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probation consecutive to existing order (Case No. 800-2019-057074)", "probation_months": 24, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 3, "costs": 5677, "effective_date": "2025-02-28", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "probation violation — positive alcohol test and missed testing" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2029-07-19", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "biological fluid testing", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-03-21-G54273", "name": "MILLS, DONALD FREDRIC", "license": "G 54273", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Irvine, CA", "volume": "171", "window": "January–March 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol171.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250327%5cDMRAAAJD6%5c&did=AAAJD250327215948494.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "cause for action under B&P Code §822 — condition affecting ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Surrender — no admissions", "outcome": "Surrender of License", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-03-21", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice (§822)" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None — surrender without admissions", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 822 (as printed)" ], "obligations": [], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-03-03-A143529", "name": "MULTANI, KANWAR BIR VARINDER JEET SINGH, M.D.", "license": "A 143529", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Yuba City, CA", "volume": "171", "window": "January–March 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol171.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250304%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD250304164910602.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of wet reckless driving", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "failed to timely report the misdemeanor conviction", "failed to comply with terms of Board-ordered probation by failing to obey all laws" ], "route": "Decision with findings (printed as committed acts, not \"no admissions\")", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 10, "costs": 16877.75, "effective_date": "2025-03-03", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "failure to report conviction", "probation violation" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed — findings", "anticipated_end": "2030-03-02", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "biological fluid testing", "40 hours community service", "education course", "ethics course", "psychotherapy", "practice monitor", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-03-25-G56265", "name": "REEVES, CODY", "license": "G 56265", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Nevada City, CA", "volume": "171", "window": "January–March 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol171.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250313%5cDMRAAAJD4%5c&did=AAAJD250313221342882.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "using alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "Decision with findings (printed as convicted/committed, not \"no admissions\") — likely default or contested; route to be confirmed on second read", "outcome": "REVOKED (outright)", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-03-25", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "resolution route not printed in the register", "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed — findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "OUTLIER FOR SECOND READ: an outright revocation on a single .08% conviction with no other count printed. Default decisions (respondent did not appear) commonly produce revocation; the Board summary does not say. This record must not enter any comparison until route is established from the document." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-03-28-A96968", "name": "ROMIG, CHRISTOPHER BRENT, M.D.", "license": "A 96968", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Irvine, CA", "volume": "171", "window": "January–March 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol171.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250228%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD250228153750966.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "violating statutes regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances", "gross negligence and repeated negligent acts in the care and treatment of multiple patients" ], "route": "Stipulated settlement — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 9, "costs": 39950, "effective_date": "2025-03-28", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol — ambiguous (\"drugs and/or alcohol\")", "controlled substances statutes", "quality of care" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2028-03-27", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "medical record keeping course", "ethics course", "no solo practice", "notification of employer", "notification to required parties" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-03-14-A133207", "name": "ROSE, CHADRON, M.D.", "license": "A 133207", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Santa Maria, CA", "volume": "171", "window": "January–March 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol171.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250213%5cDMRAAAJD4%5c&did=AAAJD250213224627426.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated settlement — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 11, "costs": 35218.63, "effective_date": "2025-03-14", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol — ambiguous (\"drugs and/or alcohol\")", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2030-03-13", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "notification to patients of probation status", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "psychotherapy", "no solo practice", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-01-23-A108537", "name": "ROY, PRISCILLIA", "license": "A 108537", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Long Beach, CA", "volume": "171", "window": "January–March 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol171.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250116%5cDMRAAAJD6%5c&did=AAAJD250117000356494.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Surrender — no admissions", "outcome": "Surrender of License", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-01-23", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None — surrender without admissions", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-03-04-A201478", "name": "TRAN, NANCY KIEU DIEM, M.D.", "license": "A 201478", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "New Orleans, LA", "volume": "171", "window": "January–March 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol171.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250306%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD250306152737182.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more" ], "route": "INITIAL APPLICANT — probationary license (different burden allocation; not comparable with licensee discipline)", "outcome": "Probationary license issued; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 9, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-03-04", "comparison_class": "APPLICANT — NOT COMPARABLE TO EXISTING-LICENCE DISCIPLINE", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Basis for probationary licence as printed", "anticipated_end": "2030-03-03", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "psychotherapy", "notification to required parties", "notification of employer", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-10-11-A67930", "name": "BAGGE, LYNN ANN, M.D.", "license": "A 67930", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Sacramento, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240916%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD240916151222247.