Houston Public MediaFeb 27, 2025

Following allegations that a Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center surgeon manipulated government transplant records, a national organization that manages the distribution of organs flagged the Houston hospital for failing to comply with standards.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2025/02/27/514947/memorial-hermann-given-rare-not-in-good-standing-designation-following-liver-transplant-scandal/

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Memorial Hermann given rare ‘not in good standing’ designation following liver transplant scandal

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network's board of directors on Feb. 20 declared the Houston hospital as a "member not in good standing," the most severe action that the network can take against one of its member hospitals.

Houston Public Media
Houston Public MediaApr 30, 2024

More families are coming forward saying their loved ones were approved for a liver transplant and then denied. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/04/30/485064/more-families-join-lawsuit-against-memorial-hermann-doctor-who-denied-liver-transplant-candidates/

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More families join lawsuit against Memorial Hermann doctor who denied liver transplant candidates

64-year-old Jerry Whittington was removed from the liver transplant waiting list and subsequently died in 2023, according to his family.

Houston Public Media
Houston Public MediaApr 29, 2024

Melanie Crowel last year learned her husband's liver condition took a turn for the worse. He died waiting for a transplant at Memorial Hermann hospital this year, and she intends to take legal action.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/04/29/484945/her-husband-died-waiting-on-a-houston-hospitals-liver-transplant-list-now-she-intends-to-take-legal-action/

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Her husband died waiting on a Houston hospital’s liver transplant list. Now she intends to take legal action

An increasing number of Memorial Hermann patients have died while anxiously waiting on transplant lists that could've granted them life-saving organs, according to data from the Organ Procurement Transplantation Network.

Houston Public Media
Matt WillemsenApr 13, 2024
Texas surgeon accused of secretly blocking patients from getting transplants
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/texas-surgeon-accused-of-secretly-blocking-patients-from-getting-transplants/ #medicine #transplants #liver #kidney #MemorialHermann
Texas surgeon accused of secretly blocking patients from getting transplants

The motive for the alleged data manipulation is unknown.

Ars Technica
Houston Public MediaApr 12, 2024

Officials are investigating allegations that a liver transplant surgeon from the Memorial Hermann Medical Center manipulated a government database to prevent patients from receiving new livers, the New York Times reported.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/04/12/483440/uthealth-defends-doctor-accused-of-manipulating-liver-transplant-patients-information-in-government-database/

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UTHealth defends doctor accused of manipulating liver transplant patients’ information in government database

The medical center said Dr. J. Steve Bynon had admitted to changing patient records.

Houston Public Media
Show threadNonilexApr 11, 2024

It was not clear what could have motivated Dr. Bynon to possibly tamper w/the records.…

…In recent yrs, a disproportionate number of #MemorialHermann patients have died while waiting for a liver, data shows. Last yr, 14 patients were taken off the center’s waiting list because they either died or became too #sick, & its mortality rate for people waiting for a #transplant was higher than expected, acc/to the Scientific Registry of #TransplantRecipients, a research grp.

#law #medicine #ethics

Show threadNonilexApr 11, 2024

#MemorialHermann-Texas Med Ctr in #Houston, where Bynon oversaw both liver & kidney #transplant prgs, abruptly shut those down in the past wk while looking into allegations.

Thurs, the #medical ctr, a UTexas teaching #hospital, said it had found evidence a #doctor in its liver transplant prg had effectively denied patients transplants by changing recs. Ofcls ID’d the dr as Bynon, who is employed by U #Texas #Health #Science Ctr & has lead Mem Hermann’s abdominal transplant prg since 2011.

#law