🧠 WRONG SIDE STORY | Episode 10 – Credentialing Chronicles

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Brain surgery. Wrong side. Total catastrophe.

This isn’t an episode of Grey’s Anatomy—it’s a chilling true story of a credentialing collapse that led to one of the most devastating medical errors imaginable.

In this jaw-dropping episode, Shannen and Nyleen dissect a real case where a neurosurgeon operated on the wrong side of a patient’s brain—leaving her permanently disabled and sparking outrage across the healthcare system.

🎙️ Inside this episode:

• The shocking truth behind one of medicine’s most unforgivable “never events”
• How credentialing failures and system breakdowns set the stage for disaster
• Why hospitals with protocols still miss deadly red flags
• What you can do to prevent history from repeating itself

⚠️ Wrong site. Wrong patient. Wrong procedure.
 It’s happening more than you think—and we’re calling it out.

Because in healthcare, the line between right and wrong?
 It's life or death.

Plastic Surgery Board Certification Link: https://www.abplasticsurgery.org/public/verify-certification/VerifyCert?section=SurgeonSearch

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Resources Mentioned:

Verify your Nurses' Credentials:

https://www.nursys.com/

Operation Nightingale:

https://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/media-materials/nightingale/

🔎 Verify Your Doctor’s Credentials

✔️ State-Specific Medical Board License Lookup:
Find your state’s board here:
https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/

✔️ Medicare Exclusions List (LEIE) – Check if your provider is federally excluded:
https://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/exclusions_list.asp

✔️ Set Google Alerts on Your Doctor’s Name:
Create your own Google Alert here:
https://www.google.com/alerts

For Medical Staff Professional:

✔️ FSMB.org – Federation of State Medical Boards Physician Lookup:
https://www.fsmb.org/physician-license-lookup/

✔️ Hospital Websites:
Many hospitals have public directories listing credentialed medical staff. Look for a “Find a Doctor” or “Medical Staff Directory” page.

✔️ Set Google Alerts on Your Doctor’s Name:
Create your own Google Alert here:
https://www.google.com/alerts

🔎 Wanna know if your doctor is actually board certified?
Check for yourself right here:
👉 Verify a Plastic Surgeon

Because credentials do matter. 🩺✨

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