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "unprofessional conduct", "convicted of VC 23152(b) — driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "Decision with findings (\"Committed acts of\")", "outcome": "PUBLIC REPRIMAND", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 1, "costs": 11645, "effective_date": "2024-10-11", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed — findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "proof of course completions" ], "notes": "KEY COMPARATOR — a straight VC 23152(b) .08% conviction with findings, resolved by public reprimand and no probation." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-11-22-A81140", "name": "VOTH, MARCUS THEODORE, M.D.", "license": "A 81140", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Riverside, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20241025%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD241025152433354.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of VC 23103(a) — wet reckless", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions (\"Admitted to\")", "outcome": "PUBLIC REPRIMAND", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 1, "costs": 18603.25, "effective_date": "2024-11-22", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "ethics course" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-11-22-A95638", "name": "PAPPOE, AKHENATON ALLOTEI, M.D.", "license": "A 95638", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Pomona, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20241122%5cDMRAAAJD3%5c&did=AAAJD241122213947670.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "conviction of Vehicle Code section 23103.5 — wet reckless driving" ], "route": "Public letter of reprimand under BPC 2233", "outcome": "PUBLIC LETTER OF REPRIMAND (BPC 2233)", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-11-22", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Basis as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 2233" ], "obligations": [], "notes": "LIGHTEST OUTCOME IN THE DATASET — a wet-reckless conviction and nothing else, resolved by letter of reprimand with no costs stated." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-11-01-C146992", "name": "ZOLCIK, WOJCIECH, M.D.", "license": "C 146992", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Denver, CO", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20241004%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD241004152819136.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more" ], "route": "Decision with findings (\"Committed acts of\")", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 5, "costs": 9000, "effective_date": "2024-11-01", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed — findings", "anticipated_end": "2027-10-31", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "biological fluid testing", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "PAIRED COMPARATOR to BAGGE — same charge pattern as printed (.08% conviction plus the dangerous-use allegation), same route (findings), 12 days apart. Bagge: reprimand, no probation, $11,645. Zolcik: three years’ probation with abstention and testing, $9,000. This pair is the sharpest documented variation in the dataset and the first thing second read must examine." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-12-19-C146610", "name": "KOLAKOWSKI, STEPHEN, M.D.", "license": "C 146610", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Folsom, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20241119%5cDMRAAAJD3%5c&did=AAAJD241119204922664.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more AND having a blood alcohol content greater than .20 percent", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 35, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 7, "costs": 18433.25, "effective_date": "2024-12-19", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2027-11-18", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "notification to required parties" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-10-18-A120228", "name": "SRINIVASAN, SARANYA, M.D.", "license": "A 120228", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Los Angeles, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240920%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD240920214155645.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "having a condition affecting her ability to practice medicine safely", "unprofessional conduct", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 15, "costs": 16878.88, "effective_date": "2024-10-18", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": "2029-10-17", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "notification to patients of probation status", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "ethics course", "psychiatric and/or substance abuse evaluation", "psychotherapy", "medical evaluation and treatment", "no solo practice", "clinical diagnostic evaluation (satisfied)", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "Same .08% conviction as Bagge and Zolcik, but with an admitted condition affecting ability to practice — and the burden jumps to 15 obligations including patient notification. A candidate explanation for the variation, to be tested on second read." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-12-12-G78702", "name": "PAULE, PETRA", "license": "G 78702", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Fullerton, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20241206%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD241206151654453.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of Vehicle Code section 23152(a)", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct", "having a condition affecting ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Surrender — no admissions", "outcome": "Surrender of License", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-12-12", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None — surrender without admissions", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-10-04-A140135", "name": "AHMAD, OWAIS, M.D.", "license": "A 140135", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Imperial, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240905%5cDMRAAAJD9%5c&did=AAAJD240905224124470.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of battery and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 48, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 9, "costs": 16818.75, "effective_date": "2024-10-04", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "criminal conviction (battery, disorderly conduct)", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2028-10-30", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "notification to patients of probation status", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "psychotherapy", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "notification to required parties" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-12-18-A79030", "name": "BARME, GREGORY ADAM, M.D.", "license": "A 79030", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Berkeley, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20241120%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD241120190039989.