Retaliation Against Physicians - David Stoltzman, M.D. Eisenhower v. Stoltzman (medical staffs are separate and self-governing) Issue: This case involved a decision by Eisenhower Memorial Hospital’s Board of Trustees to refuse to recognize the officer chosen by the medical staff to lead the medical staff in the performance of its professional work. The Board’s action was based on a bylaw provision which purported to grant the Board unchecked power to decide who can and cannot be chief of staff. On September 6, 1989, the CMA filed an amicus curiae brief with the California Court of Appeal (4th Dist.), arguing that medical staffs must be separate and self-governing, and thus must have the right to choose their own representatives, as this issue is at the center of the question of self-governance. Outcome: This case was settled in favor of the medical staff and is not published. Read CMA Amicus Brief