Philips v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc.

STEPHENS, Judge.

Procedural History and Factual Background

This matter arises from the suspension and then revocation of the medical staff privileges of Plaintiff Sherif A. Philips, M.D., by Defendant Pitt County Memorial Hospital (“the hospital”). During 2003 and 2004, the Risk Management Department of the hospital received complaints about Plaintiff, a nephrologist with active medical staff privileges at the hospital. The complaints involved, inter alia, failing to examine patients and making false entries on medical records, and occurred at about the same time the hospital became aware of a…