Hongsathavij
Hongsathavij v. Queen of Angels/Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center
Opinion
Opinion
Boren, J.
Appellant, Dr. Siri Hongsathavij, was a member of the medical staff of respondent, Queen of Angels/Holly wood Presbyterian Medical Center (the Medical Center). After Dr. Hongsathavij was removed from the Medical Center’s emergency room “call panel” (which did not affect his staff privileges at the Medical Center), he had a court-ordered hearing before a hospital judicial review committee (JRC), composed of peer physicians from the Medical Center staff. The JRC determined that there was insufficient basis to remove Dr. Hongsathavij from the panel and recommended his reinstatement. The Medical Center appealed the matter to its board of directors (acting as an Appeal Board), which determined that the JRC’s findings lacked evidentiary support and that Dr. Hongsathavij was properly removed from the panel and should not be reinstated. Dr. Hongsathavij then filed a petition for a writ of mandate, complaining that the Appeal Board acted improperly. The superior court denied the petition, and we affirm.
Facts
Background
From October 1990 through approximately January 1991, Dr. Hongsathavij was on the call panel of the Medical Center for OB/GYN physicians who served, among…