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Dr. Gambee Goes Before the Utah Medical Board
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Oct 13 2011, 11:41 am - By DrGambee


     I had a 2 hour hearing yesterday in SLC.  The gist of the hearing as it was explained to me by the Admisistrative Law Judge was that Utah was not going to "re-try the case."
     What he meant by that was that Utah was going to look at the Final Order and if the action described in that document was action that would result in revocation in Utah, they would concur with the Oregon Action.  And no, he would not allow the Utah board to consider our exceptions to the Final Order - he said that was a matter for the Appeals Court in Oregon.
     He would not allow me to list the errors in the Final Order.
     I had been asked for material to be admitted as exhibits and had sent
the transcript, copies of the chart notes on each patient with comments
showing that the Orders had not been violated, a copy of ORS 677.190,
but none of this had been read or even shown to the members of the
medical board.  Of course, that made me wonder why I was asked to submit, copy, prepare, edit, summarize and mail a stack of papers over 12 inches tall.
     At least members of the medical board were there.  When I attended the contested case hearing in Oregon, in December 2010, no members of the Board even attended the hearing and their lawyer turned his back on many of our presentations.  There is this idea that these hearings are a professional exchange or information.  Unfortunately, I've found that to be untrue.  The Board members are frequently only interested in being "right."
     It appears that Utah may act before the Oregon Court of Appeals makes a
decision, but I have a feeling that they will wait before making a final decision.
     I had the feeling that Utah feels that medical boards are next to Saints in behavior and that the Oregon Board would only act in a objective, ethical fashion.  Meanwhile, they've refused to renew my license there based on their claim that I do not meet the "good moral character qualification."  Remember, Oregon's claim is not that I have hurt anybody.  The treatments I use are backed by stacks of current medical literature.  The powers that be simply do not want me to treat people that way.  They don't agree that the treatment should be used and would prefer that I just "do it the way I was taught in medical school" over 40 years ago.

     Thanks for your support as we wait for the Oregon Court of Appeals.
Oct 13 2011, 1:55 pm - Replied by: cardenkendrick


This is ironic because I have been told multiple times over the last 3.5 years of medical school that 50% of what we learn will be wrong in 5 years.  The professors (who are mostly doctors themselves) like to joke about this fact and make light of the fact that students pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for this "education" (i like to call it indoctrination) and then anytime someone contradicts, or even contrasts their thoughts with something different, the witch-hunts begin.  These doctors make a big deal out of Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits, but all they learn is the same old garbage again and again.  

It is doubly ironic because Dr. Gambee has never been able to face his accusers for the reasons that 1. His complaints come from weak, feeble-minded, mediocre doctors who stay hidden in shadows, not from patients.  2.  The Oregon Board of Medical Examiners never actually listens to the facts and evidence presented, they don't even show up for the "hearings", and 3. The OBME hides the "investigators" who formulate the charges.  

It is triply ironic because many of the doctors who make up these boards have paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to real patients for real complaints and real settlements, yet they sit as judge, jury and prosecution.  

I find myself wondering if this is still really America we live in.  
Oct 14 2011, 8:23 am - Replied by: cardenkendrick


This is a letter I wrote to the Utah State Governor who as far as I know, appoints the Utah Medical Board Members.  


Good morning Governor Herbert, 

This may seem odd that I am writing you from Arizona but my concern is very relevant to Utah.  I appreciate you taking the time to read my letter and I will try to be as brief as possible.  Over the past 30 years, my father, Dr. John Gambee has been the object of a witch-hunt.  That was the term used on record by a member of Oregon's State Congress in 1996 directly to Oregon's Executive Medical Director Kathleen Haley.  Dr. Gambee recently had his medical license revoked.  During his "hearing", the Board's own experts and their own lawyer admitted that the charges that lead to his revocation were inaccurate.  I will be more specific;  The medical expert that the Oregon Medical Board brought to the hearing, admitted that the specific charges Dr. Gambee was accused of, were completely false.  

The Medical Board accused Dr. Gambee of failing to order specific tests and failing to perform certain procedures.  Yet in the very charts the Board's investigator commandeered, it very plainly showed the documentation that was supposedly not done, as well as that the tests had been ordered.  Dr. Gambee was still revoked.  I want to emphasize that Dr. Gambee hasn't had any patients complain, nor has ever harmed anyone.  No one is perfect, but all the complaints he has had come directly from the Medical Board themselves.  

This is what is meant by a witch hunt.  The Medical Board in Oregon has shown that they answer to no one.  They have shown that they have power to be plaintiff, prosecution, judge and jury.  They have ignored state law (ORS 677.190) which was specifically put in place to protect doctors who use evidence based medicine that is not considered "mainstream" by whoever happens to comprise the Medical Board at the time.  Dr. Gambee showed during the hearing that his methods were backed by peer reviewed articles, documented research as well as many other doctors around the country as well.  The Oregon Board didn't even show up to the hearing.  They didn't bother to even look at the evidence provided.

What does this have to do with you?  Dr. Gambee is also licensed in Utah where he worked following residency and has kept his license current.  He asked for a  hearing in Utah so that he could maintain his license.  He was told to provide documents and evidence.  He did so, but when he showed up for his hearing, the hearings officer told him that they were just going to wait for Oregon's appeals court to decide without even looking at the documents they asked for.  I find this appalling.  The Oregon Board has not provided one shred of evidence that Dr. Gambee has harmed anyone.  They use big, scary terms like "gross negligence" and "endangering society", but refuse to show any evidence whatsoever to back their claims.  Again, they do this because they answer to no one, and they know it.  And it appears that the Utah Board is just going to take their word for it.  

I am asking you to hold the Governor appointed Utah Medical Board accountable.  Please insist they open up an investigation and actually look at the evidence.  It is quite simple actually.  The Board's complaints are all very clearly documented.  Also very clearly documented is their expert admitting that they are false.  It is all clearly on record.  I am a 4th year medical student and it scares me to death knowing that this is how Medical Boards are allowed to act.  Such impudent behavior should not go unchecked.  In the America I believe in, no one party is plaintiff, judge, jury and prosecution.  Yet that is what the Oregon Board has become.  And they will continue to do so until they answer to someone.   

Again, I plead with you to actually open an honest investigation.  It won't take long before you see what I am saying is true.

Thank you for your time, 

Respectfully, 

Carden Gambee
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