BREMER COUNTY, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - A Bremer County hospital is being sued by a fired surgeon who alleges the hospital has put patients at risk.

Dr. John Matthew Glascock, a bariatric surgeon, is suing the Waverly Health Center and its CEO, Jodi Geerts, in Bremer County District Court. Court records indicate Glascock was employed by the hospital from July 2018 to Dec. 22, 2024, when he was fired.

According to the lawsuit, Glascock specializes in advanced laparoscopic surgery and bariatric surgery.

Prior to joining Waverly Health Center, he worked at Waterloo’s Covenant Medical Center from October 2002 through June 2018. Covenant hired Glascock to establish a surgical weight loss program, which later became known as the Midwest Institute of Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery. Th

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