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Category: Sham Peer Review

Sham Peer Review Articles and Video Presentations by Lawrence Huntoon, MD, PhD

Sham Peer Review: the Unjust “Objective Test” http://www.jpands.org/vol12no4/huntoon.pdf Abuse of the “Disruptive Physician” Clause http://www.jpands.org/vol9no3/huntoon.pdf The Insulting Physician “Code of Conduct” http://www.jpands.org/vol13no1/huntoon.pdf The Psychology of Sham Peer Review http://www.jpands.org/vol12no1/huntoon.pdf Sham Peer Review and the Courts http://www.jpands.org/vol11no1/huntoon.pdf Sham Peer Review: the Poliner Verdict http://www.jpands.org/vol11no2/huntoon.pdf Sham Peer Review: The Fifth Circuit Poliner Decision http://www.jpands.org/vol13no4/huntoon.pdf Tactics Characteristic of […]

Blacklist Destroys Doctors’ Lives

Under the pretext of “protecting patient safety,” a hospital or other medical facility can permanently end an excellent physician’s ability to practice his profession, writes New York neurologist Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the winter issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. All that it takes is an Adverse Action Report (AAR) […]

Doctor Scores Big Win Against Sham Peer Review

On August 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued a huge win for a physician fighting back against Sham Peer Review. Lawrence Huntoon, MD, PhD, Chairman of the AAPS Committee to Combat Sham Peer Review, testified in support of the physician during her trial, and the Eight Circuit prominently cites Dr. Huntoon’s […]

AAPS Stands Up for Physician Victim of Sham Peer Review

Pennsylvania physician Terrence Babb, MD has been in a longstanding battle against the powerful Geisinger Health System. Wrongly terminated after raising concerns about patient safety in the hospital, Dr. Babb has won several victories in the courts, including a jury verdict in his favor. But the health system is pulling out all the legal stops in an attempt to avoid an embarrassing loss. […]

UNESCO Medical Ethics Conference Featured Presentations on Sham Peer Review

A global epidemic of attacks on ethical physicians, which endangers patients, was a focus of the 13th UNESCO World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics & Health Law, held Nov 27-29, at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem. AAPS Director Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., presented the keynote address on “Sham Peer Review: a Worldwide Phenomenon.” Dr. Huntoon, a […]

Ambush tactic used against Flynn also used in sham peer review

By Lawrence Huntoon, MD, PhD “The Flynn Entrapment” in today’s Wall Street Journal details the “ugly tactics employed by James Comey’s FBI.”  This is precisely the same dirty tactic that is used by hospital administrators and “medical staff leaders” in conducting a sham peer review. It is the so-called informal, friendly meeting where the target is […]

National Practitioner Data Bank Guidebook Explained

An entry in the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) can end a doctor’s career permanently. It is critical for doctors to understand how this works, and patients ought to know what it means. In the winter 2018 issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D, summarizes the key points in […]

Dr. Huntoon Joins Accad & Koka to Discuss Hospital Sham Peer Review

Thank you to Dr. Michel Accad and Dr. Anish Koka for inviting AAPS Director, Lawrence Huntoon, MD, PhD on their cutting-edge podcast, The Accad & Koka report to discuss the growing epidemic of sham peer review to silence physicians speaking out in support of patient care. Listen to the episode at: https://accadandkoka.com/episode37/

AAPS Defends Private Medicine in U.S. and Illinois Supreme Courts

We have been very, very busy the past ten days.  Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court expressly mentioned AAPS in its cert grants on the challenges to an ObamaCare regulation based on the right to conscience.  In addition, we have filed in not just one, but two Supreme Courts to save private medicine.   These […]