A New York City gastroenterologist was arraigned on Aug. 7 in a 50-count indictment charging him with sexually abusing and raping at least six women, including his own patients.
Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, 33, of Broadway in Astoria, was charged by New York prosecutors with sexually abusing three patients at the prestigious NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital, where he previously worked, and raping three other women in his home located in Queens.