DOOKERAN v. County of Cook

This appeal and cross-appeal arise from Dr. Keith Dookeran’s petition for review, through a common law writ of certiorari, of the Cook County Board’s denial of his 2004 application for reappointment to the medical staff at John H. Stroger, Jr., Hospital of Cook County (Stroger). Dr. Dookeran was first hired by Stroger in 2000, subject to biennial reappointments. In his 2004 reappointment application, Dr. Dookeran revealed for the first time that he received a formal reprimand from his previous employer. Neither his initial 1999 application nor his 2002 reappointment application detailed the…