William Maisel is one of
three men who pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting prostitution during a
sting carried out by the Howard County Police Department.
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By Brian Hooks
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September 25, 2012
Dr. William Maisel, the
cardiologist and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official charged by the Howard County Police
Department in July with soliciting a prostitute, recently
pleaded guilty in district court.
Maisel is the deputy director of the Center for Devices and Radiological
Health (CDRH), which has become embroiled in an employee-spying
scandal. He received one
day of probation and paid $257.50 in fees and courts costs, according to
T. Wayne Kirwan, spokesperson for the Howard County State's Attorney's
Office.
Maisel's one day of probation ended on Friday, Sept. 21, according to
Kirwan.
According to charging
documents from district court, an undercover female police officer approached
Maisel at a restaurant on Route 1 in Jessup and asked him if he wanted "a
date." Maisel agreed and asked how much it would cost for sex.
Three of the other men arrested
in the prostitution sting also pleaded guilty and received probation, according
to Kirwan, but only one faces probation longer than two days. Five additional
men charged are still facing court dates.
In a matter unrelated to Maisel's arrest, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is asking whether the
charges against him are indicative of his involvement in the FDA surveillance
activity, reports The Washington Post.
According to the NWC, Maisel was
responsible for firing Ewa Czerska–one of the FDA employees observed in the
surveillance–and the whistleblowers are asking whether Maisel's work will be
investigated, reports The Post.
FDA spokesperson
Erica Jefferson told The Post that the administration considers the
solicitation charges "a personal matter" that would not affect his
work.
Larry Husten, Contributor to Forbes
Cardiologist William Maisel, the deputy director for science at
the FDA Center of Devices and Radiological Health, was arrested on prostitution charges after
being caught in an undercover sting operation in North Laurel, Maryland. Maisel
was one of 10 men arrested on July 13.
The Savage-Guilford Patch reported that
Maisel ”approached a
plain-clothed female police officer and offered money for sex.” He is
scheduled to appear in Howard County District Court on Sept. 20.
According to Pharmalot, the news ”was greeted with
a mixture of shock and sadness inside the FDA, which is treating the incident as a personal matter,
according to an FDA spokeswoman. The arrest, she tells us, ‘has nothing to do
with the work he is doing here.’” Maisel did not respond to a request
for comment from Pharmalot.
Prior to joining the FDA Maisel had been the
director of the Medical Device Safety Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical
School. Maisel was a vocal advocate for better safety measures and FDA reform
in the wake of the recall of the Sprint Fidelis ICD lead recall.
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