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Houston Doctor Charged in Transplant Deception
6 Feb
Summary
- Doctor indicted for falsifying records of five transplant patients.
- Three patients died, two received transplants elsewhere.
- Alleged actions occurred between March 2023 and March 2024.
A Houston-based physician, Dr. John Stevenson Bynon Jr., has been indicted by federal prosecutors on five counts of making false statements related to health care. These charges stem from allegations that he falsified medical records for five patients, thereby rendering them ineligible for life-saving liver transplants.
As the former director of abdominal organ transplantation at Memorial Hermann Health System, Bynon allegedly altered patient records between March 2023 and March 2024. This alleged deception prevented critically ill patients from receiving timely organ offers. Prosecutors state that three of the affected patients died, one succumbing in December 2023 and another in February 2024 while awaiting transplants.
Two other patients were eventually able to secure liver transplants at different hospitals after their records were altered. The indictment suggests patients and their families were unaware of Bynon's alleged actions. Legal representatives for the families of deceased patients have initiated civil lawsuits in Houston.
