Heated exchange in 'Take Care of Maya' trial

Dr. Sally Smith testified for the defense in a $220 million case against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital that was the premise for the Netflix documentary ‘Take Care of Maya.’
Dr. Smith worked for All Children’s Hospital, before it was acquired by Johns Hopkins, for 12 years and also worked with the Child Protection Team in Pinellas County.
Witness testimony continued today in a $200 million lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital that was featured in the Netflix documentary ‘Take Care of Maya’. In 2016, at just 10 years old, Maya Kowalski was admitted to Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital for severe pain and was removed from the custody of her parents after staff accused them of "medical abuse." Her mother, Beata Kowalski, hung herself in her garage on Jan. 7, 2016, after going months without seeing her due to the medical abuse allegations, according to the family's attorney, Greg Anderson.
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[@jodiwillmac971]

The fact that she’s not acknowledging the she messed up, is the highest form of narcissism. No accountability is absolutely shameful.

[@SammyLoock]

Arrogance, not narcissism.

[@andrewmcgonagle6290]

@@SammyLoock OK

[@LynnMcAllister]

@@SammyLoockthey go hand in hand.

[@Mapqwerry]

She has a God complex. It is a trait seen by many doctors. They are the overachievers that have always won. So, there is no room for doubt. That blind spot is a chink in Doctor Sally’s armor here.

[@Goldrefinedthrufire]

Pride comes before a fall. Lord have mercy

[@theghost4282]

She put an innocent dad in jail for 8 months because of her reports. The man was thankfully found completely innocent but the fact that he spent 8 months in jail… This lady is a monster.

[@bancatorres2455]

I dont understand where the monster part is. She sounds very knowledgeable and I would absolutely want her on my team. Not all neurologist or anesthesiologist are worth their tuition they paid.

[@bancatorres2455]

9 year old in a ketamine coma?! You have to be kidding me!

[@theghost4282]

@@bancatorres2455 context matters. Crps is the worst pain where life no longer seems worth living. Crps has the highest suicide rate among all pain syndromes. So yes they will go to extremes. That doesn’t disregard the fact that the prosecutor was only looking to take maya and did not care for her circumstance.

[@bancatorres2455]

@@theghost4282 Let's say she didn't have CRPS, and someone was poisoning her. Which actually matches the symptoms better than the current studies on CRPS. Let's say she was poised to death. Then everyone would be saying this woman didn't work hard enough. She was out to protect the child. The current symptoms did not match the textbook diagnosis. The saddest and most tragic part is that most illness that have anything to do with neurology no longer match textbook definitions after COVID. (much like my Chiari, which I almost committed suicide this last weekend because of the pain). It took me 10 neurosurgeons to finally find one that will do my neurosurgery for the exact same reason. This is such a tragic story, but I would throw the blame on science and the lack of neuro understanding that we have. And about the Mom... Sorry when you are a mom and have a sick child you dont get permission to commit suicide. That was the worst move her mother could have made. That is sickening to me... Coming from a sick person that wishes, i had a mom to hold me while I cry because nothing helps the pain and the burning pain in my hands and arms at times that comes with Chiari another issue most neurologists dont know about but should.

[@theghost4282]

@@bancatorres2455 the issue is she didn’t even acknowledge the other side and brought it before a judge. She presented a one sided hit piece. If you believe in your diagnoses over the objection of other docs you note it and explain why. You do not completely dismiss it and not even mention it to the judge with whom is deciding about removing the child from the parents. If this “investigator” believed, with your diagnoses, that you were faking the pain, she testified she would have no problem going to court and having you arrested because “it’s not her job” to bring evidence to the contrary of her opinion. You have all the medical records, all of the doctors opinion and because she didn’t believe you none of that matters. There is no blame on science, there is blame on the close minded god complex “investigator” named Sally smith whom refuses to look at different perspectives like what nearly every science requires. “Science fails because humans run it”

[@doctorb2492]

As a physician, I was so pleased this family found justice. Arrogant physicians like Dr. Smith and the administrators of John Hopkins Hospital are a disgrace to the medical establishment.

[@WES_5150]

As a born citizen of the U.S. and patient of this country's healthcare for 55 years now.. with a great and sane head on my shoulders, I can honestly say that although I dont disagree with your statement in itself, the medical care in this country is becoming ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL.

[@Dr.S_G]

this Dr agrees these Drs did not respect our vows. there is absolutely no room for subjective in medicine without objectivity factual evidence kills the people we swore to do no harm too, just like this. As a Canadian and american citizen and Dr and voice of the dead.This women is dangerous.@@WES_5150

[@amineantion]

I question whether you're actually a physician. I feel like a good physician would have drawn a different conclusion after watching the video.

[@doctorb2492]

@@amineantion I am a board certified physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. I have represented many families trying to understand the care their loved ones are receiving. “Informed consent” use to be a legal requirement in medicine most physicians and hospitals respected.

[@doctorb2492]

Who are you, @amineantion?

[@jemgirl6271]

She should NEVER be allowed around children...EVER AGAIN! There are many articles about how bad she is, but now we have her words about how bad she is.

[@babyofmyfamily]

Right, never ever!!

[@princesspanda12012]

I'm a social worker in Florida and I agree I would never work with her or any hospital associated with her

[@trekgirl65]

Or adults either, she is not fit to be a doctor of anything.

[@Puddingcup110]

Her and Cathy B!

[@Roger-cb8kh]

Dont worry, its a Viral Case, so many People know this Creature by now, she will have a hard time showing her face in public again, let alone be still allowed to perform as a doctor or expert anywhere anymore since her licenses got terminated a 100% after all the damage she caused out of her grotesque personality.

[@kristinhenson7619]

She’s a disgrace! She didn’t put Maya’s medical history in her report because it didn’t fit her personal narrative. I feel so sorry for the families that she’s put through hell.

[@stacyhunt4783]

oh my goodness that’s a big deal. I can’t imagine the streets just done with the defense and their witnesses because they are cruel. it’s an awful place an awful place and it shouldn’t even hospital save lives. They were killing Mýa little by little she was dying and then her mom ends up dying in the way she was treated was so in humane that prisoners didn’t get treated like that because anyone being treated this way would cry if not kill their selves sadly, especially with this added on disorder she wants her mother and she’ll never see your mother again it’s so awful

[@mistyevans8160]

Egotistical pompous ass. Operating with blinders on. You include both sides so that you can efficiently and effectively prove that your assessment is the right assessment! She is a medical prosecutor for sure!

[@WarriorWomann]

​@DIN-IMO where did you get your board certification from? 🤔 because you seem to know more than 3 or more specialists in Mayas condition...

[@SAMMYBAMBAM24]

@@WarriorWomann have you watched the trial? Those specialists you speak of are anesthesiologists who are using large infusions of ketamine in a non fda approved way on a 9 year old. A TON of ketamine. Much like the quack they sent her to for the 5 day coma in Mexico. Did you read mom’s emails and all the issues while she was in that coma? Aspiration, breathing issues, blood pressure problems, bad nightmares. Who would subject their child to that? That specialist you also speak of, when realizing his extensive ketamine infusions were causing Maya issues sent her to JH’s..JH’s saved Maya from those crazed buy here pay here anesthesiologists gone mad. That’s how I know. Any questions? Think logically. JH is the #1 children’s hospital in Fl this year. They have professionals working there saving true sick kids with cancer/burns who are dying. Shame on this family for causing their daughters issues and Maya has psychological issues herself but then suing the hospital. Shame for running Smith, a 30 year pediatrician child abuse expert and DCF for protecting this child. Clearly mom had mental issues cause who hangs thenselves in a garage? And then blame a hospital for the cockamamie things you’re doing to your own child? Hang herself for her son to find. JH, Tampa General, and other providers were right about it all. 200 million? For what..

[@wioi]

​@@SAMMYBAMBAM24don't talk about things you obviously have zero clue about

[@redshed2020]

Maya wasn't an abused child when she entered the hospital but she was when she left.

[@Knucklehead123]

So important to note.

[@royhandy8365]

Well put.

