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FAITRO v. SHAMAAN IHSAN NAJIB SHAMAAN, M.D. 12/20/2011
10:48:25 1
And the conversation went like that. "We know
10:48:27 2 that you are a very good surgeon, very experienced, and
10:48:31 3 we want to have you with us. What we offer you is a
10:48:35 4 salary of -- basic salary of $150,000 a year. You will
10:48:39 5 be doing only lap bands and cholecystectomies." This is
10:48:56 6 the only two things I need to do with them to get that
10:49:04 7 salary.
10:49:05 8
Q Had you ever done either of those type of
10:49:09 9 surgeries before?
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A No -- one of them, yes. The other one of them,
10:49:12 11 no.
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Q Which one had you done?
10:49:14 13
A I've done a cholecystectomy but not the lap
10:49:17 14 band.
10:49:18 15
They will offer me $500 per gastric band after
10:49:21 16 I do 16 free ones. I didn't understand what that means.
10:49:24 17 But that was like a loophole that later on I found out
10:49:29 18 that it is not true. It's just put there to lure you.
10:49:35 19 And I will explain to you later.
10:49:40 20
Then they offered me $40,000 director of
10:49:43 21 surgery center. Now, if you look at item B in that
10:49:48 22 contract, it says "Physician will be paid... will be paid
10:49:54 23 an additional $40,000 per year for director of Surgery
10:49:58 24 Center and director of Bariatric Surgery Center of
10:50:02 25 Excellence."
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