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The story below, (names and locations replaced with an "X") appeared in today's local paper. (As a side note, the cardiologist in question misdiagnosed me, did not return urgent phone calls, nor tell my OB to make any special prep for my son's birth in 2003. By the grace of God, an alert anesthesiologist discovered I was crashing at the onset of labour, and ordered a shot of ephedrine before I fainted. I had several shots that night).
I was shaking after reading the article, and contacted the chief of our paper who's asking me to write to the state medical board. The paper's doing everything it can to make sure that the cardio never practices again, but the politics are sticky: the card paid-off a state judge to cover up a DUI which left two people seriously injured and stranded roadside.
The cardio's unauthorized therapeutic caths, Tenet claiming it had no knowledge of it, (the president of the hospital was recently fired), the state's passivity and the story re the aortic dissection below are enough to make anyone's hair curl!!!
I'm going to share it all with Dr. Pepine, who may be able to help in some way. (He was the president of the ACC).
The cardio's famously lavish lifestyle includes a black Porsche, multi-multi-million dollar homes, boots and a long black cashmere coat worn in the off-season. (We live on an island in the South, remember). He left four very young children to remarry his nurse.
I posted about this narcisstic ass awhile back -- he's the card who lied re his US residency and medical schooling.
Here's the story ...
Cardiologist Expects to Return to Practice
July 10, 2005
Local cardiologist James X is seeking permanent residency in the United States after marrying an American citizen, according to court documents.
X also states in the documents that he expects to resume the practice of medicine after completing an inpatient alcohol abuse treatment program. In an April 17 affidavit, he said he was "on the verge of completing my treatment program."
X Regional Medical Center, where X worked, said it had no comment on whether the hospital would reinstate X's privileges to practice there.
"The hospital will not comment on speculation," said spokeswoman Kelly X.
X agreed last October to stop practicing medicine until he successfully completed treatment for alcohol abuse, according to the court documents. They were filed in 14th Circuit Family Court in connection with X's effort to reduce child support and alimony payments to his former wife, Lynn K. X.
X says in the documents that he cannot continue to make the payments, which total $10,500 per month, because he has no income.
Exacerbating his financial problems are legal fees he is paying to lawyers, his affidavit states. He is paying lawyers to defend him against federal immigration charges that he falsely posed as a United States citizen when he actually is a Canadian citizen. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in X last year and has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
In addition, he said, he is faced with legal expenses resulting from his efforts to become an American citizen and to get his medical license reinstated by the state Board of Medical Examiners.
X remarried this spring -- his new wife is a U.S. citizen, court documents state -- and he has filed an application with the immigration service to remain in this country.
"At the present time, it does not appear that I am in imminent risk of being deported or forced to leave the United States," X states in the April 17 affidavit. He said proceedings that could result in his deportation "are 'on hold' and I am pursuing avenues that may allow me to remain in the United States."
X's Atlanta-based immigration attorney could not be reached for comment Friday.
His problems with the state Board of Medical Examiners over alcohol abuse reached a critical point last year when a nurse at X Regional Medical Center reported that he appeared to be intoxicated late one night when he arrived in the emergency room to treat an 82-year-old heart attack patient.
As a result, X is no longer part of an island cardiology practice, court documents state. His former medical partners have reorganized the practice and he doesn't expect to receive any further income from it, X's affidavit states.
Nevertheless, he said he will seek a return to medicine.
"Upon completion of this treatment program, I will be eligible for reinstatement of my privileges to practice medicine," his affidavit says. "Upon resolution of my INS proceedings, I will be able to obtain employment again here, in my field."
In a separate matter, X has denied allegations that a patient in his care died because the patient was not transferred to a better-equipped hospital quickly enough, according to a May 9 filing in the 14th Circuit Court of Common Pleas.
Sixty-one-year-old Terrence L. X began suffering severe chest pains that radiated into his left leg and arm, and he arrived at X Regional Medical Center at about 4:45 p.m. Jan. 24, 2003, according to court documents. He spent more than three hours at the hospital before being taken to St. X System in X, where he died.
His widow, Dorothy X, is suing X and X Regional Medical Center for medical malpractice on behalf of her late husband. She is seeking $10 million plus additional damages to be determined by a jury.
An ER doctor was the first to examine X at the X emergency room, seeing him at about 5 p.m., the suit claims. The doctor diagnosed him with a possible aortic aneurysm, a dangerous ballooning of the main artery leaving the heart. At about 5:10 p.m., X consulted with (a large regional hospital), which agreed to accept X as a patient.
Shortly after speaking to (the large regional hospital), the suit states that X spoke to (the cardiologist in question), who said he would take over treatment and told the ER not to transfer X to (the larger regional hospital). X arrived at the emergency room at about 6:41 p.m. but should have arrived within 30 minutes, according to the suit.
