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Abilene Neurosurgeon exposes Kalafut
 Norman J. Dozier, M.D.
October 30, 2007
Kyle-
Great talking to you today. The doctor I mentioned today is Dan Munton, a PMR physician who was Kalafut and Brandecker's partner for several years. He left them, went to St Louis for a year to get out of the restrictive covenant, then came back to town about a year ago. Within 6 months, he had his first anonymous complaint before TMB and has two more since. He, as well as Hendrick Medical Center, have hired Mac Stewart, an attorney in Dallas to represent him. Mac has been out to Abilene multiple times and has garnered "a wealth of very interesting information", but so far has not done much with it. The individual Medical Executive Committee members have not been down to Austin yet, so he may be waiting to deliver the bombshells then.
Anyway, Dan overheard multiple conversations between Ed, Roberta, and multiple members of TMB while he was a partner with them where she influenced other TMB members to investigate and sanction doctors Roberta viewed as competition to her. Also, Dan's office manager, Vicki Myers, is one of many disgruntled ex-employees of Drs Kalafut and Brandecker, who has overhead many conversations, etc. to the same effect. Most damning would probably be concerning Eric Bennos, a neuroradiologist in DFW area who used to read MRI's by tele here in Abilene. He was called before the Board on a case involving a metastasis to the spine that Ed later saw in consultation, and had Bennos called because Ed felt the metastasis was possibly visible on an earlier MRI that Bennos had read.
Bennos was exonerated after much to do, but Dr Munton overhead Dr Kalafut screaming at other Board members over the phone to not exonerate Dr Bennos because he represented competition to her since he was reading MRI's from a competitor's office.
Personally, I am the only doctor left in a 150 mile radius that is involved in Pain Management in any form or fashion that has not been sanctioned by TMB one way or another, but God knows she has been trying.
I have had 2 charts subpoened by the Board that were anonymous complaints, one of which was the same case I discussed with Bennos. In both cases, the only common thread was that the patients has later been seen by Dr Brandecker. The TMB would not return my phone calls about why the charts were subpoened. I talked with both patients and families, and neither of them knew anything about TMB inquiry, much less having filed a complaint themselves. I have documented patient statements where Dr Kalafut has made desparaging remarks about me, and have documented at least one Physician office note where the patient told her internist that Dr Kalafut told the patient that if I kept seeing and treating her once a month, then I should "come to Austin to discuss my medical care before the TMB".
I could go on forever, but suffice it to say that I am 100% sure that Dr Kalafut is clearly using her position for the purpose of trying to benefit herself professionally, and I am sick and tired of it. I was elated to see in the Texas legislature meeting Oct 23rd that other people around the state are beginning to figure her out, but it has been a long time coming and only the tip of the iceberg has been seen yet.
Thanks for your help, and call me anytime.
Sincerely,
Norman J. Dozier, M.D.
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