Davenport doctor, a former Genesis executive, charged with sexually abusing children

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - A Davenport doctor and former Genesis executive has been charged with touching young girls.

Police say Dr. Anthony J. Carbone, 65, groped the victims on several occasions in 2023. They were 8 and 14.

Carbone was the chief medical information officer at Genesis up until a month after the alleged abuse took place. According to a spokesman for MercyOne Genesis, Carbone was not treating patients while employed by the healthcare system from June 2016 until March 2023.

It’s not the first time Carbone has been accused of wrongdoing with a child.

Carbone was the subject of a news story in the Kyiv Post in 2006 when he worked for a medical clinic in Ukraine. According to that report, Carbone had been investigated by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for inappropriate sexual contact with a 16-year-old patient who later died of a heroin overdose.

Carbone denied any wrongdoing to the Post and said the incident was being used to smear his name.

According to medical board records reviewed by TV6 Investigates, Carbone was never charged with a crime and voluntarily surrendered his Massachusetts medical license in 2000.

TV6 Investigates reached Carbone by phone on Wednesday. He declined to comment.

The role of chief medical information officers, the position Carbone held at Genesis, varies but typically involves serving as advisors and managing data and information.

Carbone is charged with three felonies: one count of indecent contact with a child, and two counts of lascivious acts with a child.

Carbone posted a $6,000 bond and was released from the Scott County Jail pending his arraignment, scheduled for July 3.