Weiner, 62, has denied mistreating patients. He did not respond to a request for comment about the board\u2019s decision to revoke his license. St. Peter\u2019s Health, which fired him in 2020, accusing him of malpractice<\/a>, did not provide comment. The hospital has previously attributed the mistreatment of patients to a rogue doctor and says it provides high-quality care.<\/p>\n Weiner sued St. Peter\u2019s for wrongful termination, a case the hospital ultimately won. Weiner also filed a defamation claim against Dr. Randy Sasich, a former St. Peter\u2019s colleague who lodged complaints about his care. Sasich remains a defendant in that lawsuit.<\/p>\n According to an order by the Montana Board of Medical Examiners<\/a>, Weiner agreed to never again seek a medical license in the state and said he no longer intended to practice there.<\/p>\n Before his termination, Weiner was the highest paid doctor at St. Peter\u2019s. Over the years, he made tens of millions of dollars and wielded his influence in the community to drive out hospital leaders who questioned his judgment. Colleagues feared him, and few challenged him. His firing prompted a public outcry, led by his nursing staff and former patients, many of whom continue to support him in a \u201cWe stand with Dr. Tom Weiner\u201d Facebook group<\/a> and on billboards expressing their support.<\/p>\n The ProPublica investigation identified scores of problematic cases. The medical board, though, focused on just seven. Among them was the case of Scot Warwick, whose death and subsequent autopsy was the catalyst for Weiner\u2019s downfall.<\/p>\n As ProPublica reported, Weiner diagnosed Warwick in 2009 with Stage 4 lung cancer, a disease that kills most people in months. For the next 11 years, Weiner subjected his patient to round after round of debilitating therapies including chemo. In 2020, he started to decline rapidly, gaining the notice of Sasich, who couldn\u2019t make sense of his original diagnosis and improbable survival span. But before Sasich could find answers, Warwick died an agonizing death. His widow, Lisa Warwick, ordered an autopsy. It came back negative for cancer \u2014 a finding Weiner has repeatedly dismissed \u2014 and concluded he likely died from the chemotherapy that Weiner had ordered.<\/p>\n Medical board members confirmed the autopsy\u2019s findings. In its written order<\/a>, the board concluded that Warwick died \u201cdue to gemcitabine-associated pulmonary toxicity.\u201d In other words, the chemotherapy killed him.<\/p>\n The board noted that \u201cWeiner disagrees with this finding and does not admit to it.\u201d<\/p>\n In response to the board\u2019s decision, Lisa Warwick said, \u201cIt\u2019s definitely welcomed news \u2014 very happy to hear it \u2014 but with the caveat that this whole thing took way too long.\u201d For five years, a board that\u2019s supposed to protect patients, she added, \u201cblatantly turned a blind eye.\u201d<\/p>\n According to a hospital spokesperson, after St. Peter\u2019s fired Weiner in 2020, it provided the medical board with thousands of pages of documents detailing its allegations, including that Weiner took over complete control of his patients\u2019 care, which made it difficult for other doctors to see or question his treatment. Those documents, many later obtained by ProPublica, languished for years without review by the board, a mystery its spokespeople have declined to explain.<\/p>\n The board renewed Weiner\u2019s license in 2021 and 2023. After ProPublica\u2019s investigation publicly revealed the hospital\u2019s allegations against Weiner, the board renewed his license for a third time this year.<\/p>\n Weiner\u2019s troubles extend beyond losing his license. Last year, the U.S. Department of Justice sued him, accusing him of prescribing needless treatments, double billing, seeing patients more frequently than necessary and \u201cupcoding\u201d \u2014 billing for more expensive treatments than he delivered. Weiner has denied the charges. For its part, St. Peter\u2019s already agreed to a $10.8 million settlement<\/a> for numerous violations of the False Claims Act related to Weiner\u2019s billing of federal insurance programs.<\/p>\n Separately, the parents of a deceased 16-year-old girl whose case was prominently featured in the ProPublica investigation have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Weiner, the hospital and other staff, accusing them of substandard care and fraud, which is ongoing. In a lengthy interview with ProPublica, Weiner denied that his treatment led to her death.<\/p>\n A criminal investigation is also underway, led by the Montana Department of Justice with help from federal investigators, according to several people who\u2019ve been interviewed by law enforcement. That office did not respond to a request for comment. Weiner has not provided comment on the ongoing criminal investigation.<\/p>\n Weiner sold his home in Helena this year, leaving behind a city deeply divided over his legacy and many people who still believe he was a world-class doctor who has been unfairly targeted by the hospital and the media.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20231206-Johns-Montana-Doctor-005_maxHeight_3000_maxWidth_3000.jpg\")
Lisa Warwick and her children, Peyton, left, and Brady, stand next to a collage of photographs of their late father, Scot. Louise Johns, special to ProPublica<\/p>\n