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Where Do I Report Medical Malpractice?

August 10, 2024

So, you or a family member have been hurt by medical malpractice. What should you do? Should you report the health care provider who harmed you to your state’s medical board? Public Citizen has reported, “Given the observed wide variation in serious disciplinary actions taken per 1,000 p[...]

Maryland Pain Management Doctor Who Sexually Abused Patients Has His Request For Reinstatement Denied

January 24, 2022

The Maryland Board of Physicians (“Board”), in its Order dated December 27, 2021, denied the application for reinstatement filed by a Maryland pain management doctor, finding that he was not fit to return to the practice of medicine and further ordering that the doctor not apply for rein[...]

“Butt Butcher” Cosmetic Surgeon Has His New York Medical License Revoked

January 30, 2019

On January 9, 2019, the New York State Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct revoked the medical license of a 55-year-old Brooklyn, New York gynecologist who performed liposuction and other cosmetic surgery procedures on patients at night in his Manhattan office. The doctor was[...]

Cleveland Clinic Resident Fired After Social Posts About “Giving Wrong Meds” To Jews Discovered

January 12, 2019

The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio announced that it has fired a first-year resident after it was discovered that she had tweeted numerous anti-Semitic rants, including on August 28, 2013: “@ShabanSalya Allah yo5od el yahood 3ashan enbattel nettar nroo7 3nd hel wes5een -___- [May Allah take back (en[...]

Disruptive Delaware Doctor Ordered To Pay Hospital’s Attorney’s Fees

January 3, 2014

The Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (“Delaware Supreme Court”) affirmed a lower court’s decision that an orthopedic surgeon who previously had privileges at a Delaware hospital must pay the hospital’s attorney’s fees in the amount of $412,942.85 and costs in the a[...]

State Medical Boards Are Failing Patients

August 25, 2013

An investigation report appearing in USA TODAY on August 20, 2013 found that thousands of doctors throughout the United States who lost their clinical privileges at hospitals and other medical facilities due to their misconduct were not punished by the state medical boards that were responsible fo[...]

Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Disciplinary Statistics

February 27, 2012

When a doctor or other medical provider commits medical malpractice and a medical malpractice claim is paid on his/her behalf, the medical malpractice payment is supposed to be officially reported and the appropriate disciplinary agency is supposed to investigate the medical malpractice claim and ta[...]

California Doctor Discipline Is Dismal

January 3, 2012

While doctors relentlessly attack medical malpractice lawsuits as “frivolous,” it is a statistical fact that doctors with more than one medical malpractice claim or disciplinary action are responsible for a disproportionate number of medical malpractice claims. Therefore, doctors with di[...]

Louisiana Physician Medical Malpractice Complaints And Disciplinary Actions

November 6, 2011

The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners states on its website that it is “responsible for protecting the public’s health and safety by determining qualifications of applicants for licensure, enforcing the medical practice act through the rule making process and by disciplining li[...]

Examples Of New York Physician Misconduct Other Than Medical Malpractice

November 2, 2011

Physicians (medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy) may be disciplined by their respective state disciplinary boards for their actions that may be criminal in nature or otherwise not strictly based on “medical malpractice.” In a recent matter before the New York State Board for Pr[...]

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