The furor over the California octuplet case refuses to die.
Attention has recently been focused on her doctor, one Michael Kamrava. MedPage Today cites a LA Times story, shedding more light on the physician and his Beverly Hills practice.
In addition to the Suleman case, another one of his patients his currently hospitalized with quadruplets. Apparently, in reproductive medicine, any result greater than twins is “considered a poor outcome because of the danger it poses to the mother and the babies.”
Dr. Kamrava’s clinic has had reported pregnancy and live-birth rates significantly below the national average. Terrence Lee, a reproductive endocrinologist who’s providing some of the best insight on the issue, comments on the numbers.
He notes that the clinic does not do many cycles, and that “the number of embryos transferred in this program is higher than the national average for the younger patients.” In addition, “the pregnancy rates here for patients 35 and over could not be any worse than the zero % success rate reported by this program.”
Dr. Lee wonders how the clinic could stay in business with such a poor success rate, and if advertising and slick marketing materials trumped the efficacy of the program.
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- The online fertility industry
- Medicare cuts: A 6-month stay of execution
- Suing patients for poor online reviews
- Poor health communication
- Emergency room specialist call
- Gaps in female VA care
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As a man who plans to clone himself 14 times and go on welfare, I hope the Suleman story won’t inspire the sort of regulation that may interfere with my dream.
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Swinging for the fences.
Michael Kamrava, specialist in Blind Squirrel medicine. Ethical practice appears to be optional.
Dr. Michael Kamrava used to be known as a fertility specialist for celebrities, but now, since his unethical decisions to assist the fame-seeking, unstable Nadya Suleman to achieve her 14 children, his moment of fame will go down in “infamy”. Medical professionals take a hippocratic oath, which among other attributes, involves ethics, a quality which is sadly lacking in Dr. Kamrava.
Hopefully his medical community peers will discredit him as will the public.
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