By: Vickie J. Rubinson
Two of New York's top brain surgeons are scheduled to be reinstated this week after being suspended for abandoning a patient in the operating room.
Dr. Thomas Milhorat--chief of neurosurgery at North Short University Hospital in Great Neck Long Island--and his colleague, Dr. Paolo Bolognese, were suspended for two weeks followng an incident on April 10, the New York Daily News reported today.
On that day, Bolognese was scheduled to operate on a female patient who was already anesthetized and on the operating table, but the doctor was no where to be found according to the newspaper.
Hospital staff called Milhorat to step in, but he reportedly refused because the patient was not his.
The two surgeons are among the highest paid in the NYC area. Milhorat made an estimated $7.2 million in 2007 and Bolognese reportedly raked in $2.4 million.
A state Health Department spokeswoman said the incident is under investigation.
Two of New York's top brain surgeons are scheduled to be reinstated this week after being suspended for abandoning a patient in the operating room.
Dr. Thomas Milhorat--chief of neurosurgery at North Short University Hospital in Great Neck Long Island--and his colleague, Dr. Paolo Bolognese, were suspended for two weeks followng an incident on April 10, the New York Daily News reported today.
On that day, Bolognese was scheduled to operate on a female patient who was already anesthetized and on the operating table, but the doctor was no where to be found according to the newspaper.
Hospital staff called Milhorat to step in, but he reportedly refused because the patient was not his.
The two surgeons are among the highest paid in the NYC area. Milhorat made an estimated $7.2 million in 2007 and Bolognese reportedly raked in $2.4 million.
A state Health Department spokeswoman said the incident is under investigation.
1 comment:
It is well known and accepted that NO patient should be placed under anesthesia until it is confirmed the surgeon is present.
These are phenomenal men and surgeons that have dedicated their lives to helping the thousands of us affected by Chiari malformation and related disorders. They were my last hope two years ago after 10 plus years of excrutiating pain and my life is so much better for having been treated by them.
God bless, Dr B and Dr M.
Leslie in Pittsburgh
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