Bulletin: Dr. Waney Squier; UK; Devastating News: She has been thrown out of the medical profession for her testimony as an expert in shaken baby cases." In its summary, the MPTS (Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service) said: "You deliberately and dishonestly misinterpreted, misstated and misquoted research literature to support your own opinions." The decision added that her attitude to her colleagues was "shocking, openly displaying your disdain for their expertise and opinions". BBC News.

"A doctor who disputed the existence of "shaken baby syndrome" has been struck off for giving "misleading and dishonest" evidence in court. Dr Waney Squier, 67, was erased from the medical register for misleading courts in cases where parents were accused of killing their children. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) made its decision on Monday. The doctor, who works at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, can appeal. The consultant neuropathologist acted as an expert witness in six cases, including the deaths of four babies and a 19-month-old child. She disputed the existence of shaken baby syndrome - brain trauma caused by violently shaking an infant - and in each case said the evidence was not consistent with non-accidental injury and was more likely to be caused by other means. In its summary, the MPTS said: "You deliberately and dishonestly misinterpreted, misstated and misquoted research literature to support your own opinions." The decision added that her attitude to her colleagues was "shocking, openly displaying your disdain for their expertise and opinions".
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