Through this experience, I finally understood the supreme importance of the patient-physician relationship and the role of empathy in fostering that relationship. My interactions with this former alcoholic led to one of my most profound lessons in compassion and empathy to date.
Dr. Larry Nassar is accused of sexually abusing gymnasts like Jeanette Antolin, who says he built trust with girls by giving them candy. Dantzscher told LaPook that Nassar didnât use a glove. Nassar was a longtime doctor for women and girls at Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. He has denied any abuse, and, in an email last fall to his Michigan State bosses, said, âI will overcome this.â
Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics team doctor, was charged Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, with first-degree criminal sexual conduct in Michigan involving a child under 13. Larry Nassar, a former Michigan State University doctor accused of sexually abusing patients, will go on trial in August in a federal child porn case, court documents show. Nassar was originally scheduled to go on trial in May in U.S. District Court, but Judge Janet Neff rescheduled the trial at the request of Nassar's attorneys, who said they needed more time to prepare. Neff scheduled a pretrial hearing for Aug. 7 and the trial for Aug. 14. Nassar is being held in custody in Newaygo County Jail, according to court documents. He is facing three felony counts: Receipt of child pornography, possession of child pornography and destruction and concealment of records.