Alliance for Patient Safety

                            All that is necessary for the triumph of evil...
                                                                ... is for good men to do nothing.

                                                                                                   Edmund Burke

Retaliation Against "Disruptive" Physicians - Methods and Strategies

Sham Peer Review

  1. Taming the Disruptive Physician by Mark T. Kawa, Esq. - as printed in an advertising supplement to The Los Angeles Business Journal - October 14, 2002, submitted to the Superior Court of California, Sacramento County in Mileikowsky v. Medical Board of California as part of the administrative record.
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  2. Taming the Disruptive Physician by Mark T. Kawa, Esq. - as posted on Mr. Kawa's website as a "featured article" - March 14, 2003
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  3. Confessions of a Serial Killer - Taming the Disruptive Physician by Mark T. Kawa, Esq. - with comments by Gil Mileikowsky, M.D.
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    For more details see, "Retaliation Against Dr. Mileikowsky"

  4. Abuse of the "Disruptive Physician" Clause - Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D. - Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons Volume 9 Number 3
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  5. "Rules of fair play don't always apply." from series The Cost of Courage
    Steve Twedt. Pittsburgh Post Gazette 10/27/2003
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  6. Tactics Characteristic of Sham Peer Review - Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D. Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons Volume 14 Number 3
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  7. Excerpts from Horty and Springer's courses, website, educational material,...
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  8. Horty Springer Audio Seminar - A New Approach for Dealing with the Disruptive Practitioner
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  9. Horty Springer Audio Seminar - Whistleblower or Disruptive Physician: How Do You Know the Difference?
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  10. More on Horty Springer Audio Seminars
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  11. Re-Engineering the Medical Staff, Simplification is Key by Suzanne van Hall, Esq.
    Published in Cost & Quality July 1997
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  12. So What Is a Sham Peer Review? - Roland Chalifoux, Jr., D.O. - Medscape 11/15/2005
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  13. Amicus Brief of the American Hospital Associaton (AHA) in opposition to retaliated against physician Lawrence Poliner, M.D. - filed August 2007 - U.S. Court of Appeals
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    More information on Dr. Poliner's case

  14. The Witch Hunt for "Disruptive" Physicians
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  15. The "Game" for the Disruptive Physician Can be Fatal
    Study in Oregon found out that 20% of physicians with licenses on suspension committed suicide, JAMA May 16, 1980, Volume 243, Number 19, 1915-1917
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  16. How to get rid of a "disruptive physician"
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  17. Excerpt from Supreme Court of Nevada published opinion in Clark v. Columbia/HCA. Decision holds that the immunity provision of HCQIA do not apply in this case. Dr. Clark's hospital privileges were previously revoked for "engaging in 'activities or professional conduct which are disruptive to Hospital operations." Quote from "facts" section of opinion.
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  18. Letter to Dr. Mileikowsky's attorney from Tenet Counsel, Mark T. Kawa, Esq. - stating that since Dr. Mileikowsky is neither a patient nor an employee of Tenet's facility, he is not protected by any "whistleblower" law
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  19. Resoutions passed by various medical societies - supporting extending "whistleblower" and "patient advocate" state and federal laws to all physicians in the country.
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