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Glenview Doctor Loses License After Sex With Patient

William Joel Kafin was fined $5,000.00 for his misconduct with a young woman and former patient.

An Illinois Appellage Court has ruled against William Joel Kafin, a physician and surgeon with offices in Glenview and Skokie, upholding a previous court's decision to strip Kafin of his license after he provided alcohol, smoked marijuana, prescribed controlled substanced and had sex with a 19-year-old former patient, the Glenview Announcements report.

The investigation into Kafin's misconduct began with a 2007 Department of Financial and Professional Regulation complaint against Kafin and culminated in his license loss and a $5,000.00 fine imposed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, according to the Glenview Announcements.

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