Vakharia v. Swedish Covenant Hospital

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Dr. Usha Vakharia (“Vakha-ria”), a 45-year old woman born in Bombay, India, and a physician specializing in anesthesiology, claims that her privileges as a member of the medical staff of Swedish Covenant Hospital (“the Hospital”) were restricted and ultimately terminated on discriminatory grounds. In a four-count complaint filed against the Hospital, Dr. Nancy Loeber (“Loeber”), who was the chairman of the Hospital’s Department of Anesthesiology during the relevant period, and the fourteen members, all physicians, of the Hospital’s Medical…