By Joedy McCreary

Among the thousands of names that show up in the Department of Justice's latest release of records related to Jeffrey Epstein are several physicians.

A review uncovered numerous references to doctors in the more than 3 million pages of documents the federal government made public in late January. Epstein, a millionaire financier, killed himself in a New York jail cell in August 2019, a month after he was indicted on federal sex trafficking charges.

Inclusion in the records does not imply criminal wrongdoing.

Here is a roundup of some of the most prominent physicians whose names appear:

Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA

Oz, a television personality and physician now serving as CMS administrator, and his wife emailed Epstein an invitation to a Valentine's Day party in February 2016 -- 8 years after Epstein pleaded guilty to Florida state charges of soliciting prostitution, including from a minor.

Dean Ornish, MD

Ornish, founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, invited Epstein to be "my personal guest" at an October 2014 event at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

The event honored what would have been the 100th birthday of Swami Satchidananda, a yoga teacher who died in 2002.

In the invitation, Ornish said other panel participants included Oz and Sandra McLanahan, MD, who served for 2 decades as director of stress management for Ornish's research programs.

In an email, Ornish said he met Epstein that April.

"He recognized and approached me and said he was a philanthropist, might be interested in funding my research, wanted to learn more about it and gave me his contact information," Ornish said. "A few months later, I invited him to a lecture I gave at the Lenox Hill Hospital, which I also sent to at least 50 others. He said he'd be out of town and asked if I could meet with him the day before, and I declined. I had no further contact with him and never received any funding from him."

Steven Victor, MD

Victor is a New York City dermatologist and CEO of a stem cell company whose name appears more than 500 times in the Justice Department database.

His name is listed in an earlier version of Epstein's will as one of more than two dozen individuals whose outstanding loans would be forgiven upon Epstein's death. It is not clear if his name remains in the final version Epstein signed in 2019 because 12 of the 22 names listed were redacted.

Many names in the Epstein files are redacted. One that is not is Jean-Luc Brunel, a modeling agent and close Epstein associate who died by suicide in a French jail in 2020 after being charged with the rape of minors.

Emails indicate Victor treated Brunel and communicated with both Brunel and Epstein. In a February 2013 email, Epstein accused Victor of "ignoring your obligation that you agreed to" and urged him to reconsider because "you will leave me with only bad alternaitves [sic]."

Mark Landon, MD

Landon, a gynecologist specializing in high-risk pregnancy and a professor of maternal-fetal medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, is referenced in a memo describing quarterly payments of $25,000 made to him in 2005.

The database also includes invoices for 12 FedEx deliveries to Landon between 2001 and 2004. The contents were not disclosed.

In a statement provided through a medical school spokesperson, Landon said he "did not provide any clinical care for Jeffrey Epstein or any of his victims. I was a paid consultant for the New York Strategy Group regarding potential biotech investments from 2001 to 2005. I had no knowledge of any criminal activities; I find them reprehensible and I feel terrible for Epstein's victims." The spokesperson declined additional comment.

Landon also co-authored research presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting this week in Las Vegas. When asked about Landon's presence at the meeting, a spokesperson for the organization declined comment.

Mark Tramo, MD, PhD

Tramo, an associate adjunct professor of neurology at the University of California Los Angeles, appears more than 1,200 times in the database.

In a March 2010 email exchange that included biographical summaries of two female college students seeking guidance from Tramo, Epstein asked, "are either of these cute." Tramo responded, "we'll see! (you're terrible!)."

In emails, Tramo said he was introduced to Epstein about 25 years ago by a provost at Harvard University because of Tramo's research on music perception. He said he never diagnosed or treated Epstein but was asked for advice about selecting a physician to evaluate a spinal issue.

"We all knew him as a billionaire philanthropist who was interested in and supportive of well-intentioned scientific/medical research that had the potential to benefit humankind," Tramo said in the statement. "I believe the many scientists and physicians who are in the Epstein Files had no idea that he was a psychopath pedophile who was engaged in compulsive sexual behavior."

He also said the matter "has turned into a witch hunt" in which "many innocent scientists and educators are being burned at the stake."

Harry Fisch, MD

Fisch, a urologist and male fertility specialist in New York City, appears more than 400 times in the records, with emails suggesting a friendly relationship.

In a December 2016 email, Fisch thanked Epstein for inviting him to an event with Woody Allen and praised what he described as the "best line of the night" -- which described a woman performing an abortion on herself with a wooden hanger. In the same message, Fisch told Epstein that a urine test showed no evidence of blood.

In an April 2018 text message, Epstein asked Fisch to "call in Stendra 100," referring to the brand name for avanafil, a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor used to treat erectile dysfunction at a common dose of 100 mg.

Peter Attia, MD

Attia, a celebrity physician and longevity influencer, appears more than 1,700 times in the records, as detailed in depth earlier this month.

Some emails contain crude language, and one references what Attia termed "JE withdrawal."

Attia has not responded to requests for comment. In a lengthy X post, he said he did not take part in any criminal activity and that his interactions with Epstein were unrelated to sexual abuse or exploitation.

In the weeks since his name surfaced in the documents, Attia has faced increasing criticism from dozens of physicians.