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Unstoppable: this doctor has been investigated at every level of government. How is he still practicing?

August 23, 2023

Waldman A. ProPublica. August 9, 2023

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Systemic failures can enable poor practice to perpetuate without regard to safety. This news feature reports on systemic flaws that enabled a vascular surgeon with questionable business and clinical skills to continue to practice after numerous regulatory organizations investigated his clinics, and after patients reported harm.

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