Albany Bill Would Help Patients Learn Doctors' Discipline Records 

A bill now before the Legislature in Albany would give consumers better access to
doctors' disciplinary and malpractice history. Part of a pile of health care bills, it is
known as 1401-A but more familiarly called ''Lisa's Law,'' for Lisa Smart, a
woman who died in 1997 during routine gynecological surgery at Beth Israel
Medical Center in Manhattan. An assisting surgeon in the operation on Mrs. Smart,
Dr. Marc Sklar, was on probation with the state at the time. 

Dr. Hwu said in a telephone interview that he disagreed with at least part of the findings, but that he did not want to comment further because he feared the state.

Health Official Fined for Gifts From 2 Rabbis  

By DAN BARRY

he State Department of Health's No. 2 official violated the state ethics law by repeatedly accepting gifts and meals from two Brooklyn rabbis who were seeking access to other health officials in the Pataki administration, the State Ethics Commission said yesterday. Cont

• Dr. Steven Wilkins v. OPMC
• Dr Dr. Gregory O'Keefe v OPMC
• Dr Robert Atkins v OPMC