The man who helped Nadya Suleman conceive her 14 children is under investigation by the Medical Board of California for possible Los Angeles, California medical malpractice. Dr Michael Kamrava, a Beverly Hills physician, is accused of inserting too many embryos into one woman and neglected to provide the proper medical care to another patient.
According to the board, the fertility doctor transferred seven embryos to one patient, even though at her age, 48, only two embryos are medically recommended. The woman ended up carrying quadruplets. However, due to complications, she lost one fetus and her other babies had to be delivered early via C-section. One of her children has serious developmental delays. The board also says that the Los Angeles doctor neglected to refer the patient for a mental health assessment. Kamrava is being accused of straying from what is considered standard medical practice in his handling of the patient.
In an unrelated fertility case, the board is claiming that Kamrava failed to order more tests or refer a specialist to a patient even though ultrasound results showed cysts in her ovaries and she had a history of cancer. The woman did in fact have stage 3 ovarian cancer.
These incidents are not the first time Kamrava has been accused of Los Angeles medical malpractice. The board has accused Kamrava of serious negligence resulting in Suleman having 14 kids, including octuplets. She is now famously known as the "Octomom."
In 1994, one couple, Michael Verdi and Eva Menen, sued Kamrava for medical malpractice. They accused the doctor, who they went to for infertility treatment, of overmedicating Eva and inseminating her when she wasn't ovulating. They settled their civil lawsuit soon after. At least three other medical malpractice complaints have been filed against the Beverly Hill doctor since 1991.
Octuplet mom's doctor faces more state scrutiny, Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2010
The Fertility Doctor Behind the "Octomom," Time, March 7, 2009
Read the California Medical Board's 1st Amended Accusation (PDF)
Related Web Resources:
Medical Board of California
Michael M. Kamrava, West Coast IVF
Los Angeles Medical Negligence
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