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A Pennsylvania weight loss doctor was suspended after he was suspected of performing vaginal exams on a couch and asking patients about their tampon use.
Dr. Prabhakara Tumpati was accused of inappropriate actions in 2017 and in October, the state's Board of Medicine found that he violated professional standards.
According to disciplinary records, Tumpati inappropriately touched female patient's genital areas on an office couch, inquired about their use of tampons and allowed a medical assistant to dispense weight loss medications without clearance.
Tumpati, who is described as a weight and sleep medicine physician, has denied that the inappropriate exams took place and plans to appeal his three-year suspension in court, according to state records.
He still has two other offices in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York. His lawyer said that he does not practice in the New Jersey office.
Tumpati's lawyer, Peter Good, with Caldwell & Kearns, told The Philadelphia Inquirer: 'We understand that discipline may have been appropriate, but we believe the board’s sanction was harsher than it needed to be.'
Dr. Prabhakara Tumpati, a weight and sleep medicine physician, had his license suspended in Pennsylvania after multiple female patients accused him of inappropriate examinations that took place in 2017
According to disciplinary records, Tumpati inappropriately touched female patient's genital areas on an office couch, inquired about their use of tampons, and allowed a medical assistant to dispense weightless medications without clearance
It is unclear why Tumpati was not disciplined for six years. In his appeal to the Commonwealth Court, Tumpati said the board misused their power when they issued a harsher penalty.
'There was no immediate concern to impose a sanction sooner,' his lawyer said in the appeal.
Two of the reported complaints were filed by patients in July and September 2017, the Inquirer reported.
A 30-year-old female patients reported that during her visit, Tumpati instructed her to lower her pants and underwear before he performed a vaginal exam on her, according to the legal documents.
During the exam, he started to quiz her on her tampon usage, records said.
During his time with the second patient, Tumpati allegedly touched her stomach with an ungloved finger before he moved down below her waistband and led to her inner thigh, documents revealed.
Tumpati denied what took place with the 30-year-old woman and told the board that she had a skin condition that he thought required examination, documents said.
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