More victims of Lyme quackery- updated June 20, 2019
Stories worth reading.
Journalists Expose German “Lyme” Clinics
In 2016, Danish journalists from TV2 aired Snyd eller borrelia (“Fraud or Lyme Disease”), a documentary exposing German “Lyme” clinics. In 2017, a Dutch version of the documentary was shown by Zembla. Relevant links are below: Summary: Documentary: Snyd eller … Continued
“Lyme Literate” Domenick Braccia Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
He was charged with 10 felony offenses.
ILADS Bernard Raxlen: Disciplined Multiple Times
New York-based doctor Bernard Raxlen, MD is a founding member and former board member of the pseudoscience group ILADS. Raxlen has been the subject of disciplinary actions by the medical boards of New York and Connecticut. Science-Based Medicine has a … Continued
ILADS Doctor Forged Another Doctor’s Signature
And she practiced medicine without a license
Steven Devore Best: State & Federal Charges
Steven Richard Devore Best, MD is a doctor in Illinois who operates The Neuroscience Center and its subsidiaries Hyperbaric Centers of Chicago and PathFinder Brain SPECT Imaging. In 2017, Best was reprimanded and fined $10,000 by the Illinois Department of … Continued
ILADS Alan Vinitsky: Professional Misconduct
Disciplined by medical boards in Maryland, Pennsylvania, & New York.
ILADS Sabra Bellovin: Fired by her employer
She’s also of the
ILADS Jozef Krop: Guilty of Professional Misconduct
So much quackery
ILADS Sandra Denton: Surrendered medical license in Colorado, moved to Alaska
She ran a quack’s clinic.
ILADS Speaker David Younger: Tax Fraud, Professional Misconduct
Sentenced to 4 months in prison
Michael Belfiore: “Drug Dealer” Convicted of Causing Two Patient Deaths
Illegal distribution of oxycodone
Murray Susser: Disciplined many times
Murray Susser, MD is a California doctor who finally surrendered his license in 2018 after many disciplinary actions spread over two decades. Susser was associated with the pseudoscience group ILADS and is a past president of another pseudoscience group ACAM. … Continued
ILADS Paul Lynn: Disciplined
What is an “lnterro Hololinguistic Processor”?
ILADS James Neuenschwander: Disciplined for Negligence or Failure to exercise due care
Documents Michigan Board of Medicine: James Neuenschwander Complaint Michigan Board of Medicine: James Neuenschwander Consent Order Dr. David Gorski: An anti-vaccine symposium that included James Neuenschwander
ILADS Michael Ledtke: Disciplined for Negligence and Incompetence
Michael Ledtke, MD is a doctor in Saginaw, MI and a member of the pseudoscience group ILADS. In 2009, he pleaded no contest to serious charges of negligence and incompetence with regard to his treatment of a 36 year old … Continued
Aszani Stoddard: Multiple Disciplinary Actions
Please see Abby’s story of being treated by Aszani Stoddard. Documents Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation: Refusal to Renew, 2016-06-13Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation: Refusal to Renew, 2016-10-18Minnesota Board of Nursing: Aszani Stoddard Discipline, 2014-06-05Minnesota Board … Continued
CDC Division Director: Long-term antibiotics not warranted for Lyme treatment
The Poughkeepsie Journal spread conspiracy theories about Lyme disease for years, facilitated by long time “Chronic Lyme” propagandist Mary Beth Pfeiffer. On June 15, 2013, the Journal published the following response by Dr. Lyle Petersen to one of Pfeiffer’s articles. … Continued
John Hoffmann: Another “Lyme Literate” Cult Leader
A long history of complaints didn’t stop him from preying on patients.
Ginger Savely: Admits Unprofessional Conduct
Disciplinary actions in two states