[@mikes1984]

These cases are tragic. There are never happy outcomes. Those ketamine doses, high dose narcotics, and the ketamine coma are absolutely inappropriate treatment of pediatric pain disorders. The story has all the hallmarks of munchausen by proxy - doctor shopping, RN mother, mysterious symptoms indiagnosable by multiple experts until the parent finds a quack doc willing to lean into the disorder and provide “care” that somehow fulfills the abusers need for medical attention. I would 100% raise a case like this to the child abuse experts in my hospital and CPS - especially when the abuser proved resistant to actual evidence based care. It was 100% appropriate of JHACH to change those treatments for Maya. While we don’t have their side of the story, it is almost certain that Maya was treated by a competent non-quack pediatric pain management team including appropriate PT/OT and psychiatry/ psychology while hospitalized. That hospital is a good pediatric hospital. This would be standard of care and has been the case for similar pain patients at all three children’s hospitals I’ve worked at. Honestly, the video footage of maya while hospitalized, while cherry picked to show Maya in bed, manages to show that she gets her legs into position which require at least 4/5 strength: the footage of her hanging off a walker by her knees, diving into a pool from her knees suggests fairly normal leg strength. I’m sure the producers didn’t realize this when picking the footage. As for “ the ketamine worked” …. Yeah …. Just about everything gets better on massive doses of ketamine.

[@Knucklehead123]

@@mikes1984 BS

[@mikes1984]

@@Knucklehead123 Thank you for your polite and highly educational retort.

[@fancy-on5hn]

She’s convinced herself that not only is she the smartest person in the room, she’s the smartest person in the medical profession. Fortunately she did not convince the jury …

[@ressa119]

She needs her license taken away

[@jeremyweems4916]

@@ressa119 No..... she needs to be in prison. Along with everyone else who harmed this family.

[@ressa119]

@@jeremyweems4916 agreed

[@castlerock58]

@@ressa119 She needs to go to prison for lying to a court and a government agency to take a patient away from another doctor..

[@tiffanyritter9468]

I think her attitude ruined it for the jury

[@janiee7591]

I hope she knows the entire world holds her in the lowest regard, and sees her as the most evil person, and believes she should NEVER be allowed around children again. She’s the abuser. She’s the monster in the dark alley. She should be in prison. She has blood on her hands!

[@davidfrey5654]

I don't. So not all the world.

[@morechickentacos]

@@davidfrey5654 Nobody asked you Patrice!

[@camillevote7901]

@@morechickentacosthat’s funny!

[@Sewtangle]

@@davidfrey5654 are you a GESTAPO MONSTER to? Do you withhold relevant information to take children away from loving parents?

[@jodymcgrady8654]

Agreed 😤

[@andreaordonezc]

This lady should be criminally charged and sentenced for life. She has ruined the life of many many people and should not be walking freely. She has to be held accountable.

[@christine1373]

She was going to find child abuse no matter what. Sick, scary, power hungry, disgraceful. She should be held accountable.

[@marielle3548]

She should be jailed!

[@devin7703]

Jail won’t help. She’ll bail out. Take her medical licensure. All of them

[@jacksprat429]

She was determined to find child abuse, and assist all the cops, child protection service staff, and judges and courts to come to that conclusion, because she is a complete narcissist, and a bloody know it all! She is an arrogant person, who thinks she can play god. Stupid b…ch, discounting well qualified doctors diagnoses. How bloody arrogant can you be? She completely ignored the diagnosis made by an expert. She, and she alone decided that she was going to get the judge to agree with her!

[@shanghunter7697]

It SHOULD be in prison, this is an EVIL human being !!

[@davedixon5765]

It happens every single day. It's horrifying to see these people go unchecked.

[@winkieblink7625]

She went ABOVE the physicians diagnosis of child having CRPS? I’m floored! She should be in jail.

[@NoNameToYou]

And personally sued into oblivion

[@floydkendall2703]

What is CRPS? I’m sorry but I’m new to this terrible story. That family is going to have a very difficult time healing ( from the video I saw of the Jury’s findings and damages she and her family endured.😭

[@basakgoktekin1737]

@@floydkendall2703it’s short for complex regional pain syndrome, the condition that Maya has. It causes excrutiating pain even at the slightest touch.

[@NC4E]

The audacity to double down on the stand in this trial when she opted to settle her part so she was no longer named in the lawsuit. If this is how she felt she shouldn’t have settled, but she settled out of the spotlight and now here with all the attention on her, she says she was 100% right. What a piece of work.

[@winkieblink7625]

@@NC4E exactly.

[@KMF3]

She is basically saying that it is her job to make sure that the parent is guilty. That's what she's saying. She has to make the evidence support the narrative.

[@EliyaJ16]

Yes, exactly what she said. Despicable.

[@SpiritualBabydoll]

Correct and from what I know she worked there 30 years that’s horrific

[@jnc1028]

Yes! That's what she's saying!

[@0my]

If you had to guess..... Witch or goblin?

[@0my]

Imagine if child advocates actually advocated for children, told the entire story in their report, instead of pushing a narrative.

[@MTTPCrystals]

“I’m very well trained “ , yet, she was WRONG about THIS case. She was WRONG about Beata and Maya. Too much power for one person. There should be a whole team of various experts evaluating cases like this.😢

[@brooke9225]

It makes you wonder how some of these people get these jobs and why they're not people making sure people hired in medical facilities are actually qualified to do their jobs. I know every different job in the medical field requires board exams and different things they must do every so often to remain qualified and licensed. But I think in some cases it's not enough especially when you have people like this lady working out there

[@roja_destroja6324]

I saw a doctor reacting to the documentary and he said that it took 9 months of research and knowing a patient before he concluded the diagnosis. He said 10 minutes of meeting with a child with no other proof is not how it works. He does not practice in the states though

[@Christina-xr1qj]

She’s been Mia-diagnosing child abuse in other cases, as reported in “Take Care of Maya”. The difference in this case is that the Kowalski’s fought back. Other families did not have the monetary resources to take her to court. She’s scary because she honestly thinks her opinion is superior than others. She’s evil and shouldn’t be near innocent children.

[@jkb8748]

At the very least, have someone who looks at the evidence objectively - is obligated by (HINT FL, fix the law) to consider and report all sides. Not just say “I disagree with the treatment and therefore the docs prescribing it are not “credible” and therefore I can disregard their opinions.

[@lynnnelson3772]

Only a pediatric clinical neuropsychologist is trained to assess and evaluate a child for conversion disorder. I've not heard any mention of Maya seeing a professional qualified to make this diagnosis. In 33 years as a psychotherapist every doctor and therapist I've worked with has always refered patients suspected of having conversion disorder to a neuropsychologist for evaluation. None of my colleagues have ever diagnosed a patient without a neuropsychologists evaluation . Never once. This so called doctor is awful on every level. Shame shame.

[@melissagranado2181]

If you watch the documentary, you learned that this hospital has a repeated history of what they did to Maya to other children and their parents and all of them had the same situation because of this woman. It was even advised by locals to not take their children to that hospital, and even other doctors were advising this to parents, because they were aware of her and her constant cry for a wolf and ruining families.

[@AnaLucia-wy2ii]

This isn’t the only “child abuse specialist” with this kind of record. Dr. Bethany Mohr has a similar record of accusing innocent parents and traumatizing families.

[@angelihuie438]

She is basically saying she will ignore other doctors diagnosis because they are not aligned to what she believes as a medical child abuse. That’s just messed up. I wonder how many innocent parents got screwed by this dr.

[@barbaraarthur1260]

I read that there was many other families she did this to.

[@go5582]

I agree . She needs to be diagnosed.

[@sherrythiel6505]

@@barbaraarthur1260 hundreds reached out to Netflix to be a part of documentary.

[@dwightnicely2180]

There are MANY MANY MANY more that could not reach out... a year ago there was a news article put out about her, and if I am correct, people were trying to get a massive lawsuit against her, but a lot of the people who took a case plan to work to get their child back, in the paperwork it states that by accepting this case plan, you cannot go after the hospital or Dr's on the case... so those people get screwed out of justice... and when you are dealing with family court, logic and reasoning stops, they don't need actual proof they just need a "well it could or could've happened" and you lose your child

[@jeremyweems4916]

@@go5582 *Imprisoned

[@candeezymarie9827]

Nah. She wanted there to be child abuse, so she ignored Mayas Dr's and made the evidence fit. This woman is dangerous.

[@N0N4M30]

She is actually the abuser , keeping a child from their parents , keeping them in a room with a camera etc it’s sickening

[@wishingyoupeace]

Why didn’t they prosecute the physicians who diagnosed CRPS and gave high doses of meds if it’s child abuse. They are the ones who actually did it. It’s clear they wanted to punish Beata for being pushy and “difficult”. And Smith was willing to help them out. Maya was a bright expressive smart girl with loving relations in her family. What signs of abuse did she have on her?? Or emotionally?? Such BS.

