Through this experience, I finally understood the supreme importance of the patient-physician relationship and the role of empathy in fostering that relationship. My interactions with this former alcoholic led to one of my most profound lessons in compassion and empathy to date.
Dr. Larry Nassar is accused of sexually abusing gymnasts like Jeanette Antolin, who says he built trust with girls by giving them candy. Dantzscher told LaPook that Nassar didnât use a glove. Nassar was a longtime doctor for women and girls at Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. He has denied any abuse, and, in an email last fall to his Michigan State bosses, said, âI will overcome this.â
Maggie Nichols announced Tuesday that she, too, was sexually abused by the former U.S.A. Gymnastics team physician Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar, and that she was the first to report the abuse to the sportâs national governing body.