A California doctor is under fire after he showed up virtually for court in the middle of a surgery, a move the court commissioner refused to allow, the Sacramento Bee reports. Now state medical regulators say they will investigate the incident. On Thursday, Dr. Scott Green, a Sacramento-area plastic surgeon, appeared by video for a traffic court trial, which …
The insurgence of at-home DNA testing has reportedly revealed a startling pattern of fertility doctors using their own sperm to impregnate their patients. According to the Voice of San Diego, Arianna Huhn sought genetic testing for herself and her parents, leading her parents to reveal that they sought fertility treatment at the now-closed Fifth Avenue …
The elderly doctor allegedly revealed he was among a group of doctors who impregnated patients with their sperm
Michigan officials agreed to reinstate the licenses of two paramedics who allegedly erroneously pronounced a woman dead if they pass a national medical exam. The Associated Press obtained documents that detailed the state health department’s settlement with suspended Southfield Fire Department paramedics Michael Storms and Scott Rickard. In addition to passing the national exam, Storms …
The longtime doctor also falsified records to induce pregnant patients’ labor to earlier than what is recommended
A well-known Atlanta area chiropractor was arrested Wednesday on a sexual battery charge after one of his patients said that he sexually assaulted her in his office last month. Rashad Sanford, founder and CEO of Atlanta Spine Doctors, was arrested by Sandy Springs Police and booked into the Fulton County Jail, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. …
An Alabama doctor who produced and possessed child pornography was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in federal prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office of Northern District of Alabama said in a statement that between the mid-1990s and about 2012, Ronald Tai Young Moon Jr., 56, secretly recorded neighbors and guests in his own home — including girls …
The teen reportedly has oppositional defiant disorder, which experts say isn’t typically treated with hormone therapy
The intern also accused the doctor of repeated sexual harassment
A urogynecologist in Michigan reportedly plans to admit to Medicare fraud and reusing single-use rectal devices on multiple patients. Documents filed in the U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan on Monday stated that Roger Beyer agreed on May 8 to plead guilty to conspiracy to committing health care fraud and misuse of medical devices. …
Thousands of fetal remains which were reportedly found shortly after an Illinois abortion doctor’s death in September were buried Wednesday at an Indiana cemetery. The 2,411 fetal remains were buried in South Bend. Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill joined 100 people for Wednesday’s ceremony, according to the South Bend Tribune. Dr. Ulrich Klopfer’s relatives reportedly …
An Illinois doctor who took his own life last year hinted in his suicide note that he may not have immunized children despite parents’ requests to do so, according to reports. Dr. Van Koinis, 58, a pediatrician, reportedly killed himself in September. He suggested in his suicide note that he may have doctored and forged …
