Linda Cheek, MD, Author at Doctors of Courage

Manuel C. Barit, MD

by Linda Cheek, MD | May, Wed, 2018 | Doctor charged | 2 comments

Manuel C. Barit, MD, is a 70 y/o solo practice family physician in the small town of Mullens, WV. In January, 2018, as part of Jeff Sessions’ attacks on independent physicians of 12 states through his Opioid Detection Unit, which invades the states’ prescription...

Fire the ignoramus Chuck Schumer

by Linda Cheek, MD | May, Mon, 2018 | Government propaganda | 2 comments

In May, 2018 an article appeared in the New York Times in which Chuck Schumer, senior US senator from New York and Senate Minority Leader, made the following ignorant comment: “More than a million high-dose opioid ‘super pills’ are prescribed by...

Steven Holper, MD

by Linda Cheek, MD | Mar, Fri, 2018 | Plea agreement | 6 comments

Steven Holper, MD, 66, a PM & R (physical medicine & rehabilitation) pain management physician in Law Vegas, NV was charged Feb 13 with seven-counts of distribution of Fentanyl, and 22-counts of health care fraud relating to Subsys, a sublingual form of...

Frank C. Purpera, MD

by Linda Cheek, MD | Feb, Tue, 2018 | Convicted physician | 0 comments

Raided in 2016 and arrested in 2017, Frank Craig. Purpera, Jr., MD, 42, of Blacksburg, VA was convicted Feb, 2018 of 68 counts of fraud, one count of omitting information required on a government form, and one count of lying to a government official. Dr. Purpera had...

Mehdi Nikparvar-Fard, MD

by Linda Cheek, MD | Feb, Mon, 2018 | Doctor charged | 0 comments

Mehdi Nikparvar-Fard, MD, referred to by his patients as “Dr. Nick”, 46, of Penn Valley, PA, is an internist/pain management physician in Pennsylvania currently sitting in a jail cell for alleged charges that appear rather suspicious. He is the owner of six offices...

Manuel C. Barit, MD

Fire the ignoramus Chuck Schumer

Steven Holper, MD

Frank C. Purpera, MD

Mehdi Nikparvar-Fard, MD

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