Thursday, May 24, 2012
The rheumatologist, who formerly practiced in Wexford, was led away in handcuffs after sentencing.
Dr. Thomas Tyma was led away from court in handcuffs this morning after a judge sentenced him to 60 days in jail, a year of house arrest and six years of probation for touching former female patients inappropriately. Common Pleas Court Judge Donna Jo McDaniel pronounced the sentence after hearing testimony from Tyma's family and three female victims. In March, McDaniel found Tyma guilty of 17 counts of indecent assault and 16 counts of harassment on women who were examined at Allegheny North Arthritis Center in Wexford, UPMC Passavant and Jameson South in New Castle, Lawrence County. Most of the women testified that he had touched their breasts inappropriately, sometimes asking if they had had a breast exam recently. Tyma's attorney, …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Seventeen women testied against the Wexford rheumatologist during the trial in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court.
After spending the morning testifying that he would never touch a patient inappropriately, Dr. Thomas Tyma was found guilty Monday of indecent assault on 17 women who were his rheumatology patients. Common Pleas Court Judge Donna Jo McDaniel found Tyma guilty of 17 counts of indecent assault and 16 counts of harassment on women who were examined at Allegheny North Arthritis Center in Wexford and Jameson South in New Castle, Lawrence County. She ordered a pre-sentencing report that includes a Mercy Behavioral Health examination before his sentencing May 24. She also ordered Tyma to have no contact with any of the victims. When McDaniel announced her decision, victims who had testified against Tyma during the trial gave short cheer in the …
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
In the first two days of the trial, 17 former female patients testified that the Wexford doctor touched them inappropriately.
Two rheumatologists testifying Wednesday as expert witnesses said Dr. Thomas Tyma's exams of female patients were appropriate, but one of the experts based that opinion only on the Wexford doctor's clinical notes. When Dr. Chester Oddis was asked about descriptions in testimony from 17 former female patients who said Tyma touched their breasts and buttocks inappropriately, he said those exams were not appropriate. Tyma faces 17 indecent assault charges and 16 harassment charges, based on reports from women who were examined by Tyma at Allegheny North Arthritis Center in Wexford and Jameson South in New Castle. Tyma will take the stand Monday when the nonjury trial before Common Pleas Court Judge Donna Jo McDaniel resumes. Oddis, a …
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Thirteen former patients testified Monday against Dr. Thomas Tyma.
Although the prosecution and defense were ready to proceed Tuesday morning, the second day of Dr. Thomas Tyma's nonjury trial was postponed because of scheduling issues. Common Pleas Court Judge Donna Jo McDaniel postponed the trial because she was presiding over a jury trial in a different case. Thirteen former patients of the 54-year-old rheumatologist testified Monday that he touched them inappropriately during medical exams. Four more women were scheduled to take the stand Tuesday. Tyma, who practiced at Allegheny North Arthritis Center in Wexford and Jameson South in New Castle, is charged with indecent assault and harassment. He lives in Sewickley.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Rheumatologist who practiced in Wexford faces multiple charges of indecent assault and harassment.
Thirteen former patients of a Wexford rheumatologist took the stand Monday to testify that he touched them inappropriately during medical exams. Dr. Thomas Tyma, 54, who lives in Sewickley, is on trial for 18 counts of indecent assault and harassment in a non-jury trial before Common Pleas Court Judge Donna Jo McDaniel. Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Digiovanni called 13 women to testify; more will speak Tuesday when the trial resumes at 9:30 a.m. One after another, they said Tyma fondled them when they were left alone in the examination room with him at Allegheny North Arthritis Center in Wexford or Jameson South in New Castle. The women are not identified because they are alleged victims of sexual assault. Many said they were …
Monday, January 9, 2012
Twenty-one women testified against Dr. Thomas Tyma in preliminary hearings.
The trial of Dr. Thomas Tyma, a Wexford rheumatologist charged with improperly touching 21 female patients, has been postponed until March 12. Tyma has pleaded not guilty to charges of indecent assault and harassment. The trial originally was set for today. The case will be tried in the courtroom of President Judge Donna Jo McDaniel in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Northern Regional, McCandless and New Castle police departments filed the charges against the 54-year-old doctor, who lives in Sewickley. He previously practiced at Allegheny North Arthritis Center in Wexford. The women are not identified because they are alleged victims of sexual assault.
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Latest case against rheumatologist brings to 21 the number of women who have testified against him.
A former patient of Dr. Thomas Tyma testified Friday that the rheumatologist groped her during an office visit at Jameson Hospital South Campus in New Castle. The New Castle woman was the 21st female patient to testify against the doctor this year in the courtroom of Magisterial District Judge Regis Welsh Jr., who ordered the doctor to stand trial on the charges of indecent assault and harassment. Tyma has pleaded not guilty. The court case was transferred from Lawrence County to Allegheny County, where Tyma already is scheduled for a Jan. 9 trial on multiple charges of indecent assault and harassment in the Court of Common Pleas. Northern Regional, McCandless and New Castle police departments filed the cases against the 54-year-old doctor…
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Preliminary hearing set for June 24.
Dr. Thomas Tyma is scheduled for a June 24 preliminary hearing on new charges of indecent assault and harassment that were filed last week with Northern Regional Police Department. The 54-year-old rheumatologist, who formerly practiced at Allegheny North Arthritis Center in Wexford, has been accused of touching female patients inappropriately during examinations, according to police reports. Altogether, the Sewickley resident is facing 21 charges of indecent assault and 20 charges of harassment in several cases in Allegheny and Lawrence counties. In previous preliminary hearings, Tyma pleaded not guilty, and his attorney, Stanton D. Levenson, argued that the doctor was doing routine rheumatological examinations. The women are not …
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Female patients accuse rheumatologist of inappropriately touching their breasts.
Dr. Thomas Tyma, the Wexford rheumatologist who has been charged with inappropriately touching female patients, faced his 18th accuser Wednesday at a preliminary hearing. The woman testified that Tyma briefly touched her left breast as he finished up an examination while she was in UPMC Passavant Hospital -- McCandless last year. Magisterial District Judge William Wagner ordered Tyma to stand trial on the indecent assault charge, sending the case to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. A formal arraignment is set for June 1. Tyma, 54, of Sewickley has pleaded not guilty. His attorney, Stanton D. Levenson, asked the judge to dismiss the charges, saying the state had not proven impropriety because it did not call a medical expert to …
Friday, April 8, 2011
Altogether 17 women have testified that the Wexford rheumatologist touched them inappropriately.
Two more women testified Friday that Dr. Thomas Tyma touched them inappropriately during examinations, bringing to 17 the number of women who have testified against the Wexford rheumatologist. After a half hour of testimony and arguments, Magisterial District Judge Regis Welsh Jr. ordered Tyma to stand trial in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. A formal arraignment is scheduled for May 26. Friday's preliminary hearing brought to three the number of hearings over which Welsh has presided since January regarding the 54-year-old doctor, who is a Sewickley resident. The women are not identified because they are alleged victims of sexual assault. Tyma is charged with indecent assault and harassment in each of the cases; he has pleaded …
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11:25 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
Someone said it best re: Karma. I had this clown as my "supervising" resident in SUSB back in the eighties. I recall a case where a patient had a near fatal case of diabetic coma. As a second year resident, I asked for his supervision in this complex case. Rather than help, he became irritated and snorted how I should be handling the case with no help from him at all. I reminded him that Stony … more ›