PROMINENT Albury surgeon Roland von Marburg’s bid to overturn a ban on operating is mostly likely to get under way in Sydney on Monday.
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That is when Dr von Marburg’s appeal against the ban is scheduled to begin, with a 10am start listed.
Dr von Marburg had initially hoped the appeals process would “take a few weeks” to sort out.
But Monday will mark four months since the ban on surgery took effect.
A Medical Council of NSW spokeswoman said on Friday that the council’s legal section understood that Dr von Marburg’s matter would go ahead in Sydney on Monday at 10am.
The appeal is set to go before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal website, though it is not know for how long long the case will run.
Dr von Marburg, an ear, nose and throat surgeon, has previously made it clear that he believed his ban would not be permanent.
"It's not a deregistration or anything like that," he said.
"It is purely a temporary suspension on the surgical side of things. I'm still allowed to consult and all the rest of it."
No details have been provided by the council about what led to the council imposing the surgery ban.
He lodged an appeal against the decision within weeks – once he was officially notified of the decision - but this has no impact on the continuation of the ban.
The ban was imposed by the council under section 150 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.
Despite the appeal, Dr von Marburg must also continue to adhere to conditions imposed by the council on May 8, 2102.
That was when the NSW Medical Tribunal prohibited Dr von Marburg from prescribing or administering drugs of addiction.
The tribunal had found Dr von Marburg guilty of self-medicating with pethidine, having falsified medical records of patients.
The tribunal had found Mr von Marburg hid his addiction within false medical records of patients and that some of the doses prescribed would have otherwise attracted a finding of inappropriate treatment.
The council has said that there was nothing unusual in Dr von Marburg appealing to the tribunal as all medical practitioners had the right to take such action.
