Convicted Cardiologist’s Challenges To Testimony Overruled By 6th Circuit

Mealey's (January 10, 2020, 2:07 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 7 upheld the conviction of a cardiologist accused of health care fraud for implanting unnecessary pacemakers in more than 50 patients, holding that a federal judge in Kentucky did not err when allowing testimony from a doctor who testified that the device was not necessary for more 20 unnamed patients (United States v. Anis Chalhoub, M.D., No. 18-6180, 6th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 572)....