Maurizio Miglietta is a renowned doctor in New York City and New Jersey. He is the honorary surgeon for the NYPD though that is purely honorary. He also claimed he was a practicing surgeon for the US Marshals service. He was also indicted for rape by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
Dr. Miglietta, at the time of his arrest in October 2025, was regional dean and professor of surgery at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem. He has also taught and practiced medicine in several hospitals in New York and New Jersey. He was the chief of the trauma and critical care division at Grossman School of Medicine at NYU. Before that he was co-director of Bellevue’s trauma center and chief of acute care surgery at New York Presbyterian.
He was charged with first-degree rape, first-degree attempted rape, sexual abuse and criminal possession of a firearm. According to his indictment, he invited a woman to his apartment to discuss her “professional goals.” This was apparently a ploy, as he alleged soon straddled her and forced her to fellate him and then he proceeded to sexually assault her. He used a gun to coerce her compliance.
He pleaded not guilty and is out on bail with an electronic monitor. He also claimed that his roles with the police and the US Marshals give him the right to carry a gun. When he was arrested, he told the officers he was a “special agent affiliated with law enforcement.”
- New York Times: Doctor Accused of Using a Gun to Force a Woman Into Sex
- New York Post: Gun-wielding purported NYPD surgeon, Touro professor forced himself on younger woman asking for job advice: prosecutors
- AMNY: Surgery professor accused of raping woman after brandishing firearm in Manhattan apartment
