Medical Maniacs The 'second opinion' you won't get from your doctor . . .
"We have 237,000 'Dangerous' or 'Questionable' doctors in this country." Health Research Group '06 Annual Report
"We have 237,000 'Dangerous' or 'Questionable' doctors in this country." Health Research Group '06 Annual Report
We thank U.S. Attorney Donald Foster; J. Eric Hall at the FBI Data Release; Doctor Sidney Wolfe, Director of Public Citizen; the staff of Thomas Kane, Assistant Director, Information & Public Affairs Division, Federal Bureau of Prisons; ABC Dateline investigation team, and all 50 state law enforcement agencies, for their generous assistance
OUR WALL OF SHAME 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW
OUR WALL OF SHAME 2009 YEAR IN REVIEW
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American health care ended the decade with a veritable pageantry of lab coat lunacy - 2,490 physicians either convicted of crimes, or seriously sanctioned by authorities. What other profession spawns such unadulterated idiocy? None that we can determine. Here's 12% of the seriously misbehaving doctors from the year 2009. And yes, we said 12%:
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Ahmed Rashed, MD, 26, New Jersey
GUILTY, Theft of a Human Body Part, Post-Conviction Hearing
"Hey. I needed it to impress a topless dancer. Give me a break."
David L Hoban, MD, 66, California
Chief Psychiatrist, Salinas Valley Prison, GUILTY, $40,000 Embezzlement
Carl Bergstrom, MD, 53, Carmel, California
GUILTY, Anal Rape while on a date
"Some women just don't appreciate Dr. Love."
GUILTY, Anal Rape while on a date
"Some women just don't appreciate Dr. Love."
Cleveland Enmon, MD, 32, California
INDICTED, Theft of Rolex watch from dead patient
"My patient was a popular local cop? Oops."
Frederick A Hogan, MD, 58, Michigan INDICTED, Theft of Rolex watch from dead patient
"My patient was a popular local cop? Oops."
GUILTY, Illegal Drug Prescription Falsifying Medical Records
Toe Myint, MD, 57, Southfield, Michigan
GUILTY, Conspiracy, $4.2M Health Care Fraud
"Health Care needs an overhaul?"
Kentrell Lidell, MD, 35, Mississippi
GUILTY, $94,000 theft
"Think I'll end up in the same prison I robbed?"
George S Kooshian, MD, 58, Los Angeles GUILTY, $94,000 theft
"Think I'll end up in the same prison I robbed?"
GUILTY, diluting AIDS patient medications
Michael Kim, MD, 66, Houston, Texas
GUILTY, "Pill Mill" operation, $1.7m Medicare Fraud
David W Webb, MD, 66, Pennsylvania
GUILTY, 36 counts Fraud & ID Theft
Scott Blankenberg, MD, 53, Ohio (Twin brother of Mark)
SENTENCED, 13 years, Multiple Child Molestation counts
SENTENCED, 13 years, Multiple Child Molestation counts
"If we say we're sorry do we still burn in Hell?"
Earl Bradley, MD, 56, Delaware
Akiva Abraham, MD, 44, Albany New York
INDICTED, 103 Counts, Felony
Child Sexual Assault
Peter Francisco, DDS, 57, Tazewell, Virginia
"You know how kids are. They exaggerate."
Peter Francisco, DDS, 57, Tazewell, Virginia
GUILTY, Illegal Distribution of Narcotics
Lloyd S Naramore, D.O., 64, Cincinnati, Ohio
INDICTED, Conspiracy to Distribute Methadone
Lloyd S Naramore, D.O., 64, Cincinnati, Ohio
INDICTED, Conspiracy to Distribute Methadone
INDICTED, Arson, Insurance Fraud
("I thought I could earn a little cash by burning up a night club")
Jose R Bolanos, MD, 54, San Jose
GUILTY, Sexual Battery on a PatientGUILTY, Aggravated Assault
Kevin M Denney, MD, 49, Tampa
GUILTY, Illegal Drug Prescriptions
Tony Shiu, MD, 40, Dublin, California
GUILTY, Drugging, Sexual Abusing, Filming Nude Patients
Ana A Jacinto, MD, 54, Florida GUILTY, Drugging, Sexual Abusing, Filming Nude Patients
"I fled to Taiwan and the damned Chinese sent me back."
CONVICTED, HIV Infusion Fraud, $11M Scam
Phillip Astin, MD, 54, Georgia
Physician of Pro Wrestler Chris Benoit
GUILTY,175 Counts, Illegal Prescriptions
"Yeah, I know pro wrestlers are dying, but the money is good."
David J Ciesla, MD, 42, Tampa, Florida
GUILTY, Theft of a surgically-removed bullet
Craig A Bittner, MD, 49, Beverly Hills GUILTY, Theft of a surgically-removed bullet
"I knew I should have watched more NCIS."
INVESTIGATED, use of liposuction fat for his SUV fuel
"Hey, they said for us to cut down on fossil fuel use."
Fabian Aurignac, MD, 46, McAllen, Texas
GUILTY, $1.1m Medicare Fraud
Christopher Thompson, MD, 60, Los Angeles
GUILTY, "Road Rage" car vs bicyclists case
"I'm important. I save lives. It's my right to kill a few."
GUILTY, "Road Rage" car vs bicyclists case
"I'm important. I save lives. It's my right to kill a few."
James Shin, MD, 49, Houston, Texas
GUILTY, Child Pornography
David P Dillon, MD, 45, Florida
GUILTY, Felony Assault on a Child
Benjamin Levine, MD, 68, New Jersey
GUILTY, Theft, Records Falsification, CHARGED, Multiple Sexual Assaults on Patients
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Steven Lynch, MD, 65
Douglas Hargrave, MD, 56
John Noonan, MD, 62
Jeffery Rockmore, MD, 42
New York - All GUILTY, Injecting Patients with fake Botox
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Putnam Breed, MD, 71, Massachusetts
GUILTY, Multiple Felonies, Cremation Certificate Fraud
Andrew M Guidry, MD. 46, Florida
GUILTY, Sex-in-exchange-for-medical treatment case
"You have your favorite payment. I have mine."
