BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Erie County District Attorney's Office announced that 68-year-old Mark D. Fisher of Kenmore was arraigned in State Supreme Court on an indictment charging him with one count of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of forcible touching.
The district attorney's office said on or about August 13, 2019, Fisher, while working as a physician at the ECMC Outpatient Behavioral Health Center in Depew, allegedly intentionally and forcibly touched the intimate parts of a female patient. In addition, on or about August 14, 2019, Fisher, while working as a physician at the ECMC Outpatient Behavioral Health Center in Buffalo, allegedly intentionally and forcibly touched the intimate parts of a second adult female patient.
Fisher is scheduled to return on November 2 for a pre-trial conference and remains released on his own recognizance.
ECMC released the following statement to 7 News:
"As a result of allegations and subsequent agency investigations, ECMC required Dr. Fisher’s employer University Psychiatric Practice Inc. to remove him from providing services at ECMC facilities and they complied immediately."
