Occasionally, I will Google Dr. Eppley's name.   My stomach turned in disgust when I read the following, taken from legal documents in regards to a medical malpractice case.  It seems Dr. Eppley was on the medical review panel.  Here, Dr. Eppley condemns another doctor for doing exactly what he did in my surgery..by allowing someone other than himself to perform part of the surgery without the patients consent. 

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4 A jury trial was held in March of 2006. At trial Dr. Barry Eppley, a plastic surgeon at the Indiana University Medical Center who served on the medical review panel, testified that a “med tech” should not be allowed to perform aspiration or infusion in a surgical procedure. Id. at 323. He further stated that a patient should be informed if anyone other than the listed surgeon is performing a part of the surgery, that to not advise a patient of such information is below the standard of care, that informed consent includes a description of the nature of the procedure, and that a description of the procedure would include “who would be performing the procedure.”

He never informed me that a resident would be involved in my surgery.. I am not the only patient whose surgery was "completed" by a resident.  This is the height of hypocrisy.  This is the pot calling the kettle black.   I certainly did not consent to his omitting a crucial part of my operation.  After going over the procedure for months, in person, phone calls and in writing, he LEFT OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCEDURE.. the transverse incision that releases the platysma muscle and allows normal closure of the jaw and ability to lift the head and extend the neck.

 

Link to the page:  http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:9Q3RjtPhb4sJ:www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/pdf/07310705mgr.pdf+%22dr.+barry+eppley%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=30&gl=us