The story of Eric Scheffey, MD; good read for doctors to be

63768 · Nov 22, 2005

http://www.namss.org/ContentStore/dboard/Texas Monthly - Scheffey.pdf

this was printed in the sept 2005 issue of texas monthly. this story opened my eyes to the dark side of medicine or when a doctor goes bad. i'm sure we've read about quacks, but this really hit home, seeing as how i'm a future orthopod, live in houston, and see patients with a lot of these ailments.

warning: it's quite lengthy but still good.

Dr2010 · Nov 22, 2005

yourmom25 said:
http://www.namss.org/ContentStore/dboard/Texas Monthly - Scheffey.pdf

this was printed in the sept 2005 issue of texas monthly. this story opened my eyes to the dark side of medicine or when a doctor goes bad. i'm sure we've read about quacks, but this really hit home, seeing as how i'm a future orthopod, live in houston, and see patients with a lot of these ailments.

warning: it's quite lengthy but still good.

wow

MarzMD · Nov 23, 2005

Words cant describe how sick that is. I cant believe that was really allowed to go on for so long.

Gavanshir · Nov 23, 2005

http://www.detnews.com/2000/health/0005/10/a14-53506.htm

studentstudent · Nov 23, 2005

Sounds like horror stories from other not-so-developed countries.

Dr2010 · Nov 23, 2005

what is even crazier, is that he seems so smug about his actions, as if the people under his errant bone saw were just practice and its ok for him to mess up here and there.

Oh, and they should look into the physician's who gave second opinions to this guy, what were they driving after they signed his papers?!?! let the conspiracy theories ensue.

CTSballer11 · Nov 23, 2005

really sad. I cannot believe the guy still has a thriving practice. I guess in medicine these days business skills are far more important than the surgical skill etc. Scary scary stuff.

Turkeyman · Nov 23, 2005

neovenom · Nov 23, 2005

yourmom25 said:
http://www.namss.org/ContentStore/dboard/Texas Monthly - Scheffey.pdf

this was printed in the sept 2005 issue of texas monthly. this story opened my eyes to the dark side of medicine or when a doctor goes bad. i'm sure we've read about quacks, but this really hit home, seeing as how i'm a future orthopod, live in houston, and see patients with a lot of these ailments.

warning: it's quite lengthy but still good.

just horrible. and the bad part is that i'm sure there are others out there like him.

Labslave · Nov 23, 2005

This story reminds me of that doctor from the book Complications who botched a long series of surgeries. I thought the book gave some useful insight into what makes good doctors/surgeons go down a spiraling path into the great beyond...although I doubt this guy was ever a 'good' surgeon.

Dr2010 · Nov 23, 2005

and on a totally tangential note...there was a great movie with Jimmy Stewart who was on the lam for killing his wife during surgery, he was part of the circus and was a clown...permanently, it sounds stupid, but man movies back then.

For those interested, the movie is called " The greatest show on earth" Check it out.

AcousticDoc · Nov 23, 2005

Labslave said:
This story reminds me of that doctor from the book Complications who botched a long series of surgeries. I thought the book gave some useful insight into what makes good doctors/surgeons go down a spiraling path into the great beyond...although I doubt this guy was ever a 'good' surgeon.

was that the surgeon who loved his job so much that he wouldn't quit even when he has lost his skills from old age (haven't read that book in ahwile)?

Mutt · Nov 23, 2005

What happened to pages 8 and 9?

They seem to be cut off....?

CuddlyKumquat · Nov 23, 2005

Holy Crap. I feel like im reading fiction here. :scared:

riceman04 · Nov 23, 2005

yourmom25 said:
http://www.namss.org/ContentStore/dboard/Texas Monthly - Scheffey.pdf

this was printed in the sept 2005 issue of texas monthly. this story opened my eyes to the dark side of medicine or when a doctor goes bad. i'm sure we've read about quacks, but this really hit home, seeing as how i'm a future orthopod, live in houston, and see patients with a lot of these ailments.

warning: it's quite lengthy but still good.

Something like that was actually discussed in complications. It is interesting that that guy was an ortho as well.

Pretty POHA · Nov 23, 2005

Yikes!!!!! Please tell me none of us will be horrible like that!

63768 · Nov 23, 2005

while similar to the story in complications, the hospital was able to curb his workaholism. with dr. scheffey, nothing stopped him and he could continue hurting his patients.

CTSballer11 · Nov 23, 2005

yourmom25 said:
while similar to the story in complications, the hospital was able to curb his workaholism. with dr. scheffey, nothing stopped him and he could continue hurting his patients.

I believe the guy in complications was once a "competent" surgeon. I think that surgeon got his act together and is operating again.

willow18 · Nov 23, 2005

Amazing, simply an amazing story. Thanks to the OP for posting it.

Here's a webpage with the full text, if anything is missing in the pdf file.

http://www.texaswatch.org/media/tm082905.htm

humuhumu · Nov 23, 2005

What a spectacular combination of greed, incompetence, hubris, and moral callousness....

BaylorGuy · Nov 23, 2005

Yourmom, I definitely read that article when that issue of Texas Monthly came out. I wound up searching more on the internet and found out more horrible info about Scheffey. Its really creepy

deuist · Nov 24, 2005

What a week. There are other bad physicians in the paper, too. Here's the story of an ob/gyn who raped his patients: http://www.thetyee.ca/News/2005/11/21/LessonPredator/

63768 · Nov 24, 2005

wow. just wow.

letmein!please? · Nov 25, 2005

I definitely saw the cocaine thing coming... pretty sad. Im just shocked it went on for as long as it did. If a professional criminal starts selling tv's for coke, they do something stupid and get arrested. If a mechanic starts botching cars for coke, he gets fired or arrested. But a surgeon, who would suspect a surgeon? Thats the most scary part of the article for me.

jbone · Nov 25, 2005

yourmom25 said:
http://www.namss.org/ContentStore/dboard/Texas Monthly - Scheffey.pdf

this was printed in the sept 2005 issue of texas monthly. this story opened my eyes to the dark side of medicine or when a doctor goes bad. i'm sure we've read about quacks, but this really hit home, seeing as how i'm a future orthopod, live in houston, and see patients with a lot of these ailments.

warning: it's quite lengthy but still good.

Scary shiz

. If that happened to me I would beat his a$$.

(unless I was dead that is

)

Jeannie O · Jan 8, 2014

OMG! This man did surgery on me when I was a teenager. My parenrs would have never allowed this if they knew then what we know now.

wiloghby · Jan 8, 2014

Jeannie O said:
OMG! This man did surgery on me when I was a teenager. My parenrs would have never allowed this if they knew then what we know now.

I'm glad you're okay and are now considering a career in medicine. You can be the doctor this guy never could.

In case anyone is having problems with the links being expired/ancient, this seems to be the new link to the same article:

http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/dr-evil

Awesome Sauceome · Jan 8, 2014

Jeannie O said:
OMG! This man did surgery on me when I was a teenager. My parenrs would have never allowed this if they knew then what we know now.

He must have been one smooooooth MOFO to be able to keep practicing like that, on meeting the guy would you say so?

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