1. He also had a credit card in his name connected to Duntschs account and would drive him around, balance his checkbooks, pick up dry cleaning. He kept a handle of Stoli under his desk and said it was because he used to work with Russians. Duntsch is now living out his life behind bars, but Young told CNBC'sAmerican Greed earlier this year that the former neurosurgeon still regularly talks with his two young sons. At the time, Young was giving birth to their second boy. There are a lot of explanations proposed for why the real-life subject of Peacock's "Dr. Death" limited series, neurosurgeon Dr. Christopher Duntsch (played by Joshua Jackson), maimed and. The eight-part series tells the harrowing true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch who, across two years, injured 32 of his 38 patients. But what Duntsch hadnt counted on was the Dallas County District Attorneys Office. And who will Dr. Death be? Im the only clean minimally invasive guy in the whole state. Thats according to Dr. Mark Hoyle, who was the general surgeon during Passmores surgery. His father was a missionary and physical therapist and his mother was a school teacher. Was this a way of keeping the University of Tennessee's ranking up? In real life, after helping the ADA Michelle Shughart send Duntsch to jail, Dr Henderson continues to practice medicine in Texas. Dr. Duntsch is at number one. Duntsch has a court date next month for the shoplifting case along with the unrelated matter of a criminal trespass complaint filed against him last fall. The monster in the white coat is all too real. Duntsch was taken to jail for what Young referred to as a time out but his erratic behavior wouldnt end there. Last week, she had her third child, this one with her new partner. That said; the 12 jurors did what the Texas Medical Board should have done. He wrote, "You will not find a harder working or more willing individual." He filed for bankruptcy in Denver, and wound up selling off the shares in Discgenics for a tenth of their value. In 2005, partway through the six-year program,he became the director of the tissue bank. You, my child, are the only one between me and the other side, he wrote. Multiple lawsuits allege that Baylor did not report Duntsch to the National Practitioner Data Bank, which was created by Congress to be a private clearinghouse of physicians who have been suspended or had their privileges revoked. Currently, Discgenics has no mention of Duntsch at all, his history with the company, or that he's the massive elephant in the room. 33 of his 37 surgeries were botched, with two dead and 31 injured for life. At Baylor Regional Medical Center,after botched surgeries and complaints from fellow doctors, Duntsch resigned. According to Texas Medical Board records, Summers vertebral artery was damaged, and he lost more than two liters of blood while intubated. And yet nearly all who met him said they liked him immediately. When Duntsch tried to reposition it, he stripped a screw; the cage wasnt going anywhere. He cant run or swim with his children. Brown lost so much blood that the operating room team had to mop the floor with towels, all whileDuntschcomplained he couldn't see her spine to operate. He struggles with incontinence. (He also appears in no yearbooks from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center at the time in which he says he earned his Ph.D., and the school declined to verify his claims, citing afederal privacy law.) Dubbed angels of death, they leave a trail of damage andloss for many reasons: human fallibility, malaise, or malice. He hadnt seen it with his own eyes. At morning meetings, Page would see Duntsch mixing a vodka orange. I thought it was pretty amazing that he was even able to go to work the next day, she said in the deposition. Kukekov and Ignatova say Duntsch took more credit than he deserved for the discoveries. He grew up in a middle-class suburb with a teacher mom and a missionary/physical therapist dad. He was the eldest of four. Duntsch's initial presentation bowled him over. Hoyle stepped in front of Duntsch to block his way. Morgan was present in the operating room during Passmores surgery. One surgeon described these as never events. They shouldnt ever happen in someones entire career. He went back to the sourcethe University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He was shocked at the CT scan: the spinal fusion hardware sat in her soft tissue. The university said, We cant let you see his personnel file. She describes investigators with binoculars camped out on their street in a white van, trying to see into their home. He told her he had been attacked by an investigator for the attorneys representing his patients, but that was never corroborated. The Texas DA chose six patients to make their case to the jury: Lee Passmore, Barry Morguloff, Jerry Summers, Kellie Martin, Floella Brown, and Mary Efurd. He gained experience writing grants, and earned more than $3 million in local, state, and federal funding for research projects where he served as principal or co-principal investigator. Young says hed been breaking into her apartment, and one day she came home to find him inside, covered in blood. That's when he moved to Colorado to live with his parents. This led to another 20 patients suffering. Lawsuits can cost hospitals millions of dollars and lost credibility, making it easier just