Nearly all anesthesiologists to resign from Auburn hospital in support of fired boss

Auburn, NY — Nine anesthesiologists at Auburn Community Hospital are leaving their jobs after the hospital fired their boss earlier this month, the group said in a statement to syracuse.com.

All surgeries are “continuing as scheduled” with fully staffed teams, the hospital wrote in a statement to syracuse.com.

The mass exodus of anesthesiologists comes after friction between the hospital’s chief anesthesiologist, Dr. Xi Yang, and its orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Daniel Alexander, who is also the hospital’s chief administrative officer.

That conflict, including dueling allegations of impropriety, was described in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed Thursday by Yang against the hospital.

In the lawsuit, Yang says he lost his job after bringing allegations that Alexander improperly left the o