Unnamed Physician v. Board of Trustees of Saint Agnes Medical Center

Opinion

ARDAIZ, P. J.

Appellant is an unnamed physician licensed to practice medicine in California and has a board certified specialty. He has been a member of the medical staff at Saint Agnes Medical Center, 1 a nonprofit public benefit corporation since 1992, and has full privileges at the hospital.

In 2000, based on a report initiated by a reappointment survey program, which indicated appellant’s infection rate as being significantly higher than that of other physicians with his specialty, several of appellant’s charts were flagged for peer review. 2 Thereafter, appellant’s medical practices…