What Others are Saying about the
Center
A letter from the
Hospital following a killer sham?
That is a
first. Who would believe it?
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Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007
5:46:44 AM
Subject: Happy Holidays!!
Dear Rich, Our spirits were raised today when we read
the APOLOGY letter from our old hospital. It has been
expensive, stressful, and educational for myself and my
family to survive the ordeals begun a year ago. Thanks
for your ongoing support and for always being there for us.
Talking to you first prevented me from doing or saying the
wrong thing....our surgeons' angel!! Thanks for everything!!
T.H, DO, FACOOG
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Dr. Richard
Willner
Center for Peer
Review Justice
December 10,
2007
Dear Rich,
Until recently,
I had never known the real depths of
despair. As an individual who has
desired to be a physician from a
very young age, witnessing
first-hand the near destruction of
my career was tantamount to being
annihilated as a person. Your
perseverance to rectify my situation
and to seek-out the hidden method to
unravel and thus resolve the dilemma
of my career is nothing but
phenomenal. The drive with which
you approached the case and your
unyielding desire to see this
“wrong” put to “right” is
remarkable. Few individuals have
the motivation to help anyone in a
situation such as this, yet you
assisted me although I was
previously unknown to you. Quickly,
you established a method to salvage
my career. You did that for me as
well as many others. I can not
thank you enough for the work that
you have accomplished.
If I could
reward you the Nobel Prize for
humanitarianism… I would do so.
There are many unsung heroes in this
world. You are definitely one of
them. A civil rights activist of
sorts…. Leading the fight for those
unjustly accused who have committed
no crime except that of desiring
quality. Unfortunately, the medical
community has named the outspoken
disruptive. Ironic, I think, in a
land where speech is to be free. Is
it really free if it costs one
his/her career? I think not.
I applaud your
efforts and those of your hidden
“band of brothers” who guide you
along the way.
May you
continue to persevere for those of
our medical family who are unjustly
persecuted.
Please continue
your grass-roots efforts to inform
the uninformed of the misnomer
assigned to the phrase peer review.
With heart-felt
gratitude,
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December 5,
2007 6:07:10 AM
Subject: RE:
Orlando Medical News
Fascinating, Rich.
I have to say, when I read this,
I felt a deep sense of pride &
privilege. I wish my Mom had
been alive to know what you¢re
doing. She was like that; she'd
stand up, and defend others,
the weak, and those who've been
given a raw deal. You ended up
helping many, many others with
their careers. This is not only
cool, it¢s great. I¢m really
impressed at the position you've
established here. You¢re a
f***** ghost buster!
B. B.
- December 2007 - Follow Link for
Orlando
Medical News Article
- Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:36:18 PM
Subject: LOUISIANA MEDICAL NEWS
DATE: October 30, 2007
TO: Richard Wilner, DPM
RE:
LOUISIANA MEDICAL NEWS
(follow link
for full article)
Rich:
Congratulations! This is an excellent article. I
applaud your accomplishments, and wish you
continued success in the battle against the
'Whores of Healthcare'.
Sincerely,
M. P., M.D.
Dr. Richard B. Willner’s
crusade began seven years ago with an e-mail. In it,
Dr. Brian Gale described his battle
with the North Dakota Board of Podiatric Medical
Examiners. Gale maintained the dispute began when he
left another doctor’s practice to begin his own. That
doctor sued Gale, and the board filed disciplinary
charges against Gale. The resulting ordeal was at the
eight-year mark when Willner got involved. By that time,
Gale had run through seven attorneys and burned through
more than $500,000 in legal fees, only to lose at the
state Supreme Court.
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| Dr. Richard Willner |
“I asked him to send me a copy of the source
documents,” Willner said. “He sent me 29 pounds worth. I
went through them. I saw he was 100 percent truthful,
and I did not understand how a state board could
terrorize a licensee. I volunteered to help him.” Three
years later, every board member had resigned from the
North Dakota board, Willner said.
