The plaintiff underwent a colonoscopy performed by the defendant gastroenterologist at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington. The plaintiff alleged that although the defendant’s procedure note characterized the colonoscopy as extremely difficult, he advanced to the cecum in five minutes, faster than he had done on the plaintiff for an uncomplicated colonoscopy performed five years earlier…medicalmalpracticelawyers, $1.5M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligently Performed Colonoscopy Requiring Splenectomy