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Report: Stent Maker Gave Doctor BBQ, Crab Feast

WASHINGTON (WJZ) — A new federal investigation reveals the questionable relationship between a local doctor and a major medical supplier.  The powerful head of the Senate Finance Committee slammed a...

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Stent Doctor Ready To Defend His Name In Court

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An attorney for a former St. Joseph Medical Center cardiologist accused of performing unnecessary stent procedures believes he will be cleared. Dr. Mark Midei’s attorney spoke out...

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Md. Lawmakers Have Close Eye On Doctors Using Cardiac Stents

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)– Maryland lawmakers want to make sure someone’s keeping a close eye on doctors performing cardiac stent procedures in the wake of a scandal involving one of the area’s top...

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Doctor Accused Of Performing Unneeded Stent Surgery Awaits Fate

BALTIMORE (WJZ)—A doctor accused of performing hundreds of unnecessary heart operations fights to keep his medical license. Mike Hellgren explains what happened Wednesday in the case involving Dr. Mark...

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Doctor Loses License; Former Patients, Attorneys React

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)—He’s accused of performing unnecessary surgical procedures on hundreds of his patients. Now many of those patients are celebrating news that the state yanked Dr. Marc Midei’s medical...

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Eastern Shore Doctor Faces 35 Years For Fraud, Unnecessary Surgeries

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)— An Eastern Shore doctor may be going to prison for defrauding taxpayers out of thousands of dollars. The U.S. Attorney says it stems from heart operations he performed unnecessarily....

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Doctor At Heart Of Stent Scandal Wants To Sue Former Employer

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)—Legal limbo.  A judge will soon decide if a Maryland hospital will face a multi-million dollar lawsuit. The plaintiff is Dr. Mark Midei, an embattled cardiologist at the center of the...

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Appeal Denied For Towson Doctor Accused Of Performing Unneeded Stent Surgeries

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)—A legal defeat for the Towson cardiologist accused of performing hundreds of unnecessary stent procedures. A Baltimore County judge denies Mark Midei’s appeal to have his medical...

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Settlement Reached In St. Joseph Stent Case

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — It was a scandal that ruined a doctor’s career, forced a hospital to sell and left hundreds suing over stent procedures they may not have needed. Alex DeMetrick explains there is...

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Former Md. Cardiologist Takes Stand In Wrongful Stent Surgery Suit

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — His case has gotten national attention. Baltimore cardiologist Dr. Mark Midei is accused of performing unnecessary stent procedures. Midei is facing lawsuits from hundreds of former...

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Malpractice Suit Against Former Md. Cardiologist Now In Hands Of Jury

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Closing arguments are finished in the case against a former cardiologist, once known as the best heart doctor in Baltimore County. It’s a case that dates back four years and...

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Midei Malpratice Suit Now In Hands Of Jury

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — A $150 million lawsuit against a Baltimore County hospital and one of its former doctors is now in the hands of the jury. The month-long case involves a physician once called the...

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Jury Deliberates On $150M In Damages Sought In Improper Stent Case

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)– First the verdict, now the penalty. The civil lawsuit of former cardiologist Mark Midei entered the damages phase Monday. Alex DeMetrick has details of the millions at stake and why...

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Jury Deliberates Damage Amount In Midei Wrongful Stent Suit

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Millions of dollars are at stake, and now, it’s all in the hands of a Baltimore County jury. It is the same jury that earlier found Dr. Mark Midei performed an unnecessary stent...

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Jury Deliberations On Damage Amount Continue In Midei Wrongful Stent Suit

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Still no verdict from the jury weighing what damages should be awarded to a Maryland businessman for an unnecessary medical procedure. Alex DeMetrick has more on what is at stake in...

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Still No Verdict On Damage Amount In Midei Wrongful Stent Suit

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) –A jury is having a hard time figuring what lawsuit damages, if any, are owed to a businessman who underwent an unnecessary heart procedure. Alex DeMetrick reports it’s still too soon...

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Mistrial Declared In Wrongful Stent Suit; Jury Couldn’t Reach Verdict On Damages

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)—The malpractice case against former St. Joseph doctor Mark Midei ended in a mistrial late Wednesday evening. Jurors failed to agree on how much to award a prominent patient who says...

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$37 Million Settlement Reached In Unnecessary Heart Stent Case

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)—Thirty-seven million dollars. That’s how much the former owners of St. Joseph Medical Center have agreed to pay out in settlement to hundreds of patients who say they were given an...

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