Dr. Whistleblower steps into the ring

There’s been chatter in the medical world that a MD who questions a colleague’s practices or notes errors in the operating room has asked for a career death wish, so to speak. Dennis McIntosh, a former anesthesiologist at San Joaquin General Hospital, alleges that because he pointed out the faults of the hospital anesthesiology department while he was employed there in 2004, several doctors attacked his character and medical abilities and also prevented him from getting other medical jobs. The hospital’s evaluation from the time listed McIntosh as "not a competent anesthesiologist and… an inferior doctor." McIntosh says it’s a smear job and he's seeking $25K in damages. It's doctor vs. doctors, tonight at 11.  Read [Lodi News-Sentinel]