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·1· · · · · · · · ·UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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· · ·In Re Bard IVC Filters· · · · ·§ No. MD-15-02641-PHX-DGC

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17· · · · · · ·Videotaped deposition of BRANDON KANG, M.D.,

· · · · · held at Mahaffey, Pickens & Tucker, 1550 North

18· · · · Brown Road, Suite 125, Lawrenceville, Georgia,

· · · · · commencing at 10:09 a.m., on the above date,

19· · · · before Susan D. Wasilewski, Registered

· · · · · Professional Reporter, Certified Realtime

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· · · · · Manager of Reporting Services, Florida

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·1· ·shot of your Twitter account?

·2· · · ·A.· ·Yes, it is.

·3· · · ·Q.· ·And that's your picture there, isn't it?

·4· · · ·A.· ·That is me.

·5· · · ·Q.· ·And Exhibit 12 shows that you joined

·6· ·Twitter -- and I'm not a Twitter person, so if I use

·7· ·it wrong, let me know.· You joined Twitter in March of

·8· ·2017; is that right?

·9· · · ·A.· ·Correct.

10· · · ·Q.· ·Okay.· You also have a Facebook account,

11· ·don't you?

12· · · ·A.· ·Yes.

13· · · ·Q.· ·Okay.· And I only brought with me portions of

14· ·your Twitter account.· It looks like that when you put

15· ·something on Twitter, you most often also post it to

16· ·Facebook; is that right?

17· · · ·A.· ·A lot of times I do, yes.

18· · · ·Q.· ·Do you also have a Instagram account?

19· · · ·A.· ·No.

20· · · ·Q.· ·Other than Twitter and Facebook, do you use

21· ·any other forms of social media in your professional

22· ·capacity?

23· · · ·A.· ·No.

24· · · ·Q.· ·If you would look at what I've marked as

25· ·Exhibit 11, that is a screen shot of a GIF or a short

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·1· ·video that you posted to Twitter on April 7, 2017,

·2· ·isn't it?

·3· · · ·A.· ·Yes.

·4· · · ·Q.· ·And would you read for the jury what you

·5· ·Tweeted or posted on April 7, 2017, please?

·6· · · ·A.· ·It says:· "Happy Friday.· Let's do this.

·7· ·Filter out.· Filters can say lives, but should be

·8· ·removed as soon as the risk of PE is mitigated.

·9· ·IRad," and a little cowboy.

10· · · ·Q.· ·Okay.· So when it says "filter out," it

11· ·actually says #filterOUT?

12· · · ·A.· ·Right.

13· · · ·Q.· ·At the end of your post or Tweet it says

14· ·#IRad?

15· · · ·A.· ·Uh-huh.

16· · · ·Q.· ·Is that right?

17· · · ·A.· ·Yes.

18· · · ·Q.· ·And then it has an emoji?

19· · · ·A.· ·Yeah.

20· · · ·Q.· ·Is that what that's called?· And the emoji is

21· ·a smiley face with a cowboy hat on it; is that right?

22· · · ·A.· ·Yep.· Yes.

23· · · ·Q.· ·And let's just, while we're looking at this,

24· ·this #filterOUT, is that a phrase you created?

25· · · ·A.· ·No.

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·1· · · ·Q.· ·Do you know who created that phrase?

·2· · · ·A.· ·I do not.

·3· · · ·Q.· ·Okay.· Have you seen other interventional

·4· ·radiologists posting on social media #filterOUT?

·5· · · ·A.· ·Yes.

·6· · · ·Q.· ·What other interventional radiologists have

·7· ·you seen posting that?

·8· · · ·A.· ·You mean name names?

·9· · · ·Q.· ·Yes, sir.

10· · · ·A.· ·Dr. Yu from Colorado, I mean, Gunn from

11· ·Alabama.· I mean, they're -- it's -- I mean, you can

12· ·do a search for #filterOUT and then there is a lot of

13· ·doctors Tweeting filters.

14· · · ·Q.· ·When you -- why did you join Twitter in your

15· ·professional capacity in March of 2017?

16· · · ·A.· ·That was shortly after our society meeting in

17· ·DC, March of this year, the Society of Interventional

18· ·Radiology.· I became aware during that meeting that a

19· ·lot of interventional radiologists were Tweeting

20· ·their cases and showing people things, so I thought

21· ·it was a good way to kind of join and get involved.

22· · · ·Q.· ·Your Twitter account is not limited to

23· ·interventional radiologists, correct?· I mean, I was

24· ·able to find it.

25· · · ·A.· ·Right.

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·1· · · ·Q.· ·So it's public?

·2· · · ·A.· ·I mean, it's an -- it's an open account, yes.

·3· · · ·Q.· ·It's publicly available?

·4· · · ·A.· ·Yes.

·5· · · ·Q.· ·Is that right?· And your Facebook likewise is

·6· ·public, you don't have it limited to your Facebook

·7· ·friends, for example?

·8· · · ·A.· ·Okay.

·9· · · ·Q.· ·Is that right?

10· · · ·A.· ·Yes.

11· · · ·Q.· ·Because I was able to see your Facebook.

12· · · ·A.· ·(Nodding head.)

13· · · ·Q.· ·So interventional radiologists are using

14· ·social media to communicate with each other, but

15· ·you're also using it to communicate publicly; is that

16· ·right?

17· · · ·A.· ·Yes.

18· · · ·Q.· ·Okay.· Let's go back to the April 7 Tweet

19· ·post.· "Filters can save lives," we agree with that,

20· ·right?

21· · · ·A.· ·Yes.

22· · · ·Q.· ·Okay.· And "but should be removed as soon as

23· ·the risk for PE" -- what is PE?

24· · · ·A.· ·Pulmonary embolism.

25· · · ·Q.· ·That's a blood clot, right?

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14· · · ·Q.· ·When you -- why did you join Twitter in your

15· ·professional capacity in March of 2017?

16· · · ·A.· ·That was shortly after our society meeting in

17· ·DC, March of this year, the Society of Interventional

18· ·Radiology.· I became aware during that meeting that a

19· ·lot of interventional radiologists were Tweeting

20· ·their cases and showing people things, so I thought

21· ·it was a good way to kind of join and get involved.

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