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Medical Maniacs And you thought it was just a 'freaky few'

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; and all 50 state law enforcement agencies, for their generous assistance

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")

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
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, 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

Mark Blankenberg, MD, 53, Ohio
SENTENCED, 21 years, Multiple Child Molestation counts

Scott Blankenberg, MD, 53, Ohio (Twin brother of Mark)
SENTENCED, 13 years, Multiple Child Molestation counts

("If we say we're sorry do we still burn in Hell?")

Earl Bradley, MD, 56, Delaware

INDICTED, 103 Counts, Felony Child Sexual Assault

("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

Akiva Abraham, MD, 44, Albany New York
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 Patient

Russell Reitz, MD, 46, Topeka Kansas
GUILTY, 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

("I fled to Taiwan and the damned Chinese sent me back.")

Ana A Jacinto, MD, 54, Florida
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

("I knew I should have watched more NCIS.")

Craig A Bittner, MD, 49, Beverly Hills
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.")

James Shin, MD, 49, Houston, Texas
GUILTY, Child Pornography

David P Dillon, MD, 45, Florida
GUILTY, Felony Assault on a Child

Yazeed Essa MD, 41, Cleveland, Ohio

EXTRADICTED, Cyanide Poisoning Murder of his Wife

Benjamin Levine, MD, 68, New Jersey
GUILTY, Theft, Records Falsification, CHARGED, Multiple Sexual Assaults on Patients

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William De Luca, MD, 58

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

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, Missouri
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

Keith Russell, MD, 65, Miami
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

("Mine, too.")

Raymond Adamcik, MD, 56, Florida
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

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

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

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

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

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

("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

("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.")

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

("So my wife, my staff & I were drug addicted while treating patients. What's your point?")

Thomas Lover, DC, 48, Ohio
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

("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

("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

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.")

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
("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

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?")

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.")

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

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.")

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.")

Robert R Blakewood, MD, 69, California
GUILTY, Drugging & Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Nidal Malik Hasan, MD, Fort Hood Texas
CHARGED, 13 Counts of Murder, shooting rampage

("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.")

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

("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.")

Wirt A Hines, MD, 52, Washington State
CONVICTED, Criminal Attempted Assault on a Child

Doyle S Steele, MD, 51, Las Vegas
Parole Hearing, Serving Time for "Drugs for Sex" case
("What happens in Vegas . . .")

Mirielle Lalanne, MD, Kentucky
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

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.")

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

("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.")

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

("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

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?")

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

David G Evans, MD, Las Vegas
LIFE SENTENCE, Sexual Abuse, Children under 14

("Notice how many child molesters gravitate to medicine? Why pick on me?")

Visu Vilvarajah, MD, Kentucky,
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

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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

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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?'")

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

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

("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

("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.")

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

("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.")

Khristine Eroshevich, Psychiatrist
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.")

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.")

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.")

Ronald Mikos, MD, Illinois
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

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.")

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)

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

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 guy. 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

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.")

Richard Sharp, MD, Gloucester, Massachussetts
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.")

John Hamilton, MD, Oklahoma City
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

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

George Korol, MD, 56, California & Canada
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 Nat'l 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.

Street gangs aren't yet recognized careers.

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:

            No lab coat should ever 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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