[@mn-nf3dd]

a walking ego and a danger to ill children and their parents.

[@Stargazergirl104]

Extremely dangerous.

[@Bonnie62563]

So the neurologist was not reliable in her opinion. Wow! Who is this quack?

[@seanb8809]

This woman is pure evil. She controls the system and knows what she is doing. How she does not go to jail for this is beyond me. That family will never be the same after what she did to them.

[@SavvyMama]

So no one is qualified to judge anything except her? Wonder if this woman will lose her job and credentials? Absolutely disgraceful!

[@ItsJustMeMcKee]

They probably promoted her. I can't even imagine being in the same room with this woman if it was my kid. They'd definitely need security.

[@morningmom6]

I certainly hope so!

[@ExpressInsuranceProfessionals]

She retired before that

[@SavvyMama]

@@ExpressInsuranceProfessionals how convenient

[@NoOne-gc7is]

I hope every medical credential she possesses is swiftly revoked

[@texasburbs4380]

This lady is SUCH a narcissist. She claims medical doctors do not know what they are talking about but NEVER once looks in the mirror and thinks she may be wrong? How this one person held this girl captive for months is truly disgusting Florida. My god....what torture this family endured because of THIS woman.

[@TT-zu5pr]

Look at her face. Eyebrows to nose, she's obviously demonic n got kicks outta. Her defensiveness shows she's obviously guiltless

[@jacksally1]

Are you trying to say "for months in (instead of is)truly disgusting Florida"? Or, is it "for months is truly disgusting" & Florida is just hanging on there for who knows what reason? Would it be less disgusting if she was held captive in California or Hawaii? I'm trying to understand your statement, please.

[@Lilysmum]

@@jacksally1 it was pretty obvious that Florida was just miss typed and wasn’t even supposed to be part of the comment.

[@oliviabrock7128]

@@jacksally1I guess because the family was from Florida and she was at All Children’s in Florida and was held by state custody in Florida. However, I 100% agree with what you said. This is far beyond Florida.

[@theconscience01]

On the brighter side - - she will never be hired again in this type of work. Maybe she is suited for a methadone clinic

[@uxtalzon]

This is the attitude of someone who knows they're untouchable.

[@dbgreene9020]

This is a narcissistic miserable woman who should be JAILED for what she did to this family. Mayas mother ended her own life because of THIS woman's WRONGS

[@toanotherplace]

do you think suicide could be considered child abuse?

[@rlundquest]

​@@toanotherplacesuicide is not child abuse, it's a symptom from mental disorder, caused by circumstances or genetically.

[@julieturner7603]

So, put people who have committed suicide in jail for life. Oh, wait ......🤔

[@elitesflowers-floristshop.3616]

If not in jail, at least she should be forbidden to keep her position in the health field.

[@julieturner7603]

@chicahoney I gotcha. Just thought the person who made the comment was being a bit obtuse, and deserved a good ol dollop of patented Brit sarcasm.

[@trinataco4493]

“I inadvertently omitted that from my report”…. I hope she never sees another child.

[@honey_bee_33]

What she omitted was BS. You can't tell if someone has Munchausen by proxy just by interviewing them. I don't blame her for leaving it out. Sally Smith saved Maya's life!!

[@trinataco4493]

@@honey_bee_33 are you paid by the defense team or just uneducated to the testimony of this case? Because one or both are true.

[@honey_bee_33]

​@@trinataco4493haha neither, but I wish i was paid. I did hear that the plaintiff is paying people to comment on their behalf though. But maybe you need to go back and listen to the testimony.

[@SAMMYBAMBAM24]

She’s an excellent pediatrician. Who are you to question her credentials? By Anderson and his bending of the truth. Don’t trust her but trust those buy here pay here anesthesiologists gone mad and charging major money.

[@trinataco4493]

@@SAMMYBAMBAM24 another paid troll heard from 🤦‍♀️

[@jennifercole6045]

Every case she has ever handled needs to be reviewed. How many other families has she destroyed?

[@vanessasneed9313]

My thoughts exactly 💯

[@EliyaJ16]

Very sad. She caused these families a life of sheer terror.

[@margyrowland]

That woman is a flagrant, rampant, overt narcissist. All of her cases should be investigated and definitely all of the people who feel injured by her work should seek legal advice.

[@laurenturner3578]

How many other lives has she ruined, I wonder? How many other children were torn from their families because she had a personal bias about something or other?

[@johannawebley4101]

She's actually very famous for over diagnosing child abuse. I had heard about her before this case so when her name came up for this case, I knew it was bad. Research her guys, she ruined families for YEARS

[@Nikybeez]

​@@johannawebley4101What a b****!

[@margyrowland]

@@johannawebley4101 OMG😢

[@yvonnedyer5371]

She should lose her licence to practice medicine ever again and be jailed

[@mariah.9107]

The fact that she reported “abuse” on other parents is ridiculous. She needs to be accountable for those kids and family and their mental state!

[@aceplaysgamesnetwork9566]

Every case that she touched should be audited.

[@kenacarl6246]

​@@aceplaysgamesnetwork9566amen!

[@sildan1988]

She punished the family for her incompetency. Scary. It can happen to anyone. WOW. The more you listen the more you get flabbergasted. It looks the hospital hired her to find clients for their scams. She keeps saying " child abuse" but yet the hospital charged the insurance company for CRPS.

[@max355cat]

Regarding Dr. Sally Smith testimony. This is a disgrace. Don't make excuses for yourself and say that was "not my responsibility." If you only tell part of the story that is a lie of omission. Tell the whole truth. It is clear to me that the staff handling this case conspired against Maya and her whole family. Give some people a little power and it goes to their head. They should never get aways with this again. Maya and her whole family are now damaged by the hospital's treatment. Justice for Maya.

[@bunch_o_racket]

she's making the plaintiffs point for him. she keeps saying it's her "job to report child abuse". she just left out the last part. "whether or exists or not".

[@sharonhoward884]

Why would a hospital who has treated hundreds of thousands of kids and a pediatrician/medical investigator who has literally saved the lives of almost 4000 children from medical abuse not to mention the lives she's saved just as a pediatrician treating sick babies & children just up and decide to "have it out" for the Kowalskis. Of all the thousands and thousands of families they just stuck a pin in Maya's record and said "this family is going down" Totally believable 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@max355cat]

I think Maya's mother was pushy and demanding and want Ketamine. She appeared to be telling them what to do and that pissed them off. But on the other side of the story Maya was in terrible pain and her mother would do anything to help her daughter@@sharonhoward884

[@Asidebar]

@@sharonhoward884 - Ho many other families the hospital helped is NT relevant! Your opinion is without merit!

[@deoncey]

This is a perfect example of how terrible Healthcare is. As someone with a rare diagnosis, i can tell you this is how they treat you and it's disgusting. It happens more than you think. She needs to lose her license ignoring her diagnosis and pushing her own beliefs. If you have a chronic illness you are basically left without much help and fighting "drs" that try to label it as in your head. It needs to change badly.

[@JorjaJankowski]

I have a chronic disability as well. I can say that the health care system is horrible. I have also worked in healthcare and saw the discrimination/injustices. I've been laughed at, told my pain wasn't that bad and openly mocked at like I had Mental Retardation during routine physical exams. For the most part, people are looking for empathetic Dr that can refer PT and measures to maintain or improve ability functioning.

[@N0N4M30]

Unfortunately I can approve of this message.

[@brip557]

If you can find a good Acupuncturist, give it a try. They are more wellness oriented, rather than sickness oriented and it's been around since 2500 BC. Earlier methods utilized sharpened stones and long sharp bones around 6000 BCE. It has helped me tremendously. The Acupuncture history is very interesting. I also find it telling that the insurance companies do not include Acupuncture in their "Health" plans, LMAO! Godspeed!

[@aloggins69]

I am going through this right now where I have doctors who laugh at me and tell me it is all in my head. I hate those types of doctors.

[@deoncey]

@@aloggins69 I'm sorry, it's ridiculous. You just have to find a different dr and keep going till you get a decent one, read lots of reviews etc and keep pushing. You know your body and if something is wrong. It was so many years for me before I got diagnosed and even still I deal with that from ignorant drs who can't do a simple search to learn about diagnosis they don't understand. It's rough and I'm sorry.

