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    1. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 11 Nov 2019
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      Will this #OBGYN defend himself by saying "But my patients never complained!"? Because it was a hospital employee, not patients - & certainly not the hands-off Va. Dep't of Health Professions - who told @FBI what he was up to. #i2 @ACOG #MedEd #MedTwitterhttps://www.cnn.com/2019/11/11/health/virginia-doctor-hysterectomies-trnd/index.html …

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    2. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 11 Nov 2019
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      From the @CNN report: "The hospital employee who tipped off the FBI told investigators that often 'the patients were not aware of the procedures they were undergoing,' according to the affidavit." This is why informed #consent is so important. #i2 @ACOG #MedEd #MedTwitter

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      Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 11 Nov 2019
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      How many other MDs are serially performing unnecessary procedures on their uninformed patients? Unless we know how common it is for a hospital to have an employee willing to put his/her job on the line to become a #whistleblower, it may be impossible for anyone to know. #i2

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        2. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 11 Nov 2019
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          Of course, that's not how it should be, but that's the way it is. A major reason why: the state medical boards that regulate physician licensure are entirely reactive and not proactive, and seem far more interested in protecting physicians than in protecting the public. #i2

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        3. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 11 Nov 2019
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          Consider that, 35 years ago, Dr Perwaiz was the subject of this notice: http://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Notices/Medicine/0101031919/0101031919Notice06221984.pdf … alleging 17 separate instances in 1982 alone of "poor clinical judgment, unnecessary surgery, lack of documentation, and discrepancies in record keeping." #i2 @ACOG #MedEd #MedTwitter

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        4. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 11 Nov 2019
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          They include 10 hysterectomies allegedly performed "without appropriate medical indications." Given the allegations of "lack of documentation," the record of discipline by the Va. Board of Medicine is ironic, i.e., this sloppy, terse, 4 sentence letter: http://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Notices/Medicine/0101031919/0101031919Order08151984.pdf …

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        5. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 11 Nov 2019
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          Addressed to Dr Perwaiz at "Obstetrics and Bynecology" (whatever that is), it records the recommendations for Dr Perwiaz to be "Censored [sic] for lack of documentation of patient records and it is stressed that you keep more accurate records in the future." #i2 @ACOG #MedEd

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        6. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 11 Nov 2019
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          When the state medical board doesn't understand the difference between "censored" and "censured," they are probably better off just writing "The physician's wrist was duly slapped." #i2 @ACOG #MedEd #MedTwitter #ethics #bioethics @ACOGAction #ACOG20 #consent @ACOGevents

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        7. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 11 Nov 2019
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          Dr Perwaiz was also "censored for lack of judgment in regards to a sexual relationship with a patient and that you use more discretion in the future." And of course, by "use more discretion" they didn't mean "don't sleep with your patients" but "don't get caught doing it." #i2

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        8. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 12 Nov 2019
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          Given the supposed concern about Dr Perwaiz' "lack of documentation" and the need for "accurate records," the complete lack of ANY record as to whether Dr Perwaiz was either exonerated or disciplined in respect of the allegedly unnecessary 1982 hysterectomies is alarming. #i2

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        9. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 12 Nov 2019
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          In 1996, Dr Perwaiz pled guilty to 2 felony counts of signing & filing false tax returns. That results in mandatory license revocation, but the medical board almost immediately reinstated it at Dr Perwaiz' request. When he failed to timely complete required community service...

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        10. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 12 Nov 2019
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          ...the board simply gave him more time to complete it, rather than force him to face any real consequences. But of course, no one should really be surprised that state medical boards fail to take seriously allegations that MDs perform unnecessary medical procedures. After all...

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        11. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 12 Nov 2019
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          The most common surgery in the US is nontherapeutic infant #circumcision - the only "elective" surgery that the patient never "elects." It's little wonder, then, that the US medical profession treats the informed #consent of patients as if it doesn't matter. And until the public

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        12. Bill Cooney‏ @cooney21 12 Nov 2019
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          realizes that US MDs' main focus is protecting themselves, and not their patients - whom they view as little more than profit centers - US MDs won't take informed #consent seriously. It is up to all of us to demand that our MDs - and their state regulators - start doing so. #i2

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