A 47-year-old man who had his doctor’s license revoked after being convicted in 2013 of sexually abusing a patient at a Northridge hospital is alleged to have violated the terms of his probation by continuing to perform medical exams.
In 1998, the Medical Board of California issued a Physician’s and Surgeon’s Certificate to Kevin Pezeshki, M.D. He was a 1995 graduate of the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine.
On May 24, 2013, in the case of The People of the State of California v. Kevin Pezeshki, Los Angeles County Superior Court case number LA071845 he was charged with three counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object against victims Carmen C. and Cindy T., and three counts of sexual battery by fraud against both victims, all violations of the Penal Code.
Deputy District Attorney Rena Durrant said Pezeshki pleaded no contest on Sept. 11, 2013, to one felony count of sexual battery by fraud. Pezeshki was then sentenced to three years formal probation, a year of counseling and lifetime sexual offender registration.
After his conviction, the Medical Board of California filed an accusation against him for the purposes of revoking his medical certificate. Based upon his stipulated surrender of his license, it was revoked as of March 21, 2014.
Now Pezenshki is again in trouble with the law.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Gregory Dohi revoked Pezeshki’s probation on June 27 based on allegations that the defendant performed an ultrasound on a female patient although he no longer has a medical license, the prosecutor said. The defendant also is reported to have conducted an ultrasound on another woman, the prosecutor added.
The two pregnant women who allegedly received the ultrasound examinations were patients at Saint Joseph Medical Clinic in Panorama City.
If found in violation of probation, Pezeshki could face up to four years in state prison. The probation revocation hearing is underway in the Van Nuys Superior Court.