“Nobody was listening to me, and I did everything that I should have done,” said a former patient who sued Dr. Mark Mulholland, an OB-GYN in Richland, Washington.
KUOW’s Ashley Hiruko reported that four female patients complained to the state’s medical commission about Mulholland from 2022 through 2024, all describing irregularities in pelvic exams. Because the board waited until September 2025 to restrict Mulholland’s license, he kept practicing — and seeing more patients who would later file complaints.
Mulholland responded to complaints in statements to board investigators denying he had behaved inappropriately. He did not respond to requests for comment for this article after being sent a detailed list of findings by email and by letter. His attorney also declined to comment.
Kyle Karinen, the executive director of the Washington Medical Commission, said the agency wasn’t slow to act and that it must operate under the system lawmakers created. “I acknowledge that sometimes it takes longer than people would like, but we take that process really seriously,” Karinen said.
Watch Hiruko detail her reporting below.
