California Medical Board and troubled doctors: What you need to know
The Medical Board of California was established to protect patients by licensing doctors and investigating complaints when things go wrong. The board has a long history of going easy on troubled doctors, a Times investigation has found.
Here’s the full Los Angeles Times coverage.
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Legislation would give patients and their loved ones a long-sought voice in doctor discipline cases before the Medical Board of California.
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Two Times reporters investigated a discredited ex-doctor for allegedly practicing medicine without a license. Wild claims, a restraining order, and a court date followed.
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Action comes a month after a Times investigation found that the Medical Board of California had reinstated 10 physicians since 2013 who lost their licenses for sexual misconduct.
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Board recommends lower standard of proof, other fixes, to discipline bad doctors.
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The case is the latest to raise questions about the Medical Board of California’s practices.
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The California Medical Board has reinstated a number of doctors who sexually abused patients, a Times investigation found.
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An insider’s complaint asks the state to investigate the board, which he says fails to properly discipline doctor misconduct and dismisses patients’ claims.
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Even when it accuses a doctor of paralyzing or killing patients, the Medical Board of California often lets the doctor keep practicing.
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A powerful doctors group has fought a proposed California law that would require physicians to tell patients if they took money from drug or medical device makers.
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The battle between would-be reformers and the California Medical Assn. gained fresh momentum this week in the wake of a Times investigation that found the Medical Board of California consistently allowed doctors accused of negligence to keep practicing.
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Since 2016, the California Medical Board has twice revoked Dr. Kevin Ciresi’s license, only to stay the order both times and place the Fresno plastic surgeon on probation.
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Resources are available, but checking your doctor’s track record can be difficult. Here are some tips.
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Serious malpractice leading to the loss of limbs, paralysis and the deaths of patients wasn’t enough for the California Medical Board to stop these bad doctors from continuing to practice medicine.
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San Diego spinal surgeon Lokesh Tantuwaya was indicted by the feds for fraud and is in jail awaiting trial. But his medical license is still active.
