Mccarl Elvin W MD

When given my father’s abdominal CT scan to look for kidney stone indications, Dr. McCarl wrote a report denying any presence of a stone. Due to the fact that there WAS a stone, my father continued through the following 2 years being checked out for pain that no one considered to be a stone, because the recent report stated that his kidneys were fine. Eventually, after many appointments and procedures it was finally re-evaluated (not by McCarl) and once the stone found, it was handled appropriately. If Dr. McCarl had taken perhaps 5 more minutes to closely inspect and interpret the scan (as if he was being paid to do so) he could have discovered the stone early on and prevented all of this. Due to Dr. McCarl’s negligence and a blatant lack of concern for my father’s well being, he has costed my family thousands of dollars and unnecessary pain and suffering. Rather than owning up to his mistake, McCarl has quickly found a lawyer, leaving the impression that not only is he aware of his error, but has no intentions of making it right.

Worst couple years of my life.
Back in Sept. 2018 I had the misfortune of having a routine scheduled abdominal CT for kidney stone indications performed at ORHC. Radiology Partners of Iowa is who ORHC contracts to do impressions of the scans done in house, as well as several other small community hospitals in the area utilize R.P.. services. Unfortunately Dr. Elvin McCarl was the Radiologist who interpreted my scan, and it happened to be 12:29pm so I’m sure he was more concerned with getting to lunch than his patient who was desperately needing answers. My doctor had ordered the CT scan with contrast, he was confident that a grain of sand would be easier to detect. McCarl’s report states kidneys were normal, even though there was a stone he didn’t report. Although he did make mention of “duodenal wall thickening unknown significance, evaluate for any symptoms of duodenitis clinically”. So a couple weeks later my doctor who was going off Dr. McCarl’s diagnostic report sent me in for a Upper GI Endoscopy w/ biopsy for testing, instead of getting that kidney stone blasted. 2 unimaginable years later after multiple unnecessary procedures and a trip to ORHC’s ER, during a follow up visit with my urologist he pointed out in less than 30 seconds what McCarl had so blatantly missed. No kidding that thing looked like a full moon on steroids, and he informed me I got screwed over. So I filed a complaint with ORHC and they determined Dr. McCarl indeed missed the stone in 2018. They sent me a letter stating that with an apology for the incident regarding the contracted services provided by Radiology Partners of Iowa. . Radiology Partners got back with me, and I sent them all the dates of services, procedures, and names of providers. They never got back with me after that, so I called them. I was informed the Good Dr. McCarl had gotten a lawyer and any questions or concerns were to be directed to that law firm. I don’t have the resources to compete with his legal team, at least right now. I filed a complaint with the Iowa Board of Medicine, they asked what type of outcome I would like to see. I told them to suspend his license to practice for at least a year if not longer, as his blatant disregard caused me to be out of work for an extra 2 years ( at $85,000 per year), not to mention the martial stresses involved, or the complete hell of living with a boulder inside your kidney beating you down. I also requested that they put Dr. Elvin McCarl on a patient offenders list of providers to avoid, that the public has access to. AVOID Dr. McCall no matter what. If he messes up - he lawyers up!!!