{
  "abstract": "Background Surgeons are at high risk for malpractice claims, which can significantly impact physician quality of life and risk of burnout. There are few published data reporting the incidence, outcomes, and repercussions of malpractice lawsuits on neurointerventionalists.Methods A survey of senior members of the United States Society of Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS) was performed to study malpractice litigation and medical board complaints.Results In total, 173 responses were obtained. Of the total sample, 66 respondents (38.2%) reported being subject to a total of 84 malpractice claims during independent practice over the last 10 years, amounting to a malpractice claim annual incidence of 5.9% (84 cases per 1423 years of practice). The majority of claims involved either brain aneurysms (34.5%) or arteriovenous malformations (23.8%), with most alleging either intra-procedural (38.1%) or post-procedural (27.3%) complications. Only three of the 58 claims that had concluded ended in court settlements (5.2%). The majority (78.3%) of claims resulted in no consequences to physician practice. Fourteen respondents (8.1%) reported being subject to a total of 16 state medical board complaints over the previous decade, with most resulting in no significant repercussions.Conclusion Malpractice claims are common among neurointerventionalists and often cause significant physician distress, yet most result in claims being dropped or no paid damages, and the majority conclude without practice repercussions for the named physicians.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Kyle M Fargen"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Ankitha M Iyer"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA"
      ],
      "name": "J Mocco"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Johanna T Fifi"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Interventional Neuroradiology and Neuroendovascular Surgery, Miami Neuroscience Institute and Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute - Baptist Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Guilherme Dabus"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurological Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Justin F Fraser"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Joshua A Hirsch"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Warren Alpert School of Medical at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Mahesh V Jayaraman"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Medical malpractice claims and state medical board complaints among United States neurointerventionalists",
  "uid": "e551210c-f3a0-5e04-80b2-c84f4b29ba05"
}