2nd Lee Co. doctor's license restricted in stem cell case<\/p>\n
FORT MYERS, Fla.- Another Lee County doctor is caught in the center of a stem cell controversy. The State Department of Health has issued an emergency license restriction to Dr. Konstantine Yankopolus, a general practitioner. <\/p>\n
Dr. Yankopolus is still allowed to practice general medicine and is treating patients. The license restriction mandates he can't do anything involving stem cell treatment. <\/p>\n
It's business as usual at his office on Colonial Blvd. <\/p>\n
The doctor is still treating patients, but an emergency order issued from the Florida Department of Health, Monday prevents him from doing anything with stem cells. <\/p>\n
The order says Dr. Yankopolus' license \"is hereby immediately restricted from providing, collaborating, facilitating, procuring, referring or advising on any stem cell treatment.\" <\/p>\n
The action comes after the state suspended the license of his colleague, Dr. Zannos Grekos' earlier this month. <\/p>\n
The emergency order says Dr. Yankopolus helped Dr. Grekos perform stem cell therapy on the late Richard Polling despite knowing the Bonita Springs cardiologist was not allowed to do such a procedure. <\/p>\n
The state Surgeon General alleges, Dr. Yankopolus falsified Polling's records. <\/p>\n
He writes, \"Subsequent to the death of patient R.P., Dr. Yankopolus entered a false medical progress note in R.P.'s chart falsely indicating that no stem cell preparation was infused.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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