Every single time I went to that doctor and I left, Stairway to Heaven played. Patients would spend an hour or two in the waiting room, only to get a rushed exam and prescription. Its hard to hear or believe that the only provider whod ever been kind to youwho made you comfortablehad been accused of abusing other patients. As so often happens with irresponsible medical providers, Youngs popularity in the communityalong with an indifferent, slow-moving bureaucracyallowed him to operate for half a decade despite initial warning signs and then multiple arrests and investigations. She was referred to Jeff by one of her friends. In addition to steroid shots, Young prescribed her oxycodone, Xanax, and Adderall for her various medical issues. While Youngs antics could be a nightmare for his staff, his pool of patients increased as word about his practice spread. Furthermore, Dr. Young along with his wife and daughter Melody works at his clinic. a dangerous combination of an opioid, a benzodiazepine, and a muscle relaxant. After he opened the new clinic, Youngs sexual behavior with patients allegedly continued, as did the towns willingness to ignore it. He graduated from Union University, an evangelical Christian school, in 1995, then earned a degree from the University of Tennessee College of Nursing in 2003. She would wake up to find that all her car doors had been opened overnight. As the nursing boards investigation of Young inched along, another agency launched its own probe into the Rock Doc. Yall partying in the office? [Chuckles.] At first, Young seemed to Reitz like an affable, outgoing dad who loved rock and practiced medicine. And I was like, My mind is blown. I need you to find this fucker, he wrote, according to court testimony later reported by The Jackson Sun. The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? So hes a little out there. Kevin: (In a Periscope video.) I am very nervous about it, she replied. (A shudder, a gasp, then clapping and bubbling evolve into a background track.). [Laughs lightly.] One patient she knew kept a cane in the trunk of her car and visited doctors offices with it in order to appear disabled so she could get more pills. Though Young claimed that he also fired drug-seeking patients, Gutgsell testified in a deposition that he would meet some patients after hours and write them prescriptions anyway. Jackson, Tennessee. (Fades under.). Youre just probably not feeling good. But they never believed us. Occasionally he would glare at his ex-wife Dawn, who was in the gallery. Were tracing your fucking account now, so you better be prepared to reap the whirlwind of your bullshit., As he gathered followers, Young began to deploy his social-media presence to hunt down and intimidate his former employees and ex-friends, some of whom told me they felt threatened by Young and his followers. Khazan: I had a lot of Why on earth? questions: Why would he do this? In July 2016, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation began looking into allegations that Young was overprescribing opioids. had lower back pain and complained of numbness in his left arm. Calles: Oh my gosh. (A long beat of music. The biggest blow came in 2019, when Jeff was indicted by the federal government for overprescribing opioids, often in order to get, quote, money, notoriety, and sexual favors., In a court hearing, investigators described several Facebook messages between Jeff and his patients, identified only by their initials. (Plucky yet funky music plays. JACKSON, Tenn. The end is nowhere close for three medical professionals charged in a federal opioid crackdown earlier this year. Editing by Katherine Wells, Julia Longoria, and Denise Wills. I dont wear underwear. Rumors started to spread in town that strange things were going on in Jeffs office. And whats remarkable about the Rock Doc is that he streamed his private interactions with patients online. Hed wear Halloween masks and make off-color jokes. Jeffrey Youngs patients say he helped them like nobody else could, but prosecutors indicted him following a huge painkiller bust. Young would call these liaisons nooners or say it was tap-that-ass Tuesday, according to court testimony. They thought I was basically lazy and just wanted to have pain pills, just for whatever reason. Branding himself the Rock Doc in a self-produced reality-TV pilot, Young would wear band T-shirts and blast music as he met with patients; he sometimes broadcast appointments and medical procedures on the live-streaming app Periscope. They do not have serious medical side effects. (The music changes tone, becoming a little more up-tempo and treble-heavy.). Dang, Jeff What happened? Helena Louvaris and Melanie Lupino, two of Youngs staunch defenders, both declined to speak with me when I called them back to see if they still supported him after he was jailed. He would sometimes brag about having sex on his lunch break, sharing with his staff pictures of his conquests, three employees said. The next morning, the office manager, Kristie Gutgsell, would clean up after them. Shed come to see Jeff for a range of health issues, from diabetes to cystitis, and she just didnt buy the things people were saying about him. You may not like my tattoos. Throughout Youngs year-long treatment of MY, Young failed to conduct pill counts, consult a state database meant to monitor the dispensing of controlled substances, and discuss with MY the risks of combining these drugs, according to the document. Why would he do this? Young: (Over hard-rock music.) You