Board revokes doctor’s license
The state medical board Thursday revoked the license of a former Huntington Beach physician, seven weeks after an administrative law judge found he had sexually exploited two female patients.
Dr. John Edwin Bohm, who specialized in anesthesiology and pain medicine, pleaded no contest in December 2005 in Los Angeles County Superior Court to sexual misconduct with one of the patients.
The patient alleged that at a September 2004 appointment, Bohm locked the door of the treatment room, fondled her and had sex with her. The following month, she filed a complaint with the Los Angeles Police Department. Police secretly tape-recorded a call between Bohm and the patient in which he said they had sex.
Convicted of one count of violating the Business and Professions Code by sexually exploiting a patient, Bohm was sentenced to three years’ probation and 240 hours of community service.
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Christopher Goffard
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