A Southern California man treated thousands of patients – including individuals with cancer – without a medical license, prosecutors allege, until he was caught by an undercover investigator.
Stephan Gevorkian, 44, worked as a doctor at his own clinic, Pathways Medical, in Toluca Lake. There, he treated thousands of individuals,’ a release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office states.
The ‘doctor’ was discovered after an undercover officer visited the clinic in November and received a consultation where Gevorkian ‘allegedly failed to accurately address abnormal levels of a hormone that could indicate a serious medical condition.’
Gevorkian has been charged with five counts of practicing medicine without a license.
The man’s lawyers are pushing back at DA’s charges, saying: ‘Any suggestion that Mr. Gevorkian was impersonating a doctor in an effort to deceive and treat unsuspecting patients is misleading and demonstrably false.’
On its social media pages, Pathways Medical describes itself as an alternative medicine provider that specializes in intravenous vitamin therapy.
According to prosecutors, Gevorkian saw patients with ‘serious conditions’ for years, treating maladies like viral infections to individuals with cancer.
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‘The business conducts blood tests on patients, advises them on treatments and offers treatment for serious conditions,’ a press release reads.
The undercover officer went into the business on November 17, 2022 and received results that investigators said raised red flags.
The doctor and those in his office failed to notice ‘abnormal levels of a hormone that could indicate a serious medical condition,’ the release states.
It’s unclear what first caught police attention, however, one Yelp reviewer called into question the legitimacy of the doctor’s title several years ago.
‘I think Dr. G is a fraud,’ Yelp reviewer Nicole B. wrote in 2021.
The only thing ‘right’ with my blood work was my Vitamin D level. WHAT THE HELL? I am sitting here looking at my estimate for treatments which tops out at just under 5K……. I ran,’ the woman wrote.
‘So, that’s my story on Dr. G……… don’t get suckered into supporting this office and these rude people,’ she continued.
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