When Money, Power and Medicine Meet: Doctors in the Epstein Files

On January 30, 2026 the Department of Justice released a large set of Epstein-related files that include emails, medical records, lab results and images. The material has shown that a small group of clinicians offered V.I.P. medical services that often bypassed ordinary hospital channels and were linked to donations and favors.

One document describes a Mount Sinai plastic surgeon closing a woman’s head wound with 35 stitches while she was on Epstein’s dining room table after an ATV accident. Other messages show that Eva Andersson-Dubin, who founded a breast center, arranged referrals and helped place women at the hospital; Epstein gave money that benefited the center. In Florida, an internist, Dr. Bruce Moskowitz, exchanged texts about treating gonorrhea and suggested the women use an emergency room so reporting rules would be avoided.

These practices raise clear questions about consent, confidentiality and professional duty, especially when patients are young or dependent on a benefactor. If a doctor places a donor’s wishes above a patient’s needs, the balance of care is distorted and medical boards may review the conduct. Ethicists note that gifts, travel and research support can create real conflicts of interest that call for transparency and sanctions where rules were broken.

Mount Sinai has formed a committee to examine its ties to Epstein and to decide any next steps. The public release of these documents has pushed hospitals and regulators to look again at how money and influence reach clinical care, and it has renewed calls for accountability from within the medical profession. Patients who worry about privacy or coercion may now press for clearer protections and for stronger review of clinician conduct.