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Subscribe to RSSBaltimore police say hundreds of women have called a hotline set up by Johns Hopkins hospital for patients of a gynecologist suspected of secretly recording exams and later killing himself.
Dr. Nikita Levy, 54, was found dead in his Maryland home on Monday. Police and Johns Hopkins have said he committed suicide. The Baltimore Sun reports he suffocated himself using helium gas.
Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Wednesday that investigators have found "a multitude of multimedia" as evidence.
Johns Hopkins said in a statement on its website that officials began investigating Levy after an employee reported that he had been taking pictures and videos of his patients. The noted hospital says it told police and fired Levy on Feb. 8.
Guglielmi says investigators, including federal, are trying to see if anyone else was involved and if the recordings have been posted to the Internet or sold.
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oh great...a pervert doctor.at least he killed himself.saves the court costs and the victims having to relive it in open court
You beat me to it. My thoughts exactly. Pervert!!! I can't say I feel bad he has offed himself. Clearly his has done a lot of damage to some/many of his patients.
Any male doctor I've ever seen has a female nurse or assistant in the room once I've had to undress.
Does it seem a little odd to use the word "probe" in the headline about a gynecologist, or is it just me.
Yeah, because an innocent person would commit suicide. Only the guilty need to lawyer up, innocent people don't. Only the guilty decide to end it before going to court, innocent people don't.
I am by no means a licensed gynecologist. But I am however, willing to take a look.
"Only the guilty decide to end it before going to court, innocent people don't."
Only people who have no idea if what they're posting is true post blanket statements about other groups of people.
Has anyone stopped to think that he may have been recording his examinations to avoid a malpractice lawsuit. There are some dingy women out there who might say the doctor raped or fondled them inappropriately during an exam
It's always bothered me why a man would spend 6 years in graduate school just so he can look up a woman's vagina and then record it as well? Does not make any sense. I don't think he was recording his sessions for sexual pleasure. Think about it!
Auzziegirl, true. Sad to think he may have been covering his own butt when "looking down under".
Sarah-3995213
It is estimated that up to 5% of the convicted population currently in prison are innocent. Keep that in mind if you ever are in a position where a lawyer might be needed.
Actually...a 'pervert' would have recorded boys or men...he was just a horney old dude....
2little: nope he was PERVERT. women aren't second class citizens. Just because YOU deem his activity normal doesn't make it OK, it makes YOU a pervert as well.
Dale and Doobie - that's the point Sarah was making - that it's not just guilty people who would do something.
Auzziegirl, it really doesn't matter what his reasons were. He recorded women in vulnerable, exposed situations without their consent. Whether he used it to insure against false claims or used it for perverse pleasure is irrelevant. He violated their rights.
This was probably done for profit and he was selling the images on the internet.
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Auzzie - isnt that what having a nurse in the office is supposed to prevent?
maybe to make it less pervy he could have had the female nurse record it for him, ya know...so he's not seen to be a perv with a hidden camera.
But let's take one more logic leap shall we?
Let's assume he DID record the sessions to prevent lawsuits.
Why wouldnt you inform your patients they are being recorded?
Because it might seem pervy, eh?
No. Now, if it said "speculum"...
Y would he kill himself?
lisa:
"Clearly his has done a lot of damage to some/many of his patients." You, of course, know this to be a fact - or you're simply using this thread to limber up your requisite "Pervert!!!" rant. Maybe he deserves vilification....maybe not. Doesn't seem to matter when it comes to a (suspected) "Pervert!!!" Just hang him.
If so, he was obligated to inform his patients that they were being recorded. In which case, I would immediately do an about face and go somewhere else.
Demon Seed, he had finally seen the infection that broke the camel's hoof. It was so horrifying, he snatched his own life away.
"Only the guilty need to lawyer up, innocent people don't."
Drive a junque at 1am - see if you can make three miles without getting rousted.
Has anyone stopped to think that he may have been recording his examinations to avoid a malpractice lawsuit. There are some dingy women out there who might say the doctor raped or fondled them inappropriately during an exam----Auzzie Girl
That's why most doctors have nurses chaperone all exams! At least the non porn perv doctors have chaperones!!
Glad to see taxpayers won't have to waste much money on this trash, but I wish he had taken a more painful way out.
Death by Helium???? Sounded more like he was clowning around...
So much for the Enlightenment. I'm guessing you're a fellow American, as you seem delighted by the idea of another human being suffering a painful death for non-injurious crimes that he's only alleged to have committed.
If the world ever brings our empire to justice, which history shows it inevitably will, let's hope the relevant authorities don't share your paleolithic concept of justice.
Joe: doubtful he knows what the Enlightenment is..... typical unedjumacated white boy....
Joe - "non-injurious crimes"
Spoken like a clueless male.
I hope when the world brings the male empire to justice, and history shows it will, lets hope the relevant authorities dont share your paleolithic concept of "non-injurious".
jessica:
"I hope when the world brings the male empire to justice,..."
I think you've more than clearly illustrated your profound lack of objectivity. You hate males? All things considered, that is a good thing for all of us.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
But are they going to sell his video collection?
Great headline....lol
john-737278
Does it seem a little odd to use the word "probe" in the headline about a gynecologist, or is it just me.
Turnabout is fair play.
Good riddance!!!
Also glad he saved us the trial money... Sorry for the ladies that this perv exploited and, just as bad, got paid for it... Good use of a trash bag and a helium canister.
I hate to see people speculum on his motives....
You won't get a standing ovulation for that...
I'd say "stick it to him," but apparently he's saved us the trouble.
He has totally pap smeared the profession.
I considered being a Gynecologist.
But there were no openings...
