Springfield Anesthesiologist Charged with Falsifying Medical Research

BOSTON, MA Scott Reuben, the former chief of acute pain at Bay State Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts was charged today in federal court with falsifying medical research studies, including studies that were published in medical journals regarding pain management. Reuben was charged in an Information with one count of health care fraud. The Information alleges that Reuben solicited and obtained research grants from pharmaceutical companies to perform research studies on pain management, often associated with various surgical procedures, but that he did not actually perform the research studies. Instead he made up patient data, submitted it to medical journals and caused false articles to appear in a number of medical journals. If convicted on this charge, Reuben faces up to 10 years' imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine