Former Cedars-Sinai Medical Middle obstetrician-gynecologist Barry J. Brock has surrendered his medical license following an accusation of negligent care from the state medical board.
Brock, 75, signed an settlement late final month to surrender the license he has held since 1978, moderately than contest an accusation the Medical Board of California filed in September relating to a former affected person’s remedy. The give up took impact on Wednesday.
Whereas Brock “doesn’t admit any factual allegations,” his legal professional Tracy Inexperienced stated, he elected to give up his license moderately than make investments money and time right into a listening to.
Underneath the phrases of the settlement, Brock is barred from legally training medication in California for the remainder of his life.
Brock retired from medication in August. Since then, a minimum of 176 ladies have filed lawsuits alleging that Cedars-Sinai and different amenities the place Brock labored knowingly hid his sexual abuses and misconduct, together with medically unjustifiable procedures that at instances resulted in lasting bodily issues.
Brock has denied all allegations of impropriety. The OB-GYN was a member of the Cedars-Sinai doctor community till 2018 and retained his scientific privileges there till mid-2024.
Cedars-Sinai confirmed in July that it suspended Brock’s hospital privileges after receiving “concerning complaints” from former sufferers. His privileges had been terminated just a few months later.
“The type of behavior alleged about Dr. Barry Brock is counter to Cedars-Sinai’s core values and the trust we strive to earn every day with our patients,” the medical heart stated in a press release. “We recognize the legal process must now take its course, and we remain committed to Cedars-Sinai’s sacred healing mission.”
The accusation that led to the give up of his license centered on a affected person who sought remedy in 2018 for a blighted ovum, a type of miscarriage by which the fertilized egg fails to become an embryo.
In accordance with the grievance, the affected person reported to Brock’s workplace in September 2018 for a dilation and curettage to take away remaining tissues from her uterus.
Brock ordered the affected person to undress in entrance of him, the grievance acknowledged, and didn’t put on gloves throughout the process, which was completed with no chaperone current.
The affected person skilled extreme ache throughout the go to and bled for 2 months afterward, the grievance stated, and no follow-up care was offered. When she visited a doctor’s assistant in November 2018, the grievance stated, she realized that Brock had failed to finish the dilation and curettage efficiently, and she or he needed to endure the method a second time to take away the remaining tissue.
The grievance alleged that Brock didn’t administer adequate ache remedy and didn’t correctly full the process or comply with up with pathology findings.
Whereas Brock’s license give up resolves this accusation, he nonetheless faces the civil lawsuits.
Fits had been filed on behalf of 167 ladies final 12 months, and 9 extra ladies sued the previous doctor earlier this month, alleging that Brock groped their breasts and genitals inappropriately throughout appointments, typically with naked palms, and made sexually harassing feedback.
“This is why these civil lawsuits and these women coming forward… are so, so important. He can’t avoid this,” stated Lisa Esser, an legal professional representing the 9 plaintiffs. “He’s going to be held accountable.”