[@dd_cocox583]

7:10 She’s delusional!! She was asked if any psychologists were in agreement with her obscene evaluations and she couldn’t answer but backtrack to her own opinion. No certified doctor agreed with her false findings from the beginning or end!! She needs her medical license revoked, her intentions have always been malicious!! Praise be to maya and her family getting justice 🙌🏾

[@CZMuzic2714]

She has a history of destroying families. How is she still employed? Why hasn’t she been investigated and imprisoned?

[@SAMMYBAMBAM24]

lol. History of destroying families or protecting children from abusers.

[@melmc9672]

I sure hope she is in someone s rader for prosecution,she is dangerous and if she's not careful someone will take matters in their own hands

[@SAMMYBAMBAM24]

@@melmc9672 wrong. She knows child abuse and if parents want to abuse their children then they better not bring them to a hospital. She, however, is a pediatrician and not working as for DCF anymore. Read those emails when Maya was in that ridiculous coma. Sally Smith and MANY others knew those quacks were just trying to make money. JH saved her life and mom took her own life cause she lost control and had mental issues. Funny how Maya is just fine and better without all that crazy treatment.

[@princesspanda12012]

She should be investigated. She also violates HIPPA

[@carencarlin4101]

She is a sick woman 😡😡

[@georgitr8s6513]

This womans self importance is incredible and SCARY!!!! You wouldn’t want her anywhere NEAR your child.

[@Mikeandlucy1]

The problem is that the establishment gives this witch access to your child while denying yours. This is the evil state at its worst.

[@knothead35]

Exactly. So many doctors are egomaniacs just like this witch. Working in large hospitals for 25 years and the God complexes many of them have is astounding. I barely trusted them precovid...but post COVID.. I'll only go see a Dr if it's life or death and that's still a big If

[@NoNameToYou]

Any patient honestly

[@BeverlyMullen]

I wouldn't want her near any living human or animal

[@jean6453]

Smith has wrongly accused more than a dozen parents of child abuse. The USA Today Network investigated hundreds of child abuse cases tied to Smith, where parents were proven innocent but suffered irreparable trauma and harm due too her accusations.

[@DaSauceful]

She basically says: "I knew that 7 other therapists, neurologists, and anesthesiologists, who are experts in CRPS, confirmed CRPS, but because I didn't like their treatments, they were unreliable. And because I didn't value their opinion, I did not inform the judge in my report, and so only my side was the truth. And because I don't understand CRPS, i could only diagnosis what I understood which was child-abuse" What a piece of work. I wish the lawyer had gone in harder

[@glitch._]

Her continuing to call a BOARD CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN’S diagnosis an “opinion” is sickening. How is this even possible?

[@whatever8243]

Because they know how many times they get it wrong. It’s called practicing medicine. They don’t trust each other but expect us to trust them when we go. Sadly in this case the first 3 physicians were right and her narcissism is what caused this. She thinks she is the best physician in the room.

[@Diametricallyopposed00]

Doctors frequently disagree. I’ve seen 9 different specialists for something and they all have differing opinions, and they call the previous doctors diagnosis an ‘opinion’. I’m disgusted with our medical system. This woman is a psychopath, and I believe a lot of people in the medical community are.

[@whatever8243]

@@Diametricallyopposed00 they have God complexes and think they are superior even when up against specialists as this woman was. She has no experience that even comes close to what those specialists have. She should have listened. Good to hear she retired but John Hopkins said they use her as a consultant as they trust her. People need to keep their kids away from John Hopkins at all cost.

[@trekgirl65]

She is a doctor that is out for the almighty dollar, paid for by the hospital to work and make the hospital money. She also abused the child and family with false allegations.

[@Asidebar]

Calling it an opinion is proper form. It's no different that Courts giving opinions.

[@omemeemom4102]

She was definitely a medical prosecutor not an investigator

[@nancyrivers2012]

She ignores the diagnosis of every other doctor, and determines her assessment is valid. While the very same hospital she works for billed the Kowalski family for CRPS Treatment. The very diagnosis this woman is claiming isn’t true.

[@desertcat4193]

At 5:56, the look on her face is pure evil. She is an arrogant bully who wanted to find abuse no matter what.

[@paigeedwards4913]

And at 7:07 it’s pure rage. She really thinks she’s the only right person for this position. Power tripping and ruining families

[@princesspanda12012]

There is something wrong with her

[@HollyJordan15]

Ye she’s an evil witch & pure psychopath.

[@jeremyweems4916]

This woman has to be the most difficult human to work with or deal with in daily life. She sounds like Kamala Harris. Trying to speak like she's smarter than everyone listening, and saying 836 words when asked a question, without answering the original question.

[@desertcat4193]

@@jeremyweems4916 So true

[@Crazy__Canuck]

PLEASE tell me that she is going to be charged criminally for this!! If she gets away with this without serving many years behind bars, it'll be an absolute travesty!!

[@winkieblink7625]

Criminally….who knows. She emotionally tortured Mayas mother to commit suicide because SHE FORBADE HER MOTHER FROM SEEING MAYA! AND, Mayas mother was an educated nurse herself! She knew what she was doing to help her daughter. This dr person had an office in the hospital, acted like an attending physician, would come around like a hospital doctor BUT SHES WORKING FOR THE STATE! HER DUTY IS TO THE STATE….and there’s a blurry line between her allegiance to the state program and what’s best care/medicine for the child. This arrangement might work for some child neglect cases BUT SHE WENT WAY OVER BOUNDS ON THIS ONE. She’s working at another hospital now (2024) in same position. NOT EVERY ILLNESS IS COOKIE CUTTER! She should be charged w/ something.

[@KarmSSR]

That women shouldn’t be allowed to any hospital or any medical field. She done it and got away with it and will do it again to another family. Shame on the system to have ppl like her to continue to work with kids.

[@Crazy__Canuck]

It's all nauseating.

[@ZannyCarr]

she settled out of court hoping she was fired by the hospital

[@ceb7894]

I am a Fraud Examiner and I looked into these cases in other states with these so-called specialized child abuse doctors, and I’m seeing a trend of this type of woman in these positions… I personally know of at least one case where are the father was charged criminally and his and was forced to Plead guilty, even though he was innocent innocent

[@eiforget]

As a fellow CRPS sufferer (it was called RSD at the time I was diagnosed..they’ve since changed the name but it’s the same dark beast) this entire case breaks my heart. When I was diagnosed it was barely understood by only a handful of physicians I came across, and we’ve come a long way since I was first diagnosed, but we’re still not nearly far enough in education regarding this horrible affliction. I hope this case will keep this topic in the limelight and that great strides will be made toward treatment and protecting those who have CRPS as well as the families who care for them diligently. I’m so very glad to know that this family has won their case against Johns Hopkins and this doctor.

[@Turney4181]

In Maya's case, Sally Smith seems like judge, jury, and executioner all rolled up in one. Why did she do any investigation,, when she had already decided the outcome before she started?

[@kristinwuori3769]

A real investigation is apparently not her job.

[@sharonhoward884]

Yeah cis her 32 YEARS of experience and almost 4000 cases doesn't give her any insight into where something is going 🙄 No let's just believe a 10yr old child and a parent who is agreeing to a massive amount of K and dozens of other hard drugs which lab tests show have already harmed this child. The ignorance is astounding and how gullible are people believing the pretty little pale teenager with a sudden steel trap memory of every word people said 7 years ago, oh and it all being lies except for her version. Puh-leeeeze🙄

[@fungamesandstories]

What investigation? She asked Maya and her father some questions for 10 minutes. She already decided child abuse from the beginning, bs investigation

[@LindaAllen-zq4yh]

You're right, and loves being all of those things. She needs to be held accountable for her sickening behavior.

[@learning2live_brokeninchro157]

“…and who elected you to be the judge of whether all of these board-certified physicians were reliable?” She herself answers, “Nobody.” This woman is an absolute monster who should be in prison for her crimes against humanity.

[@volodyanarchist]

Who has elected you to be a judge of KZbin?

[@iyananana5701]

​@@volodyanarchist 🤦‍♀️

[@vanitamann7985]

This is terrifying! I wonder how many parents, grandparents, etc are hesitant to take their children in because of fear that some person like this or cps will get involved and take their children from them. I feel so bad for this family and other families that go through such torment.

[@kerrysmiles]

In an interview Maya says she has a hard time receiving medical care and looking for medical care because of this 😔 I don't blame her one bit.

[@AnaLucia-wy2ii]

She’s not the only one. I know families in my area victimized by Dr. Bethany Mohr. I’m so relieved that my children are grown.

