Med Board Weighs Punishment for Octomom's Doctor

It hears final arguments on whether he should keep license

The State Medical Board heard final arguments Thursday morning about whether the fertility doctor who helped Nadya Suleman conceive octuplets should have his medical license revoked.

The medical licensing agency held a hearing in Los Angeles to consider what discipline if any to impose on Dr. Michael Kamrava. The board has already rejected a judge's recommendation that Kamrava be allowed to keep his medical license.

In January, an administrative law judge recommended that the Beverly Hills fertility doctor be placed on five years' probation. Judge Daniel Juarez determine revoking Kamrava's license would be too severe a punishment.

But rejection of Juarez' recommendation indicated the board members are considering harsher penalties.

Kamrava was accused of gross negligence and incompetence in his treatment of Suleman, 35, of La Habra, and two other female patients.

One of those patients, a 48-year-old woman, suffered complications after she became pregnant with quadruplets. A third woman was diagnosed with ovarian cancer after undergoing fertility treatments.

On Thursday, the board heard from both the California attorney general's office and from the attorney for Kamrava.

The board's decision will be delivered in writing to Kamrava before it is made public.



 

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