In Duntsch’s Assault Trial, Questions About His Role After Patient Deaths
Unequivocally, testified an expert witness, a neurosurgeon should stop practicing after incurring multiple patient deaths and severe outcomes. Christopher Duntsch didn t.
By Matt Goodman
Published in
Health & Fitness
February 9, 2017
6:36 pm
Christopher Duntsch, the former neurosurgeon being tried for assault related to his egregious patient outcomes, continued to practice after a patient died. He continued after another died. He continued after a patient woke up unable to move his arms and legs. He continued after misplacing hardware in a patient’s soft tissue, after damaging the vertebral artery that carries blood to the brain.