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May 16, 2007
Dr. No Good?
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas announced the arrests of three medical doctors who allegedly traded their professional oaths for quick cash. Michael Cheeluen Chan, 61, Mario Z. Rosenberg, 59, and William Wilson Hampton, 51, now face 47 felony counts and, if convicted, could go to pr ... More >>
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April 9, 2008
Patient of Alcoholic OC Doctor Dies
A few months ago we published the gruesome story of an OC plastic surgeon who had a drinking problem and left several patients hacked and deformed up in Sacramento before relocating to Orange County, where he now practices in Huntington Beach. One of the women in our story was Becky Anderson, who ma ... More >>
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August 5, 2008
A Picture's Worth a Thousand Whoop-Asses
An anti-abortion activist taking photographs outside a controversial Santa Ana family planning clinic suffered minor injuries Saturday afternoon after being attacked by a physician who obviously did not appreciate having his picture taken. According to Santa Ana Police records, Howard Tendai Pfpaje ... More >>
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October 8, 2008
A Scalpel and 99 Bottles of Beer
An administrative law judge heard the Attorney General's case against alcoholic-plastic surgeon-gone-bad, Brian West, in Sacramento this week. The hearings followed the accusation filed earlier this year by the Medical Board of California alleging that West had performed multiple acts of gross neg ... More >>
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December 1, 2008
A Doctor Walks Into A Bar...
...And proceeds to fondle and otherwise molest his patients? Switch out the bar to an examining room and that's what the OC District Attorney's office is alleging that David Hung Do, a Kaiser doctor who worked in La Palma and Anaheim, did to three female patients between June 2007 and July 2008. Do ... More >>
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December 5, 2008
Ex-Owner of Santa Ana Abortion Clinic May Be Jail Bound
LifeNews.com reports the owner of a chain of women's health clinics that caters primarily to Latinas - which until recently included Clinica Medica Para La Mujer at 120 W 5th St., Santa Ana, the site of an alleged assault by a physician on a pro-life photographer we blogged about in August - is like ... More >>
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January 17, 2008
Tucked Up
A Long Beach patient sues Dr. Brian West over a tummy tuck she claims went awry
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February 20, 2009
Drunk Doctor Gets Bad News -- Sort Of
Brian West, the former local plastic surgeon with a hard-to-kick drinking problem accused of disfiguring some patients, and who later filed a restraining order against one of them, has been found guilty in two of the four cases brought against him by the state Attorney General -- one, for lying to a ... More >>
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March 2, 2009
Drunken, Disgruntled Plastic Surgeon Picks On Reporters
A supporter or two of Brian West--the plastic surgeon whose ups and (mostly) downs, involving his drinking problem and former patients, I've covered in these pages--has now taken to trying to sully mine and Sacramento CBS television reporter Kurtis Ming's names with a comical new blog experiment. Mi ... More >>
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March 24, 2009
The Ripple Effects Of Octo-Breeding
Adhi DarmawanIt seems the hyper-breeding antics of "octomom" Nadya Suleman have now prompted television networks to halt production of reality shows or documentaries about women trying to have babies in any non-conventional way, writes former NPR "Day to Day" host Madeleine Brand on her new parentin ... More >>
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August 14, 2008
Troubled Plastic Surgeon Brian West Tries to Get a Restraining Order Against a Former Patient
Adhi DarmawanIt seems the hyper-breeding antics of "octomom" Nadya Suleman have now prompted television networks to halt production of reality shows or documentaries about women trying to have babies in any non-conventional way, writes former NPR "Day to Day" host Madeleine Brand on her new parentin ... More >>
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January 10, 2008
Under Wraps
Many of Dr. Brian West's patients didn't know he was in the state medical board's substance-abuse-diversion program. At least six of them claim they're paying the price
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July 21, 2005
Dr. K KOd
OC Weekly series leads to federal indictment of celebrated AIDS doctor
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December 16, 2004
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OC Weekly series leads to federal indictment of celebrated AIDS doctor
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March 4, 2004
After This, Tomatoes
In a better world, Dr. Philip A. Denney wouldnt have to dedicate his practice to pot
Blogs
