Baytown, TX – Another woman has come forward accusing a Baytown pain management doctor of inappropriate conduct during an examination.
KPRC 2 Investigates was the first to report on Dr. Ghyasuddin Syed who runs a pain clinic located in the 2800 block of Garth Rd.
Syed already has a mountain of trouble in his life, including a federal conviction for a kickback scheme. He is set to begin a 15-month long prison sentence in July.
In 2019, the Texas Medical Board ruled the doctor behaved inappropriately with three female patients, and he is now required to have a chaperone present during an exam.
After KPRC 2 aired two stories on Syed, another woman came forward with an allegation of what she considers an assault.
“He put me behind the door where the camera couldn’t see, and asked me where my pain was and ran his hand up the back of my shirt and asked me to raise up my shirt, and then he put his other hand on my breasts and was pushing all over my breast,” Jennifer, who only wanted to be identified by her first name, told KPRC 2.
She said she quickly pulled her shirt down, which made her believe Syed got the message.
“I immediately left and I walked out and cried with my mom, but I didn’t know what to do because if I said something, I wouldn’t have a doctor,” Jennifer said.
The Dayton woman, who suffers from back pain, said she has been a patient at the pain management clinic that Syed runs for the last four years.
She said the assault happened about a year and a half ago. She continued to see him as a patient.
Courtney Zubowski: “Why keep going to him?
Jennifer: “I felt like I didn’t have an option.”
Jennifer says her last appointment with Syed was on April 23, which she attended with her daughter.
Courtney Zubowski: “Who else was in the room with you when he was examining you?”
Jennifer: “Nobody.”
Courtney Zubowski: “Not a chaperone.”
Jennifer: “Nope.”
A spokesperson for the Texas Medical Board told KPRC 2 patient family members do not count as chaperones.
Jennifer gave us permission to give Syed her name. On Monday, Syed and his wife denied all allegations against him.
In a previous interview with KPRC 2 Investigates, Syed also denied the allegations against him.
“I’m very honest. I’m very clean. I know only the Lord knows me. I’ve not done anything wrong,” Syed told KPRC 2 Investigates reporter Joel Eisenbaum.
In addition to the assault, Jennifer said the doctor also did something inappropriate with her phone. He took her phone so that he could show her a surgeon he wanted her to see.
“I handed him my phone, and the amount of time he was taking, I could see in the reflection of his glasses that he was doing something else. When I left his office I immediately looked at the history and he had gone into Google and went to the reviews and given himself multiple five-star reviews from my phone,” Jennifer said.
On Thursday, Jennifer filed a report with the Baytown Police Department against Syed. She also filed a complaint with the Texas Medical Board.
She said she will not go back to Syed’s office.
We asked Syed if he wanted to make a comment for this story, and he responded in a form of a text message which revealed he plans to write a book.
According to the Texas Medical Board, Syed still holds his medical license.