tofire the offending doctor. The other, Discgenics, was more successful; it still owns the patent for the technology. His investors took him to court. So the hospitals he worked for knew of his carelessness and sociopathic behavior in the OR. We certainly would not knowingly allow one person to compromise the level of quality care that we have worked so hard and invested so much to achieve for our patients and our community.. A husband and wife pair of Russian stem cell scientists, Valery Kukekov and Tatyana Ignatova entered the picture. In the deposition, she states that Duntsch snorted cocaine from a handy pile he kept on a dresser at his home. Hospitals are liable only if the plaintiff can prove that the hospital was also malicious, that it knew of the risk and ignored it. He broke into her home a second time in the incident where he was covered in blood and also allegedly began harassing personal injury attorney Kay Van Wey, who represented many of his former patients, in a series of rambling emails. By 2011, Duntsch had been sued by Discgenics former chief operating officer, a high school pal who joined when it was founded. Because how can I do anything I want and cross every discipline boundary like its [sic] a playground and never ever lose., Duntsch also said he was prepared to embrace the very darkest part of himself. Two of his patients, Floella Brown and Kellie Martin, died.. In September, according to police reports . They would later have two children. Martin paid with her lifebecause her doctor was too proud to say he screwed up. Jurors convicted Duntsch Tuesday of injury to an elderly person in the botched July 2012 surgery that put Mary Efurd in a wheelchair. There's so much news out there, headlines can slip through the cracks. 11:15 PM on Mar 1, 2014 CST. Somebody knocks back and I am like Who in the f---is in my house, Young recalled in the four-part Peacock docuseries Dr. Her body was in the Collin County Medical Examiners office in March 2012. Dr Christopher Duntsch is accused of causing agony to countless patients or worse during the three years he practiced medicine in Dallas. At that point, the administration revoked his privileges. Dubbed "Dr. Death," the case gained national attention, revealing how easy. The arrest report said he was driving on two flat tires. Today, Duntsch is serving a life imprisonment term in a Texas prison, and he's now the subject of an NBC Peacock netstreaming series featuring some big-name, A . After youve spent a night using cocaine, most people become paranoid and want to stay in the house. Baldwin, 63, plays a more mature character to his onscreen partner Christian Slaters zany one, with the two pairing up in quest to end Dr Deaths medical career and bring him to justice. Ignatova believes this to be deliberate. Duntsch in Dallas In 2010, he relocated to Dallas with his girlfriend Wendy Renee Young. An "In Memoriam" tribute for him is shown at the end of the final episode of the Peacock series. Christopher Duntsch, once a supremely confident neurosurgeon with a solid rsum and a wealth of potential, fled town in disgrace last year under a scalding cascade . The evidence collected by the DA's office by subpoenaing every hospital on his CVshows Duntsch completes a fraction of these. At the time, Kane was dating Jerry Summer, a childhood friend of Duntsch. This is notably weird, considering Christopher Duntsch trained underDr. Boop, so you'd assume that theyoperated together as part of the whole learning surgery process. Hed received a letter from University General Hospital in South Dallas, verifying Duntschs training. One such recommendation came from the surgeon under whom Duntsch completed his residency, Dr. Frederick Boop. Dawsons Creek heartthrob Jackson stars as the titular character of Dr Death, which ended up becoming Duntschs nickname after the accusations came out. For years, hed focused on research. A bold pronouncement, yet after just one sloppy, dangerous surgery, Hoyle vowednever to work with Duntsch again. But today, about five years after the Passmore surgery, Duntsch sits in Lew Sterrett Justice Center awaiting trial, the rare physician to be indicted on multiple counts of aggravated assault related to what happened in his operating rooms. But Young said Duntsch wasnt happy at the news of another baby and the couple got into a heated argument, during which Duntsch admitted to seeing other women. July 15, 2021 Scott McDermott/Peacock Peacock's new crime drama Dr. Death dramatizes the true story of Christopher Duntsch, a former Dallas-based neurosurgeon who was sentenced to life in. His mother, Susan, taught school. Duntsch had allegedly tried to steal the pair of pants by changing into the new pair in a Wal-Mart dressing room and placing his own pants into the shopping cart. Passmore later learned that a ligament in his leg had been severed. It said, Anyone close to me thinks that I likely am something between god, einstein, and the antichrist. His right leg is as stiff as his pressed blue jeans, and when he walks, he appears to use his hips to heave it forward. I have lost both companies. He would file for bankruptcy years later, and the filings show that Duntsch has had no managerial role with Discgenics since 2012, when he was removed as a board member and as chief science officer. Meanwhile, Brown went brain dead and passed away. Dr. Christopher Duntsch When he moved to