The former medical director of Maine's medical licensing board claims she was illegally fired as a result of pressure from her previous hospital employer.
A former state medical board administrator alleges that making a whistleblower complaint against her previous hospital employer caused her to be fired from the state agency, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed June 2 in Maine's superior court.Brenda Gowesky, MD, and her attorneys claim she was unlawfully terminated as medical director of the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine after being given just 4 workdays to address job performance concerns.
Court records indicate Gowesky had previously received positive feedback from medical board leadership, but the feedback abruptly turned negative after her previous employer, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center and its parent company, Northern Light Health , said they did not want her to be involved in any of the board's investigations because she had filed a whistleblower claim against the healthcare system.
offers protections for whistleblowers. It is illegal for employers to retaliate by firing, demoting, or creating a hostile work environment. Gowesky also filed a sex and age discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
In March 2020, Smith fired Gowesky for"not being a team player," according to the lawsuit. He told human resources beforehand that the whistleblower case was consuming"a lot of her attention and emotional energy."
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