“You’ve got a guy, a middle-aged man who said, ‘You
know, I don’t really want to do another hammer toe
surgery again. I’ve had enough,’” Willner said. “I want
to do something better. I want to do something dynamic.”
He founded The Center for Peer Review Justice Inc. The
center now has offices in Kenner and Dallas. Eventually
Willner retired as a podiatrist.
Source: Ted Griggs, Louisiana Medical News
[10/25/07] |
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September 24, 2007 7:19:29 PM
Subject: Re: Holiday Season
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Rich,
I too want to wish you and your
family the happiest of holidays! I
am still hopeful that all of your
efforts will help to salvage the
career my husband has worked so hard
for, literally giving up everything
to dedicate himself to the care of
his patients. It is heartbreaking to
watch such a truly gifted surgeon,
who has made such a profound
difference in the lives of so many,
be literally robbed of his
livelihood and his ability to
provide for his own family --
unjustly, by others who feel
threatened by his skill and
compassion. For literally five years
now I have watched the man I love
suffer in a way I never knew
possible...the collateral damage is
unfathomable.
If it weren't for your ongoing
encouragement and support, I don't
know what might have happened... you
continue to be his beacon of light
leading him out of the darkness. I
too will never forget you and will
forever be grateful for all that you
have and continue to do to help him!
You are an angel of mercy sent from
heaven above to fight for the
downtrodden when they have lost the
will to fight for themselves. Words
cannot express the gratitude I feel
for allthe support you continue to
provide!
Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year!
Pam
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- Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Richard all of you will be recognized for your good deeds.
Since experiencing the process first hand the world seems a
much more complex place than just a few months ago. I look
around and every one is gunning for doctors. What is the
point of all this schooling, training, experience and talent
if groups want you obliterated on whim? Is this the price
of physician existence constant? vigilance, preparation, and
engagement? As an aside I remember Clarence Thomas during
his nomination hearings refer to a "lynching" Justice
Thomas has no clue what a real lynching is.
Modern organized medicine is a joke. Physicians need to
take some of that money they are throwing away and donate it
to a group that can help them where the rubber meets the
road.
The "REAL" organized medicine is the CPRJ and its think
tank.
As Yom Kippur approaches:
Gmar hatimah tovah
Baruch atah adonai
Peace, S.M., MD
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Sept 17, 2007
My husband did not utilize Rich. He decided to continue it
on his own. Rich will work very hard for you. I am
familiar with the cases he has won and it's incredible
actually. Rich is relentless & an amazing individual.
Thank you and good luck. I wish you the best. I was not
prepared for the battle. It was relentless and shocking &
so very unfair. My husband was my soul mate & best friend.
He was a beautiful human being: Generous, kind, nurses
referred to him as a gift to their hospital. It's important
that you do not try to carry this all on your own. I trust
that you have a tremendous support system.
Candace (widow of obstetrician who committed suicide)
- August 7, 2007
Dr. McKalip, the biggest risk to medical practice
economic viability I have never heard mentioned at the FMA,
AMA, or any county medical society meeting.
Read this excellent article (link below) and the insert
sections on peer review. As a 2 time FMA delegate who is
just beginning to get a feel for the process, I may have
simply missed resolutions on this issue. Ultimately
the biggest imminent threat to your practice economic
viability and your medical licensure comes not from
insurance companies but from your fellow physicians and
local hospital systems.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03299/234499.stm
The 4 part series of articles was written in 2003 and I
cannot believe I had no clue about their significance and
content. There are few if any organizations that actually
help physicians with this threat to their economic practice
viability. It is quite literally the mucormycosis of your
professional career. Like that disease it is rare, poorly
recognized, and rapidly devastating with high degree of
morbidity and mortality.
http://www.peerreview.org/
I have no financial interest in the center for peer review
justice except that I am a member.
