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Houston Doctor Indicted on Charges He Falsified Records to Block Patients' Liver Transplants
Dr. John Stevenson Bynon Jr. faces five federal charges for falsifying medical records that blocked liver transplant offers, causing three patient deaths, prosecutors say.
- On January 14, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Dr. John Stevenson Bynon Jr. with five counts of false statements in health-care matters; he surrendered and was due in federal court Tuesday at 2 p.m.
- The DOJ says Bynon altered five patients' medical records from March 2023 to March 2024 to make them 'functionally ineligible' for organ offers at the United Network for Organ Sharing liver transplant waitlist.
- Of the five patients detailed in the indictment, three died—one after 149 days ineligible in February 2024, another after 69 days ineligible in December 2023—and two patients later transplanted at other hospitals.
- Families have sued in Houston civil court, and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network declared Memorial Hermann not in good standing in February 2025 after the April 2024 program halt; Bynon faces up to five years in prison and up to $250,000 fines per count.
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Houston doctor indicted on charges he falsified records to block patients’ liver transplants
A Houston doctor has been indicted on charges of falsifying medical records for five patients, making them ineligible to receive a liver transplant, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday.
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Houston doctor indicted on charges he falsified records to block patients' liver transplants
Federal prosecutors say a Houston doctor has been indicted on charges of falsifying medical records for five patients, making them ineligible to receive a liver transplant.
·United States
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