May 27, 2009
Boozy Huntington Beach Surgeon's Medical License Revoked
No scalpels allowed.When we last left off in the strange case of alcoholic Huntington Beach plastic surgeon Brian West, we'd just learned that he'd been found guilty for lying to investigators about a DUI and disfiguring a former patient without her consent. The administrative law judge recommended ... More >>
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July 29, 2009
Orange County Nurses Among Those the State Deemed "Public Safety Threats" Because of Drug Addictions
Marcin TusinskiRemember the series of stories we shared about the Hungtington Beach plastic surgeon who had a penchant for red wine and accumulating DUIs? And remember how California's Medical Board egregiously allowed that doctor (and many like him) to keep practicing medicine despite his having ... More >>
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September 18, 2009
Anaheim Hills Urologist Goes From Being Botched Penile Enlargement Surgery Expert to Botched Penile Enlargement Surgery Defendant
Dr. Gary RheinschildFor "Long and Short of It," Salon.com's Aug. 2, 1999, story on botched penile enlargement surgeries and the, ahem, lengths patients must go to if they safely want to increase the size of their members, reporter Michael Easterbrook turned to an Anaheim Hills urologist for exper ... More >>
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January 5, 2010
[UPDATED:] New Year Shapes Up Eventfully for Octomom
Mo.re to loathe.UPDATED WITH LINK TO VIDEO OF OCTOMOM DEFENDING HER FERTILITY DOCTOR.It's already shaping up to be an eventful new year for Nadya "Octomom" Suleman. The La Habra resident rang out 2009 by learning she'd been named the nation's least-desirable neighbor. By Monday morning, Octomom w ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Dr. Michael Kamrava, "Octomom" Nadya Suleman's Litter Maker, in Hot Water Again
The fertility doctor who treated "Octomom" Nadya Suleman of La Habra faces new state medical board accusations.As was alleged in the Suleman case, Dr. Michael Kamrava transferred too many embryos into an unnamed woman and failed to recommend that she see a mental health professional, California ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
Sexy Time Fullerton Psychiatrist Loses his License
Dr. Enrique Friedman has the cure for whatever ails you, batteries not included. One of his patients wasn't very happy with his prescription, however, and his license to practice psychiatry in Fullerton was revoked last week following allegations made by the Medical Board of California. Find out ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
Octomom's Fertility Dr. Michael Kamrava Faces License Panel; Nadya Suleman Under Fire, Too
Dr. Michael Kamrava is the one facing a Medical Board of California this week that could revoke or suspend the Beverly Hills fertility specialist's license to practice medicine, but it seems as if La Habra's Nadya Suleman is on trial in Los Angeles as well.Today's bombshell: Octomom's medical re ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Octo-Doc Michael Kamrava: "My Bad"
Love means never having to say you are sorry, but implanting 12 embryos in a single mother of six who would go on to bring eight more children to term apparently does.As its hearing that could result in Beverly Hills physician Michael Kamrava losing his medical license continues today, the Califo ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Michael Kamrava, Octomom Nadya Suleman's Fertility Doctor, Tearfully Admits He Was Never Board Certified and He Flunked Oral Exam
Dr. Michael Kamrava, the Beverly Hills fertility specialist who over nine years implanted 60 embryos in Octomom Nadya Suleman of La Habra, cried on the stand again yesterday.Facing a California Medical Board that may revoke his license to practice, Kamrava tearfully admitted he was never board ce ... More >>
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November 17, 2010
Octomom Nadya Suleman Fertility Doctor's License Revocation Hearing Continues
The California Medical Board hearing that could result in the revocation or suspension of Beverly Hills fertility doctor Michael Kamrava's license to practice resumes today in Los Angeles.Damning details have already come out, including the admission by the in-vitro fertilization "internationally ... More >>
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November 19, 2010
Case of the Doctor Without a Doctor's Note For Marijuana Possession
What the doctor orderedHave you ever called the police to complain about a reckless driver on the road and wondered if cops tried to catch the person?On a November 2007 night, a motorist in Orange County called the cops to complain about another driver veering wildly in and out of traffic. The po ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Critics Think Prosecutor is Half Right Calling Octomom Nadya Suleman a Guinea Pig
A state prosecutor claims Octomom Nadya Suleman of La Habra was being used as a "human guinea pig" by her Beverly Hills fertility doctor.Funny, but except for the "guinea" part, it's also how many of Octomom's harshest critics have described her.The doctor on the spot, Michael Kamrava, claims Su ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Anaheim Hills Cosmetic Surgery Center Comes Under an Unfriendly Light
