When someone like me comes in, they become a target.” “Neurosurgeons have a competitive interest and want to control the referral of patients and control the care so they can have a monopoly over the area. Absolute power makes people corrupt and get away with egregious behavior, which has a negative effect on patient care. Something needs to change because people can hide behind peer review and target innocent people. If you’re outside the group and not in the in crowd, you can become a target which impacts your professional reputation and threatens your livelihood. “They can target someone and have them removed without any accountability. The peer review process used to evaluate him was a sham, Roberts’ says because those making complaints can be protected and are immune from prosecution. I’m the only African American doctor in the entire hospitals. Now they’re attempting to squeeze me to death. “That was the first sign of problems to come subsequently that same surgeon refused to let me see patients in the emergency room and filed false complaints against me. Tim Keenan, another neurosurgeon, refused to shake his hand, and used the N word before walking away. While touring Meridian Park shortly after arriving in 2011, Roberts’ claims that Dr. Warren Roberts’ contends the other neurosurgeons at the hospital conspired against him, conducted a sham peer review process and sought to have him removed as a competitor. An African American neurosurgeon at Legacy Meridian Park Hospital has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging racial discrimination.ĭr.
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