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The medical ethics controversy that erupted when Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets two years ago took a decisive turn Wednesday when the California medical board announced it will revoke the license of the Beverly Hills fertility doctor who helped the single mother of six conceive eight more children.
The "Octomom" case focused national attention on what critics have called "the Wild West" of fertility medicine. And Dr. Michael Kamrava, who assisted Suleman by implanting her with 12 embryos, became a symbol to some of the problems in the burgeoning industry.
A six-person panel of the board ruled that Kamrava "did not exercise sound judgment" when he performed the embryo transfer in July 2008. Kamrava was accused of being grossly negligent in his treatment of Suleman and a 48-year-old patient who suffered complications after she became pregnant with quadruplets after receiving seven embryos.
Guidelines by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine say doctors should not normally implant more than two embryos in women under 35, and no more than five embryos in women over 40. Suleman was 33 when she...
The "Octomom" case focused national attention on what critics have called "the Wild West" of fertility medicine. And Dr. Michael Kamrava, who assisted Suleman by implanting her with 12 embryos, became a symbol to some of the problems in the burgeoning industry.
A six-person panel of the board ruled that Kamrava "did not exercise sound judgment" when he performed the embryo transfer in July 2008. Kamrava was accused of being grossly negligent in his treatment of Suleman and a 48-year-old patient who suffered complications after she became pregnant with quadruplets after receiving seven embryos.
Guidelines by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine say doctors should not normally implant more than two embryos in women under 35, and no more than five embryos in women over 40. Suleman was 33 when she...