Doctor’s license yanked after sex crime conviction

The state medical board revoked a Huntington Beach doctor’s medical license, a month and a half after a judge ruled he was guilty of sexually exploiting a patient.

John Edwin Bohm, an anesthesiologist and pain specialist, had been barred by a judge from treating female patients since 2005, when he pleaded no contest to charges of sexual misconduct. But the Medical Board of California responded to a March 5 judge’s order on April 24, revoking his license on grounds he violated the Business and Professions code.

In Sept. 2004, Bohm locked the door of his examination room in Los Angeles, pulled down the pants of a female patient and had sex with her, according to board documents; the patient later complained to Los Angeles police, who recorded a phone conversation in which Bohm admitted he had sex with her, according to board documents.

Bohm was convicted in 2005 and he was sentenced to 3 years probation, 240 hours community service, and $1,600 in fines and restitution.

Another female patient at offices in Newport Beach, Riverside, Upland and Marina Del Rey told investigators that Bohm repeatedly made flirtatious innuendoes, fondled her breasts, and kissed her on many occasions, according to board documents. In July 2003 Bohm tried to undo her pants in the waiting room and attempted to convince her to have sex there, but she refused his advances after he said he didn’t have a condom, according to board documents.

“The mission of the Medical Board is public protection, and this action reflects the board’s ongoing commitment to that mission,” the board’s executive director, Barb Johnston, said in a prepared statement.

Efforts to reach Bohm were unsuccessful.

— Michael Alexander