After Collin County issued a warrant for Dr. Karthik Sampath in December, the UTSW-trained physician was booked into Collin County jail on Feb. 13. He previously failed multiple times to appear before the judge since being charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) in December of 2024.
Court records indicate that this is the third time he has been arrested for DWI, which is a third-degree felony and could spell two to 10 years in prison, up to $10,000 in fines, and license suspension of up to two years. Last fall, D CEO Healthcare reported that the Texas Medical Board revoked his physician license after he was accused of using racial slurs at a restaurant in Plano.
Records also show that Sampath failed to appear before the Collin County judge on Feb. 9, forfeiting his bond and resulting in an arrest warrant. Sampath appeared in court on Halloween last year, when records indicate he was instructed to be timely for his trial date to remain in compliance with his bond conditions, after failing to appear the day before on Oct. 30.
Sampath’s latest legal trouble arrived at the end of a long downward spiral from what once appeared to be a promising career. After he lost his arm in a motorcycle accident during medical school, an online biography said he went on to become a physical medicine and rehab (PM&R) physician, which is the kind of doctor with whom he would have worked as he recovered from his crash…