Ranier W. G. Gruessner MD v. UA College of Medicine lawsuit records

MS 802

Collection area: History of Science

Collection dates: 2013-2014

About this collection

Court documents and media reports relating to a dispute between Rainer W. G. Gruessner MD and the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson et al. Materials are in original order as processed by Dave Piper in 2013.

Historical background

Court documents and media reports relating to a dispute between Rainer W. G. Gruessner MD and the University of Arizona College of Medicine -Tucson, Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona Health Network, and University Physicians Healthcare. Dr. Gruessner was, at the time, the head of UA College of Medicine Department of Surgery. One of the other players in this dispute was the then dean of the UA College of Medicine - Tucson, Steve Goldschmid MD. What makes this dispute particularly interesting is that the UA College of Medicine in its infancy also endured an intense and lengthy controversy between its founding dean, Merlin K. DuVal MD, and its first head of the Department of Surgery, Erle E. Peacock, Jr., MD.

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