EP 82: Hospital Peer Review Process: What You Need to Know as a Physician
b'\\u201cSham peer review or malicious peer review is defined as the abuse of a medical peer review process to attack a doctor for personal or other non-medical reasons.\\u201d\\n\\n\\u201cMost doctors \\u2014 warns Dr Kaki \\u2014 do not understand that ultimately your privileges are not dictated by your colleagues through a fair process, but hospital administration controls our destiny\\u201d. In 2018, Dr Kaki was subject to a campaign of retaliation that set out to revoke the well-respected cardiologist\\u2019s privileges. Today, Dr Kaki is Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support at Ascension and Clinical Associate Professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine.\\n\\nIn this week\\u2019s Parallax Dr Kalra\\u2019s guests are the team that fought for justice in Dr Kaki\\u2019s case: Dr Lawrence R Huntoon, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and Deborah Gordon, employment attorney.\\n\\nDr Kaki walks us through his Kafkaesque experience and the knowledge he acquired during his battle with his former hospital. We get insight into the stages of a peer review process and the role of key stakeholders. Dr Huntoon, expert in this field, helps us put Dr Kaki\\u2019s experience in context and talks about the prevalence of sham peer reviews through shocking cases. Ms Gordon supports the discussions with practical tips and insights on the role of an attorney. Join Ankur and his guests for a must listen show on your rights as a physician.\\n\\nWhat do you need to know about the hospital peer review process and your rights? What can you do if targeted? What is Dr Kaki\\u2019s advice to physicians?\\n\\nStay tuned for Part 2 of Parallax\\u2019s Medico-Legal series with Dr Kalra and Dr Huntoon.\\n\\nResource: https://shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhm.12903\\n\\nQuestions and comments can be sent to \\u201cpodcast@radcliffe-group.com\\u201d and may be answered by Ankur in the next episode.\\nGuests: @DrAmirKaki, Dr Lawrence R Huntoon and Deborah Gordon host: @AnkurKalraMD and produced by: @RadcliffeCARDIO.'