{"id":302786,"date":"2026-07-22T12:32:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/302786\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:32:29","slug":"woman-illegally-infused-with-nad-before-death-at-bereshit-lifestyle-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/302786\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman illegally infused with NAD+ before death at Bereshit Lifestyle Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 An unlicensed doctor accused of illegally performing a medical procedure at a Bronx lifestyle center injected a 27\u2011year\u2011old woman<\/a> with an NAD+ infusion before she lost consciousness and later died, according to a criminal complaint obtained by PIX11 News.<\/p>\n

Police said the procedure took place Sunday at Bereshit Lifestyle Center<\/a> on Riverdale Avenue. According to the complaint, Luis Rojas Cabrera inserted an IV line into Elizabeth Baron, 27, delivering nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) despite having no medical license or legal authority to perform the treatment.<\/p>\n

Officials said NAD+ IV therapy in New York requires a prescription from a licensed medical professional, which Cabrera did not have.<\/p>\n

Investigators said Cabrera told officers, in part: \u201cI gave her a NAD+ IV. She went unconscious immediately. I called 911. I am a doctor in the Dominican Republic. I have a PA license in Puerto Rico. I am not a licensed doctor in New York. My application is pending. I only have an esthetician license.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police said Cabrera did not provide documentation authorizing him to administer or prescribe NAD+ IV therapy.<\/p>\n

Baron was found at a local hospital with an IV catheter still in her right hand and was pronounced dead at 1:09 p.m. Sunday, officials said.<\/p>\n

The FDA has previously issued warnings regarding sterile-compounded NAD+ products<\/a> due to severe endotoxin contamination risks, which can harm patients.<\/p>\n

Cabrera was charged with reckless endangerment and unauthorized practice of a profession, according to police. A judge ordered him to surrender his passport, and his next court date is Sept. 9. Authorities say charges could be upgraded pending the victim\u2019s toxicology report.<\/p>\n

Officers said Cabrera later told them, \u201cI made a very big mistake. I need to call my family because I have a feeling I will not be home for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicole Alarcon is an award-winning digital content producer. She has covered local news for the tri-state area since 2021. She joined PIX11 News in 2026. See more of her work here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 An unlicensed doctor accused of illegally performing a medical procedure at a Bronx…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-302786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302786","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=302786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}