There are 39 public cases of doctors who have committed fertility fraud, and 41 cases I know of that have been buried in non disclosure agreements or not brought to public attention.
Arkansas
Dr. Gary Phillip Wood (Little Rock; Tuscon Medical Center)
Arizona
Dr. James Blute III (Tuscon)
California
Dr. Michael S. Kiken (Alamo)
Dr. Raymond Matthews (Long Beach)
Dr. Edwin Delfs (Mountain View)
Dr. G. H. (Sacramento) Message me for full name
Dr. Benjamin Fiorica (San Diego)
Dr. Gary Vandenberg (San Diego)
Dr. Philip Milgram (San Leandro)
Dr. Christopher Herndon (California and Washington State- the most recent known case)
Colorado:
Dr. Paul Jones (Grand Junction)
Connecticut:
Dr. Ben Ramale (Greenwich)
Idaho:
Dr. Gerald Mortimer (Idaho Falls)
Dr. Gary Don Davis (Lewiston)
Indiana:
Dr. Marsh Hunter Smith
Dr. Donald Cline
Iowa:
Dr. Sidney Yugend
Kentucky:
Dr. Panayiotis Michael Zavos (Lexington)
Dr. Marvin Yussman (Louisville)
Maryland:
Dr. Walter Rose Jr.
Massachusetts:
Dr. Merle Berger (Boston)
Michigan:
Dr. Philip Peven (Detroit)
Nevada:
Dr. Plautz
Dr. Quincy Fortier (Las Vegas)
New York:
Dr. Martin Greenberg
Dr. Robert Tichell (Rochester)
Dr. Frederick Dischinger (Rochester)
Dr. Morris Wortman (Rochester)
Ohio:
Dr. Stephen Hornstein (Cincinnati)
Texas:
Dr. Kim McMorries (Nacogdoches)
Utah:
Dr. Robert Hubert Hall (Salt Lake City)
Vermont:
Dr. John Boyd Coates (Berlin)
Virginia:
Dr. Cecil Jacobson (Fairfax)
Washington:
Dr. David Claypool (Spokane)
International
Dr. Norman Barwin (Canada)
Dr. Maurice William Selznick (Toronto)
Dr. Dalton Avila Gamboa (Ecuador)
Dr. Bertold Wiesner (London)
Dr. Thomas Katzorke (Germany)
Dr. Norman Tony Walker (South Africa)
Dr. Jan Karbaat (Netherlands)
Dr. Jan Wildschut (Netherlands)
Dr. Jos Beek (Netherlands)
In 2018, I discovered I was the product of fertility fraud. I lobbied in Texas to pass a bill criminalizing this fact pattern.
In 2016, Jacoba Ballard discovered Dr. Donald Cline was her biological father. In 2019, she lobbied for a fertility fraud bill in Indiana. You can listen to the podcast, "Sick" for her story.
In 2019, I was contacted by an offspring of a doctor daddy case in Florida. I helped connect them to an attorney and they chose to settle in mediation. Behind closed doors, I lobbied in Florida on behalf of them with Senator Lauren Book and Representative Jenne.
Matthew Smith discovered he was the product of fertility fraud in 2019. His family filed a Civl suit against the doctor and Arkansas passed a fertility fraud bill creating civil and criminal causes of action.
Kristen Finlayson discovered she was the product of fertility fraud in 2020. Her family filed a civil suit against the doctor and she testified for a fertility fraud bill in Arizona that passed in 2021. This bill created a civil cause of action for victims.
Inspired by Susan Crowder, other anonymous victims, and led by Dr. Jody Madeira. House Bill 402, sponsored by Representative Deanna Frazier Gordon. This bill creates civil and criminal causes of actions, as well as expands the statute of limitations to five years. It is classified as a l
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