In re Calongne

DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Ronnell P. Bernard, M.D., petitioner-appellant, from a judgment denying his petition to have Meyer Kaplan, M.D. removed, because he is not in the same class or specialty, from a medical review panel which is to sit in a malpractice proceeding initiated by Florence Calongne, respondent-appellee.

The sole issue raised here is whether a physician specializing in internal medicine is qualified to be a member of a medical review panel convened pursuant to La.R.S. 40:1299.47, to review allegations of malpractice made against a treating physician who is a general…