Three heart surgeons at BSL Medical Center in Houston, Texas, Drs. Joseph Coselli, Joseph Lamelas, and David Ott, are under scrutiny for allegedly running two operating rooms simultaneously and delegating key aspects of complex heart surgeries to unqualified medical residents. This practice, which has raised significant concerns, was highlighted in a news release and reported by the FBI. The allegations have prompted further investigation into the operational procedures at the medical center. One patient, whose mother had open-heart surgery performed by Dr. Coselli, has come forward to discuss the issue.
Tonight on KHOU 11 News at 10, @stephengoin talks to a Houston woman who said her mother had open-heart surgery performed by Dr. Joseph Coselli, one of the three doctors accused of overbooking surgeries. #khou11 MORE: https://t.co/IT1IlAOYBg https://t.co/1jny4Rqb9z
Isn’t this exactly how every single busy surgical center works? Dr Denton Cooley was a world renowned CT surgeon who performed first human heart transplant. He’s famously known for running multiple ORs at once while team performed some segments and he did most critical parts https://t.co/E00x8gQbQe
Surgeons left heart surgeries to perform other operations in Texas, officials say https://t.co/cQmh3cvcIt
The physicians — Drs. Joseph Coselli, Joseph Lamelas and David Ott — regularly operated two operating rooms at once while delegating surgical duties to the residents, according to a news release. https://t.co/sGI3DJzKn6
#BREAKING Three heart surgeons at BSL Medical Center engaged in a regular practice of running two operating rooms at once while delegating key aspects of extremely complicated and risky heart surgeries to unqualified medical residents. More here: https://t.co/nyYkaBhmKR #HouNews https://t.co/JtZRTlUO3k