Michael Swango

1
Michael Swango

• Honor Student
• Marine
• EMT
• Doctor
• Serial Killer

2
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

• Several suspicious deaths
• Disliked by fellow students
• Almost expelled (falsified reports)
• Graduated w/Deans letter in folder

3
Ohio State University School of Medicine

• Rocky internship
• Suspicious actions/deaths
• Alarm raised by nursing staff
• Peer Review investigation conducted by medical
  staff

4
Peer Review

• Since 1760
• Fully supported by AMA
• Different levels hospital and state
• Concept-only practicing physicians can evaluate
  the quality of patient care performed by another
  physician

5
OSU Peer Review

• All non-doctor witnesses discredited
• Benefit of doubt decided in his favor
• Major concerns-hospitals reputation and possible
  lawsuits
• Exonerated but residency not renewed

6
Adams County Ambulance Service

• EMT
• Convicted of poisoning co-workers
• Imprisoned for two years
• Medical licenses revoked in Illinois and Ohio
• OSU stymies reinvestigation of suspicious deaths

7
South Dakota University Medical School and SUNY
Stoney Brook

• Misleading/false applications
• Background check reveals only vague information
• Suspended when past uncovered
• Several suspicious deaths
• While two Federal agencies argue over
  jurisdiction Swango escapes to Africa

8
Africa

• Suspicious deaths at two hospitals in Zimbabwe
• Flees criminal investigation
• Leaves a trail of suspicious deaths in two other
  African nations

9
JUSTICE

• Enroute to a Saudi Arabian medical position
  arrested in Chicago
• Pleads guilty to false statement on applications
  (3 ½ year sentence)
• Pleads guilty to three murders at SUNY Stony
  Brook
• Sentenced to life without parole