Jan Adams. MD, 53, Los Angeles
SURRENDERED Medical License while under investigation for various charges by patients. He was not found culpable in the death of Donde West, mother of artist Kanye West
SURRENDERED Medical License while under investigation for various charges by patients. He was not found culpable in the death of Donde West, mother of artist Kanye West
Donald D Pope, MD, 55, Brownwood TX
GUILTY, Sexual Assault upon an 8-year-old girl
Randeep Mann, MD, 51, Arkansas
INDICTED, Conspiracy to bomb state medical board chairman
"What can I say? I'm Mid-Eastern. We blow up our problems."
Samual Miller, DDS, Joplin, MissouriINDICTED, Conspiracy to bomb state medical board chairman
"What can I say? I'm Mid-Eastern. We blow up our problems."
CONVICTED, 13 counts, Medicare Fraud
Muhammed E Ahmad, MD, Manhattan, New York
SENTENCED, $1.8M Insurance Fraud
Mark Benson, MD, 56, Michigan
GUILTY, 30-Year Sentence, DUI crash kills family of 3
Stephen Pack, MD, 50, Utah
INDICTED, secretly filming nude patients
SENTENCED, 8 Years, Medicare Fraud
William H Fiegenschuh, MD, 62
INDICTED, repeatedly exposing himself to patients
Esther Wadley, D.O., 40, Missouri
CONVICTED, Conspiracy to Murder ex-husband
( "The guy's a jerk.")
Mazoltuv Borukhova, MD, 35, New York
GUILTY, Conspiracy & Murder
GUILTY, Conspiracy & Murder
Case Review, "Captain America" burrito-in-the-tights Groping case
"Can't you people take a joke?"
Mark B Kabins, MD, 49, Las Vegas
GUILTY, Spine Surgery Fraud Concealment
GUILTY, Spine Surgery Fraud Concealment
Mark Weinberger, MD, 42, Indiana
WANTED, Fugitive, Malpractice Death of a Patient
Irfan Nawaz, MD, 32, Osceola, Florida
GUILTY, Internet Child Sexual Exploitation
Manoj Motwani, MD, 40, San Diego
GUILTY, Battery upon girlfriend while driving
"Well, at least I wasn't texting."
Joyce Wong Buckley, MD, 56, Waterman, New York
A Hearing, following LICENSE REVOCATION, Illegal Internet Prescriptions
A Hearing, following LICENSE REVOCATION, Illegal Internet Prescriptions
Larry G Andrew, MD, 47, Salt Lake City
GUILTY, 8 counts, Sexual Battery on Patient
Rajitha Goli, MD, 48, St. Louis
CONVICTED, Home Health Care Fraud
James Ellegood, MD, 72, St. Louis
GUILTY, Home Health Medicare Fraud
Wesley Albert, MD, 78, Lake Elsinore CA
INDICTED, Murder
INDICTED, Murder
Ann Campbell, MD, 46, Alabama
PAROLE REVIEW, Serving 6 years for drug study falsification
Ramon Scruggs, MD, 41, Sacramento CA
GUILTY, Illegal Drug Prescriptions to athletes
Michael E Mockovak, MD, 51, Seattle, Washington
INDICTED, "Murder-for-Hire" plot to kill business partner, $2M Bail
INDICTED, "Murder-for-Hire" plot to kill business partner, $2M Bail
Stephen P Wolf, MD, 51, Oklahoma
INDICTED, Stabbing 9-year-old son to death
Ira Klein, MD, 61, Houston
Serving 11 years for Fraud, now faces new charges of Conspiracy to Murder a U.S. Prosecutor
"Hey, it worked in The Godfather."
Kevin A Lang, MD, 47, Wisconsin
INDICTED, 4 counts, Sexual Assault of Patients
Rodney Dunham, MD, 56, Athens Tennessee
GUILTY, Insurance Fraud
GUILTY, Insurance Fraud
Robert Cleveland, MD, 59, Shreveport
GUILTY, Wheelchair Prescription Fraud
"Why should my patients walk if they don't have to?"
Juan Ibanez, MD, 54, Kissimee, Florida
GUILTY, 4-year Sentence, Illegal Internet Prescriptions of $85M
GUILTY, 4-year Sentence, Illegal Internet Prescriptions of $85M
"Just needed to supplement my income a little."
Torino Jennings, MD, 56, Virginia
CONVICTED, selling 1,000,000 Illegal Drug Doses
"Maybe I sold them in my sleep."
Rory P Doyle, MD, 54, Florida
EXTRADITED from Italy, Child Molestation Charges
Jeremy McCandless, MD, 32, Utah
INDICTED, 29 counts, Narcotic Distribution
Akram Ismail, MD, 51, Tavares, Florida
CHARGED, Solicitation to Murder former business partner
CHARGED, Solicitation to Murder former business partner
"America. What a country."
Clark Baker, MD 44, Alabama
Pled GUILTY, Illegal Narcotic Trafficking
Joseph L Borkson, MD, 66, Florida
CONVICTED, Drug Sales to non-patients
Parvis K Berjis, MD, 71, Baton Rouge
In Prison, Parole Hearing, Insurance Fraud
Gregory Johns, MD, 48, Alabama
GUILTY, Sexually Abusing 2 Patients
"Hey, I work hard. I'm entitled to be an ass."
GUILTY, Sexually Abusing 2 Patients
"Hey, I work hard. I'm entitled to be an ass."
Stephen L Seldon, MD, 50, Las Vegas
GUILTY, Fake Botox Injection clinic
Ronald Poulin, MD, 61
INDICTED, 28 counts, Insurance Fraud
Tandy W McElwee, MD, 60, Bossier City, Louisiana
GUILTY, Sentenced 5 Years, Fake Prescriptions, Narcotic Abuse
Thomas Lover, DC, 48, OhioGUILTY, Sentenced 5 Years, Fake Prescriptions, Narcotic Abuse
"So my wife, my staff & I were drug addicted while treating patients. What's your point?"
