Medical board reinstated convicted felons | Thomas Dosumu Johnson
the board. Another surrendered his license when he relapsed back to cocaine use. Another received a public reprimand, the most minor form of discipline, for misdiagnosing a patient’s appendicitis.
Rutland is the only reinstated doctor in the last 10 years to face board discipline again for accusations of gross negligence stemming from the death of a patient.
Ying Chen, 30, suffered a toxic reaction to local anesthesia on his operating table at an abortion clinic in San Gabriel last July. Following her death, the board accused Rutland of not knowing the appropriate dose of anesthesia and failing to properly resuscitate her. In January a judge barred Rutland from performing surgery, pending a hearing this summer where the board will seek revocation of his license.
Rutland has denied in legal documents that he was negligent. His attorney did not respond to a request for comment.
Both Osinoff, the attorney who represents the revoked doctors, and Fellmeth agree that the small number of subsequent discipline cases indicates good decisions by the board.
“It seems like they’re making the right calls in most cases,” Fellmeth said. “That’s kind of comforting.”
Said Osinoff, “Most of the time, there’s not a recurrence of the conduct that led to the revocation. The reason for that is they’ve been so hammered by this process that they never want to go through this again.”
Medical board reinstated convicted felons
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