Wisner

BACKGROUND FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Wisner is an orthopedic surgeon who has been practicing since 1988. He holds medical licenses in five states and is certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. From 1990 through March 2019, Wisner held “courtesy” staff privileges at SJMC, an acute care hospital in Stockton, California. As a courtesy staff member, Wisner could admit up to 10 patients per year at SJMC. In May 2018, Wisner was charged in a criminal indictment with 11 felony counts of making false or fraudulent insurance claims (Pen. Code, § 550, subd. (a)) related to patient care services. In July 2018, the Medical Board of California (“Medical Board”) issued an accusation against Wisner seeking to revoke or suspend his license to practice medicine in California for gross negligence and repeated negligent acts in his care and treatment of multiple patients. In January 2019, Wisner asked to be placed on SJMC’s emergency department “on call panel.” At the time, Wisner had not treated any patients at SJMC for approximately two decades. In response to Wisner’s request to join SJMC’s on call panel, Don Wiley, SJMC’s chief executive officer, conferred with Alvin Cacho, M.D.…