Tiger Woods' doctor Anthony Galea Under Investigation

The Canadian doctor Anthony Galea is under criminal investigation for being suspected of providing performance-enhancing drugs. He is a world-renowned doctor, who has treated golfer Tiger Woods.

The New York Times reported on its Web site Monday night that Dr. Anthony Galea was arrested Oct. 15 in Toronto by Canadian police. He was found with illegal drugs, including human growth hormone(HGH) and Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf's blood which is closely monitored by the World Anti-Doping Agency, in his bag at the U.S.-Canada border in late September.

Using, selling or importing Actovegin is illegal in the United States.

The Buffalo office of  the FBI is investigating Dr. Anthony Galea based in part on medical records found on his computer relating to several professional athletes, people briefed on the inquiry told the Times on condition of anonymity because they did not want to be identified discussing a continuing investigation.

The anonymous sources did not disclose the names of the athletes, and Galea told the newspaper "it would be impossible" for investigators to have found material linking his athletes to performance-enhancing drugs.

According to the newspaper, Galea has developed a blood-spinning technique – platelet-rich plasma therapy – to help speed post-surgery recovery, which may be connected with the controversial medical procedure on Tiger Woods. It is reported, Galea visited Woods' home in Florida at least four times in February and March, to provide that platelet therapy after his agents were concerned by his slow recovery from June 2008 knee surgery.

Mark Steinberg told the newspaper about Woods' involvement with Galea in an e-mail: "I would really ask that you guys don't write this? If Tiger is NOT implicate, and won't be, let's please give the kid a break."

"Dr. Galea was never engaged in any wrongdoing or any impropriety," Greenspan said. "Not only does he have a reputation that is impeccable, he is a person at the every top of his profession."

Galea told the newspaper he never gave any athletes HGH, which is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. And Galea told the Times he has never combined HGH or Actovegin with his platelet treatments.

"All these athletes come see me in Canada cause I fix them, and I think people just assume that I'm giving them stuff," he told the newspaper. "They don't have to come to me to get HGH and steroids. You can walk into your local gym in New York and get HGH."

Galea is also being investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for smuggling, advertising and selling unapproved drugs as well as criminal conspiracy, the Times reported.