Weinberger attracted national media attention back in 2004 when he fled the country after former patients filed complaints against him. He vanished while traveling with his wife to celebrate her 30th birthday in the Greek Islands. At the time, his wife said the couple was vacationing on a 79-foot powerboat in Mykonos and she woke up to find him gone.
After two years of being on the run, a federal grand jury in Indiana indicted Weinberger on 22 counts of health care fraud for overbilling insurance companies for surgical procedures that were not needed or never done. The case was put on hold while an international manhunt for Weinberger was underway.
her voice was raspy. she had a sore throat. but perhaps the most troubling symptom for phyllis, a lifelong smoker, was that she had recently begun coughing up blood. i believe when she went to dr. weinberger she told him she was a smoker. i don t think she tried to hide that from anybody. how did she find out about mark weinberger? i believe one of her co-workers may have seen billboards. the nose dr. uh-huh. in hindsight, going to the self-proclaimed nose doctor may have been a mistake. but since phyllis had a long history of sinus problems, seeking out a sinus specialist for her breathing problem seemed logical. the first time i heard about him was when she called me. she was going to have sinus surgery and she needed a ride to and from the surgery. dr. weinberger s diagnosis? sinusitis, nasal polyps, deviated septum, all problems he told phyllis that could be cure with surgery. did your sister get better after the surgery?
his own throat. he pulls a knife out that he has concealed and attempts to kill himself. though weinberger managed to inflict a superficial cut on his neck, police officers were able to stop him before he did serious damage. some say he was trying to attempt suicide so he would get placed in a prison hospital. i don t think he was thinking that far ahead. i think he was trying to kill himself. days later, while recovering in a hospital, he tried again, this time by putting a plastic bag over his head. he did not want to go back. there was too much, a trail of devastation. within a week, news of mark weinberger s arrest was everywhere. in merrillville, indiana, former patients woke to find their nose doctor on the front page. in alabama, michelle kramer, the wife he had abandoned, was just wrapping up another long day as
it could have been a number of things. her voice was raspy and she had a sore throat. perhaps the most troubling thing for phyllis, a life-long smoker, she had recently began coughing up blood. i believe when she went to dr. weinberger she told him she was a smoker. i don t think she tried to hide that from anybody. how did she find out about mark weinberger? i believe one of her co-workers might have seen billboards. the nose doctor. in hindsight going to the self-proclaimed nose doctor may have been a mistake. since she had a long history of sinus problems, it seemed logical. the first time i heard about him she called me up, was going to have sinus surgery. the diagnose, sin you si tis
there was too much, a trail of devastation. within a week, news of mark weinberger s arrest was everywhere. in merrillville, indiana, former patients woke to find their nose doctor on the front page. in alabama, michelle kramer, the wife he had abandoned, was just wrapping up another long day as a psychology intern when she heard the news. tears started coming out of my eyes and i didn t know if they were tears of joy or tears of sadness. i couldn t even identify what my emotions were. out in california, shawn barnes, a college student, was heading home for the holidays when her aunt called to tell her. i got that news, and you have all this time to think going across the country. and it was just like the strangest christmas present i ever could have imagined. shawn s mother phyllis barnes, remember, had been a patient of weinberger s and filed the first malpractice suit against him. i wasn t sure at first if it was a good or bad thing or what.