Dallas in late 2010, Duntsch was 41 years old, fresh out of a residency program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Department of. Duntsch made a major miscalculation when he ventured south into Dallas to practice. As these cases became public record, rumors circulated of late-night partying leading into early-morning rounds, and whispers of drug and alcohol abuse became shouts. His mom was a teacher. It is during this period that Duntschs carefully built faade began showing its first cracks. Jackson stars as Christopher Duntsch, the titular nicknamed neurosurgeon, in Peacock's limited series based on the Wondery podcast of the same name (and of course the real-life former doctor's. In early 2014, he was arrested for DUI and sent to rehab, according to ProPublica. Duntsch had moved from the W to Hotel Zaza and then, finally, to a five-bedroom house not far from the hospital. To fellow surgeon Mark Hoyle, he said, "Everybody's doing it wrong. Dallas County Jail/AP, Duntsch filed for bankruptcy and was arrested in Denver for driving under the influence on Jan. 10, 2014, according to, Ultimately, on that case, he ended up getting 12 months (of) probation and a small fine, Michelle Shughart, assistant district attorney in Dallas County, told, Duntsch is now living out his life behind bars, but Young told CNBC's, starring Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater. At this point, Ive had enough and so I called the police.. Strangely enough, Dr. Boop also mentioned, "I have not operated with Chris." Don tried to convince the jury that his son cared for his patients. After Summers procedure, Morgan says Duntsch was not allowed to operate at Baylor Plano until March 2012. There are some who believe that he never wanted to be in the ORat all. He said, Its not your case, its another case, and were looking into it. I trust that man wholly. But, he says, It all started coming together in my head that this isnt a one-time mistake.. The couple had two children together. Vascular surgeon Mark Hoyle, who assisted with the operation, later recalled that Duntsch seemed oblivious to considerable bleeding. What made this well-recommended neurosurgeon harm his patients and himself? Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! The encounter was just one of a series of troubling incidents after Duntschwho once referred to himself as a mixture of God, Einstein and the Antichristlost his medical license in December of 2013 for leaving numerouspatients either maimed, in agonizing chronic pain, or, in two cases, dead. There was a dissection of one patients esophagus, and screws that an indictment labeled far too long that caused significant blood loss in another patient. The evidence said otherwise. Dr. Christopher Duntsch, better known as Doctor Death, is serving a life sentence at a Texas prison today. Hell tell you as much. Since no one else knew what was wrong, they couldn't save her. But Dr. William Rohr did editorialize in his conclusion: The collection of blood was most likely the result of a therapeutic misadventure. Duntsch blames the death on an allergy to fentanyl, a powerful narcotic often used in intubation. The thing is, if you dont push this, with everybody else settling, theyre getting away with it again., 750 North St.Paul St. The other survivors suffered damage, disability,and excruciating pain. The Dallas County DA, along with fighting against these very laws, was also running out of time. As one lawyer told me off the record, they faced an almost impossible dilemma: settle and give their families a financial cushion for the future medical costs but sacrifice their right to tell their stories. Quality Policy. But Duntsch soldiered on. Maybe thats how they do it in Tennessee, but according to my training, thats not how they do it here. The deal required Duntsch to gain privileges at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano. Methods for the treatment of degenerative disc disease Patent number: 11168305 No such thing. My entire house had been turned upside down.. She says he was prone to hyperbole, and, yeah, he had a questionable sense of humor. In September 2014, after he and Young had separated, Duntsch was arrested for jumping the fence of Youngs sisters Garland home and attempting to take their child, Aiden. Her bright blond hair is pulled back into a ponytail, and shes wearing a tank top with yoga pants. Next week marks the five-year anniversary of Texas neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch being sentenced to life in prison. Duntsch suspected that this had something to do with his vodka bottle and neurostimulants. It said he was $1 million in debt. I cannot recall a physician being indicted for aggravated assault for acts committed during surgery, says Toby Shook, a Dallas defense attorney who spent 23 years working as a Dallas County prosecutor. