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Showed leon wasnt exactly who he appeared to be. hed been kicked out of residency programs, convicted of attempted cyberstalking and criminal trespassing. and there was another woman from leons past who accused him of abuse, his ex-wife. >> one count of solicitation of capital murder. >> reporter: leon was held without bail. but the judge did set bail for valerie. she was allowed to go home. her sister, angela, was in shock. >> it just was unreal. i couldnt believe that this was happening to my ...

Residency programs, convicted of attempted cyberstalking and criminal trespassing. and there was another woman from leons past who accused him of abuse, his ex-wife. >> one count of solicitation of capital murder. >> reporter: leon was held without bail. but the judge did set bail for valerie. she was allowed to go home. her sister, angela, was in shock. >> it just was unreal. i couldnt believe that this was happening to my sister. the most kind, sweet, loving person. >> reporter: valeries best ...

Revelations about leons past flooded in with every newscast, including nbc affiliate kprc. >> channel 2 investigates is digging up new details. >> reporter: court documents showed leon wasnt exactly who he appeared to be. hed been kicked out of residency programs, convicted of attempted cyberstalking and criminal trespassing. and there was another woman from leons past who accused him of abuse, his ex-wife. >> one count of solicitation of capital murder. >> reporter: leon was held without bail. ...

>> court documents showed leon wasnt exactly who he appeared to be. hed been kicked out of residency programs, convicted of attempted cyberstalking and criminal trespassing. and there was another woman from leons past who accused him of abuse, his ex-wife. >> one count of solicitation of capital murder. >> leon was held without bail. but the judge did set bail for valerie. she was allowed to go home. her sister angela was in shock. >> it just was unreal. i couldnt believe that this was happening...

Tragedy. it would be a waste of talent. as i said, these students really are able to serve our patient populations so well, and right now its not just when the repeal happens, its the uncertainty right now is devastating to their futures. we have fourth year medical students who are going on to their next stage, theyre applying for residency programs, the next stage of strainitrainie theyll be treating patients. those are three to five-year programs. directors have to rank those students and whe...

62,000 and 95,000 primary care and specialty physicians over the next decade as our population grows and ages. so it does sound like the u.s. needs more doctors and this program that you described was helping to fill that void. >> right. exactly. and what youre seeing in recent days, publications have been interviews doctors in rural areas and you know, theyre saying wait, i dont understand whats going to happen to me, whats going to happen to other doctors like me, theyre from these countries l...

Now they are thanking the doctor in training who found a dangerous condition the man thought he was pretending to have. because he is a volunteer for a university of virginia medical student program by having actors pretend they have certain symptoms. the med student discovered his patient was in need of care. >> i go in and the story all seems like it would be an aneurysm and i go and do the exam and i find what seems to be an abdominal aneurysm. >> he thought it was a singer in there to test h...

Payment for performance mandates to practice in a certain way that is essentially cookbook medicine, one size fits all, which to my mind is the antithesis of good patient care. >> i wonder and a lot of americans i think are fearful of where our future doctors are going to come from. what is the mood of those who are now in medical school, just entering their president densecy, about this new world of medicine were entering? >> well, the current round of residents -- by the way, very talented and...

Physicians, cardiologists and other specialists that can meet their demand. so the answer is, its a perfect storm. obviously we have a shortage. >> well, when i was in college, everybody wanted to be a doctor. you could never even get into medical school most people. medical schools still filling up and is it job dissatisfaction post. >> medicine is so exciting as a field. so wonderful as a field. that there is still a growing number of very bright idealistic young men and women who are going in...

>> okay. as i said, i graduated medical school in 1965. i then did a one-year internship of pathology at duke hospital in north carolina. from there, i did a three-year residency in anatomical and clinical pathology, at the state university, down state medical center hospital. following that, i did a one-year internship in forensic pathology with the medical examiner for the state of maryland. after successfully completing the three residency programs, i took my specialty board exams and was cer...