More Computers Seized: Rutgers Doc Accused Of Filming Women

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — Even more possible evidence has emerged this week in the case of a respected Rutgers cancer doctor accused of filming women in the bathroom at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, as well as hacking into his colleagues' computers at the Cancer Institute.

Dr. James Goydos, 58, who lives in East Brunswick, was charged last month with secretly photographing more than two dozen women as they used the bathroom at Robert Wood Johnson University hospital. In addition, prosecutors say he broke into the offices of four of his colleagues at the Cancer Institute and hacked into their computers.

On March 5, detectives seized ten more computers from the Cancer Institute. They are suspected of also being hacked into by Goydos, and they are currently being examined as possible additional evidence, said a spokeswoman for the Middlesex County prosecutor's office.

The news about these ten additional computers is new this week.

Before he was arrested, Goydos was the Chief of Melanoma and Soft Tissue Oncology at Rutgers and the Cancer Institute. He made $437,500 a year.

As Patch reported last month, Goydos has already been hit with a stunning 160-count indictment. Prosecutors say he set up the cameras inside a bathroom at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital over a two-year period, from April 2016 through March 2018. More than 26 women were captured on camera, identified in the indictment as "Jane Doe 1-26,"and were captured in various states of undress in the bathroom.

Goydos was also charged with dozens of other charges, including computer theft, burglary, official misconduct and invasion of privacy. Prosecutors say he stole personal information from his colleagues, and later tried to impersonate them. It was all part of an elaborate scheme to defraud the Cancer Institute, prosecutors said in the indictment, but did not elaborate.

Goydos remains out of jail pending the outcome of the charges against him. New Jersey no longer has bail and a judge determined the charges against him do not warrant being kept behind bars.

Goydos appeared in Middlesex County court earlier this week; he is next scheduled to appear in court on May 20.

Before he was arrested, Goydos used to be one of the most highly regarded physicians on staff at Rutgers, if not in the entire state. In fact, Goydos not only ran the melanoma treatment program, he also led the first clinical melanoma trial in the state of New Jersey in 1995.

People with melanoma come to the Cancer Institute of New Jersey from all over the United States, seeking treatment from the team of doctors and scientists he led. Some of his work in the field is currently being developed into tumor-fighting cancer drugs to treat skin cancer, breast and prostate cancer.

It Rutgers University that first uncovered his alleged nefarious activities, and reported Goydos to the county prosecutor in 2018. Goydos has since been fired from both Rutgers and the Cancer Institute. He was banned from ever returning to campus, the school said.

Detectives have been investigating Goydos since March of 2018, when Rutgers first brought the allegations to light. Police executed a search warrant at his East Brunswick home on March 30, 2018, and said they found an unlicensed gun in his basement, as well as wiretapping materials.

Listen to Dr. Goydos lecturing on his research below:

Past Patch reporting: Top Rutgers Cancer Surgeon Charged With Filming Women In Bathroom