Plaintiffs Donna Hope and her husband bring this appeal from the trial court’s grant of defendant Dr. David Kranc’s motion to dismiss their medical malpractice complaint, including its expert affidavit, as insufficient under OCGA § § 9-11-9.1 and 24-9-67.1. We affirm. The record shows that Hope and her husband filed their complaint for negligence and loss of consortium on June 18, 2008. The complaint alleged that Darren Strickland, M.D., had performed a hysterectomy resulting in perforations of the bladder and a urinary leak into Hope’s vagina; that Dr. Strickland referred Hope to Dr. Kranc; that in early March 2006, Dr. Kranc performed a cystoscopy and a surgery for vaginal repair, but that these procedures failed to correct the problem; that two subsequent procedures by Dr. Kranc also failed; and that Hope had suffered urine burns and had been forced to wear a catheter and diapers. The complaint also alleged that Kranc had performed too many procedures in too short a time and that he had failed to refer Hope to a more qualified physician. Plaintiffs attached the affidavit of William J. Hammond, M.D., to their complaint. Dr. Hammond’s affidavit stated that he was a family practitioner physician licensed to practice in Georgia, that he had been a member of the medical staff at Dorminy Medical Center of Fitzgerald for “more than 25 years,” and that he had “been engaged in the regular practice of medicine for at least three years out of the five years preceding the date of this affidavit.”
On August 21, 2008, Hope amended her complaint detailing the allegations against Dr. Kranc by referring to and attaching an amended affidavit by Dr. Hammond. The amended affidavit stated that during his time at Dorminy, Dr. Hammond had “actively performed or participated in over 100 operations, including hysterectomies, cholecystectomies and caesarian sections,” and that he was “familiar with the standard of care pertaining to medical requirements as to frequency of operations and standards requiring referral of female patients to a more skilled urologist or urology specialty center.”
