{"id":154652,"date":"2026-03-05T23:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/154652\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T23:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:10:08","slug":"new-hyde-park-oncologist-dr-mark-hoffman-charged-with-sexual-abuse-of-patient-in-his-office-nassau-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/154652\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hyde Park oncologist Dr. Mark Hoffman charged with sexual abuse of patient in his office, Nassau police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New Hyde Park oncologist was arrested\u00a0on Thursday, charged with what\u00a0police described as “unwanted sexual contact” with a female patient during what was supposed to be a routine appointment last May.<\/p>\n

Nassau County police said an investigation by Special Victims Squad detectives led to the arrest of Dr. Mark Hoffman, 72, of Roslyn, charging\u00a0him in connection with the incident, which police said took place at Optum Hematology Oncology on Marcus Avenue in New Hyde Park on May 9.<\/p>\n

The victim, identified only as a 48-year-old woman, had gone to the clinic for “a routine\u00a0oncology appointment” and found herself “alone in the exam room without the presence of a nurse,” according to the police. At that time, the victim told police\u00a0she was subjected to unspecified unwanted sexual contact.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Optum Hematology told Newsday on Thursday afternoon:\u00a0“We can confirm Dr. Mark Hoffman has not been employed with Optum Medical Care since summer 2025.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hoffman was\u00a0charged with second-degree sexual abuse and forcible touching. \u00a0He pleaded not guilty at arraignment\u00a0on Thursday\u00a0at First District Court in Hempstead. Bail was set at $10,000 cash, $20,000 insured bond or $50,000\u00a0partially secured surety bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hoffman’s attorney,\u00a0Amy Beth Marion of New Hyde Park, did not immediately return Newsday’s requests\u00a0for comment on Thursday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police are asking anyone who believes they may have been a victim to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS \u2014 or to call Special Victims Squad detectives at 516-573-4022. All calls will remain confidential.<\/p>\n

Newsday’s Nicholas Grasso contributed to this story.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

John Valenti, a Newsday reporter since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press, Society of the Silurians and National Headliner Awards for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing. He is the author of \u201cSwee’pea,\u201d about New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. His debut crime novel, \u201cFor Nothing Is Hidden,\u201d rooted in 1950s Long Island, was released in October 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New Hyde Park oncologist was arrested\u00a0on Thursday, charged with what\u00a0police described as “unwanted sexual contact” with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[303,5368,8015,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-154652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-local-crime","10":"tag-nassau","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-queens","15":"tag-queens-headlines","16":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}