Neuroradiologist booted from ACR for bad testimony in courts

The ACR has booted out a neuroradiologist from its organization for false and poor testimony as an expert witness for the plaintiffs in two separate cases. The ACR has been able to do this after a judgement in a previous case where the judge ruled that the American Association of Neurosurgeons was allowed to do the same to one of its members who gave bad testimony.

Luckily in our country, medicolegal cases, though on the rise are still limited in number and the amounts of money involved are still not as big as in the US. The IRIA however should set criteria for the behaviour and testimonies of expert witnesses on the lines of the ACR.