Nemazee v. Mt. Sinai Medical Center

The issue before this court is whether a physician employed by a private hospital must, upon termination, exhaust the administrative remedies provided for in an employment contract prior to seeking judicial review. In other words, does the exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies doctrine apply to the internal review procedures of privately owned hospitals. Appellant contends that the doctrine does apply to privately owned hospitals and, hence, the trial court was correct in dismissing the action because appellee had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. While appellee appears to…