In Prison, Workers' Comp Fraud, a Hearing
George L Aycock, MD, 59, South Carolina
GUILTY, Illegal Drug Dispensing
Godfrey Mbonu, MD, 59, New York
SENTENCED, 5-15 years, Medicare Fraud
Esmail Nadjmabadi, MD, 53, Bakersfield, California
GUILTY, Multiple Inappropriate Sexual contacts with patients
GUILTY, Multiple Inappropriate Sexual contacts with patients
"Yes. I have women undress to properly assess their headaches & colds. I believe in being thorough."
Peter Pfeiffer, MD, 50, Seattle
DEA Drug raid, Fraud Investigation
Eugene P O'Donnell, MD, 59, Los Angeles
CONVICTED, Tax Evasion
Peter Chi, MD, 46, Tracy, California
INDICTED, 61 Counts, Sexual Battery on 36 female victims
INDICTED, 61 Counts, Sexual Battery on 36 female victims
"Not my fault. There are some truly strange forces in Tracy, California. Read up."
Walter G Broadnax, MD, 56, Ohio
GUILTY, Medical Treatment Coding Fraud
Elizabeth Robertson, MD, 51, North Carolina
CONVICTED, Obtaining Narcotics by Fraud
Michael Chait, MD, 48, New York
GUILTY, Narcotic Distribution
Denise Hardy, DPM,45, St. Louis Missouri
GUILTY, $90,000 Medicare Fraud
GUILTY, $90,000 Medicare Fraud
Masood Bamdad, MD, 53, California
CONVICTED, 13 counts, Drug Dealing
Pradeep Svrivastava, MD, 50, Maryland
GUILTY, $16 Million Tax Evasion
Franklin Sutherland, MD, 48, Virginia
CONVICTED, Illegal Narcotic Sales
Eric Greenberg, MD, 42, Bethesda, Maryland
CHARGED, Cocaine use while treating patients, Assault on a police officer, various other drug-related charges
"Party on, dude."
CHARGED, Cocaine use while treating patients, Assault on a police officer, various other drug-related charges
"Party on, dude."
Linda S Cheek, MD, 45, Virginia
GUILTY, Medicare Fraud
Vu Le, MD, 46, Orange County, California
SENTENCED, 4 years, Drug Running
Shafik Ahmad, MD, 48, Huber Heights, Ohio
INDICTED, Conspiracy to Murder his wife
INDICTED, Conspiracy to Murder his wife
"Two measly cash payments to a hit-man and you people freak out."
Howard Berkowitz, MD, 58, Atlanta
GUILTY, Health Care Fraud
Arthur Hargraves, MD, 67, Atlanta
SENTENCED, 3 years, Fraud
Christian Hageseth, MD, 68, Colorado
GUILTY, Serving 9 Months, Internet Prescription resulting in Death
GUILTY, Serving 9 Months, Internet Prescription resulting in Death
William W Hampton, MD, 53, Los Angeles
GUILTY, $9M "Sweaty Palm Surgery" Scam
Hung T Nguyen, MD, 57, New York
GUILTY, Illegal Drug Dispensing
Randy S Lentz, MD, 43, Florida
GUILTY, Conspiracy to Commit Fraud
Daniel Puffenberger, MD, 52, New York
GUILTY, Medicare Fraud
Lawrence Saks, MD, 57, Los Angeles
GUILTY, Medical Billing Fraud
"What do you mean I can't charge everybody twice?"
GUILTY, Medical Billing Fraud
"What do you mean I can't charge everybody twice?"
Phillip Wagman, MD, 48, New Jersey
SENTENCED, 19 years, Fraud
Peter W Grigg, MD 52, Denver
GUILTY, Selling Drug Prescriptions in Wal Mart parking lot
"Have car trunk, will travel, I always say."
Bernard Albina, MD, 69, Houston, Texas
INDICTED, Multiple counts, Child Sexual Assault over 3 decades
"My 30-year harmless little hobby and you go and mess it up."
INDICTED, Multiple counts, Child Sexual Assault over 3 decades
"My 30-year harmless little hobby and you go and mess it up."
Kurien C Abraham, MD, 42, North Carolina
CONVICTED, Repeated DUI Collisions
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Carmen Del Cueto, MD, 45, Miami
Carlos Garrido, MD, 69, Miami
Roberto Rodriguez, MD, 54, Miami
All found GUILTY, HIV Infusion Fraud
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Louis Cannella Jr, MD, 61, Wisconsin
SENTENCED, 4 years, Illegal Drug Sales
Michael Millette, MD, 46, Iowa
GUILTY, sold 62,000,000 doses of Illegal Narcotics
"Hey, I'm fast. I treat 100 patients per minute. Don't we all?"
Robert R Blakewood, MD, 69, California
GUILTY, Drugging & Sexual Abuse of a Minor
Mark Campano, MD, 56, Ohio
CONVICTED, Illegal Possession of Explosives, after blowing himself up.
"Note to self: Let's don't do that again."
Zachary Cosgrove, MD, 61, Bakersfield, California
Multiple Sexual contacts with Patients, Threats to kill Patients
Mehendra Udani, MD, 54, Long Beach California
In Prison, Parole Hearing, Multiple Patient Molestation Conviction
Charles Cowden, MD, 67, Tennessee
INDICTED, Rape, Medical Fraud
Delvin Littell, MD, 76, Knoxville
GUILTY, Pain Medication Drug-Running
Horace Bledsoe, MD, 58, Lexington, KY
Pled GUILTY, Medical Records Falsification
Doyle S Steele, MD, 51, Las Vegas
Parole Hearing, Serving Time for "Drugs for Sex" case
"I thought what happens in Vegas . . ."
