Criminal Behavior at UC Davis Med School
J. Paul Muizelaar Stuart Cohen Claire Pomeroy Allan Siefkin
(Anna Orlowski, UCMed Lawyer)A federal lawsuit with ugly allegations is boiling over at UC Davis Medical School. Four physicians who hold top posts in the UC Davis Health System are being sued for allegedly retaliating against a young surgeon who attempted to call out the university for protecting an unlicensed department head.
Named as defendants in the suit are (pictured above from l. to r.): Dr. Jan Paul Muizelaar, chairman of neurological surgery; Dr. Stuart Cohen, chief of staff at the medical center; Dr. Claire Pomeroy, dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine, and Dr. Allan Siefkin, chief medical officer at the medical center.
According to court documents: "Dr. Chang [the plaintiff] had a zero death rate, as compared to Dr. Muizelaar, who had the highest mortality rate among all five neurosurgeons [in the department]."
The suit continues: "Dr. Muizelaar has been the subject of multiple (in excess of 10) medical malpractice lawsuits and many other breaches of … standards of care, Dr. Chang has not been sued for malpractice" during the comparable period.
Between June 2004, when he went to work at the medical center, and the spring of 2006, "Dr. Chang's professional performance was considered excellent," the suit says. However, it says, that was "before he spoke out on Dr. Muizelaar's unlicensed, illegal medical practices and documented medical incompetence."
The peer review that preceded Chang's suspension "is not warranted," the suit declares. "It is a setup by those who have a vested interest in destroying the evidence of Dr. Muizelaar's practices and incompetence." Chang is being punished for whistleblower speech protected by the Constitution's First Amendment, the suit states.
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