John Glascock, MD, a bariatric surgeon, is suing Waverly (Iowa) Health Center and its CEO, Jodi Geerts, alleging the hospital has put patients at risk, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Oct. 1.  Dr. Glascock was employed by the hospital from July 2018 to Dec. 22, 2024, when he was fired, according to the report. 

Before his role at Waverly, Dr. Glascock was employed at Waterloo’s (Iowa) Covenant Medical Center from October 2002 through June 2018, where he was brought on to establish a surgical weight loss program. The program later became known as the Midwest Institute of Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery. According to the lawsuit, obtained by the Dispatch, the program was “very profitable and generated millions of dollars in revenue for the Covenant.”  In 2017, Waverly began recruiting Dr. Glas

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