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Former Leavenworth VA Worker Convicted of Sexual Battery of Patients

A jury convicted Mark E. Wisner of all five counts. He faces sentencing on September 29.
A jury convicted Mark E. Wisner of all five counts. He faces sentencing on September 29.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A former physician's assistant at a Veteran's Administration hospital in Kansas has been convicted of sex crimes against four patients.  Jurors found 66-year-old Mark Wisner guilty Wednesday of criminal sodomy, aggravated sexual battery and three counts of sexual battery. Prosecutors alleged he performed unnecessary and improper genital examinations from 2012 to 2014 while working at the Eisenhower Veterans Administration Medical Center in Leavenworth.  Wisner surrendered his medical license in 2015 after at least seven patients accused him of abuse, and medical regulators said at the time that others could come forward. Wisner agreed in a consent order that he violated the law by having inappropriate sexual contact with patients and overprescribing medication. He faces at least a dozen lawsuits, with some former VA patients seeking $3 million in damages.

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(Newscast version from the Kansas News Service)

A former physician assistant has been found guilty of sexually abusing patients at the veterans hospital in Leavenworth. Dan Margolies, with the Kansas News Service, has more.


Read more about this story from reporting partner Dan Margolies.