Sam MD
- April 19, 2007 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Sham Peer Review survival
Rich, thank you for keeping me abreast and updated.
You are an Angel of Light for the professionals. A strength
during their storm, a light of hope and one who is able to
produce results in favor of the Professional.
Candace
(widow of obstetrician who committed
suicide)
- Tuesday, April 17, 2007 4:25 AM
Dear Rich,
It has been a pleasure working with you. By taking your
advice, even when it seemed to go against what some attorney
and medical practice advisors told me, I am saved. Unless
you have experienced a shamming, you won't know how
isolating and anxiety producing life in the hospital
trenches can be. Your experience and knowledge were my light
and beacon. You can't cover true light with darkness.
All of the "experts" that I have had to use in my situation
did their jobs, you actually helped me stay on the correct
course. I now have many "experts" interested in your opinion
and we have been working with your advice in mind.
My husband was happy that I could call you late at night,
over weekends, multiple times when we needed to do some
problem solving. I was actually able to have some wonderful
family moments during this very rough patch, because the
Center helped me to "decompress".
Some of my colleagues, who knew I was being shammed, were
impressed by how happy and calm I was during my peer review
process. It wasn't Prozac; it was Rich. I was able to stay
positive and focused on saving my career because you helped
me maintain my confidence in myself.
My life took a different course than expected. I am on the
verge of some wonderful opportunities. It was because you
kept me strong with my head held high, that I was able to
see that there were other places to use my skills. You have
many connections to very useful and talented people. It was
wonderful to belong to this medical, professional
fraternity.
I owe you everything. I will gladly help others if I can.
Please let me know what I can do. Sham peer review is a
career - ender. Sham peer review should be stopped. It can
happen to anyone.
Sincerely,
TH, OB/GYN
- Sunday, February 25, 2007 5:59 AM
Seems to me Rich, you look like my guardian angel. I can
just barely make out the halo.
OB GYN Michigan
- Dec 15, 2006
Rich,
It is really quite amazing to me the degree of perseverance
you have for working on these sham peer review cases. As we
all know, some of these cases take a great deal of time to
resolve, yet you continue to look for windows of opportunity
until there is a resolution. The resolution we all seek is
to get back to work in our field of training, and nobody has
a success record that can compare to yours.
I want to thank you for your consideration and continuing
efforts, and always being available whenever I have a
question or a problem. I can't think of anyone else, in any
business, who is literally available all hours of all the
days of the week! I cannot imagine trying to negotiate this
course without your assistance.
Sincerely,
R. L., M.D.
- December 2006 -
Dear Rich:
Thank you for the long
email. You ARE a beacon of light.
Absolutely! I remain
deeply saddened of the reality that physicians
are being hunted and destroyed by hostile
hospital administrators, medical boards and
peers. You are fighting a war that you
certainly will win. My heart continues to
grieve for the talented professionals who become
targets and "are driven to slaughter." You are
their light and their hope. It is wonderful to
watch your organization grow.
Candace
(widow of obstetrician who committed
suicide)
- Saturday, November 04, 2006
Thanks for the encouragement Rich. I really do appreciate your
insight and perspectives relative to my situation. These have
been quite helpful. Have a great weekend even though I know
that you work continuously.
Bernie
Oct 28, 2005
I will do anything you
suggest. I am very impressed with what you have done and the people
you have surrounded yourself with. you have surrounded yourself with
reputable people and thank you for letting me even be part of this.
J.C. MD
- September 2005
Dear Rich,
Thanks for being a light in the darkness. Losing my license because
bad people did things in my office has been the pits. You have been
a great encouragement to me; and helped me to reach out and do the
right thing and the positive "makes a difference thing". You have
given me worthwhile and supportive advice and helped me to get
through these bad days. It has helped me to understand the people
and power plays behind the injustice.