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "prescribing without an appropriate prior medical examination or indication", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 15, "costs": 13790, "effective_date": "2024-12-18", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice", "prescribing" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2029-12-17", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "controlled-substance prescribing restricted to Schedules III–V", "controlled substance log", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "prescribing practices course", "ethics course", "psychotherapy", "practice monitor", "psychiatric/substance abuse evaluation", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-10-04-A97086", "name": "BARENG, ROBIN KEONI, M.D.", "license": "A 97086", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Layton, UT", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240906%5cDMRAAAJD12%5c&did=AAAJD240906214346184.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 10, "costs": 33953.5, "effective_date": "2024-10-04", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice", "substance-related terms imposed" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2027-10-03", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "biological fluid testing", "psychiatric evaluation", "psychotherapy", "medical evaluation and treatment", "practice monitor", "no solo practice", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "Charged only with a condition affecting ability to practice, yet the order imposes full alcohol and controlled-substance abstention with testing. Included as a substance-related candidate; the alcohol nexus is inferred from the terms, not from the charge, and is flagged as such." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-11-27-A69353", "name": "PALACIOS, JORGE LUIS, M.D.", "license": "A 69353", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Clovis, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20241101%5cDMRAAAJD4%5c&did=AAAJD241101213451318.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "dishonest or corrupt acts", "self-administering drugs or using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "violating statutes regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances", "creating false medical records with fraudulent intent", "failure to maintain adequate and accurate medical records" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 84, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 14, "costs": 53990.75, "effective_date": "2024-11-27", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "substance self-administration", "dishonesty", "controlled substances", "recordkeeping" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2031-11-26", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "notification to patients of probation status", "controlled-substance prescribing restricted to Schedules III–V", "controlled substance log", "abstain from controlled substances", "medical record keeping course", "ethics course", "psychiatric evaluation", "clinical diagnostic evaluation (satisfied)", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-12-26-A83268", "name": "WANG, SCOTT ANTHONY, M.D.", "license": "A 83268", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Porter Ranch, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250107%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD250107170708584.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "failing to comply with a Board-ordered examination", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "violating statutes regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation WITH interim order of suspension", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 14, "costs": 49353, "effective_date": "2024-12-26", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice", "controlled substances", "failure to comply with Board examination" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2029-12-24", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "interim order of suspension pending neurological examination, neuropsychological testing and neuroimaging, and a fitness determination", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "education course", "psychiatric evaluation before practising", "psychotherapy", "medical evaluation and treatment before practising", "no solo practice", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "HEAVIEST BURDEN IN THE DATASET — the only order carrying an interim suspension conditioned on neurological and neuropsychological work-up before practice may resume." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-10-07-C199412", "name": "LIN, VICTOR, M.D.", "license": "C 199412", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "San Diego, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20241007%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD241007214902538.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "INITIAL APPLICANT — probationary licence (different burden allocation; not comparable with licensee discipline)", "outcome": "Probationary license issued; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 10, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-10-07", "comparison_class": "APPLICANT — NOT COMPARABLE TO EXISTING-LICENCE DISCIPLINE", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Committed act as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "psychotherapy", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs", "no practice in a residence except licensed facilities" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-10-07-A199413", "name": "RESENDEZ, JUAN VALENTE JR, M.D.", "license": "A 199413", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Los Angeles, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20241007%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD241007214940100.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "dishonest or corrupt acts", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "INITIAL APPLICANT — probationary licence", "outcome": "Probationary license issued; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 12, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-10-07", "comparison_class": "APPLICANT — NOT COMPARABLE TO EXISTING-LICENCE DISCIPLINE", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "dishonesty" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Committed acts as printed", "anticipated_end": "2029-10-06", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "ethics course", "clinical diagnostic evaluation before practising", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "psychotherapy", "notification of employer", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs", "no practice in a residence except licensed facilities" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-10-01-A31655", "name": "NURANI, NICK SALIM", "license": "A 31655", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "El Cajon, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240924%5cDMRAAAJD5%5c&did=AAAJD240924215756037.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his/her ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Surrender — no admissions", "outcome": "Surrender of License", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-10-01", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None — surrender without admissions", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "No alcohol or substance count charged. Included only as a boundary case for the condition-affecting-ability category and excluded from alcohol comparisons." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-12-16-A66649", "name": "POLAK, CLARA LUCY", "license": "A 66649", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "National City, CA", "volume": "170", "window": "1 October – 31 December 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol170.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20241210%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD241210151628642.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his/her ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Surrender — no admissions", "outcome": "Surrender of License", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-12-16", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None — surrender without admissions", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "Same boundary treatment as Nurani — no substance count charged; excluded from alcohol comparisons." