| Brent Hanson - LASIKFRAUD.COM 2005-03-29, 7:24 pm |
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THE TRUTH ABOUT GLENN HAGLE AND CRSQA "CERTIFIED" SURGEONS
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http://www.lasikfraud.com/crsqa_sur..._hazardous.html
CRSQA Surgeons May be Hazardous to Your Health
Glenn Hagele bills himself as a "patient advocate" and provides CRSQA
certifications to LASIK surgeons. Unfortunately, Glenn Hagele is not really
a patient advocate -- he actually provides marketing services to LASIK
surgeons and companies, all designed to fool the public into thinking that
the LASIK industry does a good job of policing itself.
Part of Glenn Hagele's job is to patrol internet forums to promote LASIK,
and to discredit patients who have had bad outcomes, which he does with
great zeal. Glenn Hagele's attitude toward LASIK patients is revealed when
he makes such statements as:
I equate SurgicalEyes to a ant on the XXX of a cow I pass by going 50 in my
sports car.
But what about the CRSQA certification -- is it any good? The fact is that
Glenn Hagele is known for having certified and defending one of the most
notorious LASIK surgeon in the industry. That surgeon's name is Dr. Glenn
Kawesch.
- Dr. Glenn Kawesch has been certified by Glenn Hagele.
- Dr. Glenn Kawesch has been accused by the California Attorney General of
engaging in dishonest and corrupt acts, altering medical records, and
fabricating
various test results.
- Dr. Glenn Kawesch has come under suspicion by the IRS for tax fraud.
- Dr. Glenn Kawesch pleaded guilty to "evading $4.2 million in federal taxes
through sham contracts and schemes stretching from Ireland to the West
Indies".
Dr. Glenn Kawesch has had an extraordinary number of malpractice lawsuits
filed against him. Here is an partial list of some of the malpractice cases
that have been filed against Dr. Glenn Kawesch.
Case CategoryFiling Date
GIC774078 Medical MalpracticeSeptember 7, 2001
GIC787221 MalpracticeApril 24, 2002
GIC764982 MalpracticeApril 2, 2001
GIC779106 FraudDecember 4, 2001
GIC793085 Medical MalpracticeJuly 25, 2002
GIC724772Malpractice October 7, 1998
GIC753609 Medical Malpractice August 25, 2000
GIC764538 Medical MalpracticeMarch 26, 2001
GIC748269Malpractice May 16, 2000
GIC753043 MalpracticeAugust 15, 2000
GIC782738 Medical Malpractice February 6, 2002
N79316Malpractice September 30,
1998
727331 Malpractice January 15, 1999
728995 MalpracticeMarch 15, 1999
728997 Malpractice March 15, 1999
729568 Negligence April 2, 1999
GIC743137 MalpracticeFebruary 8, 2000
GIC757257 Medical Malpractice November 1, 2000
GIC760421 Medical Malpractice January 8, 2001
GIC775955 Medical Malpractice October 10, 2001
GIC787421Medical MalpracticeApril 26, 2002
GIC788174 Medical Malpractice May 8, 2002
GIC789393 Medical Malpractice May 29, 2002
GIC794779Medical Malpractice August 22, 2002
GIC768248Medical MalpracticeMay 31, 2001
Glenn Hagele continued to publicly defend Dr. Kawesch with the following
published statements:
September 10, 2002
According to the National Practitioners Data Base, Dr. Kawesch has had fewer
than eight paid malpractice claims of $30,000 or more during his entire
career. According to Dr. Kawesch and affirmed by the California Medical
Board, Dr. Kawesch has provided more than 30,000 refractive surgeries. When
we require that not more than one in 500 patients could have a successful
malpractice suit of over $30k, that would mean as many as 60 successful
claims could be made against someone who has provided as much surgery as Dr.
Kawesch.
September 12, 2002
Dr. Kawesch did not have his license restricted during this hearing last
month and that the ALJ found the sight of all subject patients had actually
improved since the surgeries. A full hearing to evaluate all details is
tentatively scheduled for January.
October 11, 2002
It is reasonable to expect that a doctor who has performed 20,000-30,000
surgeries will make mistakes and will have successful malpractice lawsuits.
I don't know about you, but I know I can't really be expected to do
something 30,000 times and never make a mistake.
Glenn Hagele finally gave up on defending the indefensible:
March 30, 2003
This doctor is not certified by our organization.
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