You have helped me get to a positive outcome. I think you have a
great grasp of the games being played .I just would like you to know
that I count you among my friends. Sometimes you have to do what
creates the best outcome, not what ever comes first to mind. I was
really too mad and down to think straight.
I would recommend your consulting for anyone that gets shot down by
a very flawed system. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Sincerely,
Dr K.
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Sunday, September 04, 2005
Dr. Willner,
I want to thank you for your support throughout my dealings with
peer review fraud since 2001. You have truly helped my family and I
survive this crime.
Your knowledge and expertise have proven to be invaluable in matters
of peer review fraud. I would strongly recommend that anyone who
thinks they may be involved in a medical staff conflict contact you
immediately. To ignore this recommendation is foolhardy, and could
mean the end of a career. Those of us who have been through these
events know. You are truly an expert, if not the only expert, in
this field.
A physician may be represented by one of the best attorneys money
can buy, but I guarantee they are still handicapped if they don't
have your support. No affiliation with any physician group (AMA, TMA,
etc.) is going to significantly help, either. Of all the money I
have spent on defending myself, I have only seen returns on the
investment in time and money I have made with you and your
organization.
In fact, I fear there is nobody who could continue the services that
you and your organization provide should anything happen to you. So,
you and your family are welcome to stay at my home anytime a
hurricane threatens Louisiana again.
I never knew such acts as peer review fraud were possible in the
U.S. Fortunately, you have been helping victims of peer review fraud
successfully fight this (type of crime) for years! Your organization
is more valuable, both to the physician and the public, than the
AMA.
Sincerely,
R. M.D.
Chief, Dept. of Surgery-
Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
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All of us who are reasonable and concerned about peer review
know of Rich's abilities and dedication. He has a vast amount of
experience in this area as well as connections and a sound fund of
knowledge. We need him and physicians who have been shammed need
him.
MD JD
- "I think we need to have Rich Willner involved in the US Congressional hearings. He would bring a
wealth of experience in the trenches and has a database of numerous
cases. He also could give a more broad perspective than most of our
members."
Bill (Chairman) 3-31-05
- Lawrence Huntoon, MD, PhD, Neurologist, Editor of the AAPS
Journal
Comment about Dr Willner August 2004You are unique.
Lawyers are not unique.
When people encounter something
or someone unique, they tend to shy
away from him or it, not knowing what
to make of it. Such is the curse of
greatness and uniqueness.
M any people initially thought Einstein was a hopeless
idiot.
He was different.
Ugly attitudes is like flak.
You know you
are flying over the target when you start
to see flak all around you.
Smile, you're
the one in the plane with the bombs.
No you wouldn't do anything else.
I know you better than that.
You really like what you do, and you do
it well.
Whether idiots recognize that or not
doesn't matter.
Remember, they are the idiots.
And, I appreciate your methods.
When you are outnumbered and outgunned, and there is nothing fair about
the playing field, the only option is "under the radar," stealth,
"guerilla warfare."
Larry
- by J.
Matthews , MD
Richard Willner is clearly the front runner in
the area of Advocacy in the Peer Review Arena.
This is an area where the Peer Review Organizations enjoy an incredible
shield of Immunity which insulates them from having grievances addressed
in a legal arena.
These are human Beings making
decisions on issues that often relate to personality, professional
relationships, often secret, personal agendas, market shares, styles of
practice, life styles, race, religion and many other things that should
not be part of the peer review process.
Richard Willner has mastered the area of Extra Legal Methods to address
the Peer Review Organizations. How do you Shine a Light on things that
these Boards and Committees have done. They do not like the negative
publicity that results when their mistakes and often corruption is made
public.
Advocacy costs money. One should not expect it to be free. People who
promote things deserve to be compensated. That is whether they are
advocating as a Lobbyist, or preparing an advertising campaign for a
product or your practice. Richard Willner acts as a personal advocate for
individuals to bring their case to light, or possibly to restore a
reputation that has been trashed.
