Dermatologist Sentenced To 22 Years For Performing Unecessary Surgeries

"TAMPA - Seven months after he was found guilty of falsely diagnosing dozens of people with cancer and subjecting them to unnecessary surgery, Michael Rosin apologized to the patients who put their trust in him.

"I'm terribly, terribly sorry," Rosin said during his sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court on Wednesday. "I hope before they make a final decision about me they will be patient, they will be forgiving and they will not be overly strict or harsh as they form their opinion."

But Rosin's tearful apology didn't sway the victims who attended his final hearing or U.S. District Judge William Castagna, who sentenced the disgraced Sarasota dermatologist to 22 years in prison."

Read the full story in the St. Petersburg Times.

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