Doc Charged for Hidden Cameras; Ex-Husband Sues Over Abortion; Doc Accused of Rape

Massachusetts family medicine resident Bradford Ferrick, MD, was arrested on charges of possession of child pornography, with prosecutors alleging he had hidden cameras and videos showing child rape. (NBC Boston)

In Texas, a man is suing three women for allegedly helping his ex-wife get an abortion toward the end of their marriage. It’s the first such case filed since the state enacted a near-total abortion ban last summer. (Texas Tribune)

A Pittsburgh man has been accused of assaulting multiple workers at Allegheny General Hospital, allegedly throwing a computer at a nurse, slamming a technician’s head into glass and punching her, and punching another nurse in the face and chest several times. (CBS Pittsburgh)

A breast cancer patient whose photos were posted to the dark web in a ransomware attack is part of a class action suit against Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania, which alleges the hospital put money over patient privacy. Hacker group BlackCat acquired the photos through a ransomware attack on a physician’s practice owned by the health network. (Morning Call)

Utah ophthalmologist Paul Wade Wyatt, MD, was sentenced to prison for performing surgeries even though his license was suspended. He allegedly left multiple patients with permanent or severe eye injuries. (KSL)

Miami Beach doctor Jeffrey Kamlet, MD, who is board certified in addiction medicine, is accused of using money and cocaine to rape a 17-year-old girl. (Miami Herald)

New York City physician Howard Adelglass, MD, was sentenced to 150 months in prison for illegally prescribing “enormous quantities of highly addictive and deadly opioids to people he knew were suffering from substance abuse disorders or were dealers,” according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The agency said Adelglass “practiced as a drug dealer, not a doctor,” prescribing more than 1.3 million oxycodone pills from 2017 to 2020.

Florida physician George Barrio, MD, will pay $225,000 and will surrender his DEA license after being accused of unlawfully prescribing opioids and other controlled substances to patients. (WJHG)

One of the largest fertility clinic mishaps in the U.S. has been settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. In 2021, a jury awarded $15 million to five people who lost embryos and eggs when a Chart Industries cryopreservation tank malfunctioned in 2018. More than 2,500 embryos and 1,500 eggs belonging to 400 people were destroyed; it’s not known how many people will now share in the settlement money. (Washington Post)

Delaware physician Frederick Gooding, MD, was convicted for billing Medicare more than $5 million for injections he didn’t perform or didn’t provide as billed, including complicated spine injections that his office wasn’t set up to administer, according to the DOJ.

Missouri doctor Justin LaMonda, MD, admitted to using his father’s name to bill Medicaid and Medicare since his own license had been suspended and his Medicare privileges taken away. Both he and his father billed for services when those services had actually been performed by the father only. (ABC17)