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-05-30-A165631", "name": "ALHASSAN, JAMIL, M.D.", "license": "A 165631", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Nogales, AZ", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240530%5cDMRAAAJD6%5c&did=AAAJD240530210040743.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted on 30 January 2023 for DUI in Pennsylvania" ], "route": "Public letter of reprimand under BPC 2233", "outcome": "PUBLIC LETTER OF REPRIMAND (BPC 2233)", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-05-30", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Basis as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 2233" ], "obligations": [], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-06-03-A120917", "name": "DEKERMENJIAN, RONY, M.D.", "license": "A 120917", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Newport Beach, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240604%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD240604153612844.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of Vehicle Code section 23152(b) — DUI Alcohol/0.08%" ], "route": "Public letter of reprimand under BPC 2233", "outcome": "PUBLIC LETTER OF REPRIMAND (BPC 2233)", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-06-03", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Basis as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 2233" ], "obligations": [], "notes": "CONVICTION-ONLY REPRIMAND — the conviction is the only count printed; no dangerous-use allegation appears." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-05-24-G78570", "name": "FRENCH, ERICK S, M.D.", "license": "G 78570", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Petaluma, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240528%5cDMRAAAJD6%5c&did=AAAJD240528213221847.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of Vehicle Code section 23152(b) — DUI Alcohol/0.08%" ], "route": "Public letter of reprimand under BPC 2233", "outcome": "PUBLIC LETTER OF REPRIMAND (BPC 2233)", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-05-24", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Basis as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 2233" ], "obligations": [], "notes": "CONVICTION-ONLY REPRIMAND — identical printed basis to Dekermenjian and Holzner." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-04-25-G45314", "name": "HOLZNER, CHARLES MIKLOS, M.D.", "license": "G 45314", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Whittier, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240426%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD240426211134536.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of Vehicle Code section 23152(b) — DUI Alcohol/0.08%" ], "route": "Public letter of reprimand under BPC 2233", "outcome": "PUBLIC LETTER OF REPRIMAND (BPC 2233)", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-04-25", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Basis as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 2233" ], "obligations": [], "notes": "CONVICTION-ONLY REPRIMAND — third of four with the same printed basis in one window." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-04-25-A166033", "name": "JOSHI, RHUCHA, M.D.", "license": "A 166033", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Garden Grove, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240426%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD240426211153300.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of Vehicle Code sections 23152(a) and 23152(b) — DUI Alcohol/0.08%" ], "route": "Public letter of reprimand under BPC 2233", "outcome": "PUBLIC LETTER OF REPRIMAND (BPC 2233)", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-04-25", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Basis as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 2233" ], "obligations": [], "notes": "TWO DUI counts, still a letter of reprimand — count multiplicity within the conviction did not change the outcome." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-08-20-A156572", "name": "CHOI, KEVIN JAE, M.D.", "license": "A 156572", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Los Angeles, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240820%5cDMRAAAJD10%5c&did=AAAJD240820220945048.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of Vehicle Code sections 23103–23103.5 — wet reckless driving", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "Public letter of reprimand under BPC 2233", "outcome": "PUBLIC LETTER OF REPRIMAND (BPC 2233)", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-08-20", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Basis as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 2233" ], "obligations": [], "notes": "IMPORTANT — carries the dangerous-use allegation AND still resolved by letter of reprimand. This is the record that weakens the charge-composition hypothesis." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-04-10-A122914", "name": "CHATHA, GURINDER P, M.D.", "license": "A 122914", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Bakersfield, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240313%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD240313160221763.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions (\"Admitted to\")", "outcome": "PUBLIC REPRIMAND", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": 22405.75, "effective_date": "2024-04-10", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "PAIRS WITH AMMERMAN — near-identical printed charge set (conviction + dangerous use + unprofessional conduct). Chatha: public reprimand, $22,405.75. Ammerman: SURRENDER OF LICENCE." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-05-21-G54409", "name": "AMMERMAN, SETH DAVID", "license": "G 54409", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Healdsburg, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240514%5cDMRAAAJD9%5c&did=AAAJD240514204653272.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "SURRENDER OF LICENSE", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-05-21", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None — surrender without admissions", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "PAIRS WITH CHATHA — the same three printed counts produced a surrender here and a public reprimand there, six weeks apart." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-07-08-A76347", "name": "KAPADIA, POONAM BRIJ, M.D.", "license": "A 76347", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Los Gatos, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240607%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD240607203232138.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more with the enhancement of driving with a blood alcohol content in excess of .15%" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 8, "costs": 13656.25, "effective_date": "2024-07-08", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from alcohol", "abstain from controlled substances", "biological fluid testing", "40 hours community service", "ethics course", "psychiatric evaluation", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-07-31-A102800", "name": "DANISHWAR, JAMILA, M.D.", "license": "A 102800", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "San Diego, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240701%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD240701181751934.