ANATOMY OF A TRAGEDY – GROSS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE NOT STOPPED BY TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD
Let me preface this posting with the fact that I am an EMT former First Responder, wife is RN, and father a physician and professor of medicine. WE all support doctors but do not support incompetent physicians who injure and kill innocent patients. Unfortunately in Texas the TEXAS STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS has a less than stellar track record of suspending grossly incompetent physicians. This must change!
| Anatomy of a Tragedy |
| In late 2010, Dr. Christopher Duntsch came to Dallas to start a neurosurgery practice. By the time the Texas Medical Board revoked his license in June 2013, Duntsch had left two patients dead and four paralyzed in a series of botched surgeries. Physicians who complained about Duntsch to the Texas Medical Board and to the hospitals he worked at described his practice in superlative terms. They used phrases like “the worst surgeon I’ve ever seen.” One doctor I spoke with, brought in to repair one of Duntsch’s spinal fusion cases, remarked that it seemed Duntsch had learned everything perfectly just so he could do the opposite. Another doctor compared Duntsch to Hannibal Lecter three times in eight minutes. Saul Elbein, Texas Observer 08/29/2013 |
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