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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Luzerne County Judge Lesa Gelb has ordered Geisinger Health System to provide payroll and benefit data for top executives and doctors in a lawsuit regarding the death of Dr. Jennifer Sidari.</p><p>Sidari graduated in 2013 with the first class of The Commonwealth Medical College in Scranton. She died unexpectedly of complications resulting from a blood clot that year at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where she was to begin her first year of residency as a pediatrician. She visited the hospital for treatment of recurring headaches.</p><p>The West Pittston woman&#8217;s parents, Peter and Patty Sidari, filed a suit contending that errors and short staffing led to their daughter&#8217;s death when a blood clot in the brain was not diagnosed as quickly as it should have been.</p><p>The two sides have legally clashed for months over the release of some information from the hospital involving hierarchy, pay and benefits for senior staff.</p><p>Gelb issued a three-page order this week requiring Geisinger to provide:</p><p>&#8226; Hierarchy and salary, compensation and non-wage benefits for physician staff, from first year pediatric residents to attending physicians.</p><p>&#8226; The same information for chief medical officers, chief and medical executives by title.</p><p>&#8226; A list of the top 10 salaries paid to physicians and/or administrators within the Geisinger Health System.</p><p>&#8226; The company&#8217;s federal 990 forms &#8212; filed annually by non-profit organizations &#8212; for 2010-2014.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Mark Guydish</p><p>mguydish@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Mark Guydish at 570-991-6112 or on Twitter @TLMarkGuydish</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Judge orders Geisinger to release salary information in Sidari lawsuit