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Source: Tulsa World, Okla.迷你倉最平Dec. 15--A Tulsa neurosurgeon has sued four other surgeons, alleging they conspired with the state medical board to destroy his career with "frivolous" allegations.The lawsuit by Dr. Steven Anagnost was filed last month in Oklahoma County District Court. Though all the physicians involved are from Tulsa, the suit alleges that some or all of the conduct occurred in Oklahoma County, where the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision is located.The suit names physicians Clinton Baird, Christopher Boxell, David Fell and Frank Tomecek individually. It also names the Tulsa Spine and Specialty Hospital LLC, a Tulsa hospital in which the doctors are or were involved.Anagnost and the defendants specialize in spinal surgeries, and the suit claims they are "direct competitors of Dr. Anagnost who stand to gain financially from Dr. Anagnost's destruction." It states that Tulsa Spine and Specialty Hospital invited him to become a shareholder in 2004 or 2005 but he declined the offer.Anagnost's suit states he is a shareholder in Synaptic Resources LLC and specializes in "minimally invasive spinal surgery." The practice involves smaller incisions and can often be done as an outpatient procedure.Anagnost's suit states the doctors were behind an effort that began in 2009 to file complaints against him with the medical board.The complaint filed by the medical board involves medical procedures on 23 of Anagnost's patients. It alleges Anagnost "engaged in gross or repeated negligence in the practice of medicine or surgery," submitted false claims to Medicare and entered into lawsuit settlements but neglected to inform the medical board as required.The board complaint alleges Anagnost did not perform the surgeries properly and in some cases at all, resulting in serious injuries or continuing pain to patients.In a filing in May, the board also alleged he was named in more than 30 malpractice cases, settled six of them and did not report them to the board or the National Practitioners Data Bank.Anagnost's suit claims the defendants "instigated the pursuit of Dr. Anagnost by not only the board, but also worked or collaborated with civil lawyers to encourage the filing and/or prosecution of medical malpractice suits" against him.Charles Weddle, Anagnost's attorney, said: "Dr. Anagnost is eager to get the doctors he has sued placed under oath and get this matter tried sooner rather than later.""Dr. Anagnost is not going to give up in his pursuit to restore his reputation," Weddle said.Walt 迷你倉askins, an attorney for all defendants, said the doctors "will aggressively defend this case and anticipate we will prevail." He said the defendants have filed a motion to transfer the case to Tulsa County."It would seem rather obvious that he (Anagnost) doesn't want to have the matter heard before the patient base that has been affected by his care," Haskins said. "The discipline imposed upon him by the medical board would speak for itself as would the plethora of lawsuits filed against him."The medical board staff initially declared Anagnost's complaint an emergency, then repeatedly delayed hearing the complaint between 2010 and 2012, records show. Anagnost sued the medical board in July, claiming the board violated his due process and failed to follow its own regulations.In a filing in that case, several Oklahoma Supreme Court justices were critical of the medical board's handling of Anagnost's case.On Sept. 12, 2013, after the Oklahoma attorney general's office became involved in Anagnost's disciplinary case, a consent order was entered between the board and Anagnost.Anagnost agreed in the consent order to pay a $10,000 fine for failure to report settlements to the board in 2010 and 2011, records show. He also agreed to successfully complete a visiting spine fellowship program and continuing education courses in billing and medical record keeping.Anagnost agreed to reimburse the board $100,000 for legal costs and request a dismissal of his lawsuit against the board. The agreement states Anagnost did not admit fault or wrongdoing.The board renewed Anagnost's license this year but he agreed not to resume surgical practice in Oklahoma until appearing before the board and demonstrating he complied with the agreement, records show.Anagnost states in his suit that the surgeons used the board "to make reckless, frivolous, abusive, damaging and/or unsupported charges." He points to a report by a health-care policy expert, Michael Lapolla, who analyzed data regarding Anagnost's practice.Lapolla's report found that "Dr. Anagnost's practice demonstrates complication rates better than the national average and better than those of Dr. Anagnost's peers, including the defendants," the suit states.The suit seeks more than $75,000 in damages for tortious interference, abuse of process, negligence and defamation.Ziva Branstetter 918-581-8306ziva.branstetter@tulsaworld.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) 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