Frederic Felt, MD, 59, Manalapan, New Jersey
BEGAN SENTENCE, Health Care Fraud
Hany Youssef Assad, MD, 55, Livermore, California
LICENSE REVOKED, Medical Marijuana Prescription Abuse
John M Felton, MD, 45, Boston
Arraigned, Child Sex Charges
Sukhdarshan S Bedi, MD, 56, Illinois
GUILTY, Drug Scheme, Obstruction of Justice
Arie Van Der Wiede, MD, 46, Michigan
GUILTY, Criminal Sexual Relations with Child under 13
"But she looked at least 15."
David C Winkler, MD, 35, San Antonio
CONVICTED, Child Pornography case
Daniel Healy, MD, 53, Arcadia, California
CONVICTED, Pain-Killers-for-Cash scheme
Daryn W Peterson, MD, 37, Las Vegas
GUILTY, Health Care Fraud
John T Tiano, MD, 57, South Carolina
GUILTY, Conspiracy, Health Care Fraud
Bernard Rottschaefer, MD, 60, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
IN PRISON, APPEAL DENIED, drugs-for-sex-with-patients case
Shirlene Hill, MD, 35, Arkansas
CONVICTED, Controlled Substance Abuse
Harold Wagner, MD, 52, Plano Texas
INDICTED, 7 counts of wheelchair supplier kickbacks
Rodney K Justin, MD, North Carolina
CONVICTED, Tax Fraud & Obstruction of Justice
Lawrence Simons, MD, Wichita, Kansas
Plead of GUILTY, "Pill Mill" case, after 59 Patients die
Charles Chube, MD, Indiana
SENTENCED, 15 years, Narcotic Distribution
David Chube, MD, Indiana
SENTENCED, 5 years, Narcotic Distribution with brother Charles
John Rew, MD, 83, Tampa
GUILTY, Illegal Drug Distribution
Jock Simon, MD, New Jersey
Multiple new CONVICTIONS for troubled physician
James Shin, MD, Fort Worth, Texas
CONVICTED, Child Pornography, former chief of medicine, John Peter Smith Hospital
Rogelio Naranja, MD, Augusta, Maine
PROBATION, Unprofessional Conduct
James M Bachstein, MD, Tennessee
PROBATION, Inappropriate Drug Prescription
Robert W Osteen, MS, Tennessee
PROBATION, Diverted Medication for personal use
Callie H Harpin, MD, Houston, Texas
PAROLE REVIEW, in prison for $30M wheelchair scam
Mamdouk Bahna, MD, Virginia
GUILTY, Health Care Fraud
Loren Nichols, MD, Athens, Tennessee
PAROLE HEARING, Illegal Narcotic Dispensing
Darryl C Harris, MD, Beaumont, Texas
GUILTY, Medical Testing Fraud
Jeffrey Friedlander, MD, Tampa
INDICTED, Drug Scheme, Medicare Fraud
Roger Brown MD, Florida
CONVICTED, Drug Ring Scheme
Larry E Perry, MD, Tennessee
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Sexual Misconduct with patients
Rexford Agbenohevi, MD, Tennessee
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Sexual Relationships with patients
in exam rooms
Paul Emerson, MD, Detroit
Plead of GUILTY, Prescriptions resulting in Death
Pravin Vasoya, MD, New Jersey
GUILTY, Intent to Sell Narcotics
John Wickerman, MD, Tennessee
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Inappropriate Sexual Contact with patient
John F Boyle, MD, Ohio
Life Term, Murder of wife, burying body in basement flooring
"A stranger got into my house, broke up the basement concrete, buried my wife, filled in fresh cement, and put a new carpet over it so I wouldn't know."
Harry Sugar, MD, New York
Life Term, Murder of his wife
George Kubski, MD, Florida
20-year Term, Prescribing 20,000 Narcotic Doses in 90 days, resulting in patient death
Robert Weitzel, MD, Utah
15-year Term, Narcotic Deaths of 5 patients
Medhut Shenouda, Surgeon, New York
12-year Term, Attempted Murder of wife by insulin injection
Carl Drury, MD, Georgia
Serving 15-year Term, plot to Murder his wife
Thomas G Merrill, MD, Florida
Serving Life Term, Overdosing patients resulted in 5 Deaths
SENTENCED, 4 years, Illegal Drug Sales
Phillip Riback, MD, 48, Colonie, New York
CONVICTED, 28 Counts, Child Sexual Abuse
"I'm a doctor. I play with bodies for a living. Get lost."
CONVICTED, 28 Counts, Child Sexual Abuse
"I'm a doctor. I play with bodies for a living. Get lost."
Michael Millette, MD, 46, Iowa
GUILTY, sold 62,000,000 doses of Illegal Narcotics
"Hey, I'm fast. I treat 100 patients per minute. Don't we all?"
Vincent Pacienza, MD, 54, North Hills, New York
INDICTED, Secret camera in staff bathroom
"Juuuust making sure they weren't stealing the tissue."
INDICTED, Secret camera in staff bathroom
"Juuuust making sure they weren't stealing the tissue."
Robert R Blakewood, MD, 69, California
GUILTY, Drugging & Sexual Abuse of a Minor
"The U.S. educated me, then sent me to medical school and promoted me to officer. Damn them."
Mark Campano, MD, 56, Ohio
CONVICTED, Illegal Possession of Explosives, after blowing himself up.
"Note to self: Let's don't do that again."
Zachary Cosgrove, MD, 61, Bakersfield, California
Multiple Sexual contacts with Patients, Threats to kill Patients
Mehendra Udani, MD, 54, Long Beach California
In Prison, Parole Hearing, Multiple Patient Molestation Conviction
Anthony Overton, MD, 63, Chicago
Hearing on 2008 Conviction, Multiple Counts, Sexual
Molestation of Patients
"I told the elderly ladies I was doing them a favor. I was."