can all suck my dick! he yells at the camera in one Periscope video, a stethoscope around his neck and a cigar in his hand. At least 50 women are thought to have come to the clinic to have sex with Young, some of them allegedly doing so in exchange for drugs, according to court testimony. No one could quite tell me who or what was responsible for Youngs transformation. Trial dates have been set for "Rock Doc" Jeffery Young, his supervising physicians, and two more medical professionals recently indicted on additional drug trafficking charges. I had had back surgery, and I really had real problems that no one wanted to listen to me about. In August 2015, Young prescribed MY what the letter calls a dangerous combination of an opioid, a benzodiazepine, and a muscle relaxant. Employees I spoke with said he eventually was seeing 50 to 85 patients a day, compared with about 20 for the average doctor, and most of them seemed to be on opioids. A new court filing, first reported by The Tennessean last week, portrays the Rock Doc as a menacing figure at the intersection of the opioid crisis and the #MeToo movement. (Later, Phillips pleaded guilty to threatening a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was investigating Young. The allegations against Young point toward an especially sordid type of abuse in which some doctors victimize patients twice: first by getting them addicted to drugs, and then by sexually exploiting them. But one thing that I was really curious about is how you actually went from having opioids being a thing that existed to having opioids be a thing that existed in peoples medicine cabinets. He blasted heavy metal at his private practice and filled his Instagram feed with photos of himself smoking cigars. Longoria: There are many pieces to the puzzle of how opioids found their way into so many medicine cabinets. Years active. Always have been for the patient. But Young soon revealed a blustering personality that started to overwhelm the team project. She appreciated that he asked about her grandkids. Off camera, Young allegedly prescribed 1.4 million addictive pills and had sex with female patients. Khazan: Anyone online could watch him, say, biopsy someones skin while listening to hard rock. Am I a misogynist, or do women just like rough sex? Young asks himself in one video. Sometimes the two men would fight, and broken glass would litter the floor. Calles: I dont know. Jeff wanted what was best for his patient. Jeffrey Young was one of those people. Know his wife, age, net worth, family, His indictment implicated him and two of his former supervising physicians, Alexander Alperovich and Andrew Rudin, and alleged that Youngs motives in prescribing controlled substances to his patients were often to obtain money, notoriety, and sexual favors. Alperovich and Rudin, the indictment claims, accepted money derived from the proceeds of the conspiracy in exchange for their purported supervision. (Both have pleaded not guilty. Once his colleagues were out of the business, Young began crafting a persona based around rock music and hard living. Well all be killed., It helped that Young had prominent friends he could call on for help. (Patel did not respond to requests for comment.) Scott Deberry: When I told him, I said, Every time I go to a doctor and tell them I feel like I have the flu, they look at me as if Im delusional.. The Daily Beast Automated News Feed No Censorship, Just News. Some of the pills had been prescribed by Young. I expected to hear lots of horror stories of abuse and mistreatment. (Stephanie asked me to use a pseudonym for her because she doesnt want her name associated with the case.) Why would you go to this doctor? I cant say for sure what the right course of treatment for LaRhonda was, and where opioids fit into that. Hes a great doctor and never has he acted any way towards me but professional! one woman wrote. Some sought counseling, slept under their beds, or carried guns. Khazan: Looking at all the allegations, I mean, its overprescribingoverprescribing to someone whose pill bottles had his name on them and who died of a drug overdose. (Soft percussive synthesizer music plays.). He graduated from Musicians Institute in 1985, and is best known for his time with the thrash metal band Megadeth, appearing on the 1988 album So Far, So Good. LeAnn Naylor: I have not had a lot of positive interactions with doctors. When PreventaGenix closed, Young was alleged to have failed to pay part of the unemployment insurance, federal tax withholdings, and final payroll for the clinic, according to a lawsuit filed by his former partners, Reitz and Patel. In recent years, the Justice Department has started coming for unscrupulous doctors and pharmacists, too. The Tennessee Department of Health will not release audio recordings from a state investigation of "Rock Doc" Jeffrey W. Young II, a nurse practitioner who was allowed to stay in business . Thats very distressing Yeah, Im shocked, you know? I tried to reach out to women who Jeff was rumored to have exchanged drugs for sex with, but none of them wanted to talk on the record. In one scene, he and his best friend, a pharmaceutical representative named John Kevin Phillips, broadcast themselves on the video-streaming app Periscope. Young: (Moaning.) An obese man explains that Young helped him with his swollen leg. One former patient who had a falling-out with Young told me he or someone associated with him attacked her on the internet forum Topix, calling her a whore and a drunk. She said her home address and photos of her adult daughters were posted on the site, along with rape threats directed at her daughters. But, in theory, there should have been a check on all this. No one else seemed capable of treating all her problemsthroat swelling, high blood pressure, attention issues. Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. Youngs devotees have maintained for years that he was a great man on a noble mission, and that people who spoke against him didnt understand his radical approach. In May 2019, shortly after Young was indicted, I traveled to Jackson to try to understand the place that gave rise to the Rock Doc. Calles: You could just tell by the demeanor that that was there. You may not like what I stand for. They dont want to touch you unless they have to touch you. Reitz says he and his girlfriend came up with the unwieldy namea futuristic combination of prevent and genetics. Young was indicted on drug-trafficking charges in April 2019. I dont wear underwear. Khazan: The one that caught my eye was this guy named Jeff Young, a nurse practitioner who called himself the Rock Doc, quote-unquote. On my trip, I strolled by a glass case near the federal courthouse that held a large Bible opened to the Gospel of John. Calles: I just wasnt getting the care I needed. But they helped create the opioid crisis all the same. He seemed, to his former employees, constitutionally unable to deny patients the pills they wanted, even if it was the last thing they needed. Young is . Young cared for all kinds of people, some of whom didnt have money or health insurance. Still, the citys southernness peeks through. LaRhonda Scott Deberry: When I first met him, I thought maybe he was prejudiced. His lawyer also declined to answer any specific allegations. She wasnt the only patient to stick by him. Five other medical providers, just in Jackson, were indicted too. And now we see the result. Copyright 2021 The Atlantic and New York Public Radio. Then it rewinds into nothingness.). Youngs second marriage was already in trouble by the time PreventaGenix launched, and after his divorce he quickly found new girlfriends. Though Young at first just seemed to go along with the project, he grew more invested after the first visit, the cameraman told me. Scott Deberry: You go to the doctor, and you tell them whats wrong with you, and they look at you like, Oh, its nothing. Why didnt anyone try to put a stop to this? I just had a lot of questions about how could this happen., Further reading: The Hard-Partying, Rock-Obsessed Nurse at the Center of a Massive Opioid Bust. Trust me, I got people, he says to the camera. The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? Young grew up in Bethel Springs, a 700-person village near Jackson. All rights reserved. I told him about this podcastexplained to him what a podcast was. I talked to him a couple of weeks ago. The DEA raided Jeffs clinic and seized all of his computers and thousands of doses of the opioid hydrocodone. Sometimes patients seeking opioids go to different providers until they find one who is willing to prescribe to them. Having hordes of fans seems to have allowed Young to buy more deeply into his own rock-and-roll fantasy, which in turn gave him the confidence to broadcast his life through even more videos and updates. Part of the judges reasoning was that Youngs Facebook posts showed a propensity for violence., Young continued blogging from jail, somehow managing to write a few posts for a website that promotes medical providers rights to prescribe opioids freely. Khazan: In his Periscope videos, Jeff insisted it was all fun and games, and people were just criticizing him because of his style. Jeffery Dale Young known as Dr. Jeff Young or Dr. Jeff is American Veterinarian and a reality TV actor. M.Y. So it was kind of significant to me. Khazan: Thirty-one doctors and seven other nurse practitioners were busted in that same Justice Department sweep that caught Jeff. Patel left soon after. Then it fades out.). 14:46. I mean, he had his doctors lab coat on. Listen to the trailer for, The Hard-Partying, Rock-Obsessed Nurse at the Center of a Massive Opioid Bust. Its a small town; people talk. To date, none of the alleged victims in Youngs court case has come forward publicly to speak against him. Two bouncers made sure she got home, but when she woke up in bed the next morning, her eyes were black, her nose was broken, and her mouth was bleeding. Toward the end of PreventaGenix, the nurse practitioner so many people had praised deteriorated, according to former employees. Young was indicted on drug-trafficking charges in April 2019. You can find Olgas written reporting on the Rock Doc at our website: http://www.theatlantic.com/experiment. (In response to a request for comment, a health-department spokesperson noted that, according to state law, the department cant suspend medical licenses without first giving practitioners the opportunity to demonstrate compliance regarding the allegations against them. Some of the doctors who have been accused of exchanging drugs for sex in recent years threatened patients that they would cut off their supply of painkillers if they didnt gratify them. He pleaded not guilty to the . Being around Young made her feel emotionally safe, she said. Young became known for putting drugs into the hands of almost anyone who asked. He didnt mind saying a curse word or two.. When it was getting close to the end of when I was going, it would be packed. Khazan: In 2016, Jeff tried to broadcast his world even more