SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
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"The role of
hospital management in covering for criminal physicians
and nurses": Special Agent Bruce Sackman Hunts Doctors and Nurses
Who Kill Our Veterans |
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FULL TWO HOURS
HOUR 1
HOUR 2
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About our guest:
Bruce Sackman
served as the Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Veteran
Affairs (VA), Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigations
Division, Northeast Field Office until May 2005 when he retired
after 32 years’ service. In this capacity, he was responsible for
all major criminal investigations involving VA from West Virginia to
Maine. During his tenure he was involved in hundreds of
investigations involving allegations of fraud, corruption, false
claims, thefts, patient assaults, pharmaceutical drug diversions and
suspicious hospital deaths.
He was also responsible for supervising the successful investigation
of the nation’s first homicide conviction in connection with
pharmaceutical research. His cases involving medical professionals
who have murdered their patients have been featured on the Discovery
Health Channel, CNN, MSNBC, America’s Most Wanted and on Home Box
Office.
He is the recipient of many awards for his investigations and for
his efforts in encouraging the profession of forensic nursing. Mr.
Sackman has lectured at several forensic related conferences, State
police organizations, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center,
universities and medical related symposia.
He is the co-author of the book “Behind the Murder Curtain, Special
Agent Bruce Sackman Hunts Doctors and Nurses Who Kill Our Veterans
and the article “When the ICU becomes a Crime Scene” for Critical
Care Nursing Quarterly. He is also the co-editor of the newly
released textbook the Art of Investigations. He was recently
featured in an episode of the CNN/HLN special Dr. Death.
Mr. Sackman is recently retired self-employed licensed private
investigator in New York City specializing in healthcare related
matters. Under contract he had directed major investigations for a
large New York metropolitan regional healthcare system.
He served as the President of the Society of Professional
Investigators in New York City from 2010 to 2019 and is a board
member of the American Academy for Professional Law Enforcement.
He is a frequent lecturer on the topic of medical serial killers
having spoken through the United States, Great Britain, UAE, and
Sweden.
You've got to read this book!!!
When
Veterans Hospital patients on the road to recovery suddenly die in
increasing numbers, it’s up to VA Special Agent in Charge Bruce
Sackman to find out why. His shocking discovery rips open the hidden
world of what goes on behind the bedside curtains when a killer
doctor or nurse decides a patient must die.
Behind the Murder Curtain is the true
story of Bruce Sackman, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of
Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General. Sackman’s main
responsibilities had been investigating white-collar crimes such as
embezzlement when he is drawn into the macabre world of doctors and
nurses who murder their patients. Sackman evolves from an
investigator of routine cases to the world’s leading expert on
Medical Serial Killers—MSKs—doctors and nurses who ply their evil
trade hidden behind the privacy curtain at a patient’s bedside.
Behind the Murder Curtain tells how this dedicated investigator
brought down four MSKs in Veterans Hospitals while developing the
RED FLAGS PROTOCOL, which is now taught to investigators and
forensic nurses throughout the world as a tool for stopping an MSK. |
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About the Authors |
Bruce Sackman
served as the Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigations
Division, Northeast Field Office until May 2005 when he retired
after 32 years’ service. In this capacity, he was responsible for
all major criminal investigations involving the VA from West
Virginia to Maine. During his tenure, he was involved in hundreds of
investigations involving allegations of fraud, corruption, false
claims, thefts, patient assaults, pharmaceutical drug diversions,
and suspicious hospital deaths. He was also responsible for
supervising the successful investigation of the nation’s first
homicide conviction in connection with pharmaceutical research. His
cases have been featured on the Discovery Health Channel, CNN,
MSNBC, America’s Most Wanted, and on Home Box Office. He is the
recipient of many awards for his investigations and for his efforts
in encouraging the profession of forensic nursing. Sackman has
lectured at several forensic-related conferences, state police
organizations, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center,
universities, and medical related symposia.
Jerry Schmetterer is an
award-winning print and broadcast journalist. Behind the Murder
Curtain is his sixth nonfiction book. He is a former bureau chief
and editor at the NY Daily News and managing editor at CNN and WPIX
in New York. He served for 12 years as spokesman for the Brooklyn
District Attorney’s Office. He is past president of the NY Press
Club and currently serves as a Trustee. He lives in Manhattan with
his wife, Emily.
Michael Vecchione is a former
Chief of the Rackets Division of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s
Office, topping off a career of 40 years as a prosecutor. Behind the
Murder Curtain is his third nonfiction book. He is a frequent
contributor to true crime television productions as an expert on
organized crime. He lives in Long Island City, NY, with his partner,
Lenor Romano. |
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