Indeed, for New York impostors, being a doctor is the occupation of choice, followed by those posing as registered nurses, massage therapists, pharmacists and dentists. In New York, investigators unearthed 580 cases of unlicensed doctors in the last four years. Caught after boldly applying to be a thoracic surgeon, Roark was sentenced two years ago to 6 to 14 years in prison. In Michigan, Dennis Roark, using a phony medical license for at least a decade, treated more than 1,000 patients and assisted in more than 200 surgeries including amputations and heart bypass operations. "It could not have happened if controls had been in place," says attorney Alan Feldman, whose firm is representing more than 350 former patients in legal action. In 1999, David Tremoglie was sentenced to 37 months behind bars. In Pennsylvania, a man posing as a psychiatrist treated more than 500 patients at a mental health clinic and wrote several thousand prescriptions before he was exposed. In fact, in Florida, the head of a special office that pursues bogus doctors says his state is suffering from an "epidemic" of unlicensed medical activity. While it is far more common for physicians to embellish resumes, to tout bogus credentials or conceal malpractice histories, phony doctors are surfacing with unsettling regularity in state after state and have become a growing problem for the health care industry. Last month the board also initiated a new task force to ferret out unlicensed practitioners. He's a Marcus Welby type of guy."Įmbarrassed by the flaws Barnes exposed in a system designed to protect the public, the Medical Board of California implemented stricter controls in credential checks and issuing duplicate documents. "You could see how he could get away with it. "He keeps getting caught, but he keeps doing it," says Joseph Exner, a deputy U.S. In committing what's been called one of the most remarkable frauds in modern medical history, Barnes was sent to prison five times, convicted of illegally practicing medicine, mail fraud, grand theft, even involuntary manslaughter, but each time after being paroled, he resumed his sham. The con man with the gentle bedside manner masqueraded as a physician in California for upward of 20 years, falsifying the credentials of a San Francisco pharmacist, taking on the identity of a Stockton orthopedic surgeon. He worked as head doctor at a well- regarded Los Angeles clinic performing employment exams on FBI agents, employees of the Federal Reserve Bank and other major corporations.
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