Early April is an exciting time at Baystate Medical Center. That’s when the Springfield, Mass., institution prepares for its annual research week highlighting the latest studies by its 270 faculty members and other scientists.
But 2008 was different. In the run-up to the event, Hal Jenson, MD, Baystate’s chief academic officer, made an alarming discovery. During a routine audit of the summaries, Dr. Jenson found that two abstracts submitted by one of the hospital’s prominent anesthesiologists,
MARCH 6, 2009