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Iowa Surgeon Finally Surrendered His License Following Years Of Incompetence Claims

April 6, 2021

The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported that a 40-year-old surgeon has voluntarily surrendered his Iowa medical license seventeen months after his medical license was summarily suspended and two years after his clinical privileges were suspended at various medical facilities. During his career as a surge[...]

California Plastic Surgeon Agrees To Five-Year Probation And Monitoring

January 29, 2021

The Medical Board of California has disciplined a California plastic surgeon by requiring that she be monitored and placing her on five-years probation. Dr. Laleh Shaban’s settlement of the allegations against her will allow her to continue to operate her practice, Revive MD Medical Group, and[...]

Physician Discipline Against Bad Doctors Has Been Drastically Reduced During The Coronavirus Pandemic

September 10, 2020

An investigation conducted by USA TODAY found: “As hospitals filled with COVID-19 patients and the coronavirus infected physicians and nurses, state medical boards took a hands-off approach to doctor discipline: Emergency actions against doctors’ licenses dropped 59% from April through J[...]

Maryland Pediatrician Sentenced To One Year Incarceration For Sexually Abusing Patient, Faces Many Additional Charges For Other Patients

January 31, 2020

On November 1, 2019, a long-time Maryland pediatrician was convicted of second-degree assault and fourth-degree sexual offense of an 18-year-old patient who had been his patient since she was a baby. The 69-year-old Maryland pediatrician was found not guilty of second-degree rape, reportedly because[...]

Kansas VA Seeks To Fire Urologist Accused Of Harming Patients While In Private Practice

January 24, 2020

The VA hospital in Wichita, Kansas is seeking to terminate a urologist on its staff after it became aware through a news story in a local newspaper in September 2019 that the 44-year-old urologist was reportedly disciplined by the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts (“BoardR[...]

Montana Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Suspended Gastroenterologist With Long History Of Personal Problems

August 19, 2019

A Montana couple have filed a multi-million-dollar Montana medical malpractice lawsuit against a former gastroenterologist whose Montana medical malpractice license was suspended in April 2019, with his consent, after the Montana Board of Medical Examiners found that he intentionally overdosed on Ju[...]

Toronto OB/GYN Induced Labor In Patients Without Their Consent To Line His Pockets With Profits

August 11, 2019

A long-time Toronto, Canada obstetrician/gynecologist had his ability to practice medicine revoked after an investigation determined that he induced labor in his patients by giving them dangerous drugs to hasten delivery, without their knowledge or consent, so that they would deliver their babies on[...]

Neurosurgeon Testifies During Negligent Credentialing Trial In Illinois

December 18, 2018

A neurosurgeon who allegedly operated on the wrong side of a patient’s spine, causing the patient to suffer a severe injury, testified on behalf of the defendant hospital on November 28, 2018 in an Illinois case alleging that the hospital where the surgery was performed was negligent in creden[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Revocation Of Maryland Abortion Doctor’s Medical License

June 25, 2018

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) held in its unreported opinion filed on May 30, 2018 that the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“Board”) had authority to revoke a Maryland abortion doctor’s medical license for “unprofessiona[...]

New Jersey Orthopedic Surgeon Barred From Prescribing Opioids

March 16, 2018

A New Jersey orthopedic surgeon has been temporarily barred from prescribing controlled dangerous substances (CDS) based on allegations he prescribed high dosages of addictive opioid painkillers to his patients for years without a legitimate medical purpose, often while turning a blind eye to signs [...]

New Head Of Mississippi State Board Of Medical Licensure Faced 12 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

February 27, 2018

It has been reported that the newly hired Executive Director of the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure (“Board”), which has jurisdiction over Medical Doctors (M.D.s), Osteopathic Physicians (D.O.s), Podiatrists (D.P.M.s), Physician Assistants (P.A.s), Radiology Assistants (R.A.[...]

Maryland Judge Awards $2.5M In Punitive Damages To Doctor Intentionally Humiliated By Maryland Board Of Physicians

February 18, 2018

A Maryland Circuit Court judge awarded $2.5 million in punitive damages against certain defendants whom the judge found by clear and convincing evidence had acted with actual malice toward the plaintiff doctor and his family members with regard to an order of the Maryland Board of Physicians (“[...]

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