TOPIC: Texas medical board update

I have a progress thread but wanted to update everyone on the actual Texas medical board complaint that I filed against Dr. David Dellinger. They gave me the results today and of course they did nothing about it except give him a warning. It will remain in his file and if other people complain about him, they will consider a formal sanction, etc.
So if you are within the one year timeframe for Texas and filing a complaint against Dr. David Dellinger, they will probably take it more seriously now that there’s at least one in his file. I will have to file an appeal and I’ll be reporting Dr Bryan Kansas who did the surgery to correct the other issue I’ll be reporting him to the Texas medical board and HHSC. That’s the path I was advised to do. Urology Austin where he works. Wanted to wait for the Dellinger result before they would consider the settlement so I’m not sure how they’ll manage this.

atxguy wrote: I have a progress thread but wanted to update everyone on the actual Texas medical board complaint that I filed against Dr. David Dellinger. They gave me the results today and of course they did nothing about it except give him a warning. It will remain in his file and if other people complain about him, they will consider a formal sanction, etc.
So if you are within the one year timeframe for Texas and filing a complaint against Dr. David Dellinger, they will probably take it more seriously now that there’s at least one in his file. I will have to file an appeal and I’ll be reporting Dr Bryan Kansas who did the surgery to correct the other issue I’ll be reporting him to the Texas medical board and HHSC. That’s the path I was advised to do. Urology Austin where he works. Wanted to wait for the Dellinger result before they would consider the settlement so I’m not sure how they’ll manage this.

The Board of Medicine in California has slapped a certain Doctor (no need to name as this does not need to go off topic) on the wrist many times despite what should easily amount to a revocation of medical practice, but I'm afraid there are more "interests" at play than we know. And I'm no conspiracy theorist, I'm literally suggesting that the Boards of Medicine in some States (and in this case, Texas) don't seem to have the patient or consumer as their #1 priority, or at least it feels that way seeing how some unscrupulous players in this industry are still allowed to perform. #endrant.

Sorry to hear about it but at least there is a paper trail now, and my most optimistic side hopes that it could serve as a catalyst for future claims.

Thank you. I hope others who have had similar problems file compliance so that they are at least on file and that they look at patterns
I wondered too about it basically seems like doctors protecting doctors. In Texas I believe these are volunteers to be part of this panel. And my appeal I’ll be addressing the fact that I was told I would have a chance to speak with someone either the board itself or a representative of the board before a decision was made. That came from the board so they did not follow their procedure if that is in fact Required.
And I gave them proof where he said two times in writing that Kenalog would “dissolve “CMC and PMMA.. I thought well maybe they could see it as I misunderstood but the fact that he put it in writing twice it’s a bit concerning that they did nothing about it.

It must concerning though is that it just sends the message to these doctors that they can do whatever the hell they want without any repercussions.

I sent in the appeal and part of the appeal was a procedural issue. I was not given the opportunity to present before the board. So my appeal is scheduled for August 14 and I will meet with the board. It’s still just blows my mind that they only gave him a warning when I gave them two pieces of evidence where he stated plainly that steroid would “dissolve “the granuloma.
I’ve also been in contact with a news outlet here. One of the reporters that I’ve had contact with did a story on the Texas medical board being too lenient on doctors and not really doing their job with patients. So I’m going to see if I can enlist his help And maybe get some publicity around it again. Just based on their decision on my case, obviously they are more interested in protecting doctors.

I had my appeal on Thursday. I met with about 10 people who listen to my appeal. Their attorney said that I signed an informed consent and therefore could not really prove that the doctor had told me that these could be “dissolved “with Kenalog.
That it really is A. He said/he said situation right now. I asked if they had listened to the recorded appointment which was the last appointment and no one had. So, they said they would listen to it before making a decision. At the end of my time, they said to log back in at 5 o’clock to hear all the decisions from the day. I logged in at 4:56 and they were reading the last decision of the day. Mine was one of the first, so I don’t know what their decision is. I guess I will have to wait For the official letter.
It was disappointing that I submitted so much information, including the recording, and they didn’t even listen to it. I questioned the part about being able to speak with someone before an initial decision was made and they said that’s only when it gets kicked up to another level. But at the first level, they just review the documents and whatever I sent in.
I think there were several people there who seemed interested in helping me get justice. The whole informed consent thing is bogus because that’s basically saying they could do anything they want and or I could have any outcome and it would be covered. That’s not how that should work. They said they had it reviewed by a specialist, and that standard of care was met.
I’ll keep you posted when I learn the results

I agree about the informed consent part…

I don’t understand how informed consent institutes a higher burden of proof that he told you something..

Informed consent would mean IMO he informed you and based on the information he gave you - you made a decision.

If he gave you the wrong information then that’s still on him. Or so I’d think

their take on it is that I can say he told me about Kenalog, but I have no proof about it. However, we don’t have proof of every potential risk on really any surgery or procedure so I guess they have to make an assumption on any of that.