There are not many people who do what Richard Willner does.
Where
would you begin to find someone with his skills or even to know that
someone with his skills exists when you need them. Certainly the best place to tell people about yourself and
your services is anywhere that you are explaining what has happen need to
others.
You may not like the fact that there is someone
there advocating for people who have gotten shafted...but he has been
successful because you know he is there.
Richard WILLNER
is a Master of the Extra Legal Approach to Defense against Administrative
Injustice. You should be thankful that there is someone that is there to
help you when you need him
- I think it is a major accomplishment - i.e. it is
extremely difficult, if not impossible, in
most cases, for a prophet to be recognized in his own town (comes from the
New Testament).
Justice and fairness that is dependent on people and not the rule of law
is a very tenuous thing. People come and go.
Lawrence Huntoon, MD, PhD
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Hi, The
widow of a physician driven to suicide told me of your Center. I am
thrilled, as I am now unemployed and unemployable as a result of
character assassination and State Board malice.
I will call you Monday for more information and to join, but wanted to
send this after reading your web site, to let you know that you are a
beacon in the wilderness, a light of reassurance and a comfort simply by
being there.
I cannot tell you how eager I am to get involved, to join you, and to
plead for your help.
Rick H.
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Medical Forum Post
July 2003
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- Comments sent by California General
and Neurosurgeon - 7/22/04
- "My thanks to Dr. Willner for taking so
much time to speak with me. I plan to inform my attorney that I would like
to obtain advice from your organization in order to put a stop to S.M.
Hospital from their repetitive career assassinations. They have their own
HMO, and if you do not "belong" to the chosen group then you are a target.
I've been threatened directly by the administrator to join their group or
he'll "drive me out of town." They also have one particular physician who
has sold his soul to S.M. Hospital and readily criticizes any and
all individuals whom he just does not like. The S.M. Hospital also has a
surgeon who is one of their HMO docs who is used to ruin the "outside"
surgeons....Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have enjoyed a
stellar career in surgery and have an impeccable reputation in community.
BUT, the hospital and their paid whores have tarnished it."
- The Center for Peer Review Justice
quoted as a source by the
AMA
"Your
accomplishments on defending your clients is more than remarkable. It's
miraculous. But I know DAMN well it is the result of hard work, gritty
intelligence on your part and a creativity that defies your toughest
adversaries. Rich, they didn't know what they were up against...YOU.
I'm so
proud of you I could shake you by your shoulders and give you a hug."
Dr Mike
Rosenblatt
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Dear Dr.Willner,
Thank you for
listening to me and trying to help me. You are a very good
person, honest, sincere, trust worthy, over all a person who
really cares and says and does what is
practical/real/helping with open heart...no amount of money
can do that....I am so much grateful I met you and you are
helping me.
Thank you DOC....
You are one of a kind...
R.M. MD
"I admire your diligence and commitment to this very
important area. While you may not receive the thanks you obviously
deserve, I am certain that there is many a health professional who
has benefited from your dedication.
One day, all of us that are committed to this very important issue
where medicine and law converge will celebrate HCQIA's being
amended to mandate constitutional due process and move the burden
of persuasion from the physicians to the Hospitals. We are only
one Supreme Court case away.
Keep up the good work.
South Carolina Lawyer
(name available upon request)
Remember, great is your reward in heaven"
Sept 25, 2003 Post to Forum -
"The director of
the Sham Peer Review Organization, actually a podiatrist, has demonstrated
absolutely enormous accomplishments that are now changing the very face of
MD, DO, DDS and DPM peer review!"
Sept 26, 2003 Post to Forum
- "If
you are ever unfortunate enough to be exposed to a peer review situation,
you will thank God every day for the work and accomplishments of Richard
Willner."
