Nadya Suleman was one who gave birth as a result of a Dr. Kamrava procedure in 2006.
(KTLA/ AP File)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The Beverly Hills doctor who gave fertility treatments to octuplets mother Nadya Suleman has been expelled from a professional organization.
Dr. Michael Kamrava was ousted from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine last month, the group announced yesterday. Group spokesman Sean Tipton said Kamrava has repeatedly violated the group’s standards. Tipton would not provide details but says Kamrava was not expelled because of his work with any single patient.
Suleman, a single mother who already had six children, has said Kamrava implanted her with six embryos - far more than national guidelines specify. She gave birth to octuplets in January.
The decision won’t keep him from practicing medicine. Tipton says the nonprofit group has no such legal authority.
According to federal records of the 61 procedures Kamrava conducted in 2006 - the most recent data available - only five resulted in pregnancies and only two of those resulted in births. Suleman was the mother in one of those cases.
In addition to Suleman’s case, Kamrava treated a woman in her late 40s who became pregnant with quadruplets. In that case, Kamrava transferred at least seven embryos, using eggs from a donor in her 20s.
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