[@lisag.3599]

What a complete narcissist. Picking and choosing what to include in her reports to further her false narrative. Completely disregarding anyone’s expert view that varied from her view. She is guilty of child abuse what she did to that child and her family is unimaginable. Even when faced either reality of her false narrative she defends it - she is the one with a mental syndrome. My heart goes out to Maya and her loving family

[@diligent_seeker]

That's what narcs do....gaslight and project their own faults/sins onto others. Many narcs find themselves gov't jobs. This woman is a n*tzee; she would've served that regime well.

[@margaretburr7975]

The lawyer asked her if a child went to the bathroom on themself is that child abuse, she did not answered that. SS that is abuse period!!!

[@finnobrien6846]

How we let people with a clear untreated personality disorder, hold such a powerful position is beyond me.

[@spvcs3615]

Look at our country

[@paulcolburn3855]

Because she has not yet been diagnosed. That is why. I don't think this woman feels the least bit bad about what she did. And she will never have to answer for it.

[@mdstrong5221]

Clearly a wicked person.

[@keynolivia]

It’s the exact behavior that is awarded in the workplace.

[@Anthraxb0mb]

@@paulcolburn3855​​⁠​⁠ Sounds like 5 specialists could all tell her she has a personality disorder and she’d conclude that they are not reliable.

[@amylbeam9229]

This woman's total lack of remorse or even a hint of doubt in her medical misconduct, must have hugely convinced the jury to award the family millions in damages. I hope it sends a strong signal to other hospitals and medical personnel who abuse patients and families.

[@selmamartin8737]

How many families have you falsely accused? The system needs an overhaul. I hope this trial helps shed light on this topic.

[@crystalgail5925]

She done alot.. Many family are coming forward about her and the other terrible lady.

[@SassySouthernSusan]

I hope this opens the flood gates of families to feel safe coming forward. She should be locked up.

[@slisha4940]

She is being sued again by another family. There are quite a bit more, but unfortunately, they are poor & can't afford a lawyer. I would never bring a child to her or hospital she is affiliated with. JH has her on still with privileges

[@kathleenscheidt7339]

In order for there to be an overhaul Hopkins would have to admit they made a mistake…they will never do that. I can remember being told there is only one way to do something, that’s Hopkins way.

[@jemgirl6271]

USA Today has an article about other victims. This woman is evil.

[@Papyrius]

She basically said that it’s not her job to record any evidence that does prove the family’s innocences. Only to record evidence that proves her own personal diagnosis

[@schwubs]

Well that's what happens when the state outsources child abuse investigations to third parties who literally profit off of each child abuse claim they win.

[@Grandessaful]

My heart breaks for people who have pain management needs who are accused of neglect. This is a real issue that medicine does NOT have answers for. Fight for your rights! You will prevail as more of us REFUSE bureaucratic medicine’s non-responsiveness. We will prevail! Shame on you John’s Hopkins.

[@SAMMYBAMBAM24]

And she was absolutely right.

[@libertyna933]

And yet she lost a 2.5 million dollar lawsuit.

[@sharonhoward884]

​@@libertyna933She didn't lose anything, her insurance company settled. Settlement is not losing or winning it's basically just saying let's stop here because going further is detrimental for both sides.

[@margaretgomer8782]

Any case that involves this woman should be investigated and dismissed.

[@sickofyou470]

They said she was late for court because she went to the wrong courthouse. The truth is that a man who had been locked up for 8 months because of her child abuse lies confronted her outside and she needed to time to compose herself.

[@derickrojo2222]

You are EXACTLY CORRECT!!!!

[@ethiostar6478]

Z

[@-MaryPoppins-]

She’s so used to lying about anything and everything, that I guess it really doesn’t matter for her. What a freak.

[@kristyshepard8529]

How the HELL is she carrying around medical records she “printed out”? As far as I know and for 18 years, every year, i took a class about protected medical information and how it is handled. THIS is NOT how it s handled. If she wanted to walk around with someone’s record she probably needed to hired an attorney to represent her not over step and do what she wanted to do, how she wanted to do it. I think this is another show of her personality. So much missed by not having a medical person on their legal team. I agree. This woman is dangerous. She is admitting to craziness.

[@SassySouthernSusan]

Good point! I think it speaks to her level of crazy.. it’s like her wall of protection because she thinks her decision is the end all. She thinks she’s smarter than all the other specialists with experience w/CRPS. She’s scary as hell

[@jlob5296]

I thought it was super strange that she started by stacking up binders on the stand. It was like an intimidation tactic. She didn’t even open her binders

[@SassySouthernSusan]

@@jlob5296 hoarder lol

[@Justagirllooking]

I work in a hospital and it is understood that you cannot print record yourself and take them. The hospital is the custodian of those records and they must Scott through the medical records department with consent. I wonder if she ever went through the legal release of information.

[@Sleuth_Squad]

Yeah, I worked in medical compliance. HIPAA wouldn't like that. Lol

[@guitarrider64]

She was wrong. Does she understand that. She still acts like she knows better than everyone else and yet she was wrong. WRONG.

[@fontainee6561]

My God, this woman is horrid. No sympathy, no remorse. I'm so glad that the world can now see how her actions completely destroyed an entire family.

[@redwater4778]

Maya mom is the guilty one.

[@meg_khaaan2743]

@@redwater4778lol funny joke

[@redwater4778]

@@meg_khaaan2743 They took Maya to Mexico drugged her and put her in a coma because no doctor in America would do it. Claiming she had a condition that only a few doctors recognized to be a real thing. Having a mother who thought she knew more than doctors and eventually betrayed her daughter in the worse way by committing suicide.

[@NC4E]

@@redwater4778 The time for trolling is over. Nobody can be bothered because the jury has found the truth 🎉

[@redwater4778]

@@NC4E Now a hospital that dedicated itself to the care of children for 120 years without a blemish on it's reputation, is bust.

[@lynetteplace6834]

How can JHCH allow her to keep her medical privileges there ?? Anyone that brings their children to where ever this lady works is crazy. I would drive hours away before bringing my child there ever. Praying Maya and her family win.

[@Soltice-ty2nf]

I was there with my son last year . I had such a bad experience that I decided to pay for a private doctor. I file a complaint

[@sharonhoward884]

Soooo over 4000 cases and she's only been wrong approx 3-4 times and only because the medical staff didn't make accurate notes. Those cases didn't make it to court either. Yeah this woman knows nothing, so bad at her job that 3996 kids lives were saved or protected from further abuse.

[@GamingWithTae97]

@@sharonhoward884You sound like a CPS worker 🤨

[@hostronic]

@@sharonhoward884Bruh like 20+ of her accusations ended up being false. People were falsely imprisoned because of her. There is a backlog of lawsuits against her and JHACH.

[@Gianna646]

😳😳😳

[@jadepreap4730]

“All these Drs who did tests and are all specialists are not reliable. Me reading through notes is reliable.” Is what she’s saying.

[@perporiap9364]

This is scary

[@marquesq.4499]

It's amazing that she can recall exact dosages of several medications she didn't prescribe, but she can't exactly recall who or what she put in her own reports.

[@slisha4940]

The Kowalski family is so courageous to do this for themselves & all the other families. I feel this needs to be on the ballot

[@Pattiecakes1982]

I have CRPS...i was diagnosed 13 years ago and physicians just like this are the reason why it goes undiagnosed for YEARS before receiving proper treatment. She is every CRPS patients' nightmare.

[@MGMarisol]

She literally is saying that her job is to find people guilty no matter what. It doesn’t matter if medical records prove otherwise.

[@gemradiant6350]

She is a classic example of narcissisms combined with medical ineptitude, and that combination has deadly consequences. She's disgusting! She doesn't care, but thankfully the jury does. She will be facing judgement here and in the next life.

[@NoNameToYou]

There are so many just like her

[@At76812]

I’d change it to unbelievable arrogance mixed with a position of power. Which would be crazy in any position let alone a physician responsible for life who also has a huge say in the legal system. Fucking crazy

[@porkchoppeaches]

Munchusen by proxy is such a serious allegation. What could a family do after getting such a serious label put on them ? Is there any way to get another doctor’s opinion or sent to another hospital ?

[@ninamartinez5171]

​@@At76812ABUSE OF POWER IN THE HIGHEST LEVEL 😢

[@karl7487]

@@porkchoppeaches so is willfully traveling to Mexico to subject your daughter to a potentially lethal dosage of ketamine, enough so she was in a coma for days.

