Brian Bowen received a 100-month prison term after a trial conviction and guilty pleas covering crimes against 13 women.
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland-area podiatrist has been sentenced to 100 months in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing 13 female patients during medical examinations and surgical recovery, according to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office.
Brian Bowen, 52, was sentenced Sept. 11 to eight years and four months in prison. He was convicted June 17 of one count of first-degree sexual abuse following a bench trial. He later pleaded guilty to 10 misdemeanor counts of third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of sexual abuse by fraudulent representation. Prosecutors said the 13 convictions correspond to the 13 patients he was charged with abusing.
The case developed over several years after women reported inappropriate contact during treatment at Eastside Foot & Ankle in Northeast Portland. The Portland Police Bureau’s Sex Crimes Unit began investigating in September 2022 after a woman reported that Bowen had sexually abused her during a podiatry examination earlier that year. A second patient later reported a separate incident, and investigators said additional women came forward as the inquiry expanded.
Bowen was initially indicted by a Multnomah County grand jury in December 2023 on four sexual abuse charges involving two patients. Portland police publicly sought information from other patients who may have had similar experiences. By February 2024, police said nine women had reported Bowen and that he faced an expanded set of charges that included first-, second- and third-degree sexual abuse as well as sexual abuse by fraudulent representation.
Additional cases ultimately brought the number of women connected to the convictions to 13. Prosecutors said Bowen abused patients in medical settings during examinations and, in some cases, while patients were recovering from surgery. Authorities described the contact in restrained terms as inappropriate sexual touching. Prosecutors said the conduct could be brief and occur without sexual comments, circumstances that left some patients uncertain about what had happened.
Two of Bowen’s convictions involved Oregon’s sexual abuse by fraudulent representation law, which was enacted in 2023. The law applies when a licensed medical professional subjects a patient to sexual contact while falsely or fraudulently representing that the contact serves a legitimate medical purpose. Prosecutors cited the statute as part of the charges Bowen admitted in his guilty pleas.
Bowen’s criminal case reached a major turning point on June 17, when a judge convicted him of first-degree sexual abuse after a court trial. On July 9, Bowen pleaded guilty to 12 additional charges involving other patients. Those pleas included 10 counts of third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of sexual abuse by fraudulent representation, according to prosecutors.
Deputy District Attorneys Quinn Zemel and Jesse Hoffman prosecuted the case. Portland police detectives David McCormick and Nathan Wollstein investigated. After sentencing, Zemel said patients should be able to feel safe while receiving medical treatment and said Bowen had abused the trust placed in him as a physician while patients were vulnerable.
The criminal case grew from allegations involving a small number of patients into a prosecution covering 13 women. Police had released Bowen’s photograph during the investigation and encouraged other patients to report similar experiences. Authorities did not publicly identify the women in the sentencing announcement, and their names are not included here.
In addition to the 100-month prison sentence, Bowen is required to register as a sex offender and will remain under post-prison supervision for several years, according to the district attorney’s office. Prosecutors described the Sept. 11 sentence as the conclusion of a case that began with patient reports and expanded as more women came forward.
Author note: Last updated September 14, 2026.