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Advanced Orthopedics, 3500 Tyler St., in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
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A Miami husband and father died after back surgery to relieve his neck pain. Five years later, the anesthesiologist involved in the operation began serving his professional sentence from the state Board of Medicine.<\/p>\n
Dr. Jorge Melgen is still practicing, but on a one-year probation that will end Sept. 16, 2027. Melgen paid a $7,500 fine and $10,948 in Florida Department of Health case costs.<\/p>\n
The first discipline on the license Melgen has held since April 29, 2003, includes completing five-hour continuing medical education courses in anesthesia and risk management.<\/p>\n
Melgen\u2019s malpractice insurance paid $250,000 to the family of Cesar Chinchilla, a 56-year-old married father of two, as part of the settlement of the 2022 civil lawsuit filed against the anesthesiologist and Hollywood\u2019s Advanced Orthopedics and Spine Surgery.<\/p>\n
Melgen didn\u2019t answer emails to the address on his Florida Department of Health profile<\/a>, which says he has staff privileges at Mercy Hospital and Larkin Community Hospital.<\/p>\n READ MORE: A Florida social worker ripped off $99,000 from patients with dementia, cops say<\/a><\/p>\n Surgery to relieve neck pain<\/p>\n According to the Florida Department of Health\u2019s administrative complaint and the lawsuit filed for Chinchilla\u2019s family by the Shaked Law Firm, Chinchilla went to Advanced Orthopedics at 3500 Tyler St. for an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.<\/p>\n This kind of surgery \u201crelieves pain caused by pinched nerves<\/a> in your neck,\u201d the Cleveland Clinic website describes. \u201cA surgeon will remove the disk between your affected bones, and then weld (fuse) them together.\u201d<\/p>\n