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License Number 35.070964

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State OH

Country United States

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Board Action Details 12/08/2021 BOARD ORDER - License to practice medicine and surgery permanently revoked, and fined eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00). Based on the doctor’s prior 12/11/19 Consent Agreement, and on the finding that the doctor’s finding of guilt to three counts of Sex Trafficking of a Minor; an additional four counts of Sex Trafficking of a Minor; and one count of Production of Child Pornography, in the United States District Court for the Norther District of Ohio, 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. Order effective 12/09/21. (Journal Entry-No Hearing Requested). <br/> <br/>06/09/2021 CITATION - Based on the doctor’s prior 12/11/19 Consent Agreement, and on allegations that the doctor’s finding of guilt to three counts of Sex Trafficking of a Minor; an additional four counts of Sex Trafficking of a Minor; and one count of Production of Child Pornography, in the United States District Court for the Norther District of Ohio, 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. Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing mailed 6/10/21. <br/> <br/>12/11/2019 CONSENT AGREEMENT - License to practice medicine and surgery indefinitely suspended and subject to general probationary terms, and conditions for reinstatement. Based on the doctor’s admission that when an indictment was filed against him in the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, charging him with four felony counts of Sex Trafficking of a Minor and one felony count of Production of Child Pornography, and based on advice of counsel and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination he declined to provide the Board with certain factual information concerning the criminal matter sought by the Board in the course of its investigation, his actions individually and or collectively constitute a failure to cooperate in an investigation conducted by the board, including failure to comply with a subpoena or order issued by the board or failure to answer truthfully a question presented by the board in an investigative interview, an investigative office conference, at a deposition, or in written interrogatories, except that failure to cooperate with an investigation shall not constitute grounds for discipline under this section if a court of competent jurisdiction has issued an order that either quashes a subpoena or permits the individual to withhold the testimony or evidence in issue. Agreement effective 12/11/2019.