Board denies Hazelwood doctor’s Iowa license for third time

Hazelwood’s Dr. Brett Snodgrass, He sued the Iowa Board of Medicine We requested a judicial review last year A board decision dated June 2023 We don’t allow him to work in Iowa. The board’s decision and its decision in 2021 were based on questions about Snodgrass’ moral character.

The Iowa board reiterated its concerns this month in its decision to once again deny Snodgrass’ license application, saying Snodgrass “failed to present sufficient evidence to meet the burden of proof that he has been rehabilitated.”

Snodgrass earned his medical degree in 2007, but board records show he is not licensed to practice as a physician anywhere.

Documents from the Missouri Administrative Hearings Commission outline specific concerns raised by regulators there in 2013 that formed the basis of the Iowa board’s decisions.

Missouri commission records show Snodgrass attended medical school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and earned his medical degree in May 2007. During his final year of medical school, he was accepted into the residency program at Carolinas Medical Center in North Carolina.

However, within a few months he was informed that he would not be accepted into the five-year general surgery residency program. A supervisor wrote in his evaluation of Snodgrass that he “lacked the skills to be a caregiver for people” and that he instilled “fear rather than trust in nurses, patients and their families,” according to commission records.

In 2008, Snodgrass entered UMKC’s four-year pathology residency program. As of December 2010, he was placed on a recovery plan and the interim head of the residency program, Dr. Kamanisnodgr Lankachandra expressed concern about what he called Snodgrass’ “substandard behavior,” chronic tardiness, disheveled appearance and “complete inability to move.” follow the instructions.”

Snodgrass’ attorney later filed documents with Missouri licensing officials in which Snodgrass admitted to engaging in a series of harassing acts targeting Lankachandra, resulting in a 2012 conviction on charges of disturbing the peace.

According to the Missouri Healing Arts Registry Board, Snodgrass sent some 500,000 emails to Lankachandra; He created a Facebook page about Lankachandra with negative comments about his behavior and professionalism; used Lankachandra’s name and personal information – including loan documents and insurance records – to bombard him with mass mailings from various organisations; and posed as Lankachandra while seeking help for his addiction issues from various drug rehab facilities.

Records also show that the Missouri board accused Snodgrass of making “harassing and threatening” phone calls to a colleague in a fake Indian accent, and that he had transcriptionists write notes in a fake Indian accent while at Truman Medical Center.

In 2013, Snodgrass allegedly posted two ads on Craigslist featuring a drawing of a man resembling a terrorist with a bomb strapped to his chest. One of the ads was titled “Brass in a box (for sale) (F— UMKC)” and the other was titled “Consultant, worker wanted (we meet on the second floor)”.

Snodgrass later told licensing officials that the ads, which attracted the attention of the FBI and led to increased security at Truman Medical Center, were run to “get the attention of UKMC” so that it could resolve any problems with the residency program.

In November 2013, the Missouri Division of Professional Regulation notified Snodgrass that his application for a medical license had been denied. He later unsuccessfully applied for a license in Connecticut and Illinois.

In 2020, he applied for a medical license in Iowa. His application was rejected in July 2021. Snodgrass appealed this decision, resulting in a hearing in March 2022. The board decided that if Snodgrass elects to undergo a series of evaluations, he can present the results of the evaluations to the board, which can then consider licensing him.

According to the board, Snodgrass later stated that he wanted to exclude any psychological testing from the evaluations and would only accept proficiency testing conducted by an agency of his choosing.

Last year, the board again denied Snodgrass’ application for an Iowa license, citing insufficient evidence of rehabilitation. Snodgrass later sought judicial review of this decision, but withdrew the matter within a few weeks and the case was also dismissed.

On November 15, the board found there was still no evidence that Snodgrass had been rehabilitated and denied his application for a third time.

In its decision, the board noted that “Dr. Snodgrass was aware that he had failed the psychological screening, but since Dr. Snodgrass had the authority to decide whether to perform such screenings, his results were not included in the records and he did not want this.” evaluated.”