It's enough to put a permanent frown in your forehead.After a plastic surgeon through the courts successfully challenged the state's authority to regulate surgery centers, California in 2007 stopped licensing such facilities that are at least partly owned by a licensed doctor. According to the ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
Eleanor Santiago, Irvine Doctor Charged in LA with Using Homeless to Bilk Medicare for Millions, Was Already Under Investigation for Giving Out Free Electric Wheelchairs
Back in late October, headlines were made when Los Angeles authorities arrested a group of doctors for using homeless and mentally ill patients to fraudulently bilk Medicare and Medi-Cal for millions. Little noted locally, though, was that one of the doctors, Eleanor Melo Santiago Arthur, was an ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Louis Matthew Teresi, Newport Beach Radiologist, Placed on Five Years Probation by California Medical Board for Being a Drunk
The joke of doctors enjoying a few brews on the golf course after a long day at the hospital is a well-worn one. But actual drunk docs? No one wants those, least of all the California Medical Board, the organization in charge of disciplining doctors for various transgressions. The Board can actua ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
Judge Recommends Probation, No Stripped Medical License, for Octomom's Fertility Doctor
KamravaAdministrative Law Judge Daniel Juarez has found Dr. Michael Kamrava committed gross and repeated negligence in his care for Octomom Nadya Suleman of La Habra--but not so much that the Beverly Hills fertility doctor should lose his state license to practice medicine.Juarez's recommendatio ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
John Anthony Hatherley, Dana Point Doctor, Has License Suspended by California Medical Board For Third Time
From Hatherley's Facebook page for his business...In 2007, the Orange County Register published a bruising exposé of Dr. John Anthony Hatherley, a Huntington Beach doctor who had used his position as an emergency room doctor to feed his Vicodin addiction. Reporter Brian Joseph used him as a post ... More >>
News
February 4, 2011
Jerry Steven Garcia's Births, Deaths and Lies
Lawsuits and Medical Board documents paint a grim picture of the gynecologist's practice
Blogs
February 16, 2011
Dr. Lawrence Hansen, 85, Agrees to Probation to Settle Vaginal-Reconstruction Death Case
Eighty-five-year-old plastic surgeon Dr. Lawrence Hansen has agreed to accept 35 months of probation to settle accusations of negligence in a vaginal reconstruction that left a 39-year-old woman dead.The California Medical Board says Hansen failed to check on Marcia Garcia's medical history or pe ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
Sid Mirrafati, Doc Who Promoted 'Ready-To-Wear-Breasts,' Gets 'Public Reprimand' After Patient Dies of Lipo Complication
Local plastic surgeon Sayed Jalil "Sid" Mirrafati made OC Weekly headlines in 2009 for his own headline, "Newest Trend in Fashion This Season . . . Ready-To-Wear Breasts," which easily grabbed our attention in a press release. (The pitch: quickie boob jobs--get 'em done Friday and head back to wo ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
[UPDATED with Revocation Call:] Michael Kamrava, Octomom's Fertility Doctor, May Lose Medical License
KamravaUPDATE, MAY 5, 1 P.M.: The California Medical Board should revoke the license to practice of Dr. Michael Kamrava, the fertility doctor for La Habra single mother of 14 Nadya Suleman, the "Octomom," a state prosecutor urged today.State Deputy Attorney General Judith T. Alvarado contends rev ... More >>
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May 30, 2011
[UPDATED with Medical Office Protest Set:] Hazem Chehabi, Physician and Syria Consul General, Urged to Cut Ties With "Brutal" Regime or Quit UCI Board
ChehabiUPDATE, MAY 30, 10:37 A.M.: The Syrian Emergency Task Force-Greater LA has rallied outside the Syria Consulate office in Newport Beach and asked Dr. Hazem H. Chehabi to step down as honorary consul general (or for the UC Irvine Foundation to drop him from its board if he doesn't) over hum ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
[UPDATED with Court Appeal:] Michael Kamrava, Fertility Doctor, Loses License
KamravaUPDATE, JUNE 6, 8:08 A.M.: An administrative law judge previously said Michael Kamrava, Octomom Nadya Suleman's fertility doctor, should keep his medical license, but the California Medical Board overruled that recommendation last month.So, Kamrava has turned to another judge, this one at ... More >>
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June 6, 2011
[UPDATED with Medical License Suspended:] Yashwant Balgiri Giri Accused of Sex Assaults on Unconscious Patients
