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April 22, 2011 -- 7:10pm EDT Showdown: Dr. Mark Midei and Stents
I've covered this particular issue previously ("Stent Accusations: The U.S. Senate Tries to Drum Up COURAGE"). In that article, Angioplasty pioneer, Dr. William O'Neill, who was hired by Midei's lawyer to review the cases...and found nothing glaringly wrong...posed a question to me, expressing his concern over the situation:
We will soon see if Dr. Midei's career gets reborn (you know, it's Spring, Easter weekend, bulbs and buds, etc. etc.) -- his licensure hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, April 27, before the Maryland Board of Physicians. In an interesting side-note, part of the response to these issues was that the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and the Maryland Chapter of ACC had pushed for a bill in the Maryland legislature that would set up a study group for accrediting cath labs and providing uniform protocols for decision-making about stents. Makes sense. But according to Reed Miller's report in theheart.org, that bill was nixed last week, due to the lobbying efforts of unnamed special-interest groups. To clarify: the ACC and SCAI represent cardiologists -- in other words the doctors' groups wanted to set up a system of oversight and they met resistance...from...??? Also, a shout out to Larry Husten who brought Dr. Midei's commentary to my attention on his blog Cardiobrief. |
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Maryland
interventional cardiologist Dr. Mark G. Midei, who has been under investigation
for "implanting unnecessary
stents" in heart patients, has penned a defense of his medical practice,
his first comment on the subject since the charges were made. Appearing
as a Commentary in tomorrow's Baltimore
Sun,
Midei's article is titled