5/12/04 -
"To
Whom it May Concern:
I am writing this to commend Richard Willner, president of the Center for
Peer Review Justice, Inc. In a very short period of time, he developed a plan and
approach that saved my professional career. If I had taken the approach
that I had in mind, I would have undeservedly though undoubtedly lost my
hospital privileges. Due to what I experienced of Richard Willner’s
passion, dedication, creativity, and keen intelligence - I recommend him to
all physicians in all the varieties and all stages of trouble that we can
find ourselves in. If Harriet Tubman can be called the Moses of African
Slaves, I think it is appropriate to call Richard Willner the Moses of
beleaguered physicians."
Sincerely, Annie Bukacek MD
June 6, 2004 - " Richard is my
hero." R.A, MD, JD
Author: Lydia H Grotti, MD, FCCP
Subject: Richard Willner and the Center for Peer Review Justice
Thank God for Richard Willner!
When I was at my lowest point in my
ongoing battle for the right to work in the field of my dreams,
that for which I trained for 6 years and in which I am board
certified, a voice came to me over the phone, telling me that I
am not alone in this farce that is called "disciplinary action
by the Board" or "peer review". He got me in touch with others
whom I could support and who could support me.
I was given renewed hope and will stand
tall for what is right and speak out for what is wrong. I will
remain a proponent of the patient's (and their surrogates')
right to make their own decision about their End of Life Care
and of the physician's duty to abide by that decision. I will
also remain a proponent of a patient's right to a dignified and
comfortable death, without fear, anxiety and/or pain. That is
the law and I followed the law, despite accusations to the
contrary.
With the support of the Center, Richard
Willner and my lawyers, I am confident that justice (or some
semblance thereof) will prevail. If my accusers win, Critical
Care, End of Life Care (including Hospice Care) will be set back
decades and patients will once again SUFFER death.
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Date: February 01, 2002 11:54 PM
Author: Brian Gale (brian@BrianGale.com )
Subject: I have the scars of
a Sham Peer Review
I have been fighting a battle since 1993. Some say they would have
given up a long time ago. Others say I'm lucky that I still have my
home and my clinic although payments on everything are always late.
I've also been told that I'm lucky I've only spent about $500k or so
even though it translates into several million down the road.
Thanks to Rich Willner and a few other friends and relatives I'm
still alive and kicking. There are some extremely important rules
about going up against hospitals and boards; the faster someone
accepts them as fact, the better chance they have of prevailing.
Rich Willner is without a doubt the number one expert in the United
States on this subject. I know that's saying a lot but I have spent
hundreds of hours speaking to him and we have exchanged somewhere in
the range of thousands of emails.
He reads every case he can get his hands on and understands how the
evil system works. Most of our conversations lately have been about
people who are spending hundreds of thousands on lawyers who don't
have a clue what they're doing. When a lawyer calls Rich, Rich can
give them the legal cases they need to try to make a difference.
Rich is worth his weight in gold and then some when it comes to
someone who has been abused as some of us have. Just take a look at
www.briangale.com . The web site was Rich's idea. At first my wife
and I really hesitated because I was in the process of cashing in my
entire retirement (not that it was that big) as well as our kids
colleges savings, just to be able to pay some bills. Reluctantly we
went along with it and it has been given us a tremendous return on
our very small investment.
The web site literally neutralized a lot of the "evil doers" as
President Bush calls them. There is no time to fight back and get on
the offensive because all of the shammed person's time is spent on
the defensive side.
I spent 8 years and now I have finally managed to have almost all of
the members of our state board that shammed me replaced. I did this
only with the help of Rich Willner.
For those of you who read this and are in a similar predicament;
join the Center for Peer Review Justice. It was the ONLY thing I did
in the past 8 years that saved me.
I'm not out of this mess yet but I'm in better shape now than I have
ever been. I understand the system and the players. Now I tell my
lawyer what he needs to do and how to handle things after Rich and I
have extensive discussions about it. My lawyer is still involved and
has the final say about what he will and won't do and everything
that is done is legal; whether the lawyer(s) know about it or not.
