“How can Americans know there are 250,000 doctors on file at a highly-secret office, tucked away in Washington DC?  Who could possibly guess thousands of physicians are rated ‘Dangerous’ or ‘Questionable?’  Why do we hide bad doctors from patients?”

(Sidney Wolfe, MD, Director of the Health Research Group, referring to the National Practitioner Data Bank)

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So, you think maybe we exaggerate?  Listen up.  You’re about to see that health care strays into some very spooky places, every single day of the year…

Allow us to introduse a few Twilight Zone residents…

{exhibit #1}

What do you suppose happens when medical maniacs are allowed to play doctor?

 Conrad Murray, MD              ”Trust me.  I’m a doctor.”              And so he did

{exhibit #2}

They say she was a terrific nurse, until she was murdered by a coworker…

Ms. Lori Dupont, RN               Marc Daniel, MD

{exhibit #3}

They say she was an awesome doctor.  She was murdered by another doctor…

Lynn Goudy, MD               Timothy Stryker, MD

{exhibit #4}

 Flamboyant and controversial, doctor-dependant & dead.

Anna Nicole Smith – before & after lab coat lunacy

{exhibit #4}

Any guesses who killed this lovely ballerina?

      Elena Shapiro                         Raymond Cook, MD

Just who in the hell are we allowing to play doctor on this planet?

{exhibit #6}

What exactly happened to this pretty golfer in pink?

         Erica Blasberg                   Dr. Thomas Hess, Las Vegas

{exhibit #7}

Any bets who killed this lady?

    Ibi Rancaioli                 Doctor Joseph Rancaioli

Question: Would doctors really inject fake Botox into their patients?

Answer: Of course they would.  And here’s just one of many…

{exhibit #8}

Stephen Seldon, MD and wife Debbie

Las Vegas, sentenced to prison in 2009

Question: Would an MD really sexually assault patients behind closed doors?

Answer: Oh, it happens every day…

{exhibits # 9, 10, 11}

Dr. Peter Chi, Tracy, CA

Guilty, 36 counts of Sexual Assault

Dr. Jose R. Bolanos, San Jose

Guilty, Patient Sexual Assault

Dr. Justin Onsuka

Convicted, Sexual Predator

{exhibits # 12, 13, 14}

Mark Blankenburg, MD Ohio

18 counts, Child Molestation

Dr. Peter Fabulian

Convicted, Sexual Assault

Dr. Maurice Wolin, CA

‘Dateline’ Sexual Predator

{exhibit #15}

Dr. William Ayres, San Francisco

Guilty, Multiple Child Sexual Assaults

Would a doctor mail a bomb package, to kill another doctor?

{exhibit #16}

Dr. Trent Pierce was severly injured, and lost an eye, after opening a package mailed by an angry physician.

Who was the mad bomber?

Dr. Randeep Mann

We do hope you come back and visit our Wall of Shame again, because we still have 1,100 entries to add, from just last year.  When it comes to whacky doctor behaivior, the hits just keep coming, week after week.

And really.  How much do you know about YOUR doctor?