Jennifer L Osborn, MD

Misdiagnosis resluted in 7 years of unnecessary treatment and resulted in life threatening condition

Dr. Osborne treated my 82 year old mother for early stage oral lymphoma. My mother had a history of heart disease and dementia. Dr. Osborne ordered CHOP chemotherapy. After the first infusion, my mother suffered congestive heart failure within 24 hours, a stoke and passed away within one week after never regaining consciousness. Her MUGA score was bordererline for chemotherapy and the staff was surprized that the order was given - given her age and health history. We contacted the drug companies to learn about the chemo drugs used in her infustion. The drug company was shocked to learn that my mother was not hospitalized after the infustion for at least 24 hours for observation as this is a standard warning/procedure to protect the life of elderly patient. We feel as a family that her untimely death could have been prevented if Dr. Osborne had followed procedure as required by the drug company black box warning. Dr. Osborne ordered hospice after her infustion prior to her death. We were shocked as we felt that the infusion as did our mother that it would help heal not cause death. Dr. Osborne indicated to the family that our mother had a serious illness, but that these drugs may indeed help. We believe Dr. Osborne was a participate in a drug research program and she indicated that she wanted to see if drugs would help. At least two members of our immediate family were with our mother in her hospital room 24 hours a day and Dr. Osborne never visited her room or tried to contact us. Nor did any member of Dr. Osborne's UPMC oncology team visit my mother or the family. My family was at my mothers side when she passed away.In our opinion, we would not recommend Dr. Osborne.