For med students considering OB/GYN, business is looking up.
Whoa! Some really interesting quips here today. What possessed this guy anyhow? Did he expect to get away with it? NOT!
celtic
Did you try over at proctology? Taint that far away.
John you're saying any port in a storm?
Well you would enjoy full employment here on the vine.
Is that a camera Mingey?
Which is why I always see female OB/GYNs. Seriously. What makes a guy decide to be a GYN in the first place? I just can't believe that at some point, when a male med student in his 20s is deciding what to specialize in, that the thought of examining nude females on a daily basis doesn't appeal more to his libido than to his desire to serve humankind. It certainly did to this jerk.
sexist. So paint ALL men with this brush? Why I go see a male doctor, attorney, insurance person and only hire males--that ok? So what motivates a Proctologist?
I certainly cannot speak for male OB/GYN's, but I know that the female body as a machine fascinates me, all the systems that we guys don't have and the abilities to procreate, just from a non-sexual perspective are all fascinating. I suspect that I am not the only one who sees the female and doesn't just think with the small head.
My mother had a male OB/GYN and she said he was a good doctor (now retired).. He also delivered me via c-section.. There's nothing wrong with male doctors. When my sister was pregnant and had to get checked "there" it was two female nurses and a female doctor.. It just felt weird seeing them all stare at my sister's cooch - the nurses weren't even doing anything, they just were- looking at it- ick! I thought they were judging her or something..
What if you end up with a lesbian OB/GYN with hidden motives? No different from this case.
RAGirl - is it possible that you've never been to an OB/Gyn before? What are they supposed to be staring at if that's what they're examining? Your "cooch" is just another part of the body that needs to be checked regularly to ensure your good health. Jeez.
I have had a couple of male ob/gyns and they were very professional, courteous and kind. They also had female nurses in the examining room while they conducted any tests like pap smears to prevent things like this from happening. At no time did I feel unsafe, violated or concerned.
Perverts come in all races, colors, and genders anyway. Why label ALL male doctors as potential sexual predators? Stop generalizing.
My wife went to a GYN who was a male, but very likely was gay.
I have never had a male OB/GYN - I see my family doctor (who is female) for my pap.
But Kat has a valid point. It's not like her "wondering" is misplaced, there's a reason female nurses have to be in the room when a male is examining a patient, far too many have proven the reasons why they went into this specific profession - so they could sexually abuse women.
I see a lot of women say they have male gynos and everything is fine, they do a great job.
Would you feel the same way if you knew that when they got home at night, they jerked off to the memory of your exam?
Probably not...just saying.
jessica:
Frankly, I can't imagine anyone considering female genitalia as 'sacred' as I so often hear. Good grief, 3.5 billion of us are walking around with the same thing in our pants. Get a grip.
Your final summation in #11.8 says a lot more about you specifically than it does about male gynecologists in general. Interesting suspicions you have. "Far too many have..."? You know this how?
Kat:
Begs the question; why would women choose gynecology as a profession? The possibilities, if you have a runaway imagination, are endless.
RAwoman: "kooch"? "ick"? Not my perspective. Go to the closet for 5 minutes each day and practice saying the word 'vagina'. After a while, maybe you can feel more comfortable with your anatomy. By the way, what were you doing while all those people were staring at your sister's "kooch"? Huh?
Historically, men were more educated than women and had all the advantages, which are diminishing as we speak. Of course, educated women even today support males in the field for various reasons, but if they have even an ounce of libido, they are naturally turned on at times. They just keep it in their pants mostly.
He may have saved the tax payers money by killing himself. But will the women now sue Hopkins?
In this day and age????
Oh, don't you just know it.
Kat from WI-Lets not make sexist comments about men and their chosen professions, that's not fair.
In the wake of Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita A. Levy look at what Mr. O'Malley has failed to act on http://www.therealinsurancefraud.com/
Gee a gynecologist with a fetish. Who would have guest.
This is disgusting..
Locally, newspapers are reporting that many of his patients are sticking up for him! I read what these women say about what a great doctor he was, that they took their daughters to him and he was wonderful with them, etc. It's just sickening. One woman didn't go back because she found him "aggressive" when he called her at home asking why she cancelled her appointment. What a sicko.
good.
I don't even want to know where he had the camera mounted.......
I'm sure it was part of a "thumb" drive......
He could have been saving the recordings to protect himself against false accusations if any arose. There's enough porn on the web to go around if he was a creep... what if his intentions were for training or critiquing his own work??? what, you gonna tell me you have something special down below that others don't? pffft.
My point is that there may be more behind the story than what the news just covers.
IF he was recording exams purely for protection against malpractice, don't you think he would have been up front about it and had the patient sign an agreement form before any exam took place? The fact that recording was done SECRETLY screams perversion. Besides, I seriously doubt any court would have allowed such secretly obtained "evidence" to be used in any malpractice suit.
Johns Hopkins Hospital....a serious blemish to their pubic image.
How can something so ugly be sooooooooo good?
And I am sure TVAR that you wonder as well where you can go to view the videos.
People "began investigating" Levy after his crimes became apparent. Yet he was never arrested. Why not?
why do you think men become gynecologists?
To better understand how a clown like you can be such a puss?
that definitely makes a lot of sense, bozo....
Why do women marry them?
sdn..thats makes sense....why do women marry serial killers?
@horton: to practice medicine. Try to understand in the easiest way possible that for every individual with a sexual addiction of some sort, there are thousands practicing on the up and up. Trying to take the sex out of the treatment of the vagina and uterus can be very difficult for some, but listen: there are those gifted to do so better than the rest of us, and many of them happen to be men. Answer your question?