Hearing on 2008 Conviction, Multiple Counts, Sexual
Molestation of Patients
"I told the elderly ladies I was doing them a favor. I was."
Eugene Chen, MD, 57, Las Vegas
LIABLE, 3,500 False Medicare Claims
Charles Cowden, MD, 67, Tennessee
INDICTED, Rape, Medical Fraud
Conrad Murray, MD, 56, Las Vegas
Under Investigation, Death of Michael Jackson
Under Investigation, Death of Michael Jackson
"How could I call 911? I didn't know where I lived."
Delvin Littell, MD, 76, Knoxville
GUILTY, Pain Medication Drug-Running
Horace Bledsoe, MD, 58, Lexington, KY
Pled GUILTY, Medical Records Falsification
Josyann Abisaab, MD, 35, New York
License Suspended, Failure to Report Gunshot Wound to Police, pro football player Plaxico Burress case
"But he's famous. He didn't want me to call."
License Suspended, Failure to Report Gunshot Wound to Police, pro football player Plaxico Burress case
"But he's famous. He didn't want me to call."
Wirt A Hines, MD, 52, Washington State
CONVICTED, Criminal Attempted Assault on a Child
CONVICTED, Criminal Attempted Assault on a Child
Doyle S Steele, MD, 51, Las Vegas
Parole Hearing, Serving Time for "Drugs for Sex" case
"I thought what happens in Vegas . . ."
Mirielle Lalanne, MD, Kentucky
INDICTED, Organized Crime, Narcotics Trafficking
INDICTED, Organized Crime, Narcotics Trafficking
Frederic Felt, MD, 59, Manalapan, New Jersey
BEGAN SENTENCE, Health Care Fraud
Hany Youssef Assad, MD, 55, Livermore, California
LICENSE REVOKED, Medical Marijuana Prescription Abuse
John M Felton, MD, 45, Boston
Arraigned, Child Sex Charges
Kathleen Hagen, MD, 62, New Jersey
Prison Release Program, Murder of her Parents
Prison Release Program, Murder of her Parents
Sukhdarshan S Bedi, MD, 56, Illinois
GUILTY, Drug Scheme, Obstruction of Justice
Arie Van Der Wiede, MD, 46, Michigan
GUILTY, Criminal Sexual Relations with Child under 13
"But she looked at least 15."
David C Winkler, MD, 35, San Antonio
CONVICTED, Child Pornography case
Sylvain Junger, MD, 52, Passaic, New Jersey
GUILTY, 4 counts, Sexual Molestation of Patients
"I have a medical degree. Never question my motives."
GUILTY, 4 counts, Sexual Molestation of Patients
"I have a medical degree. Never question my motives."
Daniel Healy, MD, 53, Arcadia, California
CONVICTED, Pain-Killers-for-Cash scheme
Daryn W Peterson, MD, 37, Las Vegas
GUILTY, Health Care Fraud
Carmen Por, MD, 42, Ohio
GUILTY, Cash & Credit Card Theft from staff & patients
GUILTY, Cash & Credit Card Theft from staff & patients
"It's not my fault. It's my name's fault."
John T Tiano, MD, 57, South Carolina
GUILTY, Conspiracy, Health Care Fraud
Bernard Rottschaefer, MD, 60, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
IN PRISON, APPEAL DENIED, drugs-for-sex-with-patients case
Ben Ramaley, MD, 62, Greenwich, Connecticut
FINE, CIVIL SETTLEMENT SEALED, Fertility Clinic Impregnation
"No, I didn't use my own sperm. No, you can't do a DNA test to prove anything. Yeah, the kids do look a little like me."
FINE, CIVIL SETTLEMENT SEALED, Fertility Clinic Impregnation
"No, I didn't use my own sperm. No, you can't do a DNA test to prove anything. Yeah, the kids do look a little like me."
Shirlene Hill, MD, 35, Arkansas
CONVICTED, Controlled Substance Abuse
Harold Wagner, MD, 52, Plano Texas
INDICTED, 7 counts of wheelchair supplier kickbacks
Kevin Buckwalter, MD, 49, Carson City, Nevada
LICENSE REVOKED, Investigation, 8 Patient Overdose Deaths
LICENSE REVOKED, Investigation, 8 Patient Overdose Deaths
"My patients are dying to see me. So I accommodate them."
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{Here is a small sampling of Civil Actions by medical boards}
Robert P Doyle, MD, Maine
REPRIMAND, Repeated Inappropriate Sexual Behavior with
women
Mary E Groves, MD, Washington
LICENSE DENIED, History of Narcotic Use and Vehicle Accidents
Ernest C Rose, MD, Springfield, Illinois
CONVICTED, Animal Abuse, horses
Thomas Tarter, MD, Augusta Maine
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Failure to Maintain Complete Patient Records
James L Allen, MD, Virginia
LICENSE REVOKED, Child Pornography, Case Review
Syed M Amed, MD, Nevada
State Board Review of Previous Order
Lesley Tripp, MD, Saco, Maine
LICENSE Suspended, Inappropriate Sexual Relationship with
a Patient
Robert Baroody, MD, Maine
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Sexual Relationship with Wife of a Patient
"It was supposed to be our little secret."
