California Man Supposedly Posed as Dermatologist
Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 in News Stories
A 66-year-old man from San Francisco pleaded not guilty to 51 felony counts related to pretending to be a skin doctor.
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Timothy Syed Andersson is accused of calling himself a medical doctor, “Dr. Syed,” and treating patients without a license at his personal home. He told them, falsely, that he taught at Stanford University and UC San Francisco. He aired advertisements on Indian radio stations and had ads on the Internet.
“Dr. Syed” apparently once told a child’s parents that their child had cancer. Also, he supposedly treated a woman’s varicose veins by repeatedly sticking a needle in her legs and drawing blood without any anesthesia. He supposedly collected around $75,000 through his charade.
Although immigrating to the United States from Sweden, Andersson is originally from Pakistan. While it’s possible he has had some medical education abroad, he is not licensed to practice medicine in any state, according to the district attorney. (In the United States, medical licenses are granted by each individual states.)
Andersson is now being held on a $1 million bail with a hearing set for March 11.
Donald
Feb 11th, 2010
People really need to start researching their doctors, this is sick.
What_The_heck
Feb 12th, 2010
What I don’t understand is how does a person get all the equipment necessary to make themselves look like a doctor? I mean I’m sure this guy didn’t just have a sofa and a card table with a few chairs in his office, he had to of set things up with enough presence to pull off looking like a doctors office. Just really bugs me…