Families Denied Liver Transplants at Memorial Hermann Just Found Out They May Be Entitled to Receive A Large Cash Compensation

Texas Surgeon Is Accused of Secretly Denying Liver Transplants

Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center, a major medical facility located in Houston, TX, has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ. [2]

“Inappropriate changes … effectively inactivated the candidates on the liver transplant waiting list,” Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center said in a statement, according to the Houston Chronicle. [3]. “Subsequently, these patients did not/were not able to receive organ donation offers while inactive.” [4].

On Thursday, the medical center said in a statement to The New York Times that the doctor admitted to changing patient records. The newspaper identified the doctor as Dr. J. Steve Bynon Jr., who has had a contract to lead Memorial Hermann’s liver and kidney transplant programs since 2011, according to the medical center’s bio. [5]

It was not clear what could have motivated Dr. Bynon. Reached by phone on Thursday, he referred questions to UTHealth Houston. He did not confirm he had admitted to altering records. [6].

Other transplant surgeons said if the list was tampered with, patients would not be aware of changes in their status.

“They’re sitting at home, maybe not traveling, thinking they could get an organ offer any time, but in reality, they’re functionally inactive, and so they’re not going to get that transplant,”

said Dr. Sanjay Kulkarni, the vice chair of the ethics committee at the United Network for Organ Sharing. [7]

Families are outraged.

In recent years, a disproportionate number of Memorial Hermann patients have died while waiting for a liver, data shows:

Last year, 14 patients were taken off the center’s waiting list because they either died or became too sick, and its mortality rate for people waiting for a transplant was higher than expected, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, a research group. [7]

Data from OPTN shows that four patients died or became too ill for a transplant in 2021, 11 in 2022, 14 in 2023, and so far this year, that number was at five. [8]

The time to act is now.

After the Memorial Hermann Liver and Kidney Transplant Scandal, many families across the country now are rushing to seek justice and compensation.

This medical facility, with the recent suspension of the transplant programs, has cast doubt on the honesty of the transplant process, leaving people who need transplants feeling betrayed with their lives at risk… And if evidence finds them guilty, they have to pay.

Don’t miss your window of opportunity…