[@povertylevelphilanthropy1524]

Her, the prosecutor, judge, and anyone else involved in putting this father in jail, need to be prosecuted, themselves, and held accountable for their neglect, and clear corruption.

[@oewpnw]

Just her demeanor gives her away. Everything about her words, her quaking voice, her false indignation, her constant use of the word irrelevant.... This woman didn't care what anyone else thought. She knew best and that was that.

[@oewpnw]

These drugs she's rattling off are all for different things. This woman made a decision and didn't care what anyone else said about anything. She is responsible for this mess. She didn't find anyone else but her "reliable". She's a perfect bureaucrat. And she should be stopped permanently.

[@NoNameToYou]

Her LAUGHTER

[@tpx864]

As a pediatric nurse in Tampa bay I can tell you this is not how we are supposed to treat patients and families. In nursing school we are taught to take the patients pain rating as they tell it, not what we think their pain is. I take my patients here all the time. This hospital accuses every family of child abuse. Medical professionals I work with have taken their children to the ER there and were accused over a simple curling iron burn that the child pulled down on himself among MANY OTHERS. NOT TO MENTION CATHI BEDYS FORMER ARREST FOR CHILD ABUSE WAY BEFORE EVER WORKING AT JHAC!!! This is not about the family getting money or whatever half of you think. This is about calling attention to a serious problem among healthcare professionals at this hospital and everywhere. Mothers of patients I care for are AFRAID to take their child there due to unfounded claims way before this case and the documentary. I want to go downtown and stand outside of the doors and protest but that wouldn’t be fair to the current patients now would it? The entire system failed this family. CPS DCF nurses doctors everyone whos only job was to protect. There is no way JH is winning this case.

[@MissSpaz]

I hope this changes as a result of this case.... I'm so sorry

[@christinamessina4705]

You are correct. I am a retired nurse, pain is part of the 5 VITAL SIGNS THAT EVERY PATIENT MUST BE ASSESSED ON. PAIN IS DIFFERENT IN EACH PERSON. WE ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO USE OUR OWN BELIEFS AS A OPTION IN CONTROLLING A PATIENTS PAIN. THIS DOCTOR HAD ALREADY DECIDED SHE WAS GOING TO ACCUSE THEM OF CHILD ABUSE. I FEEL HORRIBLY FOR THIS FAMILY. I THINK THE ATTORNEY DID A GREAT JOB IN SHOWING THE BIASED ATTITUDE OF THIS DOCTOR. I HOPE THEY ARE AWARDED FOR THEIR DEMISE!

[@slisha4940]

If you were out there protesting, it would be fair to the patients because it would call attention to the mistreatment. That's why when my family is at a hosp, I always stay all night

[@nisaba5752]

​@@christinamessina4705Thank you for your service in nursing :)💜

[@breezytaylor5227]

I’m a nursing student and they always say that pain is subjective. It’s not up to us to say what the patient is feeling , we have to listen . I’m literally in shock that they have been so cruel to this family

[@lisadarmis1242]

This hopital and all its doctors, needs to be investigated.

[@kikilola2954]

It's absolutely jaw dropping how narcissistic she is. She still has no remorse for what she did to this family

[@TheMattMan98]

This scares me that people like this are hired to represent CPS! Such a disgrace for someone who is supposed “advocate for the child”!! The only child she is advocating for is herself! Disgusting that her arrogance cost so many families and cost Maya’s mom her life!

[@trekgirl65]

She wanted to control the entire abuse case for some personal reason and did not like that CPS was telling her that there was no abuse medical or any other kind found by CPS. This doctor is going to hopefully lose her license to practice medicine anywhere in the USA on children or adults. She is not a real professional doctor.

[@trekgirl65]

And this doctor was not hired to work for the CPS as a Social Worker. She was a doctor who looked for a child and family to hurt and destroy and has a track record and is angry she was finally caught. She will lose her doctor's license from this coming out.

[@kinglinus3708]

Exactly and they need have 2 or 3 more people. She never asked about her medical records i bet😅

[@kinglinus3708]

​@@trekgirl65she makes money and so do cps worker in hospital. They make like 80 grand. They may make money on more cases. Then hospital bill in records😂

[@bredbornraised808hawaii4]

In the mean time there’s REAL KIDS THAT REALLY NEED HELP OUT THERE! And we have clowns like this bothering LOVING N CARING FAMILIES! Im so glad this is FINALLY over and done! Kowalski family can FINALLY move forward and REALLY GRIEVE for Biatta. This woman needs to be held accountable and CHARGED!

[@jeannetindal-mcrae3654]

“That’s not my job” is a phrase I detest…. In any situation.

[@sherrythiel6505]

Her testimony was honestly scary. The fact that she didn’t feel a diagnosis or statements from her Drs weren’t necessary to include in her reports for the judge is mind blowing.

[@SAMMYBAMBAM24]

Because those drs were quacks and part of the abuse.

[@janisharris2754]

Extremely scary - she acts like a mean person who thinks she is a supreme being how in the world is she in this career - prayers for these families

[@sharonhoward884]

Clearly you don't understand how an investigation into child abuse or neglect works. Her job is not to "weigh up" evidence or look for things to negate the concerns of the medical staff etc. She either finds evidence of medical abuse or she doesn't. Giving credit to the parents is a job for the parents lawyers in a family court. Sally Smith's job is to do an independent medical evaluation and report the findings.. It's not even her who decides if DCF will follow through to requesting a court order. Her role is not with DCF or the hospital. She is from a seperate entity. It's not rocket science.

[@sherrythiel6505]

@@sharonhoward884 clearly I do and if you watched Rob from Law and Lunbar he actually explained this last night and even said it was “scary” way after I did. He also had Runkle of the Bailey on, a criminal defense lawyer and both said that what she did was not right. So it appears that you don’t know. Her job is to “weigh up” evidence for either child abuse or not. I suggest you go watch his recap last night so you can be informed correctly. Rob is a family lawyer and is very aware of this process.

[@sherrythiel6505]

@@janisharris2754 yes! I watched Rob’s (law and lumbar) recap last night and he had a criminal defense lawyer on at the end that says they need to review every case she has worked on.

[@LauraDort]

This woman is a beast. I would be terrified if she was to “investigate” anyone I know or care about because she is very close minded, it’s HER opinion and nothing can or will change that. She is not the type of person that should ever be medical director for child abuse investigations, because she does in with the opinion that they automatically are guilty. I hope the Kowalskis get justice and a hefty payout!

[@BigLittleLight222]

This woman is TERRIFYING to me as a parent and as a survivor of a rare young adult illness!

[@kellyprice1024]

I see her as scared. She knows she screwed up. Big time.

[@kerrysmiles]

Sadly you should be. This is a whole thing. It's called medical kidnapping. I fell down research hole on that one when a similar case happened here in Massachusetts.

[@kerrysmiles]

Any hospital that uses child abuse specialists are a risk for childhood rare disease patients especially after hearing her describe her answers here.

[@christinavejar418]

I agree with her testimony. She didn’t ultimately make the decision. She gathered the evidence in front of her.

[@TheMoniaaal]

There is no such a thing as licensed clinical social work intern. You are either an intern or a licensed clinical social worker.

[@jacquelynbolden2268]

An intern is still a student and usually has not graduated. The internship is an academic requirement for program completion and graduation. A license would only be accessible if all requirements have been met.

[@melmc9672]

THANK YOU

[@horacethecheese]

With doctors they are licenced doctors and then interns. So I assume that's the case here. She was presumably a licenced clinical social care worker on an internship at the place of work. Often licenced people are hired on an internship for a period of time before being offered a full time position. Its so they can pay less for you than if you were just hired straight up. They are them on a provisional licence basically. You can Google it.

[@jacquelynbolden2268]

@@horacethecheese Not so with this discipline. NASW regulations.

[@danielllleX]

It’s registered clinical social worker intern, in the state of Florida at least

[@victoriapalos6058]

She can’t see past her ego! She makes things fit her own narrative. She did this to countless other families! Maya’s family sued her individually and she settled out of court because she knows she’s guilty as hell. In the Netflix documentary, a mother sent her a Christmas card every year to show she didn’t successfully tear apart her family for claiming child abuse. The dr wrote back one year admitting she MAY HAVE seen things in the wrong light. SHE IS A DISGRACE AND SHOULD GET HER MEDICAL LICENSE STRIPPED.

