A Houston surgeon has won a $6.3 million verdict from a state court jury using documents Texas plaintiffs rarely have access to—medical peer review evidence.
Dr. Miguel Gomez is a cardiothoracic surgeon who pioneered a type of robotic-assisted open heart surgery at Memorial Hermann Hospital System that greatly reduced a patient’s recovery time. When Gomez made moves to relocate his practice to another hospital, he alleged officials at Memorial Hermann conducted a “whisper campaign” against him and manipulated data making it appear that patients were more likely to die in Gomez’s care.
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