LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln trauma surgeon whose medical license was suspended last year is trying to get it back.
Reginald Burton has applied to the state’s Board of Medicine and Surgery, which is scheduled to vote Dec. 7 on his application for reinstatement.
In October last year, he agreed to a 20-month suspension after allegations of unprofessional conduct with patients. The suspension was backdated to January.
A petition filed with state regulators listed nearly 20 concerns from Burton’s former co-workers at Bryan Health. Several of the allegations deal with alleged misconduct involving young adult male patients.
His attorney, Wayne Waite, has said the complaint was based “almost entirely on the fear of working with someone with a different sexual orientation,” referring to Burton being a gay man.