X finally left the island for (the larger regional medical center) at about 8 p.m., according to the suit, after (the cardiologist in question) diagnosed him with an aortic dissection, a condition that occurs when blood leaves the inner channel of the blood vessel and goes between the layers of the blood-vessel wall.
I was shaking after reading the article, and contacted the chief of our paper who's asking me to write to the state medical board. The paper's doing everything it can to make sure that the cardio never practices again, but the politics are sticky: the card paid-off a state judge to cover up a DUI which left two people seriously injured and stranded roadside.
The cardio's unauthorized therapeutic caths, Tenet claiming it had no knowledge of it, (the president of the hospital was recently fired), the state's passivity and the story re the aortic dissection below are enough to make anyone's hair curl!!!
I'm going to share it all with Dr. Pepine, who may be able to help in some way. (He was the president of the ACC).
The cardio's famously lavish lifestyle includes a black Porsche, multi-multi-million dollar homes, boots and a long black cashmere coat worn in the off-season. (We live on an island in the South, remember). He left four very young children to remarry his nurse.
I posted about this narcisstic ass awhile back -- he's the card who lied re his US residency and medical schooling.
Here's the story ...
Cardiologist Expects to Return to Practice
July 10, 2005
Local cardiologist James X is seeking permanent residency in the United States after marrying an American citizen, according to court documents.
X also states in the documents that he expects to resume the practice of medicine after completing an inpatient alcohol abuse treatment program. In an April 17 affidavit, he said he was "on the verge of completing my treatment program."
X Regional Medical Center, where X worked, said it had no comment on whether the hospital would reinstate X's privileges to practice there.
"The hospital will not comment on speculation," said spokeswoman Kelly X.
X agreed last October to stop practicing medicine until he successfully completed treatment for alcohol abuse, according to the court documents. They were filed in 14th Circuit Family Court in connection with X's effort to reduce child support and alimony payments to his former wife, Lynn K. X.
X says in the documents that he cannot continue to make the payments, which total $10,500 per month, because he has no income.
Exacerbating his financial problems are legal fees he is paying to lawyers, his affidavit states. He is paying lawyers to defend him against federal immigration charges that he falsely posed as a United States citizen when he actually is a Canadian citizen. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in X last year and has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
In addition, he said, he is faced with legal expenses resulting from his efforts to become an American citizen and to get his medical license reinstated by the state Board of Medical Examiners.
X remarried this spring -- his new wife is a U.S. citizen, court documents state -- and he has filed an application with the immigration service to remain in this country.
"At the present time, it does not appear that I am in imminent risk of being deported or forced to leave the United States," X states in the April 17 affidavit. He said proceedings that could result in his deportation "are 'on hold' and I am pursuing avenues that may allow me to remain in the United States."
X's Atlanta-based immigration attorney could not be reached for comment Friday.
His problems with the state Board of Medical Examiners over alcohol abuse reached a critical point last year when a nurse at X Regional Medical Center reported that he appeared to be intoxicated late one night when he arrived in the emergency room to treat an 82-year-old heart attack patient.
As a result, X is no longer part of an island cardiology practice, court documents state. His former medical partners have reorganized the practice and he doesn't expect to receive any further income from it, X's affidavit states.
Nevertheless, he said he will seek a return to medicine.
"Upon completion of this treatment program, I will be eligible for reinstatement of my privileges to practice medicine," his affidavit says. "Upon resolution of my INS proceedings, I will be able to obtain employment again here, in my field."
In a separate matter, X has denied allegations that a patient in his care died because the patient was not transferred to a better-equipped hospital quickly enough, according to a May 9 filing in the 14th Circuit Court of Common Pleas.
Sixty-one-year-old Terrence L. X began suffering severe chest pains that radiated into his left leg and arm, and he arrived at X Regional Medical Center at about 4:45 p.m. Jan. 24, 2003, according to court documents. He spent more than three hours at the hospital before being taken to St. X System in X, where he died.
His widow, Dorothy X, is suing X and X Regional Medical Center for medical malpractice on behalf of her late husband. She is seeking $10 million plus additional damages to be determined by a jury.
An ER doctor was the first to examine X at the X emergency room, seeing him at about 5 p.m., the suit claims. The doctor diagnosed him with a possible aortic aneurysm, a dangerous ballooning of the main artery leaving the heart. At about 5:10 p.m., X consulted with (a large regional hospital), which agreed to accept X as a patient.
Shortly after speaking to (the large regional hospital), the suit states that X spoke to (the cardiologist in question), who said he would take over treatment and told the ER not to transfer X to (the larger regional hospital). X arrived at the emergency room at about 6:41 p.m. but should have arrived within 30 minutes, according to the suit.
X finally left the island for (the larger regional medical center) at about 8 p.m., according to the suit, after (the cardiologist in question) diagnosed him with an aortic dissection, a condition that occurs when blood leaves the inner channel of the blood vessel and goes between the layers of the blood-vessel wall.
