Malpractice lawsuits against Baylor neurosurgeon implicate hospital

Anyone who has worked in the medical field or spent time credentialing physicians has read, heard, or even seen, stories of incompetent doctors that risk the health and often the lives of patients. But the case of Christopher Duntsch may take the cake.

In what many physicians and lawyers are calling one of the most egregious cases of medical malpractice they have ever seen, the aftermath of the Texas neurosurgeon's long and startling saga has brought forth multiple lawsuits against the surgeon and the hospitals that employed him, and shed a light on the medical malpractice and negligent credentialing laws that govern Texas hospitals. So far, five malpractice lawsuits have been filed in federal court against Duntsch and Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, where Duntsch held surgical privileges.

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