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'''Christopher Daniel Duntsch''' (born April 3, 1971)<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/272320662/Christopher-Duntsch-Indictments</ref> is a neurosurgeon who has been nicknamed '''Dr. D.''' and '''Dr. Death'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2016/november/christopher-duntsch-dr-death/|title=Dr. Death - D Magazine|newspaper=D Magazine|access-date=2017-02-21|language=en-US}}</ref> for gross malpractice resulting in the death and maiming of several patients while working at [[Baylor Medical Center|Baylor Plano]] and [[Dallas Medical Center]].<ref>http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dr-duntsch-defense-expert-the-only-way-this-happens-is-the-entire-system-fails-the-patients/408088559</ref> |
'''Christopher Daniel Duntsch''' (born April 3, 1971)<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/272320662/Christopher-Duntsch-Indictments</ref> is a neurosurgeon who has been nicknamed '''Dr. D.''' and '''Dr. Death'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2016/november/christopher-duntsch-dr-death/|title=Dr. Death - D Magazine|newspaper=D Magazine|access-date=2017-02-21|language=en-US}}</ref> for gross malpractice resulting in the death and maiming of several patients while working at [[Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas|Baylor Plano]] and [[Dallas Medical Center]].<ref>http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dr-duntsch-defense-expert-the-only-way-this-happens-is-the-entire-system-fails-the-patients/408088559</ref> |
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Christopher Daniel Duntsch (born April 3, 1971)[1] is a neurosurgeon who has been nicknamed Dr. D. and Dr. Death[2] for gross malpractice resulting in the death and maiming of several patients while working at Baylor Plano and Dallas Medical Center.[3]
Education
Duntsch did his MD, PhD, and neurosurgery residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center[4], and subsequently was an assistant professor there.[5]
Career
Duntsch then moved to Dallas to work at Baylor Plano. After several botched surgeries, he left for Dallas Medical Center, where he was employed for less than a week before he was dismissed by administrators after the death of another patient.[6]
According to court documents, he was suspected of being under the influence of cocaine while operating during his fourth year of residency. He was sent to an impaired physicians program and then he was allowed to return to his residency program.[citation needed]
Duntsch began operating in Texas in 2010 and his medical license was revoked in 2013.[7] He was accused and later convicted of maiming four patients and killing two others.[8]
In December 2011, according to court proceedings, he emailed a colleague, saying "I am ready to leave the love and kindness and goodness and patience that I mix with everything else that I am and become a cold blooded killer.'[9]
Medical license revokation and criminal conviction
In 2017, he was convicted of a first degree felony in the maiming of Mary Efurd during a spinal fusion surgery.[10][11]
Life in prison sentence
On February 20, 2017 Christopher Duntsch was sentenced to life in prison.[12][13]
See also
References
- ^ https://www.scribd.com/document/272320662/Christopher-Duntsch-Indictments
- ^ "Dr. Death - D Magazine". D Magazine. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
- ^ http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dr-duntsch-defense-expert-the-only-way-this-happens-is-the-entire-system-fails-the-patients/408088559
- ^ http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dr-duntsch-defense-expert-the-only-way-this-happens-is-the-entire-system-fails-the-patients/408088559
- ^ http://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2014/03/01/planos-baylor-hospital-faces-hard-questions-after-claims-against-former-neurosurgeon
- ^ http://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2014/03/01/planos-baylor-hospital-faces-hard-questions-after-claims-against-former-neurosurgeon
- ^ http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2015/08/21/surgeon-who-wrote-of-becoming-killer-is-denied-bail-reduction
- ^ http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/02/14/former-neurosurgeon-faces-life-in-prison-after-guilty-verdict/
- ^ "Sociopath surgeon," The Daily Mail, February 7, 2017, retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "Texas neurosurgeon nicknamed 'Dr. Death' found guilty of maiming woman during surgery," The Washington Post, February 16, 2017, retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Morguloff-Complaint.pdf
- ^ "Former neurosurgeon sentenced for purposely maiming patients," CBS News, February 21, 2017, retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "Doctor convicted of botched surgery gets life in prison," USA Today, February 21, 2017, retrieved February 21, 2017.