Dr. DeGennaro was the subject of a disciplinary finding in a Florida case involving a patient’s death. According to the complaint filed in the case, Dr. DeGennaro failed to perform his duties while treating a patient for abdominal pain at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Holy Cross Hospital in 2003.
According to the complaint, Dr. DeGennaro misrepresented X-rays to the patient, failed to respond to the patient’s symptoms and complaints, failed to act on the patient’s urgent need for surgery and failed to recognize the patient had a torn large intestine. The patient died four days after arriving at Holy Cross Hospital, according to the report.
New York, where Dr. DeGennaro had been licensed to practice medicine since 1973, charged him with medical misconduct as a result of the Florida case, which caused Dr. DeGennaro to voluntarily surrender his New York medical license.
Dr. DeGennaro entered into a settlement agreement with the state of Florida, which allowed him to keep his license to practice medicine in the state. In 2010, he became the chief of staff at the Miami VA, according to the report.
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