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Frank Buggiani provided podiatry care to the greater Rutland area for over 34 years. During this time, he served on the Vermont State Medical Board for two years and the Vermont State Investigative Committee for one year. He also served on the Credentials Committee at Rutland Regional Medical Center for ten years and was on the surgery/medical staff of Rutland Regional Medical Center for 34 years. In addition, he held various board positions of the Vermont Podiatric Medical Association throughout his career. He also has several podiatric medical publications to his credit.
Frank Buggiani served in the Vermont National Guard for one year as a medical platoon officer and then served in the Army Reserves for 14 years.
Apart from his professional career, Frank Buggiani served his community and the community at large for many years. He coached girls' Jr. High Basketball at Proctor Jr-Sr High school and then went on to coach girl's AAU basketball for 21 years.
Response: Paul Kesselman, DPM
October 27, 2015 #5,508
Now you've heard the medical and legal side of the Buggiani case. As Kevin West has succinctly put it, this was a terrible waste of the taxpayers' dollars. The amount of money Dr. Bugiani and the other four defendants paid back (only one of the other four paid back anything - a measly few hundred dollars) is a pittance compared to what the state taxpayers in VT must have paid for this persecution (no, this was not a typo) over the last several years. To say nothing of the audit defense funds which are also now being stretched to their limits, resulting in another reason why our malpractice premiums are rising.
Unfortunately, this is not likely to be the last of these types of cases, as attorneys who wish to climb the promotional ladder often take on these types of cases for self-adulation and a promotion, with little thought of the havoc this creates for innocent individuals.