Cardiologist’s lawsuit against former employer dismissed
The lawsuit interventional cardiologist Hemal Gada, MD, filed against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) after his 2025 termination is now officially over. Both sides have agreed to have the lawsuit dismissed with prejudice.
Gada, who worked with UMPC for several years and served as president of the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, had originally claimed that he was fired for a series of incidents that had nothing to do with his performance. For example, he said he shared concerns with the UPMC Office of Ethics about the fact that the health system’s CEO had a very close relationship with Edwards Lifesciences. Months after sharing those concerns, he was terminated.
Gada had demanded a jury trial and hoped to be reinstated to his role as a UPMC cardiologist. He was also seeking both compensatory and punitive damages.
UPMC, meanwhile, had fired back that Gada was terminated for how he treated his coworkers.
Now, however, the case has been dismissed. The two parties agreed to bear their own costs, including all expenses and attorney fees.
“The parties reached a resolution of the matter in which no money or other form of compensation was paid to Dr. Gada,” Paul Wood, a UPMC spokesperson, told Cardiovascular Business. “Dr. Gada has acknowledged that he was not aware of certain facts relevant to his conflict-of-interest claims when he filed his lawsuit.”
Gada did confirm this outcome with Cardiovascular Business. He had no additional comments.
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