Giselle Wildman, D.O., Kansas
LICENSE SURRENDERED
Robert F Rusnak, DC, Topeka
LICENSE SUSPENDED
Elmer P Manolo, MD, Greenwood, Indiana
LICENSE REVOKED, Sexual Contact with Patients
Robert Sterling, MD, Maine
LICENSE REVOKED, Alcohol Use while Treating Patients
Michael Kamrava, MD, Los Angeles
"Octo-Mom" fertility specialist, Ethics Investigation
Anthony Galea, MD, U.S. & Canada
Tiger Woods physician, CHARGED with Possession of Illegal Drugs
Jaroslav P Stulc, MD, Maine
GUILTY, Fraud & Sexual Misconduct
Chowdhury M Azam, MD, New Jersey
ORDER, may not treat female patients
Jesse Haggard, MD, Arizona
Pamela W Pyle, MD, South Carolina
Kelly W Tucker, MD, Colorado
Kenneth M Olds, MD, Colorado
Robert P Doyle, MD, Maine
REPRIMAND, Repeated Inappropriate Sexual Behavior with
women
Mary E Groves, MD, Washington
LICENSE DENIED, History of Narcotic Use and Vehicle Accidents
Ernest C Rose, MD, Springfield, Illinois
CONVICTED, Animal Abuse, horses
Thomas Tarter, MD, Augusta Maine
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Failure to Maintain Complete Patient Records
James L Allen, MD, Virginia
LICENSE REVOKED, Child Pornography, Case Review
Syed M Amed, MD, Nevada
State Board Review of Previous Order
James Mauti, MD, Elizabeth, New Jersey
INDICTED, Drugging, Sexual Assaulting an employee
"You think it's easy to find female staff who undress on cue?"
INDICTED, Drugging, Sexual Assaulting an employee
"You think it's easy to find female staff who undress on cue?"
Lesley Tripp, MD, Saco, Maine
LICENSE Suspended, Inappropriate Sexual Relationship with
a Patient
Robert Baroody, MD, Maine
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Sexual Relationship with Wife of a Patient
"It was supposed to be our little secret."
Giselle Wildman, D.O., Kansas
LICENSE SURRENDERED
Robert F Rusnak, DC, Topeka
LICENSE SUSPENDED
Elmer P Manolo, MD, Greenwood, Indiana
LICENSE REVOKED, Sexual Contact with Patients
Robert Sterling, MD, Maine
LICENSE REVOKED, Alcohol Use while Treating Patients
Michael Kamrava, MD, Los Angeles
"Octo-Mom" fertility specialist, Ethics Investigation
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Anthony Galea, MD, U.S. & Canada
Tiger Woods physician, CHARGED with Possession of Illegal Drugs
Jaroslav P Stulc, MD, Maine
GUILTY, Fraud & Sexual Misconduct
Chowdhury M Azam, MD, New Jersey
ORDER, may not treat female patients
"Notice how many child molesters gravitate to medicine? Why pick on me?"
Visu Vilvarajah, MD, Kentucky,
INDICTED, Organized Crime, Narcotic Trafficking
INDICTED, Organized Crime, Narcotic Trafficking
"Just because I once killed my wife and her mother . . . you keep hounding me."
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Jesse Haggard, MD, Arizona
Pamela W Pyle, MD, South Carolina
Kelly W Tucker, MD, Colorado
Kenneth M Olds, MD, Colorado
All found GUILTY, Conspiracy to Distribute Steroids
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Ethan Bickelhaupt, MD, 57, Kansas
INDICTED, Illegal Drug Use & Illegal Distribution
Jack I Dodge, MD
LICENSE REVOKED, currently serving 5 years, a 92-count Felony Drug Dealing & Forgery case
James L Roback, MD
LICENSE REVOKED, Unprofessional Conduct
Augusto Loaiza, MD
Steven B Schwartz, MD
Emenike U John, MD
Timothy Palmer, D.O.
Roger Hershline, MD
Carlos Bray, MD
Jack I Dodge, MD
LICENSE REVOKED, currently serving 5 years, a 92-count Felony Drug Dealing & Forgery case
James L Roback, MD
LICENSE REVOKED, Unprofessional Conduct
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Augusto Loaiza, MD
Steven B Schwartz, MD
Emenike U John, MD
Timothy Palmer, D.O.
Roger Hershline, MD
Carlos Bray, MD
All Ordered to SURRENDER LICENSE, state of Georgia
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Ramon E Ravelo, MD, New York
WARRANT for ARREST, Medical Records Falsification
Thomas J Laney, MD, Washington DC
CHARGED, Unprofessional Conduct, teenage breast reduction case
Nathan P Stine, MD, Spokane
PROBATION, 5 years, Illegal Prescriptions
Rees G Freeman, MD, Oregon
LICENSE REVOKED, Incompetency
Mark J Baskerville, MD, Oregon
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Repeated Drug Use
John P Guerreiro, MD, Oregon
State Corrective Action, Inappropriate Behavior during
female patient exams
Jeffrey A Luty, MD, Portland, Oregon
LICENSE REVOKED
Mohammed F Salek, MD, Nevada
LICENSE REVOKED, Repeated Fraud
David Gardner, MD, California
GUILTY, Money-Laundering Scheme, workers' comp clinics
Ehigiator O Akhigbe, MD, Washington DC
GUILTY, Fraud, charging for "ghost visits"
Sidney Frank, MD, Elko Nevada
REPRIMAND, Gross Negligence
Benjamin M Brown, MD, Maine
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Sexual Relationships with staff & patients
Holly Arato, MD, Maine
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Drug Abuse
Renato Mendoza, MD, Maine
LICENSE DENIED, History of Fraud
Andrew Rutland, MD, Orange County, California
INVESTIGATION, Death of yet another abortion patient
Rodney K Justin, MD, North Carolina
CONVICTED, Tax Fraud & Obstruction of Justice
Lawrence Simons, MD, Wichita, Kansas
Plead of GUILTY, "Pill Mill" case, after 59 Patients die
Charles Chube, MD, Indiana
SENTENCED
WARRANT for ARREST, Medical Records Falsification
Thomas J Laney, MD, Washington DC
CHARGED, Unprofessional Conduct, teenage breast reduction case
Nathan P Stine, MD, Spokane
PROBATION, 5 years, Illegal Prescriptions
Rees G Freeman, MD, Oregon
LICENSE REVOKED, Incompetency
Mark J Baskerville, MD, Oregon
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Repeated Drug Use
John P Guerreiro, MD, Oregon
State Corrective Action, Inappropriate Behavior during
female patient exams
Jeffrey A Luty, MD, Portland, Oregon
LICENSE REVOKED
Mohammed F Salek, MD, Nevada
LICENSE REVOKED, Repeated Fraud
David Gardner, MD, California
GUILTY, Money-Laundering Scheme, workers' comp clinics
Ehigiator O Akhigbe, MD, Washington DC
GUILTY, Fraud, charging for "ghost visits"
Sidney Frank, MD, Elko Nevada
REPRIMAND, Gross Negligence
Benjamin M Brown, MD, Maine
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Sexual Relationships with staff & patients
Holly Arato, MD, Maine
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Drug Abuse
Renato Mendoza, MD, Maine
LICENSE DENIED, History of Fraud
Andrew Rutland, MD, Orange County, California
INVESTIGATION, Death of yet another abortion patient
Rodney K Justin, MD, North Carolina
CONVICTED, Tax Fraud & Obstruction of Justice
Lawrence Simons, MD, Wichita, Kansas
Plead of GUILTY, "Pill Mill" case, after 59 Patients die
Charles Chube, MD, Indiana
SENTENCED
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Rodney K Justin, MD, North Carolina
CONVICTED, Tax Fraud & Obstruction of Justice
Lawrence Simons, MD, Wichita, Kansas
Plead of GUILTY, "Pill Mill" case, after 59 Patients die
Narendra K Agrawal, MD, Ohio
CONVICTED, Drug Trafficking, Sentenced to 3 years
"I thought this was the 'Land of the Free?'"
