BY: AUDREY DUTTON – APRIL 14, 2023
A woman was depressed after losing her brother to COVID-19. Her menstrual cycle was out of whack, and while she assumed that was from stress and grief, her husband worried it might be something else and wanted her to see her nurse practitioner about the bleeding.
At the time, Dr. Ryan Cole ran one of the laboratories used by women’s health practices in the Boise area. That’s where J.B.’s nurse practitioner sent a biopsy taken from her body on July 6, 2021.
Cole gave a diagnosis: a rare and aggressive form of endometrial cancer.
It wasn’t until after she underwent major surgery that the woman learned she didn’t have cancer after all.
On Wednesday, the woman filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Ada County that accuses Cole of negligence and other harms. The Idaho Capital Sun contacted Cole and his representatives by email and phone Thursday, but they could not be reached for comment.
