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License Number 35.143985

City Warrendale

State PA

Country United States

Board Action Yes

Board Action Details 01/10/2024 - SUPERSEDING CONSENT AGREEMENT - Superseding Consent Agreement amending prior Board Order transferring the monitoring of probationary supervision from the Board to new approved monitoring organization. Agreement effective 1/10/24. <br/> <br/>09/14//2022 PROBATIONARY REQUEST - Doctor’s request for approval of monitoring physician, granted by vote of the Board on 9/14/22. Frequency and number of chart reviews established as ten charts per month. <br/> <br/>07/13/2022 CONSENT AGREEMENT - .License to practice medicine and surgery reinstated, and subject to probationary terms, conditions and limitations for at least five years. Based on the doctor having completed all the requirements for reinstatement of license pursuant <br/> <br/>04/13/2022 PROBATIONARY REQUEST - Doctor’s request for approval of individual therapy to meet aftercare requirement, and approval of CTS prison program to count toward aftercare requirement, granted by vote of the Board on 4/13/22. <br/> <br/>03/09/2022 PROBATIONARY REQUEST - Doctor’s request for approval of physicians to complete return-to-work assessments., granted by vote of the Board on 3/9/22. <br/> <br/>02/09/2022 PROBATIONARY REQUEST - Request for approval of physician to complete return to work assessment, and approval of drug screen monitoring program, granted by vote of the Board on 2/9/22. <br/> <br/>01/12/2022 PROBATIONARY REQUEST - Doctor’s request for approval of professional ethics course, granted by vote of the Board on 1/12/22.. <br/> <br/>12/08/2021 CONSENT AGREEMENT - License to practice medicine and surgery granted, and immediately suspended for an indefinite period of time, and subject to general probationary requirements, and conditions for reinstatement including entering into a written consent agreement. Based on the doctor’s admission that his history of drug abuse, and his plea of guilty in the United State District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania to felony counts of unlawful dispensing and distributing a Schedule II Controlled Substance, and Health Care Fraud, those acts individually and/or collectively constitute: impairment of ability to practice according to acceptable and prevailing standards of care because of habitual or excessive use or abuse of drugs, alcohol, or other substances that impair ability to practice, and a plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, or a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a felony. Agreement effective 12/8/21. <br/> <br/>09/08/2021 BOARD ORDER - License to practice medicine and surgery revoked. Based on the finding that the doctor’s plea of guilty and conviction in the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania to Unlawful Dispensing and Distributing a Schedule II Controlled Substance, and a prior action by the West Virginia Board of Medicine, which issued a 3/11/2019 Order of Revocation to Practice Medicine and Surgery; individually and/or collectively, constitute: a plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, or a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a felony; and any of the following actions taken by an agency responsible for authorizing, certifying, or regulating an individual to practice a health care occupation or provide health care services in this state or another jurisdiction, for any reason other than the nonpayment of fees: the limitation, revocation, or suspension of an individual's license to practice; acceptance of an individual's license surrender; denial of a license; refusal to renew or reinstate a license; imposition of probation; or issuance of an order of censure or other reprimand. Order effective 9/27/21. <br/> <br/>06/10/2020 CITATION - Based on the doctor’s plea of guilty and conviction in the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania to Unlawful Dispensing and Distributing a Schedule II Controlled Substance, and on the prior action by the West Virginia Board of Medicine, which issued a 3/11/2019 Order of Revocation to Practice Medicine and Surgery; which as alleged individually and/or collectively, constitute: a plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, or a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a felony; and any of the following actions taken by an agency responsible for authorizing, certifying, or regulating an individual to practice a health care occupation or provide health care services in this state or another jurisdiction, for any reason other than the nonpayment of fees: the limitation, revocation, or suspension of an individual's license to practice; acceptance of an individual's license surrender; denial of a license; refusal to renew or reinstate a license; imposition of probation; or issuance of an order of censure or other reprimand. Notice of opportunity for a hearing mailed 6/11/2020.