Dr. Chacko Comes to Lahey Clinic
In the early part of 2001, Dr. Anna Chacko took over as head of radiology at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts. So began a trek between Dr. Anna Chacko that lasted almost six years wound up being litigated and caused multiple colleagues to develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and some were even on the verge of suicide. In fact, Dr. Anna Chacko nearly didn’t get hired at all. The head of the search committee, Dr. William Healy, received a call from a former colleague of Dr. Chacko’s in the military. This individual wanted to warn Dr. Healy about Dr. Chacko but Dr. Healy never followed up with the call. Dr. Huda Monemarano, who worked in the radiology department at Lahey Clinic, described Dr. Anna Chacko as a “controversial figure” when asked by the committee. Dr. Monemarano went to another hospital within a year and a half of Dr. Chacko being hired. The only two radiologists on the committee both voted against hiring her and both had moved on as well within a year of her hire.