In This Issue:

- Surgical Resident's Suit Fails

- Healthcare Reform Impact Noted

- New Hospital Affiliation Announced

- Impact of Financial Incentives

- Why Hospital-Owned Medical Groups Lose Money

Excerpt from Surgical Resident's Suit Fails

When Saint Mary's Hospital declined to promote Dr. Zygmunt Golek from senior resident to chief resident, Dr. Golek sued. Although he was offered the opportunity to remain at Saint Mary's Department of Surgery as a fourth year clinical resident, he instead sought damages against the hospital, the chief of surgery and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Dr. Golek was unable to establish that the hospital had acted inappropriately or that ACGME owed him any obligation to advance his cause in Waterbury. Reflecting the difficulty of turning disappointing PGY medical education decisions into money damage claims, a unanimous three judge panel of the Connecticut Appellate Court rejected all of his claims...