Diaz v. State Board for Professional Medical Conduct

Prior to meeting with a patient on March 21, 2005 to discuss with her the results of a colonoscopy and pathology exam, petitioner, a physician licenced to practice medicine in New York, briefly reviewed the reports of both exams and, based on that reading, mistakenly concluded that petitioner had been found to have cecal carcinoma or cancer in her colon.* In fact, the reports, when read together, found that a “proximal rectal mass: well-differentiated adenocarcinoma” had been detected in the patient’s rectum. After conferring with the patient and informing her of his understanding of the…