LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The fertility doctor of California's "octuplet mom" was grossly negligent in helping her become pregnant, a state medical ethics panel says.
The Medical Board of California Monday accused Dr. Michael Kamrava, of Beverly Hills, Calif., of a pattern of gross negligence that led to the births of Nadya Suleman's octuplets and her six other children, the Los Angeles Times reported.
A 13-page report from the Medical Board asserted Kamrava created a "stockpile" of unused frozen embryos which served "no clinical purpose" and treated Suleman with fertility procedures again and again, often only three or four months after giving birth.
The board alleged that Kamrava transferred an excessive number of embryos into Suleman six times, including in July 2008, when the officials said he implanted a number of embryos "beyond the reasonable judgment of any treating physician." That treatment resulted in last year's birth of the octuplets, the Times said.
Kamrava's attorney, Peter Osinoff, told the Times: "I think it's safe to say he's been devastated by all this. It's a very traumatic thing for him to go through this very public episode and scrutiny, starting with the public opprobrium and culminating now in the state board action."
