Former gynecologist George Tyndall, who is facing 29 charges of sexually assaulting his patients at the University of Southern California campus clinic, surrendered his medical license.
Tyndall will no longer be allowed to practice medicine in California, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
Tyndall was charged with 18 counts of sexual assault and 11 counts of sexual battery by fraud. Sixteen female patients accused him of sexually abusing them between 2009 and 2016 by touching them inappropriately and telling them it was medically necessary. The 29 counts against Tyndall are only a fraction of the total number of allegations from women — almost 400 — reported to police and prosecutors since 2009. He has maintained that he will be exonerated.
“The incidents outlined in the Board’s accusation against George Tyndall are egregious violations,” said Kimberly Kirchmeyer, executive director of the Medical Board of California.
Before his firing in 2017, Tyndall practiced at USC’s campus clinic for 27 years, but it wasn’t until this summer that he was arrested and charged.
If Tyndall is convicted on the 29 charges, he will face up to 53 years in prison.