CONVICTED, Drug Trafficking, Sentenced to 3 years
"I thought this was the 'Land of the Free?'"
Charles Chube, MD, Indiana
SENTENCED, 15 years, Narcotic Distribution
David Chube, MD, Indiana
SENTENCED, 5 years, Narcotic Distribution with brother Charles
Peter S Grigg, MD, 49, Colorado Springs, Colorado
GUILTY, Selling Ecstasy and pain medications
GUILTY, Selling Ecstasy and pain medications
John Rew, MD, 83, Tampa
GUILTY, Illegal Drug Distribution
Jock Simon, MD, New Jersey
Multiple new CONVICTIONS for troubled physician
Dale Pearlman, MD, Menlo Park, California
ETHICS REVIEW, following "head lice treatment" scam
ETHICS REVIEW, following "head lice treatment" scam
"Cool idea! Go to the drug store; buy the cheap stuff; put it in a nifty tube; pretend I invented it; Sell it for $86 as a miracle goo! Who's gonna know?"
James Shin, MD, Fort Worth, Texas
CONVICTED, Child Pornography, former chief of medicine, John Peter Smith Hospital
Rogelio Naranja, MD, Augusta, Maine
PROBATION, Unprofessional Conduct
Ashwani Duggal, MD, 50, Fort Wayne, Indiana
INDICTED, Sexual Battery on a housekeeper
INDICTED, Sexual Battery on a housekeeper
"She misunderstood my affections. She's Hispanic. I tossed her on the bed politely in my language."
James M Bachstein, MD, Tennessee
PROBATION, Inappropriate Drug Prescription
Robert W Osteen, MS, Tennessee
PROBATION, Diverted Medication for personal use
Callie H Harpin, MD, Houston, Texas
PAROLE REVIEW, in prison for $30M wheelchair scam
Mark Gilliland, MD, 52, Houston, Texas
PRISON RELEASE, DUI Hit & Run, Critically injuring two women
"They were from England. Nobody said tourists counted."
PRISON RELEASE, DUI Hit & Run, Critically injuring two women
"They were from England. Nobody said tourists counted."
Mamdouk Bahna, MD, Virginia
GUILTY, Health Care Fraud
Loren Nichols, MD, Athens, Tennessee
PAROLE HEARING, Illegal Narcotic Dispensing
Darryl C Harris, MD, Beaumont, Texas
GUILTY, Medical Testing Fraud
Steven Hall, MD, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
CHARGED, Murder of his wife by running her over with a boat
CHARGED, Murder of his wife by running her over with a boat
"Note to self: Next time, don't do it on Memorial Day with 50 witnesses."
Jeffrey Friedlander, MD, Tampa
INDICTED, Drug Scheme, Medicare Fraud
Roger Brown MD, Florida
CONVICTED, Drug Ring Scheme
Larry E Perry, MD, Tennessee
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Sexual Misconduct with patients
Rexford Agbenohevi, MD, Tennessee
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Sexual Relationships with patients
in exam rooms
Paul Emerson, MD, Detroit
Plead of GUILTY, Prescriptions resulting in Death
Pravin Vasoya, MD, New Jersey
GUILTY, Intent to Sell Narcotics
Sandeep Kapor, MD, Los Angeles
INDICTED, Anna Nicole Smith Death case
"We plied her with 9 drugs under different names, took off our clothes and played doctor. We're trained professionals."
INDICTED, Anna Nicole Smith Death case
"We plied her with 9 drugs under different names, took off our clothes and played doctor. We're trained professionals."
Khristine Eroshevich, Psychiatrist
INDICTED, Anna Nicole Smith Death case
"I'm her psychiatrist. She needed soapy sessions in a tub. Impropriety? Ridiculous."
INDICTED, Anna Nicole Smith Death case
"I'm her psychiatrist. She needed soapy sessions in a tub. Impropriety? Ridiculous."
John Wickerman, MD, Tennessee
LICENSE SUSPENDED, Inappropriate Sexual Contact with patient
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{Here's a 10% sample of doctors in prison for Murder, as of 2009}
Jeffrey MacDonald, MD, Orange County, California
Life Term, Murder Convictions, wife & 2 daughters
"Hippies did it."
Life Term, Murder Convictions, wife & 2 daughters
"Hippies did it."
John F Boyle, MD, Ohio
Life Term, Murder of wife, burying body in basement flooring
"A stranger got into my house, broke up the basement concrete, buried my wife, filled in fresh cement, and put a new carpet over it so I wouldn't know."
