Parviz Modaber

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Former abortionist at: American Women’s Clinic

Iranian-born abortionist Parviz Modaber worked with owner Chris Simopoulos at the American Women’s Clinic locations in Norfolk and Falls Church, VA. The pair were arrested on felony charges for performing illegal abortions. Modaber was charged with a felony after botching an illegal abortion on a 15-year-old girl, who had to be hospitalized and have a crushed fetal head removed from her body.  However, he was acquitted of felony charges after a hung jury.

Modaber was also sued for malpractice by an ob/gyn patient.  Jessie Marie Kelley went into premature labor and the baby was in fetal distress.  Modaber ignored multiple emergency calls from the hospital, and slept through the high-risk labor.  When Modaber finally arrived hours later to perform a cesarean section, Kelley’s baby boy had been born dead.  Kelley sued, and the jury awarded her $750,000.  After years of patient injuries, lawsuits, criminal charges, and threatening to kill his hospital chief of staff with a gun, Modaber was forced to surrender his VA medical license.

The disgraced doctor moved to nearby West Virginia with a permanent grudge against the Virginia Medical Board. He took out his grudge by routinely driving across the state line to dump mail, dirty diapers, and household trash on a Virginia highway.  Exasperated with cleaning up trash, Clarke County residents tracked Modaber down and pressed charges.  From 1999-2005, Modaber was repeatedly penalized, but his revenge dumping continued — despite thousands of dollars in fines, and hundreds of hours of community service.  In May 2005, a judge banished Modaber from Clarke County for two years, ruling he would be jailed if he re-entered.  Modaber died a month later, in June 2005.

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  "The Norfolk Abortion Clinic" - Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Vol 5, No 2

  Arrest info on abortionists Chris Simopoulos and Parviz Modaber.
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  "Abortion doc arrested; busted by undercover cop" - Scribd.com
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  Doctor Won't Be Retried in Virginia Abortion Case -- Washington Post, 3-29-1985

  Jury deadlocked, judge acquits abortionist Modaber on felony charges.
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  Fetus age disputed in abortion trial - The Free-Lance Star, 3-23-1985

  Modaber charged with felony for illegal teen abortion at American Women's Clinic in Norfolk, VA
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  Indicted Va. Doctor Involved in Clashes for Past 6 Years - Washington Post, 10-10-1984

  Doctor facing felony charges has past history of complaints, malpractice suits, and erratic behavor. Modaber took a gun and dagger to hospital nursery, threatened to kill chief of staff.
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  Modaber surrenders medical license over charges - American Life League report on abortion complications, page 5
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  (Print format) "Serial Litterer's Fate Escales to Exile" -- The Washington Post, 5-15-2005
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  Part 1 - "Clarke County bans persistent litter bug" -- The Free-Lance Star, 5-6-2005
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  Part 2 - "Clarke County bans persistent litter bug" -- The Free-Lance Star, 5-6-2005
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  'Serial Litterer' Banned from Va. County -- 5-6-2005
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  "Serial Litterer's Fate Escalates to Exile" - The Washington Post, 5-15-2005
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  Parviz Modaber v. Jessie Marie Kelley — Baby born dead while doc slept through high-risk labor; jury awards mom $750,000.

  Volume 1: “Motion for Judgement,” filed 11-25-1982. See pages 7-11, & 35.
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  Photo profile - Iranian of the Day — Clarke County banishes former physician
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  Parviz Modaber — (Oct 16, 1930 – June 20, 2005)
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  "The Norfolk Abortion Clinic" -- Investigation into illegal abortions performed by partners Simopoulos and Modaber
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  “Man Banished from Virginia county after repeated littering” — Florida Times-Union, 5-5-2005
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  Parviz Modaber, MD v. Culpepper Memorial Hospital — Decision 3-24-1982
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  "2 Va. Doctors Indicted in Illegal Abortion Case" - Washington Post excerpt, 9-6-1984

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  Parviz Modaber -- Nevada Medical License -- Suspended

  Complaint filed 10-12-1985, based on action against medical license in Virginia.  Modaber cannot perform abortions, deliver babies, or provide ob/gyn care past the 2nd trimester. See link for details.
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  Parviz Modaber -- Oklahoma Medical License -- Expired

  Sept. 5, 1986: 5 years probation, due to disciplinary actions taken in Nevada and Virginia.

Malpractice History

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  Modaber v. Kelley - Supreme Court of Virginia, 9-5-1986

  The VA Supreme Court affirms a $750,000 award for a patient of Parviz Modaber, who sued after her baby was born dead. The Court ruled that Modaber was negligent in causing the death of Jessie Marie Kelley's baby boy. Modaber received multiple emergency calls from the hospital because his patient Jessie Kelley had gone into premature labor and the unborn baby was in fetal distress. Modaber ignored the calls and chose to sleep instead of go to the hospital for an emergency cesarean delivery. When Modaber finally arrived hours later, the baby boy had been born dead. See pages 1, and 3-5.