Dr. Amir Saffarian, MD

A Morgan Hill urologist is linked to a Salinas clinic that is being investigated by federal regulators for prescribing prostate cancer patients an expensive, often unnecessary form of treatment primarily for financial gain, according to a recent investigative news report. Dr. Amir Saffarian, whose practice is located in the DePaul Health Center in north Morgan Hill, was cited in a report by Bloomberg News as having prescribed Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy – a high-tech treatment costing upwards of $40,000 per patient in some states – to at least one patient who might not have needed it. Saffarian said in response to the report that he has never made a referral to any patient for financial reasons. According to the report published Nov. 5, Saffarian referred Salinas patient Max Calderon to the Salinas Valley Urology Associates for a series of eight-week treatments after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010.

A Morgan Hill urologist is linked to a Salinas clinic that is being investigated by federal regulators for prescribing prostate cancer patients an expensive, often unnecessary form of treatment primarily for financial gain, according to a recent investigative news report. Dr. Amir Saffarian, whose practice is located in the DePaul Health Center in north Morgan Hill, was cited in a report by Bloomberg News as having prescribed Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy – a high-tech treatment costing upwards of $40,000 per patient in some states – to at least one patient who might not have needed it. Saffarian said in response to the report that he has never made a referral to any patient for financial reasons. According to the report published Nov. 5, Saffarian referred Salinas patient Max Calderon to the Salinas Valley Urology Associates for a series of eight-week treatments after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010.

A Morgan Hill urologist is linked to a Salinas clinic that is being investigated by federal regulators for prescribing prostate cancer patients an expensive, often unnecessary form of treatment primarily for financial gain, according to a recent investigative news report. Dr. Amir Saffarian, whose practice is located in the DePaul Health Center in north Morgan Hill, was cited in a report by Bloomberg News as having prescribed Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy – a high-tech treatment costing upwards of $40,000 per patient in some states – to at least one patient who might not have needed it. Saffarian said in response to the report that he has never made a referral to any patient for financial reasons. According to the report published Nov. 5, Saffarian referred Salinas patient Max Calderon to the Salinas Valley Urology Associates for a series of eight-week treatments after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010. Saffarian, as an associate of the clinic, reportedly billed Medicare and Medicaid $30,000 for Calderon’s treatment.

A Morgan Hill urologist is linked to a Salinas clinic that is being investigated by federal regulators for prescribing prostate cancer patients an expensive, often unnecessary form of treatment primarily for financial gain, according to a recent investigative news report. Dr. Amir Saffarian, whose practice is located in the DePaul Health Center in north Morgan Hill, was cited in a report by Bloomberg News as having prescribed Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy – a high-tech treatment costing upwards of $40,000 per patient in some states – to at least one patient who might not have needed it. Saffarian said in response to the report that he has never made a referral to any patient for financial reasons. According to the report published Nov. 5, Saffarian referred Salinas patient Max Calderon to the Salinas Valley Urology Associates for a series of eight-week treatments after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010. Saffarian, as an associate of the clinic, reportedly billed Medicare and Medicaid $30,000 for Calderon’s treatment.

Outstanding, thorough, knowledgable, professional - I feel fortunate to be a patient on his service.

All questions were fully answered during pre op visits. Surgery time was accurate, and recovery time and effects from surgery were very minimal. The internet is not to be believed as to recovery. Job well done and my surgery was out patient on a Friday and I went back to work on Monday. My job does not involved any heavy duty lifting so following instructions worked well