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RWJ Barnabas Physician Tatiana Mouravskaia Dies, Remembered As Patients' Greatest Advocate RWJ Barnabas Physician Tatiana Mouravskaia Dies, Remembered As Patients' Greatest Advocate
RWJ Barnabas Physician Tatiana Mouravskaia Dies, Remembered As Patients' Greatest Advocate Dr. Tatiana Mouravskaia, an infectious disease doctor and internist at RWJ Barnabas, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 61 years old, her obituary from Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel says. Mouravskaia was devoted to her patients, working long hours, often without billing and for people with disadvantaged backgrounds, according to her obituary.  "She would use every trick she learned over her 30-year career to make sure that they were able to get the care they needed in a system where few cared about their outcomes," her obituary reads. "It didn't endear her to hosp…

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NJ Doctor Loses License After Exploiting Undocumented Workers, Faces Federal Prison: AG NJ Doctor Loses License After Exploiting Undocumented Workers, Faces Federal Prison: AG
NJ Doctor Loses License After Exploiting Undocumented Workers, Faces Federal Prison: AG A New Jersey doctor headed to prison who refused to let a woman she employed for lw wages get treated for a brain aneurysm had her medical license revoked, authorities announced this week. Dr. Harsha Sahni, a rheumatologist based in Middlesex County, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for conspiring with others to illegally recruit, conceal, and harbor two women from India to be household servants for low pay, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Sahni, who practiced in Colonia, admitted in her guilty plea that she knew the women were in the country illegally and that…

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Prominent NJ Doctor Catfished Numerous Women For 10 Years, Victim Alleges Prominent NJ Doctor Catfished Numerous Women For 10 Years, Victim Alleges
Prominent NJ Doctor Catfished Numerous Women For 10 Years, Victim Alleges Her name was Ethan Schuman. At least, that's what Anna Akbari says Emily Slutsky called herself when she messaged her on OKCupid in 2011. Akbari, who holds a PhD, details how Slutsky catfished her and multiple other women in her new book, "There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish." When Akbari met "Ethan" on OKCupid, she found him to be brilliant and charming, and they exchanged messages, developing a deep connection, she tells Daily Voice.  But Akbari realized something was up when Ethan kept canceling plans to chat on the phone or via webcam. His exc…

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