Tiger Woods' Canadian Doctor Linked to Illegal Performance Enhancing Drugs

As if Tiger Woods needed any more bad publicity, his Canadian doctor is now under criminal investigation for drug violations in both Canada and the U.S. Dr. Tony Galea was arrested in October, and his Toronto clinic was raided by Canadian authorities after he was detained at the U.S. border and found to be in possession of illegal drugs, including human growth hormone (hGH) and Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf's blood that is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Earlier this year, Galea was under scrutinty for a controversial treatment he performed on Woods. He flew to Woods' Windermere, Florida home at the request of his agents to treat him with his platelet-rich plasma injection therapy, a procedure also known as "blood spinning." The process involves spinning blood in a centrifuge and reinjecting it into injured joints in the hopes of accelerating healing.

According to a spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, charges against Galea are expected to be filed on Friday in Toronto. He is being investigated for smuggling, advertising and selling unapproved drugs as well as criminal conspiracy.

According to the Toronto Star, Galea is also now being investigated in the U.S. by the FBI, where he is suspected of providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs. Importing Actovegin, which was found in his medical bag at the border in late September, is illegal in the U.S.

An attorney for Galea told the NY Daily News that he is innocent of any wrongdoing.

Galea, along with Canadian chiropractor Mark Lindsay, runs a Toronto clinic called Affinity Health. They have treated numerous world-class athletes, including Tiger Woods, Chien-Ming Wang, Bill Romanowski, Tim Montgomery, amongst many others.