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. A neurosurgeon reviewing the case for the court found an errant screw had not only opened Brown's arterybut blocked it, and that Duntsch hadmisdiagnosed Brown, operating on the wrong area entirely. He ran two labs, is listed as one of three inventors on a successful patent, raised millions of dollars in grant funding, and once gave a tour to the governor of Tennessee as he explained the stem cell research occurring at the university. I dont want to be on Channel 8, I dont want to be on Inside Edition. Governor Greg Abbott, then the attorney general, even waded into the whole mess, filing a brief in Passmores suit in support of the law. Like Dr Henderson, Dr Kirby is still a practicing doctor in real life. The good-looking but eerie Jamie Dornan. Only time will tell story about Christopher Duntsch finally broke, discovered stem cells in human brain tumors, Duntsch, Ignatova, and Kukekov as the inventors, Neurosurgeon residents need to complete 1,000 surgeries, Page would see Duntsch mixing a vodka orange, At Health Grades Duntsch had 4.3 out of 5 stars, Dr. Robertson also gave Duntsch a great review, Attorney James Girards was representing Lee Passmore, one of the doctors he spoke to likened Duntsch to Hannibal Lecter, the school refused to verify or deny his claims, according to a report by the Dallas County prosecutors, According to the prosecutors, TMB had many complaints on file, irreparably damaged by Dr. Death's grievous malpractices, It took the Texas Medical Board one whole year to investigate, Henderson actually checked if Duntsch was a real doctor with The University of Tennessee, Hospitals are liable only if the plaintiff can prove that the hospital was also malicious, the same law also helps these very hospitals, For the DA though she proved to be a good witness, A string of arrests for DWI, shoplifting, and more followed, Becker's Hospital Review covered the 13 worst physicians of 2017, as named by Medscape, Dr. Death is now also going to be a TV show, Will it help patients protect their rights. There are 31 people left alive today, irreparably damaged by Dr. Death's grievous malpractices. A few days later, Glidewelldeveloped a serious infection due to the sponge left in his throat. Neurosurgeon residents need to complete 1,000 surgeries as training requirements. His pain management specialist advised against an operation. We are committed to achieving this mission by delivering high-quality products that meet or exceed customer requirements. Brings new meaning to the phrase Sunday Funday. Santa Clarita Diet's Dominic Burgess plays Jerry Summers, a former patient and best friend of Dr Death's. Digging into Christopher Duntsch's personal and professional life, Dr. Death paints a detailed portrait of a possible sociopath. Henderson was brought in to operate two days later. It got to be too much. Toby Shook, a Dallas defense attorney, gave a statement toDallas Magazine:"I cannot recall a physician being indicted for aggravated assault for acts committed during surgery. Duntsch has maimed or killed. Hoyle, the surgeon who exposed the incision in Passmore, had also filed a complaint with the board. After his license was revoked from the Texas Medical Board, Young and Duntsch were evicted from their home. Christopher Duntsch, aka Dr Death / Joshua Jackson 6 Over this period, Duntschperformed back surgeries that left his patients in a worse condition,paralyzed, ordeceased. He was so appalled at the results of the procedures that he faxed a photo of Duntsch to the University of Tennessee to see if the surgeon was an impostor. DiscGenics' mission is to improve the lives of those debilitated by degenerative diseases of the spine through development of innovative regenerative therapies. Duntsch then joined Dallas Medical Center. The company, Discgenics, is still going, and still holds the patents, listingDuntsch, Ignatova, and Kukekov as the inventors. Some never went to trial and had out-of-court settlements. He rode the desk until he couldnt, when things in the county got too busy and all the examiners were required to take calls away from the office to cover the 200-odd scene visits. He didnt contact a lawyer, although he wrestled with the decision. Saul Elbein writes in the Texas Observer that Dr. Hendersonsent him a recording of his complaint to the Texas Medical Board. She told D Magazine they named the boys Aiden and Preston. We need to talk about this, Hoyle said, locking eyes with him. Where Is Dr. Christopher Duntsch aka . He had blood all over him. Duntsch says he was so distraught by Browns outcome that he placed a screw in Efurd 3 millimeters away from where it shouldve been, damaging a nerve root. Attorney James Girards was representing Lee Passmore, one of Duntsch's victims and reached out to her. Suite 2100 But on January 6, 2012, a week after the surgery, Duntsch went back in. His mom was a teacher. According to ProPublica, Duntsch's residency and fellowship records show less than 100 surgeries. Surprisingly, his superiors at The University of Tennessee also gave him glowing reviews. He secured investments in Discgenics from local spine surgeons, including Robertson and Dr. Kevin Foley, a prominent Memphis neurosurgeon under whom Duntsch would spend a year training as part of a minimally invasive spine surgery fellowship at the Semmes-Murphey Clinic, one of the largest neurosurgery practices in the United States. Christopher Duntsch - AKA Dr. Death - spent 18 months asa practicing surgeon atmultiple Texas hospitals until hehad his license revoked in 2013. By this time, Summers, the childhood friend, had come to live with Duntsch, too. But hospital after hospital passed the buck. Christopher Duntsch's medical license was suspended by the State Board after heavy lobbying from his former colleagues and wounded patients on June 26, 2013.
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