SHANTHA

T.R. Shantha, M.D., Prosecuted for Fraud

In 2005, Todata R. Shanthaveerappa, M.D. (also known as T.R. Shantha, M.D.) and Dan U. Bartoli were indicted on 87 counts of health care fraud and distributing unapproved and misbranded drugs. Shantha was also charged with money laundering. For several years, Shantha operated a clinic in Stockbridge, Georgia under the names “Integrated Medical Specialists” and “Integrated Chemotherapy Specialists.” Shantha was the clinic’s medical director, and Bartoli was his medical assistant. One of Shantha’s Web sites offered a long list of dubious methods “for the treatment of cancers and other curable and incurable diseases” and stated: “We treat all kinds of chronic, incurable diseases with success!” Another of his sites claimed that, “We are the most advanced clinic in North America using multiple modalities to restore …