Nashed

FACTS

Nashed is an interventional cardiologist. He practiced medicine at the Hospital with “staff and surgical privileges.” The Hospital’s medical executive committee (MEC) makes “recommendations regarding the Medical Staff[’s]” performance. The Hospital’s medical staff granted Nashed’s application for reappointment to the medical staff and certain cardiology privileges. But they denied his request for full “[c]ategory III interventional cardiology privileges” because he “lacked the professional ability and clinical judgment qualifications for [those] privileges.” Nashed requested a hearing under the Hospital’s review procedures, which include a hearing before an administrative hearing judge, referred to as an “arbitrator,” and a review by an appeal board. The arbitrator conducted a hearing where medical experts testified in favor of and against Nashed. The arbitrator upheld the recommendation to deny full category III privileges. Nashed appealed to the board of trustees. His appeal was decided by a three-member appeal board appointed by the trustees. The appeal board affirmed the arbitrator’s decision. In 2019, the board of trustees issued the final decision affirming the…