Christopher Duntsch

Christopher Daniel Duntsch (born April 3, 1971) is a neurosurgeon who has been nicknamed Dr. Death for gross malpractice resulting in the death and maiming of several patients while working at Baylor Plano and Dallas Medical Center.
Duntsch began operating in Texas in 2010 and his medical license was revoked in 2013. He has been accused of maiming four patients and killing two others.
In 2017, he was convicted of a first degree felony in the maiming of Mary Efurd during a spinal fusion surgery.
Duntsch did his MD, PhD, and neurosurgery residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and subsequently was an assistant professor there. He then moved to Dallas to work at Baylor Plano. After several botched surgeries, he left for Dallas Medical Center, where he was employed for less than a week before he was dismissed by administrators after the death of another patient.

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