Butler v. South Fulton Medical Center, Inc.

I respectfully dissent. There was expert opinion evidence that the hospital was negligent in permitting an anesthesiologist with Dr. Kim’s experience and training to perform neurolytic blocks. Dr. Kahn, a physician (board certified in internal medicine) who is senior *815vice-president for medical affairs and medical director of a hospital, testified that a hospital’s credentialing procedure would list the medical procedures which the anesthesiologist was qualified by training and experience to do and was thus credentialed to perform in the hospital. Dr. Bettinger (board certified in…