These people (shammers) take very little time to do one thing that
creates years of pain, suffering and nightmares for us and our
families. Depression is a given for all of us. At times we are
paralyzed emotionally and physically so we are too weak to fight
back. We try to hold our families together because they are the most
precious commodity we have and that takes so much time and energy
that there is nothing left.
Rich Willner has given me hope. He has been the "equalizer" for me.
Why did he get involved? Because he loves a challenge and he
couldn't believe that the things I posted publicly on another forum
could be true. When he did his own investigation a few years ago, he
began opening up the world of sham peer review.
As bad as things are and have been I still have many things to be
thankful for. I am alive, I have my health. For some reason I still
have my wife (many leave for obvious reasons) and little girls too.
Many of us who have been shammed are not as lucky as me. If I could
take all the pain my wife has endured away and put it inside me
because of what I have been put through I would gladly take it from
her.
In simple terms the answer is networking and fighting back. Think of
it as the ultimate challenge of your life. There are no rules except
for the one's the shammers make up as they go. You have nothing to
lose because your (my) life has been destroyed professionally. Take
it on as if it becomes your only mission in life. "Take no
prisoners." You have to pull out every bit of passion you can muster
and keep pushing on.
The first step is to contact Rich AND do what he says; take his
advice. We have to begin aggressively helping each other. A huge
advantage that Rich gives us is that he can get a number of reviews
for anyone at any given time from authoritative leaders in the
specialty field of his choice. If anyone needs my help I'm
available. This is not a fight that can be won with just the lawyers
through the courts. That's what they want us to do is go through the
legal process. It doesn't cost them a penny while it breaks us and
our families.
Call me any time to talk or for advice.
Brian Gale, DPM, FACFAS 701-255-3338 clinic 701-202-1885 cellular
701-223-8841 home
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Dr. Brian Gale
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competition "owns" the State Board of your specialty. A Peer Review
Justice client that has his license back and is catching up on his bills!
I have the scars of a sham peer review!
- Oct 17, 2006 - Jay Schindler, MD, a neurosurgeon, won a major
victory today when the Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment under HCQIA
was DENIED (as to the relevant parties) today in his federal lawsuit in
Wisconsin.
Jay is a really credible, honest and driven physician. Patient care is his
passion in life and he was frankly a victim of his own success, being
shammed only because he was more efficient and productive than his
competitors. His ouster was based essentially on a single complicated case.
He and his wife Jean have fought courageously against the powerful
defendants in his case and today it paid off.
- Dr. Steven Dilsaver - Outstanding psychiatrist wishes to return to his home state of California to
practice medicine and is placed on severe probation in spite of begin licensed
in several other states and being a widely recognized researcher and author of
many journal articles in the field of psychiatry. No malpractice cases, no
criminal charges; just the stigma of admitting to a prior treatment for a
mental illness over 5 years ago.
-
Dr. Philip J Leonard
- NEVER place a bottle of lidocaine or
keep a cell phone in your pants pocket. Info at
www.philipleonard.com and
www.thankyoudrleonard.com
Transcripts from TSMBE
Temporary Suspension Hearing
- Dr. Pat Herrera - An Alabama
physician receives an inquiry on his prescriptions for pain killers from an
insurance company, at the same time that two teenagers (who had no
relationship to Dr Herrera) die of an overdose. A media feeding frenzy
results. The state board shows it's muscle by revoking Herrera's license.
A
judge has demanded reinstatement...but the board has not given up. Currently
he has his license but can't write prescriptions!
- Dr. Lorraine Martinez - a temporary hospital
suspension escalates out of control for a New Mexico
obstetrician/gynecologist.
- Lydia Grotti,
MD- 8/22/2003 Temporary Win!
