Doctor accused of sexual violence against patients arrested in St. Tammany Parish

On October 31, 2024By Littum

SLIDELL, La. (WVUE) – A New Orleans-area doctor was arrested Wednesday (Oct. 30) after being accused of sexually assaulting at least two female patients, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Dr. Keith Hickey was charged with sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, battery and simple assault, the agency said.

State medical libraries list Hickey, 63, as a cardiologist practicing primarily in Slidell.

St. The Tammany Sheriff’s office said Hickey is a resident of New Orleans, and an online biography said he graduated from the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine and completed a residency at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.

STPSO said it began investigating Hickey in May after a woman reported her doctor had “touched her inappropriately” during one of her appointments. The woman told detectives that Hickey told her to undress and then “began touching her breast and vaginal area while making inappropriate comments,” the agency said.

During that investigation, STPSO said another woman came forward to report a similar incident with the same doctor.

That woman told detectives that Hickey “made sexual advances on her while trying to lower her pants and put his hands up her shirt” during a medical interview, the agency said. The office said both alleged crimes were committed in St. Tammany Parish.

A warrant for Hickey’s arrest was obtained Wednesday, STPSO said, and the doctor was taken into custody and booked into St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center.

The sheriff’s office said its investigation is ongoing and anyone else who believes they may have been victimized by Hickey should contact investigators at (985) 898-2341.

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