A Houston surgeon has been indicted in federal court on charges that accuse him of falsifying medical records that made patients ineligible to receive organ transplants.
Dr. John Stevenson Bynon Jr., 66, is charged with five counts of making false statements in health care matters. He surrendered to authorities and is scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday afternoon, according to a news release.
The indictment accuses Bynon of making false statements that rendered patients functionally ineligible for organ transplants. Patients, their families and other members of their medical care teams were unaware of the false information, which kept many patients ineligible for transplants for months, according to the indictment…