(Photo courtesy of the Iowa Board of Medicine)
After a 10-year investigation and five malpractice claims, the Iowa Board of Medicine has issued a warning to a Des Moines surgeon accused of incompetence and unprofessional and unethical conduct.
In 2025, the Iowa Board of Medicine charged Dr. Michael J. Page, a Des Moines surgeon specializing in colon and rectal surgery, with professional incompetence for failure to exercise in a substantial respect the degree of care which is ordinarily expected of the average physician…