widely. Sometimes he wore scrubs, but most of the time he had on jeans, scrub tops, and a rock T-shirt, and a doctors jacket. ), (What sounds like road noise plays in the background of a Periscope clip. Some people from the area said they had been harassed by Jeff and were afraid to speak out. He would try to squeeze in even more patient visits each daysometimes well over 50, former employees sayand would either forget to document services or would document services he hadnt provided. Strippers, tattoo artists, and rock-band groupies saw a kindred spirit in Young and came to him as patients. So what? And even then, I didnt want to hear it. The scenes are meant to serve as a testament to the effectiveness of Youngs work hard, play harder ethos. She would get phone calls at her house, answer, and hear only strange whispers, she said in a court hearing. One young man told me he went to Youngs house that year to pay cash for a vial, knowing that a traditional doctor would be unlikely to prescribe testosterone to a healthy teenage boy. As many as three women a day allegedly came to his office for sex, though one former employee said Young might have had sex with more women after hours. A staffer, who declined to talk on the record, asked me why I was writing about him. With Young at least temporarily behind bars, some of his fans seem to have reached a point of disillusionment with the Rock Docor, at least, a point of fatigue. They entered the office and ordered the clinics staffers to lie on the floor. Whatever the inspiration, his new persona was good for business. He gave Young total control over what was recorded. I had a brother that passed away, and when he passed away, his friends played that for him at his funeral. Sound design by David Herman. You need to be a certain kind of person to want a reality-TV show about yourself. Young: Listen, I am for the patient. Khazan: And he posted dozens of videos there. 13.6k members in the AutoNewspaper community. (Dawn did not press charges at the time, and she declined to speak with me for this story.). They go on working. His vision was, evidently, to one day launch a reality series of the same name. Khazan: Ive talked to a lot of patients over the years who feel very uncomfortable around their doctors. Several people suggested suing for defamation a news station that reported on the incident. The lack of oversight in the Young case is in keeping with practices seen throughout the opioid crisis. Naylor: And I remember him saying, Bring him to the office. Looking for Jeff Young online? Calles: Yes. Aw, shit! Another compared Young to a brother and called my reporting disrespectful.. Young seemed eager to hire lots of staff, but would end up firing them later. There was no statement even made to the Feds. Eventually Shirley Pickering, the nursing-board investigator who was looking into the allegations against Young, also grew terrified of him. His Rock Doc persona helped him connect with patients who might never have felt comfortable in a traditional doctors office. Young was a people pleaser, as one former employee described him. At the same time, building himself up as a renegade nurse practitioner seems to have allowed Young to sweep his faults under the rug of unconventionality. Not all of them were into the whole edgy hard-rock thing at first. Never give up God is full of second chances, one woman wrote. Music by Tasty Morsels and Nelson Nance. Stephanie had been in an abusive relationship and dealt with a slew of other traumas. Khazan: He had an account on Periscope, the live-streaming site. Hey, are you paying attention? It feels claustrophobic.). If a patient would text him a compliment, he would blast it all over Facebook, one former employee told me. And I said, And they say that youre trading sex for medication. He was like, You know, these motherfuckers lie all the damn time. [Chuckles.] RockDocTV Show. The resulting videos are typical scenes from a medical practicepeople donning gloves, waiting in chairsspliced together over a heavy-metal soundtrack. (Lo-fi synthesizer music plays up. Many people trust doctors even when theyre harmed by their treatment, and a 2008 study found that people are more likely to spend time researching a new employer or a new car than vetting a new surgeon. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. I visited Youngs clinic, but, through a staffer, he declined to speak with me. Young grabs them and takes a big whiff. In confessional-style interviews, Young seems to enjoy offending anyone whos shocked by his approach. She became his patient around 2016. Obesity and diabetes are rampant; so is chronic pain. She once saw someone running across her yard into the woods. (Green, who has since cut ties with Young, would not comment on this when I reached him, but he told the Sun that he asked another officer to look up the information.). And Jeff, sitting at the center of it, covered in tattooshe had a sort of unlikely charisma too. Calles: And I mean, he didnt dress like your average doctor. ), (The intro to a rock song plays, with a driving, pulsing beat. Thats not my fucking problem, all right? He soon opened a new clinic, which he called GeneXis Health. Im Julia Longoria. The story of how that doctor-patient communication broke downhundreds of thousands of timesis what Olga wanted to understand. And it was immediately clear that he is not your average medical provider. This episode was reported by Olga Khazan and produced by Alvin Melathe. 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