An Oregon podiatrist charged with sexually abusing two patients in December has been accused by nine more women since that time — and he is still allowed to see patients. The Oregon Medical Board is conducting an investigation, separate from the Portland Police Bureau investigation, and until that is complete Brian M. Bowen, 49, is …
A Texas doctor has been arrested for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with patients, prompting efforts by police to find more potential victims, KPRC-TV reports. On Friday, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office announced that investigators executed an arrest warrant for Dr. Kozhaya Sokhon at the Adva Cardio Clinic in The Woodlands, Texas. The Woodlands is a …
On Tuesday, a British nurse who was convicted in August of killing seven babies was formally found unfit to practice nursing. Lucy Letby, 33, is serving 14 life sentences for killing seven babies and injuring 10 more while working at Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016. The BBC reported that months …
A Minnesota man was charged on Monday with killing his wife in August by poisoning her. Connor Bowman, a medical resident at the Mayo Clinic, allegedly gave Betty Bowman, 32, liquid colchicine, a medication used to treat gout. The Post Bulletin reported that Betty Bowman, who did not have gout, died three days after she …
A former Texas dentist who left a young child, 4 at the time, with irreversible brain damage after a botched surgery received probation, despite prosecutors seeking a lengthy prison sentence. According to the KHOU, a Harris County jury previously convicted Bethaniel Jefferson of reckless injury to a child. On Thursday, the judge sentenced the ex-dentist …
A Nevada man reportedly died alone in a hospital in July because staff assigned him a fake name which prevented his family members from locating him. KLAS reported that Clifford Allen, 60, died at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas on July 27 after collapsing. Allen’s sister, Lavonne Brubeck, said it was not uncommon for Allen …
A Queens doctor has been charged with more than 50 counts of rape, sexual abuse, drug possession, and unlawful surveillance in connection with six victims at his apartment and at the hospital where he worked. Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng was fired from New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital last December when he was arrested for drugging …
A New York-based OBGYN said on Sunday that he plans to file criminal charges against a man who was filmed last month slapping him while claiming he sexually assaulted his wife in 2016. Dr. William Burke, 58, was a panelist at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, on May …
An Ohio plastic surgeon is presenting her case this week to have her license reinstated after the State Medical Board suspended it over issues involving her livestreaming surgeries over TikTok. Katharine Roxanne Grawe, known to her social media followers as Dr. Roxy, has been barred from practicing since November 18, 2022, when the board determined …
After two Americans were found dead following the kidnapping of four people traveling to Mexico for medical reason, another American is warning that medical tourism can lead to other serious consequences.
A beloved Chicago mother of four died earlier this month after having cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic, and her family is pushing for an investigation. Sucretta Tolliver traveled to the island nation on December 12 and died two days later at a recovery home, her daughter, Mariah Price, told WMAQ. “Life is precious, and …