(Follow Link for story)
Details of
her case the fight continues
- Laura Crafton, MD - Dr Crafton was
Shammed Peer Reviewed when she had a contract dispute with the Hospital. Laura
was particularly well loved as she ministered to the spiritual needs of her
patients as well. Dr Crafton has never been sued for malpractice in her
entire long career!! Dr Crafton's name is included in the National
Practitioner Data Bank and can no longer practice Medicine. Think
Laura is a "Bad Doc"? Please read on...
-
Robert Weitzel, MD,
Psychiatrist - Utah pain physician charged with
murder;
When he asked, Dr. Weitzel was told he was being investigated
because he was "a psychiatrist prescribing opiates".
-
Dr James Thompson -
HCA whistleblower
- Annelle Blanchard, MD, Peer Reviewed To Death !!
- Dr Ron Virmani - a
OB-GYN claims he faced racial discrimination in the peer review process and
can't have access to 20 years of peer review records to prove his case.
- Clive Sinoff M.D
- an oncologist in Cleveland, Ohio. Even now, Dr. Sinoff is wading through the mine field of
"peer review."
- Roland Chalifoux,MD, - Dallas Texas, Neurosurgeon
Featured in Due Process or Personal Assassination
- more info in the Members only section
- Robert J. Sinaiko, M.D
- under investigation and prosecution by the California Medical Board, primarily because they challenge
his right to engage in decisions about care grounded in clinical experience, academic research and framed by a thorough informed consent
procedure. At the heart of their complaint was his use of the allergy treatment approach now widely preferred in England, Enzyme
Potentiated Desensitization (EPD). While safer, more effective, more efficient and ultimately more economical, the Medical Board
challenged my right as an allergist to have access to this treatment.
- Dr David Odom - Fairbanks, Alaska anesthesiologist-
won in the courts in April but the hospital continues to fight back...( complaints began when he started to form a free-standing outpatient surgical
center.)
- Dr Lawrence Bailey
- Dr Nancy Lynn Rogers -
Louisiana neurosurgeon feels like she's caught in a Dukes of Hazard episode-
unfortunately it's real!
- Dr. Margaret
Nordell
- Dr.Carl Bernofsky -
Tulane's discrimination, defamation, and retaliation Against
Jewish Professor of Medicine Asserted in wrongful termination and
subsequent lawsuits
- Dr. Sundar Nilavar - My only
crime was being very vocal advocate of quality issues in patient care and refuse
to dance to the tune of Admn. I told them orally & in writing that I will try to
do the best I can to my patients (as if they are my family) without regard to
interest of Hosp Admn or HMOs or any other bottom line oriented pencil pushers!
- Dr. Martin Goldman
-Jackson County Circuit Judge John Moran found that the hospital denied due
process to Dr. Martin Goldman, the head of Truman's radiology department, when
it sought to remove him in December 1997.
- Bahram Zamanian, M.D
-
cardiologist in New Orleans, LA. Note the discussion of bad faith peer review and the
law in the legal opinion from the circuit court of appeals.
- John Minarcik, MD
- a Florida pathologist who was jumped on by a large hospital chain. Even though the courts
backed him, the hospital just won't quit!
- David A. Shaller, M.D. contested his dismissal from the
Veterans Administration after he protested substandard care of patients on
ventilators by persons untrained in same.
-
Dr. Stephen W. Smith, US Army
- Stephen Smith took on the entire Army. And even
though he "won" they continue to take potshots. For detailed info visit
his website.
- Tai-Min Chen MD -
Suspension; Fort Wayne, IN
April 27, 2000
- P.V. Patel, MD - Midland, Texas
cardiologist
- Dr Patton
- Dr Conner (California)
-Conner was denied reappointment to Salina following a peer review panel
recommended against the reappointment. The district court said it was private
and there were no federal grounds
- Pankaj Desai, MD - New York plastic surgeon decided to expand his practice; competition went
into attack mode
- More Tales of bad faith or "sham" peer review
- growing list...EPIDEMIC
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Deadly"
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