By KIRO 7 STAFF 
 
 Quick Facts: 
 
 Seattle physician was sexting during surgeries, officials say. 
 
 That physician, Arthur K. Zilberstein, had his license suspended. 
 
 He was involved with procedures at Swedish Medical Center. 
 
 Charges also say he had sexual relations with a patient. 
 
 A Seattle physician whom a report says “exchanged sexually explicit texts during surgeries when he was the responsible anesthesiologist” has had his license suspended. 
 
 Arthur K. Zilberstein “compromised patient safety due to his preoccupation with sexual matters while he was on hospital duty between at least April and August 2013,” according to a Medical Quality Assurance Commission statement. 
 
 At his house in Seattle's Wedgwood neighborhood Monday night, Dr. Zilberstein didn’t have much to say. “I can't really talk right now. I appreciate you guys, I understand you want,” said a flustered Zilberstein as he closed the garage door. 
 
 He works for Physicians Anesthesia Services in Seattle, and patients who had a procedure at Swedish could have had him as an anesthesiologist. 
 
 The Swedish website shows Zilberstein was affiliated with the Cherry Hill and First Hill campuses. His license was suspended by the commission. 
 
 Zilberstein also improperly accessed medical-record imaging for sexual gratification and had sexual encounters at his workplace, a commission report said. 
 
 Zilberstein issued at least 29 unauthorized prescriptions for controlled substances and legend drugs outside of his medical practice and didn’t conduct proper evaluations, diagnoses or treatment plans for these patients, according to charges by the Medical Quality Assurance Commission. 
 
 Charges say Zilberstein didn’t obtain patients' informed consent, provide anti-drug diversion safeguards for controlled substances or keep medical records and had sexual relations with one patient for whom he was prescribing drugs. 
 
 Investigators said Zilberstein made disparaging and racist remarks against a patient and misrepresented his work schedule to an investigator. 
 
 Until charges are resolved, Zilberstein can’t practice as a physician in Washington. He has 20 days to respond to the charges and to request a hearing, according to the Department of Health. 
 
 The Medical Quality Assurance Commission develops rules, policies and procedures to regulate physicians’ and physician assistants’ competency and quality. 
 
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 A Seattle anesthesiologist who allegedly sent sexually explicit texts dozens of times a day while he was supervising C-sections and other surgeries has had his medical license suspended immediately. 
 
 Washington state health authorities said Monday that Dr. Arthur K. Zilberstein, 47, compromised patient safety because of a “preoccupation with sexual matters” while on duty between at least April 2013 and August 2013. 
 
 Charges filed with the state Medical Quality Assurance Commission allege that on one day alone, June 17, 2013, Zilberstein sent 64 texts during seven surgeries, many of which had sexual innuendos. Many of the texts were apparently sent minutes apart, including one that read: “I’m hella busy with C sections.” 
 
 “Respondent’s lack of focus on patient care while providing anesthesia services for hospital-based surgical procedures routinely fell below the standard of care and put patients at unreasonable risk of harm,” the statement said. 
 
 In addition, Zilberstein allegedly accessed medical images improperly for sexual gratification and had sexual encounters at his workplace, the charges state. He’s also accused of issuing at least 29 unauthorized prescriptions for controlled substances and other drugs. The charges also allege that Zilberstein had sexual relations with a patient and prescribed unauthorized narcotics to her. 
 
 Zilberstein also demonstrated “moral turpitude” that reflected badly on the medical profession by sending color “selfies” to that patient “depicting himself in hospital scrubs, wearing his hospital badge and exposing his genitals,” the charges said. 
 
 “Oh. And my partner walked in as I was pulling up my scrubs. I’m pretty sure he caught me,” another text read. 
 
 It wasn’t immediately clear how Zilberstein’s actions were detected. 
 
 Zilberstein cannot practice until the charges are resolved, health officials said. He has 20 days to respond to the charges and request a hearing, officials said. 
 
 Zilberstein did not return NBC News calls for comment about the charges. 
 
 Zilberstein has been in practice since 1995, records show, and he has contracted through Physicians Anesthesia Services with Swedish Medical Center to provide care. His privileges were suspended Friday, said hospital spokesman Clay Holtzman. 
 
 "The safety of our patients is our number one priority," Holtzman said in a statement. "Once we learned that the state had suspended this physician's medical license, the physician's medical staff membership and privileges were immediately suspended. We just recently learned of these allegations and are conducting our own internal review of the physician, who is not directly employed by Swedish."
– There's multitasking and then there's the case of Dr. Arthur Zilberstein: The Seattle anesthesiologist has been suspended over a laundry list of allegations including "moral turpitude" and "preoccupation with sexual matters" that are an apparent result of his near-constant sexting—while he was supervising C-sections and other surgeries. Charges filed against Zilberstein allege that on a single day in 2013, he sent 64 texts, many of them sexually explicit, throughout the course of seven surgeries. As NBC News reports, among the texts was the instant classic, "I’m hella busy with C sections." It's not clear how the texts, sent between at least April 2013 and August 2013, came to light. Zilberstein also stands accused of accessing medical images for sexual gratification, having sex with a patient, having sex at work, prescribing the aforementioned patient unauthorized narcotics, prescribing unauthorized controlled substances 29 times, and "depicting himself in hospital scrubs, wearing his hospital badge, and exposing his genitals" in a selfie. "Oh. And my partner walked in as I was pulling up my scrubs. I’m pretty sure he caught me," read one text. KIRO caught up with a "flustered" Zilberstein last night, and he had this to say: "I can't really talk right now. I appreciate you guys, I understand you want."