UPDATE, JUNE 6, 12:40 P.M.: A Placentia-Linda Hospital anesthesiologist accused of sexually abusing two unconscious females admitted for surgical procedures has had his medical license suspended, according to the California Medical Board.Yashwant Balgiri Giri pleaded not guilty to the charges aga ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Anaheim Doctor Janet Lee Schreiber on 5-Year Probation, Admits to Wrongdoing
The five-year probation of an Anaheim-based doctor who admitted to wrongdoing takes effect today at 5 p.m.Janet Lee Schreiber, M.D., who practices internal medicine, is now prohibited from supervising physician assistants and subject to various probation requirements. Her probation stems from ... More >>
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July 11, 2011
Thomas Elgin, Local Emergency Room Doctor, Reprimanded By Medical Board of California
The Medical Board of California publicly reprimanded a local emergency room doctor last week for negligent acts committed several years ago. In 2006, Dr. Thomas Elgin was the attending emergency room doctor at Orange Coast Memorial Hospital when a 48-year-old man was admitted with chest pai ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Dr. Nazar Al Bussam, Newport Coast Septuagenarian, Pleads Guilty to Writing Prescriptions for Cash
A 72-year-old doctor, who lives in Newport Coast, but practiced medicine in Los Angeles County, pleaded guilty to federal charges for writing thousands of unjustifiable prescriptions yesterday. The OC Register's Doug Irving reports that Nazar Al Bussam faces 230 years of prison time for "cri ... More >>
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July 25, 2011
Naguib Bebawi, Irvine-Based Doctor, Placed On Five Year Probation By State Medical Board
The five-year probation term imposed on an Irvine-based doctor by the Medical Board of California took effect Friday at 5 p.m.The probation requires Dr. Naguib Bebawi, who practices at Advantage Plus Medical Center in Irvine, to complete clinical training, medical records and prescribing practice ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Luong Pham Accused of Gross Negligence In Psychiatric Treatment of Inmates, Surrenders Medical License
Amid accusations of gross negligence in his medical treatment of six inmates and his admission of inadequate record keeping, an Irvine-based doctor's license was surrendered Tuesday. Dr. Luong Pham, who voluntarily surrendered his license, "lost all rights and privileges as a doctor in Calif ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Octomom Nadya Suleman Whopper of the Month: Dr. Kamrava Drugged Me into Having 8 Babies
A new month, a new whopper from Octomom Nadya Suleman.Having formerly defended her fertility doctor Michael Kamrava, the Beverly Hills physician stripped of his medical license on July 1, now La Habra's single mother of 14 is saying Doc Mike drugged her into signing the consent form that led to 1 ... More >>
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August 2, 2011
John Anthony Hatherley, Dana Point Doctor, Allegedly Violates Probation, Surrenders Medical License
From Hatherley's Facebook page for his business...Dr. John Anthony Hatherley has anything but a clean slate.He's been on a rocky road of prescription drug addiction, diversion programs and run-ins with the California Medical Board for the past decade. The one-time emergency room doctor, who ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Hoshang Pormir, Yorba Linda-Based Doctor, Gets Two Years Probation, Gave The Wrong Drugs To Four Elderly Patients
In the wake of his "gross negligence" when treating elderly patients, the state medical board put a Yorba Linda-based doctor on two years probation, which took effect last week.Dr. Hoshang Pormir can't practice medicine again until he pays for, and completes, a 40-hour clinical training program. ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Octomom Nadya Suleman's Fertility Dr. Michael Kamrava Loses Bid to Get Back Medical License
Dr. KamravaA judge in Los Angeles today rejected a bid by the fertility doctor of Octomom Nadya Suleman to get his medical license back.Judge James C. Chalfant essentially denied Dr. Michael Kamrava's appeal to LA Superior Court of the California Medical Board's July decision to revoke his licen ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Another Medical Malpractice Suit Filed Against Jerry Steven Garcia, Anaheim Doctor with Bad Habit of Delivering Dead Babies
Early this year, I wrote about the travails of one Jerry Steven Garcia, an Anaheim-based obstetrician with a nasty habit of delivering dead babies. The story profiled a couple who allege Garcia was an asshole to them after delivering their dead son, and also documented a litany of medical malprac ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Michael Kamrava, Octomom Nadya Suleman's Fertility Doctor, Files for Bankruptcy
Michael Kamrava, the Beverly Hills fertility doctor who lost his medical license last year partly due to his controversial treatment of Octomom Nadya Suleman of La Habra, has reportedly filed for bankruptcy.TMZ cites Chapter 7 papers Kamrava filed that claim "he has only $17,628 in assets . . . a ... More >>
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