Unbelievable! Imagine going to your Md. and being diagnosed with cancer! The nightmare everyone tries to avoid but that is what an oncologist from Michigan made his patients go through! Dr. Farid Fata fooled patients making them believe they had been diagnosed with cancer when they in fact weren’t! No shame for doctors anymore.
Dr. Farid Fata, MD is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology. He has special expertise in 3 Areas, including Liver Metastases, Liver Radiofrequency Ablation, and Lymphoma & New Treatments of Lung Cancer.
Dr. Fata who was born in Lebanon attended and graduated from Universite Libanaise, Beirut, Med Sch Of Peres, Antonins, Beirut, Lebanon in 1992. He even won an award! During the 2008-2009 period he obtained the “Patients’ Choice Award”
He has afiliation with St Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital and Crittenton Hospital Medical Center. According to his profile in vitals.com he accepted the following list of health insurances Cigna – 3 plans, Humana – 3 plans, McLaren Health Plan – 2 plans, Priority Health – 2 plans, United Healthcare – 2 plans.
Dr. Farid Tanios Fata has over two decades of experience but on Tuesday the 48-year-old physician’s was taken to Wayne County Jail in Detroit and a bond was set to $9 million by a Federal judge! Fata who resides in Oakland Township in Michigan with his wife was accused of fraud the federally funded Medicare out of about $35 million over a two-year period.
Even a nurse who used to worked for him told ABC news:
“I don’t know how he’s gotten away with it for this long,”
Fata became an American citizen and the is the owner of Michigan Hematology Oncology Centers, has 12 office locations, according to his profile, located in
1901 Star Batt Dr
Ste 200
Rochester Hills, MI 48309
Here is a link where you can see comments from previous patients.
Fata could spend the next 20 years in prison if convicted. Believe it or not the Dr. has supporters, but also many of Dr. Farid Fata’s patients and their family members are sharing their outrage on Facebook.
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