{"id":300631,"date":"2026-07-20T14:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300631\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:47:08","slug":"unlicensed-doctor-arrested-in-bronx-after-allegedly-performing-procedure-that-left-woman-dead-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300631\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlicensed doctor arrested in Bronx after allegedly performing procedure that left woman dead: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2209532210_be880c.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"concept of malpractice, crimes in medicine, negligence, unlicensed, illegal doctors.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Unlicensed doctor arrested in Bronx after allegedly performing procedure that left woman dead: cops 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police in the Bronx arrested an unlicensed doctor on Sunday after a woman died in their care, it was reported.<\/p>\n<p>Photo via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> arrested an unlicensed doctor on Sunday after a woman died in their care, it was reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to police sources, the doctor \u2014 who was said to not have a medical license issued in the United States \u2014 was allegedly performing an unknown procedure at around midday on July 19 inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drluisrojas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bereshit Lifestyle Center<\/a>, located at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/3190+Riverdale+Avenue?entry=gmail&amp;source=g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">3190 Riverdale Ave. in Spuyten Duyvil,<\/a> on a 27-year-old woman when something went wrong, and she lost consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources said the victim arrived via private means at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital at about 1 p.m. on July 19; hospital staff reported that she had become unresponsive. Despite their efforts, the woman could not be saved, and was pronounced dead a short time later. Police have not yet released her idenitty, pending family notification.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137860244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-20-at-10.17.34-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Bronx apartment building where woman died as a result of unlicensed doctor's procedure\" width=\"1200\" height=\"822\" title=\"Unlicensed doctor arrested in Bronx after allegedly performing procedure that left woman dead: cops 2\"  \/>According to police sources, the doctor \u2014 who was said to not have a medical license issued in the United States \u2014 was allegedly performing an unknown procedure at around midday on July 19 inside the Bereshit Lifestyle Center, located at 3190 Riverdale Ave. in Spuyten Duyvil, on a 27-year-old woman when something went wrong, and she lost consciousness.Photo via Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>Her body was transferred to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the 50th Precinct responded to Allen Hospital after staff reported the death as suspicious. Upon further investigation, they took the unlicensed doctor into custody for allegedly performing a botched procedure. Charges against the physician were still pending as of Monday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the clinic\u2019s website, the Bereshit Lifestyle Center focuses on holistic and alternative health practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police in the Bronx arrested an unlicensed doctor on Sunday after a woman died in their care, it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[114090,114091,114092,128,114093,114094,114095,41420,9,24,114096,63,791,44357,114097,48917,26450,129,131,130,40528],"class_list":["post-300631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-alternative-medicine","tag-bereshit-lifestyle-center","tag-botched-procedure","tag-bronx","tag-criminal-charges-pending","tag-holistic-health-clinic","tag-illegal-medical-practice","tag-medical-negligence","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork-presbyterian-allen-hospital","tag-nyc","tag-nypd-investigation","tag-office-of-chief-medical-examiner","tag-patient-death","tag-spuyten-duyvil","tag-suspicious-death","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-unlicensed-doctor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300631","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=300631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}