Tulsa surgeon to face Oklahoma medical board after three years of waiting

Anagnost also has several medical malpractice cases against him in Tulsa County.

Daniel Graves, independent counsel for the Oklahoma attorney general's office, said Thursday that the investigation against Anagnost has been rather significant.

Graves said there have been 42 separate negligence filings against Anagnost over a six- to eight-year period, a somewhat unprecedented number of cases.

“This has not been, as it has been described in the pleadings, as some sort of ‘witch hunt,'” Graves said. “The outcomes of these surgeries have ranged from death, paralysis, amputations. There's a significant amount of harm that has come to these patients. I understand there can be bad outcomes in orthopedic surgery or any surgery, but in these instances, it appears there are significant matters that need to be presented to this board.”

In other business

The board scheduled a special meeting for the disciplinary hearing of Dr. Medhat Michael, an Edmond doctor who faces complaints of sexual misconduct reported by patients and co-workers.

Michael was arrested in December on four complaints of sexual battery from co-workers. He told The Oklahoman in December that the allegations were false.