dr. Segal participated on a number of these panels.

Dr. Segal worked to expand Medical Justice from an idea to a business. With several patents issued between 1999 and 2003, the company developed an infrastructure in underwriting and claims management, and the product was licensed to a pre-paid legal expense carrier in Florida. Under Dr. Segal’s guidance, Medical Justice expanded to 29 states and provides benefits to a growing number of physicians. Dr. Segal currently serves as CEO of the company.

Dr. Segal was sued only one time for medical malpractice, and that case was filed in 2001 and later dropped. The suit was frivolous in nature and its chief proponent was a neurosurgeon who had previously been expelled by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Segal employed the proprietary techniques in Medical Justice to help prevent others from being sued inappropriately by this expert witness. By experiencing the process himself, Dr. Segal viscerally understands the nature of the medical malpractice problem. More importantly, he understands what specific solutions can effectively be put to work today. In the process of conceiving, funding, developing, and growing Medical Justice, Dr. Segal has established himself as one of the country’s leading authorities on medical malpractice and remedies available through counterclaims.

Dr. Segal is a board-certified neurosurgeon who earned degrees at the University of Texas and the Baylor College of Medicine, with Phi Beta Kappa and AOA Medical Honor Society recognition. He completed his neurosurgical residency at the Baylor College of Medicine and continued as a spinal surgery fellow at the University of South Florida School of Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the North American Spine Society. In the late 1990s, Dr. Segal served as secretary for the Indiana State Neurosurgical Society. He founded and served as CEO of DarPharma Inc., a biotechnology company in Chapel Hill, N.C., focused on discovering and developing first-class pharmaceuticals for a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders.