New information has been revealed concerning an Ohio oral surgeon who faces a lawsuit and possible disciplinary action in the death of a man who went into cardiac arrest during a dental procedure and later died, according to a story published on Cleveland 19 News.
In July 2025, the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine allegedly suspended university professor Dr. Faisal Quereshy, who is being sued for the wrongful death of 48-year-old Matthew Miller, while it investigated allegations that the oral surgeon violated professional standards. The university is also being sued by Miller’s widow, Brandy Miller, according to the story.
A month later, the university and University Hospitals reportedly stopped allowing their students to shadow or participate with Quereshy in any way in his private practice, the Visage Surgical Institute in Medina, OH.
Also, the university reportedly barred Quereshy from being on campus until it completed its investigation into claims that the oral surgeon allowed students who were not licensed to participate in patient care at his private practice. Also, the university is exploring concerns that Quereshy misused his position of authority with students and/or failed to provide proper guidance, according to the story.
In October, the Ohio State Dental Board will hold a hearing to review the case and determine if disciplinary action should be taken against Quereshy. In addition to other allegations, the board claims that Quereshy allowed a research fellow who was not licensed to practice dentistry in Ohio to work as the dental assistant during Miller’s procedure. This research fellow attended Case Western. The university said in court records that Miller wasn’t under its care and, therefore, wasn’t at fault.
In August 2023, Miller went to the Visage Surgical Institute to have three teeth pulled under general anesthesia. His wife claims in the lawsuit that Quereshy "pushed" to have Miller’s extraction performed under general anesthesia.
The dental board alleges that Miller was morbidly obese, placing him at high risk of respiratory arrest during the extractions. Also, the board claims that his condition required a full physician evaluation prior to the procedure, which Quereshy didn’t obtain.
Furthermore, the dental board claims that Quereshy administered anesthesia and gave Miller medications “one after the other without any pause between administration to assess effectiveness and then, within minutes, placing a throat pack and starting surgery.” Miller then lost a pulse and went into cardiac arrest.
Also, the dental board claims that Quereshy didn’t give Miller reversal agents to counter the narcotics and benzodiazepines he was given. Miller was taken to a local hospital and died four days later. It was determined that Miller’s cause of death was acute hypoxic respiratory failure due to procedural sedation.
Moreover, the dental board claims that Quereshy changed or allowed someone to change Miller’s preoperative anesthesia records the day after the procedure.
Quereshy has denied these allegations.