[@tonoxic]

This is scary. Is she getting paid per child that she refers to child services? What would be her resson for behaving like this? Who then was the family supposed to turn to for an unbiased investigation? She is basically saying that her job is to find any evidence of child abuse, ignoring whatever else may come. Maya being possibly misdiagnosed is not child abuse. We like to believe that if we're innocent, we'd be proven so. Parents have spent time in jail because of this woman. No objectivity.

[@libertyna933]

Very scary because even criminal prosecutors can't ignore evidence that is in favor of the defendant .

[@4H2O4EVER]

But doesn't she get paid whether she recommends or not recommends once a report is filed?

[@lynn2574]

@@4H2O4EVERshe is the medical director of the Child protection team. The team is a private contractor with the dept of health for CPS investigation. The agency gets paid per child in care. But also - this lady has a God complex. She ignored SIX MEDICAL OPINIONS bc she didn’t like them.

[@tonoxic]

The more I listen to this case, the more I think this is a systematic issue. If one person can be given that much power and there is essentially nothing the family can do to dispute it as child abuse investigators can pick and choose their information, this will continue happening. I'm sure she has helped a lot of people during her career but I'm sure she has destroyed just as many lives.

[@lauraburch9848]

She is doing her job protecting the child. She doesn’t make enough for what she does.

[@kathleenhebert7757]

See, that’s all the time… as a nurse! It is really sad for the patient… Medical professionals, placing their expectations of what pain should do or produce! Sorry, but unacceptable! Everyone thinks that they’re out for drug seeking behavior… You can’t just automatically assume that

[@schwubs]

She's still working at that hospital. Avoid!!!

[@SAMMYBAMBAM24]

But she was. Maya was saved.

[@pjhey947]

@@SAMMYBAMBAM24okie dokie Dr Smith. You should be in prison!

[@gfutrhbf]

it seems like the children who are in abusive situations are disregarded, and the children who aren’t in abusive situations are investigated.

[@Snoops510]

What type of person smiles on the stand in such a case? In front of the children harmed in this case. In front of the jury.

[@lovelyladyguido]

I'm a retired CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthnatition . This woman has no business having that much power over families lives. She says NO ONE BUT HER is a reliable source . No one is reliable but her? All doctors are unreliable. The buck stops with this woman?! And she is totally prosecuting the Kowalskis after a 10 min evaluation. WHAT THE H. E. double hockey sticks???!!!

[@H37P5kY57]

The arrogancy is so strong there! I get doctors can be arrogant but she kinda takes it above a notch. It's like she thinks she's the smartest person in the room and the smartest person in medicine and child protection laws... I'm glad the jury didn't agree with it. Sadly, with tort law and the caps in FL the appellate court can reduce greatly the monetary judgement. It would be awesome the other families she's harmed that they as well bring her to justice and maybe enough would cause her to be unemployed and possibly to have a few records of discipline on her license and then revoked.

[@KaeMaiden]

Because the doctors were also over medicating the child with ketamine. I understand that point of view.

[@swimfastky4136]

As someone who’s father has been diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder (is a diagnosed narcissist) and as someone who has a whole host of (mostly rare) health issues, including CRPS (what Maya has) I am highly suspicious that this woman is a narcissist. She reminds me of my dad so much, and especially as a child with CRPS (so obviously I know what it’s like to be a child with this condition and who knows how doctors can be when it comes to all rare conditions but specifically this one) she is a classic example of a narcissist who was given too much power and someone died because of it. The way she believes that she is the smartest person in the room, she must be right even though she is not trained in this, that even though this child has a diagnosis of this disease and was diagnosed by a specialist in this disease but that doesn’t matter because she knows better than a specialist, that she continues to insist that she was never wrong despite there being concrete evidence that she was, etc. are all signs of a classic narcissist. My dad is the same way. He knows best. He, as an engineer who designs guns (that’s his specialty) insisted that he knew more about building a house than anyone else, so much so that he ended up firing everyone else who he hired to build our house because he didn’t think that they knew better than him (despite it being their job, he was insistent that he knew more, and he didn’t, by the way, there were lots of problems with the house lol) He will never, ever, EVER admit that he was wrong even if there is concrete evidence that he was because he can’t be wrong. Everything is always about him and because he thinks this it must be true even if there is concrete evidence that it isn’t it must be because he thinks it is. She is a narcissist, I have no doubt about it, and she should be locked up. The way she (and everyone else, but specifically her) treated this child is absolutely horrendous and makes me physically sick. Like I said, I am a kid who has many (rare) medical issues, including crps, but I also have gastroparesis, immunodeficiency, POTS and dysautonomia, mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) ehlers Danlos syndrome, and more, this case makes me absolutely sick. I was also wrongfully diagnosed with FND (what this woman often refers to as conversion disorder, the old name for it) and funny enough the person/people who wrongfully diagnosed me with it were the people at a pediatric pain rehabilitation center (PPRC) and the PPRC I went to is actually the program that the program they wanted to send her to was based off of (if that makes sense) I was diagnosed with this condition with zero testing (which, by the way, this diagnosis is a diagnosis of exclusion. It’s diagnosed when they have done every test, when they have ruled out every physical cause, that’s when this diagnosis can be made, just thought I should add that piece of information). In the end, I went to a program for this disorder, it did nothing, the pt and ot there immediately noticed that I had obvious neurological abnormalities (klonis) that CANNOT be caused by conversion disorder and my mom was advised to seek a second opinion. We did, we went to another FND specialist (who this program recommended) and he immediately asked what tests I had done. When we said none, he was shocked. Upon simple neurological examination, he was like “you have obvious neurological abnormalities, how did they diagnose you with this without any tests when you have obvious neurological abnormalities?” Me and my mom were both blindsided. Fast forward a few months, i saw multiple different doctors (including neurologists and FND specialists) and every single one of them agreed that this was NOT conversion disorder. When I went back to the PPRC for my follow up, we learned that I did in fact have these neurological abnormalities when I was there, but that they werent “significant enough” to mean anything, so they never mentioned them. Keep in mind, I was given a psychological diagnosis by these people. A diagnosis that makes treatment for everything else much harder as now everything is blamed on this psychological disorder. They refuse to take this diagnosis off of my chart (despite agreeing with the other doctors that further tests are necessary) even though 5 neurologists, 3 FND specialists, 2 orthopedics, 3 physical therapists, 2 occupational therapists, and everyone else have all stated that this is in no way shape or form functional neurological disorder and that this is most definitely some sort of (rare) neurological condition that they simply haven’t diagnosed yet. The person who diagnosed me is not an FND specialist, they are not an FND treatment center, but they refuse to admit that they were wrong and that I don’t have FND despite everyone else (including multiple experts in FND) saying that I don’t have it. Everyone believes I have dystonia and another rare condition that we don’t know what it is yet. Just because you don’t know what’s wrong doesn’t mean it’s psychological! This entire case is absolutely sick and it makes me physically sick! This woman especially needs to be held accountable and locked up! She is evil and needs to be held accountable for what she did!

[@darrenpayne150]

So essentially nobody else's opinions, expertise, knowledge, advice, diagnosis or records matter in her evaluation. The only opinion that matters and counts is hers. She knows better than any doctor

[@ophiecat]

She still believes she is right. Unbelievable. A child was made to suffer from a torturous disease and a mother lost her life. And still no accountability from any of these so-called professionals.

[@capturedtravels8376]

We have a local doctor here in the Lehigh Valley doing the same things… multiple families accused of this and all from the same town… it’s the drs that are sick!! This is a nightmare!

[@diesto-vg5jz]

its the privatization of medicine making it "for profit" rather than "for health." Enjoy all your "freedoms"

[@libertyna933]

This one woman has too much power for one person.

[@wolke1955]

Agree 💯💯💯😢

[@pococolo]

This is a wider issue. How can there be child abuse when parents choose one diagnosis/treatment plan over another just because the investigators/ other medical providers disagree? It should not be child abuse for parents to follow the advice of licensed and practicing physicians, which is what happened in this case.

[@Claire11elliott]

Agreed, if ketomine was a dangerous treatment for Maya, they should've gone after the doctor who administered it, not the parents.

