Florida Surgeon Who Allegedly Took Dislodged Bullet is Suspended Without Pay

David J. Ciesla, MD, the chief of trauma surgery at Tampa General Hospital, has been suspended for 10 days without pay for allegedly keeping a bullet that he removed from the body of a fugitive he was operating on, according to a report by the St. Petersburg Times.

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Dr. Ciesla reportedly hid the bullet inside his rubber glove, telling state law enforcement agents waiting outside the OR that it was still in the suspect’s body, but he was reported by a first-year surgery resident who had assisted in the operation.

The University of South Florida College of Medicine is asking Dr. Ciesla to give a lecture to medical students and residents on the role of physicians in securing medical evidence for law enforcement.

Read the St. Petersburg Times‘ report on the Tampa General Hospital surgeon.

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