Clara Harris, DDS, Houston, Texas
Famous "Murder by Mercedes" of philandering doctor-husband
"The bastard really did deserve it."
Famous "Murder by Mercedes" of philandering doctor-husband
"The bastard really did deserve it."
Kevin P Anderson, MD, Los Angeles
20-year sentence, Murder of his mistress-doctor
"Note to self: Next time you push a woman over a cliff, don't get stuck in the mud with tourists driving by."20-year sentence, Murder of his mistress-doctor
Ronald Mikos, MD, Illinois
Life Term, Murder of a patient who was about to testify against him
Life Term, Murder of a patient who was about to testify against him
Harry Sugar, MD, New York
Life Term, Murder of his wife
Timothy Stryker, MD, Winchester, Massachusetts
GUILTY, Conspiracy, in the Murder of Dr. Lynn Goudey
GUILTY, Conspiracy, in the Murder of Dr. Lynn Goudey
George Kubski, MD, Florida
20-year Term, Prescribing 20,000 Narcotic Doses in 90 days, resulting in patient death
Michael Posey, DDS, Napa, California
25-year Term, Murder of his wife
"She got soooo conceited after her breast enlargement."
25-year Term, Murder of his wife
"She got soooo conceited after her breast enlargement."
Robert Weitzel, MD, Utah
15-year Term, Narcotic Deaths of 5 patients
Barton Corbin, MD, Atlanta
Life Term, Murder of wife (recently) and girlfriend (years before)
Life Term, Murder of wife (recently) and girlfriend (years before)
Robert Reza, MD, 48, Riverhead, Long Island
CONVICTED, Murder of his wife during an affair
Dirk Greneder, MD, New England
Life Term, Murder of wife with a hammer
Life Term, Murder of wife with a hammer
Medhut Shenouda, Surgeon, New York
12-year Term, Attempted Murder of wife by insulin injection
Robert Bierenbaum, MD, New York
Life Term, Murder & Dismemberment of wife Gail, body
tossed from an airplane
"But you never did find the body, did you? Did you?"
Stephen Scher, MD. 67, Montrose, Pennsylvania
Life Term, Shotgun Murder of close friend in "love-triangle" case
"He was a great friend. But his wife was too hot to ignore."
Michael Swango, MD, 45, Ohio
CONVICTED, Multiple Murders of Patients
("I poisoned those paramedics and damn. They refused to die.")
Life Term, Murder & Dismemberment of wife Gail, body
tossed from an airplane
"But you never did find the body, did you? Did you?"
Stephen Scher, MD. 67, Montrose, Pennsylvania
Life Term, Shotgun Murder of close friend in "love-triangle" case
"He was a great friend. But his wife was too hot to ignore."
Michael Swango, MD, 45, Ohio
CONVICTED, Multiple Murders of Patients
("I poisoned those paramedics and damn. They refused to die.")
Zakaria Oweiss, MD, 58, Potomic, Maryland
CONVICTED, 30-year Term, Bludgeoning death of his wife
CONVICTED, 30-year Term, Bludgeoning death of his wife
Harriston Bass, MD, Las Vegas
25-year Term, Murder by Overdose, (Dispensing illegal drugs from his PT Cruiser rolling "drug mobile")
"Gotta admit, it was a great idea. But I forgot all about those damn cameras in the parking lot."
25-year Term, Murder by Overdose, (Dispensing illegal drugs from his PT Cruiser rolling "drug mobile")
"Gotta admit, it was a great idea. But I forgot all about those damn cameras in the parking lot."
Richard Sharp, MD, Gloucester, Massachussetts
Serving time for wife Murder, found hanging in his cell
Serving time for wife Murder, found hanging in his cell
Ronald Allen, MD, 47, Laguna Beach, California
GUILTY of Murder, DUI case resulted in two deaths
Bradley Schwartz, MD, Tucson, Arizona
In Prison for Murder, now suing state of Arizona for repeated
assaults by other inmates
"Okay, I killed somebody. You gotta protect me from criminals."
In Prison for Murder, now suing state of Arizona for repeated
assaults by other inmates
"Okay, I killed somebody. You gotta protect me from criminals."
John Hamilton, MD, Oklahoma City
Serving Life Term for Murder of his wife
Serving Life Term for Murder of his wife
Carl Drury, MD, Georgia
Serving 15-year Term, plot to Murder his wife
John D Cavaness, MD, Illinois
On Death Row for Murder of his son for insurance settlement
David Benjamin, MD, 65, New York
CONVICTED, Second-Degree Murder in Death following abortion
On Death Row for Murder of his son for insurance settlement
David Benjamin, MD, 65, New York
CONVICTED, Second-Degree Murder in Death following abortion
Thomas G Merrill, MD, Florida
Serving Life Term, Overdosing patients resulted in 5 Deaths
Mark Weinberger, MD, Indiana
Former Fugitive, now in custody, Malpractice Death of a patient
Former Fugitive, now in custody, Malpractice Death of a patient
George Korol, MD, 56, California & Canada
Released from prison, Maintain License Revocation, Attempted
Murder of his wife by Arson
Released from prison, Maintain License Revocation, Attempted
Murder of his wife by Arson
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There are actually good citizens among us whose thinking goes like this: "Sure, there are a few weird doctors, just like there are weirdos in every profession."
If you ever hear anybody say this, remind them of the following:
A few?
2,490 convictions in 12 months
We'll do the math for you - that's
47 guilty verdicts per week.
A few?
11,000 convictions in a single decade
A few?
237,000 in the National Practitioner Data Bank
So here's our little challenge to those who suspect we're picking on an undeserving profession: Identify one other group that accumulates HALF this amount of mischief.
We'll stand by . . . .
It is our sincere hope that your doctors never make our list. But who else on earth is giving you names?
Be safe out there, check back now & then, and remember:
Never let a lab coat trump your common sense.
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Data gathered from numerous sources, including the FBI, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Department of Justice, state attorneys general,local & regional law enforcement, and state medical boards.
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