Rashid Buttar, Date of Birth

Rashid Buttar

American physician

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1966

Profession: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, anti-vaccine activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Rashid Buttar is an American osteopathic physician from Charlotte, North Carolina.
He is known for his controversial use of chelation therapy for numerous conditions, including autism and cancer.
He has been reprimanded by the North Carolina Medical Board for unethical treatment of patients.He came to public attention in 2009 when he treated a woman named Desiree Jennings, who claimed to lose her ability to walk or talk normally after receiving a flu shot in 2009, with chelation therapy.
He has been criticized for his use of chelation, and for his use of intravenous hydrogen peroxide to treat cancer.In 2007, Buttar was charged by the North Carolina Medical Board with unethical treatment of four cancer patients, resulting in their deaths, after promising them a "100% success rate." The Board banned him from treating children and cancer patients.
He has been sued for fraud.