Cornfeld v. State Board of Physicians

ADKINS, Judge.

State Board of Physicians (the Board) found that appellant Edward Cornfeld, M.D. (1) violated the standard of care in his treatment of a surgical patient by leaving her under anesthesia and “unattended in the operating room[,]” and (2) engaged in unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine by misrepresenting to both a hospital peer review investigator and the Board that improper settings on the surgical instrument he used were not made to his specifications. The Board suspended Dr. Cornfeld’s license to practice medicine until he satisfied certain conditions, and imposed…