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Washington State OB/GYN Summarily Suspended

August 8, 2015

The State of Washington Department of Health Medical Quality Assurance Commission (“Commission”) issued an Ex Parte Order of Summary Suspension on July 28, 2015 against an OB/GYN who was licensed to practice medicine in Washington State, in response to the Department of Health Medical[...]

California Anesthesiologist On Cellphone During Procedure Disciplined For Gross Negligence After Patient’s Death

March 10, 2015

Earlier this year, a California anesthesiologist was disciplined by the Medical Board of California (“Board”) for gross negligence after a patient for whom he provided anesthesia services during a dental procedure died after her oxygen level fell, she had no pulse, and she was not prope[...]

Illinois Surgeon Not Disciplined Until 9 Years After Removing Wrong Organ

January 11, 2015

An Illinois surgeon who removed a patient’s wrong organ during surgery in 2005 was not professionally disciplined for his egregious wrongful act until September 24, 2014. The surgeon was disciplined by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional[...]

New York Surgeon Sued For Medical Malpractice For The 12th Time Since 1996

December 6, 2014

On October 22, 2014, a New York medical malpractice lawyer filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against an upstate New York surgeon. The lawsuit was the second medical malpractice case filed against the same surgeon in 2014. There are at least three other New York medical malpractice cases presently [...]

Florida Doctor Allowed To Surrender Medical License To Avoid Criminal Prosecution For Alleged Sexual Misconduct With Patients

November 1, 2014

On October 20, 2014, Florida officials announced that a Daytona, Florida doctor had agreed to surrender his Florida medical license pursuant to an agreement that will avoid his criminal prosecution for alleged sexual misconduct with his patients. The doctor had been charged with two counts of misd[...]

Does New York Allow Negligent Physicians To Practice Without Discipline?

October 7, 2014

In a report published in May 2014 by the New York Public Interest Research Group Fund (“NYPIRG,” a nonpartisan, not-for-profit whose mission is to affect policy reforms while training New Yorkers to be citizen advocates) entitled “Questionable Doctors[:] Negligent Doctors And T[...]

Only 4 Of 25 Florida Physicians With The Most Medical Malpractice Payouts Have Lost Their License

September 25, 2014

A review of the 25 physicians in Florida who had the largest number of medical malpractice payouts as a result of judgments and settlements found that only four of them had lost their license to practice medicine in Florida. Of the four who lost their Florida medical license, three lost their lice[...]

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[...]

Maryland Expands Board of Physicians Powers

October 8, 2013

As a result of a new Maryland law that became effective on October 1, 2013, the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“Board”) is now authorized to issue cease and desist orders to physicians and others that it regulates to stop specific acts, such as prescribing controlled dangerous su[...]

Disciplined Maryland Physician Had Second Thoughts (But Too Late)

May 17, 2013

The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Special Appeals”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, issued a decision on May 3, 2013 in a case where a physician who had consented to disciplinary terms imposed on her by the Maryland Board of Physicians (“Board̶[...]

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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