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02-02-2004, 12:17 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The state medical licensure board has launched an investigation of a former Oklahoma radiologist who discussed having sex with underage Cambodian girls on a national television news program.
The board initiated an inquiry after an investigator saw Dr. Jerry Albom on a ``Dateline NBC'' segment on the trafficking of young girls in Cambodia.
Albom, 54, worked in Tulsa for more than 22 years and at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton for about two weeks last year.
``Everybody's disgusted about this. It's sick,'' said Lyle Kelsey, licensure board executive director.
``We're trying to get all the information we can about him and try to decide what, if anything, is most appropriate.''
Albom, who now has a Dallas address and telephone number listed under the name Saul Albom, couldn't be reached Tuesday for comment.
The report, which aired Friday night, included video from a hidden camera that showed Albom talking about how he came to Cambodia to have sex with young girls.
The child-sex trade in the southeast Asian country includes girls as young as 5 and many teenagers, according to the ``Dateline'' report.
Albom appears on a videotape made by the Washington-based International Justice Mission, a human-rights organization that provided the tape to NBC.
``Usually I buy out three girls for 50 bucks. Take 'em for the whole night,'' Albom, believing that he's talking to another sex tourist, said on the videotape.
The doctor also appeared to offer advice on a sex tourist should cover his trail: ``If you have friends who are educated, who read ... they may know this place has a reputation. You don't want to implicate yourself in that. Try to keep a low profile.''
When confronted by ``Dateline,'' Albom admitted going to Cambodia but denied knowingly having sex with any woman younger than 18. When shown the videotape, Albom said he was ``drunk or slipped a pill.''
Randy Segler, chief executive officer at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, said Albom had a 120-day contract to provide radiology services to the hospital last year but left after about two weeks of work.
Albom is a dues-paying member of the Oklahoma State Medical Association and the Tulsa County Medical Society, which also is investigating Albom.
The board initiated an inquiry after an investigator saw Dr. Jerry Albom on a ``Dateline NBC'' segment on the trafficking of young girls in Cambodia.
Albom, 54, worked in Tulsa for more than 22 years and at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton for about two weeks last year.
``Everybody's disgusted about this. It's sick,'' said Lyle Kelsey, licensure board executive director.
``We're trying to get all the information we can about him and try to decide what, if anything, is most appropriate.''
Albom, who now has a Dallas address and telephone number listed under the name Saul Albom, couldn't be reached Tuesday for comment.
The report, which aired Friday night, included video from a hidden camera that showed Albom talking about how he came to Cambodia to have sex with young girls.
The child-sex trade in the southeast Asian country includes girls as young as 5 and many teenagers, according to the ``Dateline'' report.
Albom appears on a videotape made by the Washington-based International Justice Mission, a human-rights organization that provided the tape to NBC.
``Usually I buy out three girls for 50 bucks. Take 'em for the whole night,'' Albom, believing that he's talking to another sex tourist, said on the videotape.
The doctor also appeared to offer advice on a sex tourist should cover his trail: ``If you have friends who are educated, who read ... they may know this place has a reputation. You don't want to implicate yourself in that. Try to keep a low profile.''
When confronted by ``Dateline,'' Albom admitted going to Cambodia but denied knowingly having sex with any woman younger than 18. When shown the videotape, Albom said he was ``drunk or slipped a pill.''
Randy Segler, chief executive officer at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, said Albom had a 120-day contract to provide radiology services to the hospital last year but left after about two weeks of work.
Albom is a dues-paying member of the Oklahoma State Medical Association and the Tulsa County Medical Society, which also is investigating Albom.