Irving Dardik: Difference between revisions

In 1995, Dardik was stripped of his license to practice medicine, following a successful lawsuit filed by a former patient, Ellen Burstein MacFarlane, a former consumer-action reporter<ref name=sentinel>{{cite web|last1=Jankowski|first1=Lisa|title=In Work And Life, Ellen Macfarlane Was Epitome Of 'Grace Under Pressure'|url=httphttps://articleswww.orlandosentinel.com/2004-/12-/30/news/0412300242_1_bursteinin-work-and-life-ellen-macfarlane-multiplewas-sclerosisepitome-of-grace-under-pressure/|website=Orlando Sentinel|accessdateaccess-date=2 August 2016|date=30 December 2004}}</ref> who had been diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]] in 1985.<ref name=sentinel /> Dardik had claimed in a 1991 [[New York Magazine]] cover story that he could cure multiple sclerosis with wave energy therapy.<ref name=HDV>{{cite web|last1=DeMarco|first1=Jerry|title=$1.2 million in unpaid support puts former surgeon, 76, in Bergen jail|url=http://hackensack.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/12-million-in-unpaid-support-puts-former-surgeon-76-in-bergen-jail/636107/|website=Hackensack Daily Voice|accessdate=2 August 2016|date=23 February 2013}}</ref>

Dardik charged MacFarlane and her family $100,000,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Santich|first1=Kate|title=Ellen Macfarlane, Intrepid TV Sleuth Changed By Illness|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1992-11-15/news/9211111110_1_macfarlane-ellen-longwood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018033837/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1992-11-15/news/9211111110_1_macfarlane-ellen-longwood|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2015|website=Orlando Sentinel|accessdate=2 August 2016|date=15 November 1992}}</ref> with the promise that not only could he cure her multiple sclerosis, but also that he would personally be available for the treatment sessions.<ref name=SNY>{{cite web|author1=State of New York Department of Health State Board for Professional Medical Conduct|title=In the Matter of Irving I. Dardik, M.D. Findings of Fact as to Patient A|url=http://www.quackwatch.com/11Ind/Dardik/a.html|accessdate=2 August 2016}}</ref> After receiving his fee, Dardik treated MacFarlane in person at most 10 times during a 10-month period, sending proxies intermittently.<ref name=SNY /> MacFarlane's disease progressed, and her condition worsened.<ref name=SNY /> MacFarlane wrote a book with her sister, ''Legwork: An Inspiring Journey Through a Chronic Illness'' (Lisa Drew/Simon & Schuster 1994), in which she asserted that Dardik robbed her of not only money, but also of her hope for recovery.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|title=Irving Dardik, wave maker|url=http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/051026/26book.htm|last=Querna|first=Betsy|date=26 October 2005|access-date=16 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803181444/http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/051026/26book.htm|archive-date=3 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|title=Back on her feet|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/01/09/back-on-her-feet/|last=Imperiale|first=Nancy|date=9 January 1992}}</ref>