Was Madigan PTSD doctor suspended in retaliation?

Madigan PTSD doctor suspended
Dr. Russel Hicks, a Madigan Army Medical Center psychiatrist, has been suspended from his hospital duties for alleged problems with patient care. He believes the action is retaliation for information he gave Army investigators looking in to the hospital’s troubled PTSD diagnosis program.
Seattle Times
By Hal Bernton
Seattle Times staff reporter

A Madigan Army Medical Center psychiatrist has been suspended from his hospital duties because he allegedly practiced outside the scope of his clinical privileges and did not properly document patient records.

Dr. Russel Hicks, a senior member of Madigan’s staff with 15 years of service, received a Jan. 17 memorandum that informed him his privileges were in “abeyance.”

During an initial investigation that could last a month or more, he must refrain from any diagnosis, prescriptions, charting or treatment.

Hicks, in a letter to Madigan’s credential’s committee, said he believes the actions were in retaliation for information he offered Army investigators who last year examined diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at the hospital.
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