Each state has its own set of statutes and regulations on licensing doctors, accommodating patients who wish to file complaints, and releasing information about physicians who have been subject to discipline and legal action. On this page, we’re sharing the key findings regarding Connecticut, which we will continue to update as the series progresses.
Key fact: When a doctor surrenders his license or agrees not to renew it in the face of a board investigation, the allegations against him are not included in board orders.
”[A]ll human beings make mistakes and... while talking, we could resolve problems.”
— Dr. Edwin Njoku, in a phone call to the father of a patient he was accused of raping, according to court documents. Police said Njoku had sexually assaulted other patients, as well. Cleared of a rape charge, he was convicted in 2013 of sexually touching a patient and tampering with a witness and sentenced to five years in prison His license was revoked in 2012.
The family physician was accused of sexually assaulting patients during exams. A prosecutor said 50 women were victims.
In court, the doctor claimed that patients had financial motives for testifying against him and that some of what he did was medically appropriate.
Westbrook was convicted in cases involving five female patients and pleaded no contest in 2014 to other charges.
He was sentenced to 14 years in prison for assaulting women from 2010 to 2012 and for Medicaid fraud, and he surrendered his medical license.
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