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...filing of the lawsuit was the first in a series of events leading to Fischer’s resignation this summer. Some hospital executives discovered that Fischer had given surgery department funds to his wife, who organized department events, helped new surgeons find homes, and showed their families around Boston, according to The Boston Globe. The funds—$12,000 a year in all—were later returned...
...Fischer made very important contributions to this hospital, but over time it became clear that his approach to managing the department was not consistent with our current direction and emphasis,” Levy told The Globe...
...Levy sent a letter to the Beth Israel community in late June announcing Fischer’s resignation and lauding his accomplishments during his time as Chief of Surgery. Levy wrote that Fischer, who received his M.D. from HMS in 1961, restored “first-class surgical care and education” at Beth Israel by reducing inefficiencies, revamping the operation rooms, and campaigning for error-free patient care...
...Fischer is no longer working at the hospital, but he remains on faculty at the Medical School. The search for a new chief of surgery is expected to take several months, according to Levy’s e-mail...
...Fischer declined repeated requests to comment for this article via e-mail, citing a fear of “getting into matters which involvew [sic] the litigation,” but added that he received the American Surgical Association’s Gold Medallion for a lifetime of scientific achievement this year...