Robert Sinaiko, MD wins

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients,  August-Sept, 2005  by Jule Klotter

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The California Medical Board dropped all action against Robert J. Sinaiko, MD, on February 17, 2005. His medical license is clear and in good standing. The Medical Board accused him of "departure from the prevailing standard of practice." Dr. Sinaiko, who is board-certified in allergy, was criticized for using Enzyme Potentiated Desensitization and for treating patients for Candida overgrowth. Dr. Sinaiko, in his own words, has "a huge passion for working with children, especially children with ADHD and autism." The Medical Board disregarded briefs submitted by amici curiae and prestigious medical experts who testified at Dr. Sinaiko's original hearing--including a brief filed by the Center for Public Interest Law and one from Phil Lee, MD, a retired Assistant Secretary of Health. Shortly after the original hearing, Governor Gray Davis appointed Lee as his primary health advisor, and Lee disbanded the Medical Board and appointed a new one. According to the Court of Appeal, the Medical Board violated Dr. Sinaiko's due process rights when it ignored the amici curiae briefs.

In his letter to consumer advocate Tim Bolen (www.quackpotwatch.org), Dr. Sinaiko wrote, "Recent data compiled by the Center for Public Interest Law show that we beat the odds. Only 5 out of 75 petitions for reconsideration are [sic] granted by the Medical Board. Our case was one of them. For the past three years, at the appellate level, only 2 out of 19 prevailed against the board." His case was one of the two.

Bolen, T. California "Sinaiko" Case: The "Quackbuster's" Breaking Point ... www.quackpotwatch.org (accessed 5 April 2005)

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