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State/Province: Florida

Shot Date: 07/07/2023

URL: https://wwwweshcom/article/doctor-orlando-touched-kids/44473585

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Elements: doctor's mugshot, file court video, UMMC hospital exteriors, report from the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure, FL Dept of Health medical license, Advent Health Orlando exteriors

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ORLANDO, Fla
A doctor charged with sexual battery in Mississippi is also under investigation locally, according to Orlando police

Mehul Dixit, 59, who practiced pediatric nephrology in Florida and Mississippi, was arrested in May

He treated children with kidney and urinary tract conditions

Police accuse Dixit of sexually battering girls at the same time he was in practice Detectives believe the doctor has more victims

Dixit was arrested in Mississippi, and charged with two counts of sexual battery

He's accused of fondling two teenage patients there, 13 and 17 years old, during exams

A report issued by the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure notes that a 17-year-old patient in Florida also reported a sexual assault to them

In the report, the Florida victim said Dixit asked the patient's mother to leave the room, then asked the girl to remove her clothes before assaulting her

The Mississippi report says the state of Florida was not aware of this 2006 incident

Because of all of this, Orlando police put out a notice Friday, asking anyone who believes they're a victim to please come forward

WESH 2 News learned from state records, Dixit's Florida medical license was issued in 2004 and expired in 2015

AdventHealth Orlando confirmed he worked there in pediatric nephrology, but stressed he has not held privileges there since 2010


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Orlando Police say Mehul Dixit worked in pediatric nephrology in Florida and Mississippi he treated children with kidney and urinary tract conditions for years
But investigators worry he was victimizing patients too
In May, Dixit was arrested in Mississippi and charged with two counts Sexual Battery
He's accused of fondling two teenage patients 13 and 17 years old during exams
A report issued by the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure notes that a 17-year-old patient in Florida reported a sexual assault
In the report the Florida victim said Dixit asked the patient's mother to leave the room then asked the girl to remove her clothes before assaulting her
The Mississippi report says the State of Florida was not aware of this 2006 incident
Because of all of this Orlando Police put out a notice Friday asking anyone who believes they're a victim to please come forward
WESH 2 News learned Dixit's Florida medical license was issued in 2004 and expired in 2015, according to state records
Advent Health Orlando confirmed he worked there in pediatric nephrology but stressed he has NOT held privileges there since 2010
Florida Department of Health tells us Dixit had no public complaints or discipline on his Florida license

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THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THAT DIXIT HAD NO PUBLIC COMPLAINTS OR DISCIPLINE ON HIS FLORIDA LICENSE
THEY HOPE THAT OTHERS WILL REACH OUT IF THEY WERE VICTIMIZED
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