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
Nassar has already been sentenced to 60 years for child pornography charges and is expected to receive 40 years to life for sexual assault charges. Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor accused of sexual assault and molestation, was scolded on Thursday by Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina over a letter he wrote before his four-day sentencing.