‘He got screwed’: Former UVA Health CEO sues lawyers over patient harm report

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The former head of UVA Health is pushing back against allegations made by more than 30 doctors that his practices, policies, and procedures caused harm to patients.

Dr. Craig Kent, who resigned last year, has filed a defamation lawsuit against the lawyers who prepared a report detailing the physicians’ concerns.

The report, authored by the law firm Jones Swanson Huddell LLC, contains detailed accounts from three dozen doctors at UVA Health describing concerns they had during Kent’s tenure as CEO…

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