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Epstein Files Show Doctors Shared Women's Health Records with Him
Documents show Epstein directed medical care and paid doctors while receiving private health information about women in his network, raising ethical and privacy concerns.
DOJ documents show over 15,000 files reveal Epstein's medical network from 2009–2019, including doctors sharing patient health information with him.
Epstein directed women to receive STD tests, birth-control and HPV inoculations as part of a system, regularly paying at least three New York City gynecologists to manage their care.
A Mount Sinai surgeon stitched a young woman with 35 stitches on Epstein's dining table, while Dr. Eva Dubin arranged referrals and volunteer roles linking women and physicians.
Mount Sinai has formed a committee to review its ties to Epstein and said it will take appropriate actions, while earlier this month Ohio State University announced an investigation into Dr. Mark Landon, who denied providing clinical care to Epstein's victims.
Federal law prohibits doctors from disclosing patients' private information without consent, but the records show physicians discussed avoiding public-health reporting for gonorrhea, raising ethical and legal concerns as health-law experts questioned patients' ability to consent under Epstein's influence.
The surgeon, Jess Ting, Epstein's friend, came from one of the most prestigious hospitals in the United States, Mount Sinai. Shortly after one of his research projects received $50,000 in donations, just from Epstein