Hi! We are talking to an orthopaedic surgeon tomorrow regarding a torn labrum in a college swimmer for whom surgery has been recommended. We'd like to get a second opinion and noticed in other threads that some of you have had the surgery. Can you recommend any orthopaedic surgeons who specialize in shoulder injuries and have treated or operated on swimmers with torn labrums or other shoulder injuries? We have found the names of a couple of surgeons who have worked with a lot of pro athletes, mostly football and baseball players.
If you could e-mail with any suggested names to riverdancer@bresnan.net, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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Duc M. Nguyen, MD
Redwood City, Cal.
Lifted AAOS Suspension
On Nov. 21, 2007, the Medical Board of California granted a petition for penalty relief for early termination of probation of Dr. Nguyen’s medical license.
In October 2004, the Medical Board of California placed Dr. Nguyen’s license to practice medicine on probation for 4 years. This action followed accusations of gross negligence, repeated negligent acts, excessive prescribing, and failure to maintain adequate medical records related to the care and treatment of two patients. Following surgery on two patients, Dr. Nguyen prescribed massive amounts of acetaminophen in narcotic medications. One patient died of a drug overdose; a second patient averaged more than 10 prescriptions per month from April 1999 to January 2003.
In September 2006, the AAOS Board of Directors voted to suspend Dr. Nguyen until all probationary measures were lifted from his license. In addition, the Board voted to review Dr. Nguyen’s request to be re-instated.
The AAOS Board of Directors voted to lift Dr. Nguyen’s suspension as an Active Fellow in the AAOS and approved Dr. Nguyen’s request to be reinstated.
And I would use him again; his surgical techniques are unprecedented and I would want more information than what you wrote here. He never ever prescribed an excess of pain medication for me when I was his patient for multiple surgeries. His surgical techniques were so unique that there was very little pain to even start with. I agree we disagree about this fabulous doctor. But people can surely be leary if they want; I'm not. Drug overdose? I have to question that. Drugs were not his thing.
Donna
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Former Member
Duc M. Nguyen, MD
Redwood City, Cal.
Lifted AAOS Suspension
On Nov. 21, 2007, the Medical Board of California granted a petition for penalty relief for early termination of probation of Dr. Nguyen’s medical license.
In October 2004, the Medical Board of California placed Dr. Nguyen’s license to practice medicine on probation for 4 years. This action followed accusations of gross negligence, repeated negligent acts, excessive prescribing, and failure to maintain adequate medical records related to the care and treatment of two patients. Following surgery on two patients, Dr. Nguyen prescribed massive amounts of acetaminophen in narcotic medications. One patient died of a drug overdose; a second patient averaged more than 10 prescriptions per month from April 1999 to January 2003.
In September 2006, the AAOS Board of Directors voted to suspend Dr. Nguyen until all probationary measures were lifted from his license. In addition, the Board voted to review Dr. Nguyen’s request to be re-instated.
The AAOS Board of Directors voted to lift Dr. Nguyen’s suspension as an Active Fellow in the AAOS and approved Dr. Nguyen’s request to be reinstated.
And I would use him again; his surgical techniques are unprecedented and I would want more information than what you wrote here. He never ever prescribed an excess of pain medication for me when I was his patient for multiple surgeries. His surgical techniques were so unique that there was very little pain to even start with. I agree we disagree about this fabulous doctor. But people can surely be leary if they want; I'm not. Drug overdose? I have to question that. Drugs were not his thing.
Donna
