Patient accused doctor of sex abuse in 2014, but UCLA let him continue working
LOS ANGELES - The UCLA Medical Center learned in 2014 that a breast cancer patient had made abuse allegations against gynecologist Dr. James Mason Heaps, but officials did not move to fire him until four years later, after more accusations came to light, university records and interviews show.
The patient said she told UCLA Health that she was "completely shocked and embarrassed" by what she claimed were inappropriate sexual touching and comments during a medical consultation. She also filed a complaint with the California Medical Board.
A month later, a UCLA Health manager told the woman that the executive chair and vice chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology had "thoroughly reviewed and investigated" the allegations, according to the documents reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. Virgie N. Mosley, manager of patient affairs, did not inform the woman about the review's outcome, telling her in an April 2014 letter that the internal process
