DOCTOR TO GO ON PROBATION.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - A Lancaster neurosurgeon neurosurgeon a physician who specializes in neurosurgery. neurosurgeon A surgeon specialized in managing diseases of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves Meat & potatoes diseases Brain tumors, spinal cord disease Salary $245K + 15% bonus. will be put on probation and monitored by another doctor for five years, after a hearing on accusations found that he was negligent in treating patients. A judge found that Dr. George Perdikis acted with gross negligence An indifference to, and a blatant violation of, a legal duty with respect to the rights of others. Gross negligence is a conscious and voluntary disregard of the need to use reasonable care, which is likely to cause foreseeable grave injury or harm to persons, property, or and incompetence in a May 1998 surgery that left a young woman unable to speak and suffering from weakness on one side of her body. ``(Perdikis') failure to remove or debulk the tumor during the surgery of May 13-14, 1998, constituted an extreme departure from the standard of care and incompetence,'' Administrative Law Judge administrative law judge n. a professional hearing officer who works for the government to preside over hearings and appeals involving governmental agencies. They are generally experienced in the particular subject matter of the agency involved or of several agencies. H. Stuart Waxman wrote in a ruling. ``He both could have, and should have, anticipated the need for an intra-operative ultrasound, and arranged to have the radiologist present at the surgery rather than waiting until 11 p.m. to try to bring a radiologist to the hospital.'' Waxman also found that Perdikis engaged in ``dishonest acts'' in writing in a postoperative post·op·er·a·tive adj. Happening or done after a surgical operation. postoperative after a surgical operation. postoperative care report and telling at least one doctor that he partially removed the tumor. Perdikis also was found negligent in a spinal surgery on another patient in 1997 for failing to remove a sufficient amount of disk material. The charges were in a complaint filed on behalf of the Medical Board by the state Attorney General's Office. ``(Perdikis') acts of dishonesty are inconsistent with his established reputation for honesty and integrity. It therefore appears that those acts may have been an anomaly in his professional practice,'' wrote Waxman in his ruling. ``(Perdikis) has resolved to change his operative report operative report A document produced by a surgeon or other physician(s) who have participated in a surgical intervention, which contains a detailed account of the findings, the procedure used, the specimens removed, the preoperative and postoperative diagnoses, and writing to ensure that he provides more accurate information than he did in (the tumor patient's) case.'' Waxman wrote that revocation The recall of some power or authority that has been granted. Revocation by the act of a party is intentional and voluntary, such as when a person cancels a Power of Attorney that he has given or a will that he has written. of Perdikis' medical license was not warranted, given the limited number of allegations proven and Perdikis' good professional reputation. Perdikis' attorney did not return telephone calls. Waxman issued his ruling last month after a nine-day hearing in June, and it was adopted by the state Medical Board last Wednesday. The decision takes effect Oct. 15. Generally probation is ordered for a specified period of time during which the physician must comply with terms and conditions and report to a Medical Board probation monitor. Practice is permitted unless otherwise specified. Perdikis' staff privileges staff privileges Admitting privileges The rights that a health professional has as a member of a hospital's medical staff, which includes hospitalization of private Pts, participation in committees, and in decisions relevant to the hospital's future. were terminated by Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital in June 2000. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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