[@peggypasson8794]

An clearly she isn't licensed

[@sharonhoward884]

It was considered medical abuse because of what Maya was exposed to, not because one treatment was chosen over another. . She was being given large amounts of drugs other than ketamine (as if it wasn't bad enough she got 10 times an adult dose for sedation) These drugs included benzos, opiates, sedatives, dilaudid, huge amounts of magnesium, steroids and more, all at the same time. Some of these drugs are hard core narcotics. This tiny 10yr old had cholesterol of 370? She was malnourished, her immune system was severely compromised and at no stage did Beata stop any doctor and ask them what these drugs were potentially doing to her or ask for lab evidence to reassure her they were doing the best for her. What parent just sits there and agrees to pump their little girl full of dangerous drugs and not question the treatment or the doctor? I would question a simple prescription for antibiotics and make sure my child needed them. Most parents are at that end of the scale. This was one of the biggest red flags.

[@slisha4940]

You should be able to refuse treatment they recommend & go somewhere else.

[@wrmlm37]

The ketamine was not legal to be administered, in the US, the way Maya first received it, down in MEXICO! The doc that recommended it, sent her to Mexico. There was a reason hospital docs in the US would not do this. End of... Instead of badgering this hospital's staff, they should have discharged their daughter and taken her back to Mexico. I believe the reason they didn't, is because it would have cost them THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, out of pocket. They seemed to wish to avoid that, and tried using their insurance coverage here in the US while attempting to "force" the docs to do what Maya received in Mexico. Let that sink in.

[@republic19xy]

As a physician and a psychiatrist, I really hope this woman is put away from responsibility over children or any people whatsoever and gets psychiatric evaluation herself.

[@BigBadJohn]

Every single case this terrible woman has been involved in needs to be reopened and looked at. She should at least be held responsible for Maya's Moms death.

[@sickofyou470]

She dismissed many experts as being uncredible - people who had decades more knowledge & experience with the illness. Absolute narcissist. She presented a prosecution case to the court originally, not an unbiased report which is her job.

[@allisonhancockpresley6247]

No one who cannot ever be wrong should ever be deciding if medical child abuse is occurring. Lady, if by some miracle you are reading this: You should be in jail for false imprisonment and homicide. Shame on you.

[@firsttimeisawjupiter1031]

The narcissism of this woman is incredible. She thought she knew more than any professional, she knew more than anyone, she was god and her opinion was the one that mattered. Unbelievable

[@babyofmyfamily]

This woman is disgusting and John Hopkins should be ashame of themselves. As much funding, grants, and exposure this hospital receives to allow these type of damages to children and their families is absolutely ridiculous 🤬. I'm beyond heated watching this evil woman and all her power they gave her 💔💯!!!

[@bancatorres2455]

Nobody gave her power and if people would listen to what she is saying.... She makes absolute sense

[@babyofmyfamily]

@@bancatorres2455 She don't make sense. She is lying and trying to make the evidence fit her perception and decision but the FACTS DON'T. All of the witnesses(the doctors & treatment team); has proof of that, which she chose to not include to continue her LIE!!!

[@derickrojo2222]

​@@bancatorres2455EXCUSE YOU, SHE IS A EMBARRASMENT TO JOHN HOPKINS!

[@boomds5602]

@@bancatorres2455no she really doesn’t

[@pixie1602]

@@bancatorres2455 ...NO, she does not make ANY sense and you would notice that IF you were actually paying attention. She claims that she should have been able to look at this case unbiased....all awhile she treated this case 100% biased. No matter the amount of experts would tell her otherwise....it was HER opinion or observation...and hers ONLY. Furthermore, any disagreements from other experts in their fields....she would NOT put into the report, knowingly that her "opinions"...not diagnosis...would never hold up in court.

[@lightningmcqueen181]

Your opinion she was abused?! Despite this being another doctors Diagnosis and Had been prescribing the Medication, had contacted the Doctors and made it a abundantly clear she had CRPS and HE PRESCRIBED THE DOSAGE.. THATS CHILD ABUSE? Could you imagine being that little girl ?! Living in a Hospital for 3 months witb little to zero contact with her parents..She had to have been terrified

[@thefamhab]

The fact the she can laugh, giggle, smirk or downplay any question during her testimony tells you everything you need to know about her character and actions.

[@mtnk096]

Yeah I was shocked she can still smile at that moment... You know she's not serious about the case and was arrogant.

[@helonbaker8104]

Sick. I WILL NEVER understand ppl like this women.

[@paulcolburn3855]

Well, she still thinks that she is right and that Mya never had CRPS. She still contends that this was Munchausen's by Proxy. You do know that Mya recovered do you not? You do know that she never got another drop of Ketamine after this hospital put a stop to it and she still recovered? 2016 was the last Ketamine she ever got and she recovered without it. Obviously, she didn't need it. That doesn't bode well for CRPS now does it?

[@Jaac822]

And about the system that allows her to do so!

[@Lozlou2654]

As angry as this makes me I can only imagine sitting there as a juror and hearing this women she’s literally given them her head on a platter, if I was an attorney I’d let her just keep talking because she’s throwing herself under the bus at how corrupt she was/is!!!

[@dekulruno]

This was a proffer so the jury was not in the room, It’s to help the judge decide which things are relevant and can go in front of the jury, I didn’t watch the whole trial so I’m not sure how much of this line of questioning actually got to be asked with the jury present

[@Cdunnintx]

As Napoleon reminds us ... never interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake. (paraphrased)

[@maggiemartinez6285]

⁠@@dekulrunothe judge has already decided what is relevant at the pre trial hearing. In California Motions in limine are filed 10 days before trial. Jury was present during Dr Smith’s testimony. This is a civil trial. The only time a witness does not testify in front of a jury is during an arbitration hearing. I have been a legal assistant since 1998 and have assisted in many trials. I am currently working on a case that is set for trial for 12/16/24. Pretrial conference is set for 12/6/24. We received the judge’s pre trial order a few days ago.

[@Anna-bv1om]

​@@maggiemartinez6285I think you are right, the jury was present. judging from who was present in the room and comparing with the session jury asked the questions

[@JimRobinEric]

These doctors, social workers and nurses, your there to help not accuse! I'm watching the documentary on this as I'm typing this and let me say, money is not enough! This family needs JUSTICE!

[@Nina11J]

This women is the representation of all that is wrong in today healthcare 🤮

[@Puddingcup110]

And her arrogance is not going to help her with the Jury. As we seen.

[@nancyfahey7518]

If she loses her job she'll make bundles with an insurance company.

[@FamilyThatRaves]

This woman should lose her medical license for life!

[@AdamSmith-uv6kr]

Considering they were awarded over $60 million against dr. Smith alone as a family I’m betting somebody is going to be going after her too. I honestly hope now that the civil case is done they go for criminal now and push for it. They have the momentum and I’m sure they are weighing options now.

[@nissiguiao7980]

I can’t stand her, but I can’t stop watching bc she’s absolutely getting torn apart up there by Mr. Anderson 🔥🔥👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@NancyPollyCy]

No, Dr. Smith, you see your job as FINDING abuse, not investigating it.

[@merrybluegirl8930]

Exactly.

[@Asidebar]

Dr. Smith is a witch

[@alisonsattler6396]

I honestly don't see the difference. How can you determine thst someone is abused from their injury (i.e. physical), mentsl and/or emotional state without asking (i.e. investigating!) the reason(s) for the things observed?

[@varnikapachauri4197]

To all the people supporting this woman in any way...she did not do her job correctly, period. She is still very arrogant. The jury is not stupid. Because of this woman's so called claims and findings, the mother wasn't allowed to even hug her daughter in the courtroom which caused her to break down and die by suicide only after which was her daughter's custody given back to her family. This case is very heartbreaking. Maya was being treated with ketamine before and she did improve and was able to lead a better quality of life. I really hope that if you support this woman, you get to experience every single thing the family had to go through because of HER lapse in judgement.

[@ThatGirlT77]

She's done this soooo many times before, she'll do it again. She had a narrative she wanted to spin and she spun it. I hope Maya isn't in the courtroom listening to this. She thinks ALL the ACTUAL EXPERTS were irrelevant. What a disgrace as a "dr."

[@erinknight4697]

You're right! She needs to be reprimanded!

[@beckybishop2801]

How many times did she say “it’s not my job”?

[@BabyT709]

same amount as everybody else who worked at the hospital

[@sharonhoward884]

Because it wasn't. You have to pay attention and read up on how a hospital operates in light of a DCF investigation.

[@lagniappelearners4472]

1 is too many

[@lagniappelearners4472]

She thinks it is funny

[@lagniappelearners4472]

She has been abusing children for 35 years. Another ghilaine maxwell