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Skin Health

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    April 23, 2012

    Carlos Guzmangarza, Fake Doctor, Has More Victims, Prosecutors Say

    Carlos Guzmangarza, the fake doctor who duped several women into letting him provide them with medical care, is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow morning to answer to a litany of bizarre charges, including assault and fraud.According to court documents, Guzmangarza operated a dermatology clinic ... More >>

  • Music

    February 8, 2012

    Los Campesinos!: Show Preview

    Carlos Guzmangarza, the fake doctor who duped several women into letting him provide them with medical care, is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow morning to answer to a litany of bizarre charges, including assault and fraud.According to court documents, Guzmangarza operated a dermatology clinic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Carlos Guzmangarza, Fake Doctor, Now Facing Sex Charges

    ​Last week, we told readers about the disturbing case of Carlos Guzmangarza, the unqualified "doctor" who duped patients into allowing him to perform medical surgeries on them, including liposuction, despite the fact he had never been to medical school. Turns out, he had more than a few patients. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    "Dr. Syed," Fake Dermatologist, Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

    The many faces of Dr. Syed ​The San Francisco doctor best known to his patients as "Dr. Syed" was reportedly sentenced this week to six years behind bars for posing as a dermatologist and treating patients in the basement of his home. For years, Timothy Syed Andersson, 68, practiced dermatology ou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2011

    Not the Crime Kind, the Other Kind

    The many faces of Dr. Syed ​The San Francisco doctor best known to his patients as "Dr. Syed" was reportedly sentenced this week to six years behind bars for posing as a dermatologist and treating patients in the basement of his home. For years, Timothy Syed Andersson, 68, practiced dermatology ou ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2010

    The Many Faces of Dr. Syed

    A phony dermatologist misdiagnosed patients and stuck them with needles. It took four years for the medical board to figure it out.

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Faux S.F. Doctor Timothy Andersson Hit With 51 Felonies for 'Dangerous and Unecessary' Procedures

    ​ He had no license to practice medicine in California or the United States, and no affiliation with the University of California, San Francisco, as he claimed. But 66-year-old Timothy Andersson (who also went by Dr. Tanweer Ahmad Syed) saw scores of patients in ... More >>

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