Procedure could result in rebuke for radiologist
Talking about Procedure could result in rebuke for radiologist
A Victoria radiologist is facing possible professional rebuke for performing an experimental procedure said to cure the effects of multiple sclerosis.
Dr. Brian Weinerman, an oncologist and executive medical director of diagnostics for the Vancouver Island Health Authority, said he has spoken to the radiologist — who is now feeling a little chastened — and passed along a report on the matter.
The radiologist “was a little naive and he knows now what he did was beyond the bounds,” said Weinerman.
Last month, two people from Vancouver, both with multiple sclerosis, received a treatment at Victoria General Hospital in which veins draining blood from their brains were unblocked using balloon angioplasty.