Coroner unable to determine cause of death for Henderson pediatrician convicted of fraud
The Clark County coroner was unable to determine the cause of Henderson pediatrician Ralph Conti’s death.
Conti, 51, died in December after complications from neck surgery.
Conti was in a weakened state and depressed after his November conviction of defrauding chronically ill patients through an experimental stem cell implant procedure, his lawyer told the Review-Journal last year.
He had been awaiting a February sentencing and faced up to 20 years in prison and maximum fines of $250,000 on each of the fraud counts.
The experimental procedure involved surgically implanting placental tissue in the abdomens of ailing patients. The theory behind the implant was to allow stem cells in the tissue to migrate to damaged areas of the body and repair them..
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