Dr. Kozhaya Sokhon biography: 13 things about The Woodlands, Texas cardiologist

Dr. Kozhaya Chehade Sokhon is a Texas health care provider accused of inappropriate sexual contact with multiple patients. He worked in different parts of Texas, United States including The Woodlands and Houston.

As a cardiologist, Sokhon specializes in minimally invasive diagnostic and interventional procedures. These include angioplasty, stent placement, cardiac catheterization and other nonsurgical techniques to care for patients with heart disease.

Sokhon is a member of the Harris County Medical Society and the Texas Medical Association and he speaks Arabic, English, French and Spanish. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. Aside from The Woodlands, he has lived in different parts of Texas including Edinburg, Montgomery and Spring.
2. He previously lived in Staten Island, New York, USA.
3. In 1997, he graduated from the Lebanese University of School of Medicine in Hadath, Lebanon.
4. In 2002, he obtained a medical license in New York.
5. From 1999 to 2003, he completed his internal medicine residence at the Zucker School of Medicine in Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, USA.
6. From 2003 to 2006, he completed his cardiovascular disease fellowship at the The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn (SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
7. From 2006 to 2007, he completed his clinical cardiac fellowship at the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
8. From 2007 to 2008, he completed his interventional cardiology fellowship at the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
9. In 2008, he obtained a medical license in Texas.
10. From January 16, 2015 to May 18, 2018, he allegedly received kickbacks from management service organizations SYNRG Partners LLC and Transparity Associates LP in return for ordering laboratory tests from Boston Heart and Little River.
11. On June 28, 2022, he agreed to pay $160,456 to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving illegal kickbacks in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law.
12. In July 2023, he turned 50.
13. On February 2, 2024, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested him at the Adva Cardio Clinic in The Woodlands. He was booked into the Montgomery County Jail in Conroe, Texas and charged with indecent assault by health care provider.