A powerful doctors group has fought a proposed California law that would require physicians to tell patients if they took money from drug or medical device makers.
Wendy Knecht figures she’s been failed twice by doctors — once by the plastic surgeon she accused of botching her breast reconstruction, and again by the California physicians lobby fighting a proposed law that would force doctors to alert patients to potential conflicts of interests.
“It’s really disheartening,” Knecht said. “When a physicians group is against patient care and transparency and informed consent, that’s upsetting.” Dr. Max Lehfeldt, a prominent Pasadena plastic surgeon, performed the reconstruction in February 2015 using Seri Surgical Scaffold, a silk mesh support for soft tissue. In Knecht’s case it was supposed to bolster the temporary, saline-filled implants that replaced the breast tissue removed during her surgery.
Had she known of that relationship before her surgery, she would have made different choices, Knecht said.“He appears to have a vested interest in this product, which seems to have caused a conflict of interest,” she said in her first medical board complaint, in August 2016, which also accused Lehfeldt of withholding information about postoperative complications.
Lehfeldt and his insurance company ultimately settled Knecht’s lawsuit for $1 million, without admitting liability. Allergan also settled with Knecht for an undisclosed sum sealed by a confidentiality agreement. “I advised [her] that my recommendations are driven purely on what is best for the patient and their specific clinical circumstances,” he told the board, denying that he concealed any of his concerns or findings from her.
“I added an additional clarification to one of the consult sheets, given the discussion we’d had, and I failed to initial and date it,” he said.After Knecht’s second complaint, the board reopened its investigation and is now pursuing disciplinary action against Lehfeldt.
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