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "admitting to having a condition affecting her ability to practice medicine safely", "convicted of one FELONY count of driving under the influence of alcohol causing bodily injury", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "violating statutes regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Decision with findings (\"Committed acts of\")", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation with 60 days actual suspension", "probation_months": 96, "actual_suspension_days": 60, "obligations_count": 16, "costs": 54398.22, "effective_date": "2024-07-31", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice", "controlled substances" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed — findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "60 days actual suspension (satisfied)", "notification to patients of probation status", "controlled substance log", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "prescribing practices course", "ethics course", "psychotherapy", "medical evaluation and treatment", "no solo practice", "clinical diagnostic evaluation before practising", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "notification to required parties" ], "notes": "THE SEVERITY ANCHOR — the only felony DUI in the dataset, the only one with bodily injury to another person, and the longest probation (eight years) with an actual suspension. It is what the light end must be measured against." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-09-12-G66371", "name": "ABDOU, WAFIK ANDREW, M.D.", "license": "G 66371", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Bakersfield, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240813%5cDMRAAAJD9%5c&did=AAAJD240813213606478.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 7, "costs": 14744.8, "effective_date": "2024-09-12", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice", "substance-related terms imposed" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "psychotherapy", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "Charged only with a condition affecting ability; alcohol nexus inferred from the abstention and testing terms, not from the charge." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-05-31-A158475", "name": "FULLER, TOVA FRANI, M.D.", "license": "A 158475", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "San Francisco, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240503%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD240503204546511.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting her ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 4, "costs": 28402.75, "effective_date": "2024-05-31", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice", "substance-related terms imposed" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "psychotherapy", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "Same pattern as Abdou and Bareng — condition charge only, substance terms imposed." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-05-10-A63030", "name": "HOU, DENNIS, M.D.", "license": "A 63030", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "San Carlos, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240412%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD240412201537532.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "failing to comply with terms of Board-ordered probation by testing positive for alcohol", "failing to check in for and submit to biological fluid testing", "failing to comply with the Violation of Probation Condition for Substance Abusing Licensees" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; one year additional probation consecutive to Case No. 800-2018-044104", "probation_months": 12, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 1, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-05-10", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "probation violation — positive alcohol test and missed testing" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "existing probation extended" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-03-20-G83125", "name": "LAPSCHIES, BRANDT KLAUS, M.D.", "license": "G 83125", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Temecula, CA", "volume": "169", "window": "April 2024 – September 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol169.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240320%5cDMRAAAJD4%5c&did=AAAJD240320200241238.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "has a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "committed acts of unprofessional conduct and incompetence", "used drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "INITIAL APPLICANT — probationary licence (different burden allocation; not comparable with licensee discipline)", "outcome": "Probationary license issued; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 5, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-03-20", "comparison_class": "APPLICANT — NOT COMPARABLE TO EXISTING-LICENCE DISCIPLINE", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice", "incompetence" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "clinical diagnostic evaluation before practising", "medical record keeping course before practising", "written examination before practising", "UCSD Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine course before practising", "education course before practising" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-01-05-A155288", "name": "ALVAREZ, JOHN NATHANIEL", "license": "A 155288", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Fullerton, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231207%5cDMRAAAJD4%5c&did=AAAJD231207214854157.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 5, "costs": 10045, "effective_date": "2024-01-05", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "biological fluid testing", "ethics course", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "THE THIRD MEMBER OF THE CHATHA/AMMERMAN SET — the same three printed counts. Chatha: public reprimand. Ammerman: surrender. Alvarez: three years’ probation." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-01-12-A134320", "name": "DIAMOND, DANIEL MICHAEL, M.D.", "license": "A 134320", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Irvine, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231214%5cDMRAAAJD7%5c&did=AAAJD231214212455984.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 10, "costs": 20070, "effective_date": "2024-01-12", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "ethics course", "psychiatric evaluation", "psychotherapy", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "Alcoholics Anonymous meetings", "worksite monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "ADMITTED the same counts Chatha admitted — and received five years’ probation with ten obligations where Chatha received a public reprimand." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-03-18-G31346", "name": "GENSTLER, PAULALAN EARL", "license": "G 31346", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Carmel, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240313%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD240313160028958.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions", "outcome": "SURRENDER OF LICENSE", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-03-18", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-02-08-A60882", "name": "SOLIS, MICHAEL T, M.D.", "license": "A 60882", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Visalia, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240109%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD240109214959483.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of TWO misdemeanor counts of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 48, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 7, "costs": 14400, "effective_date": "2024-02-08", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "clinical diagnostic evaluation before practising", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor" ], "notes": "THE REPEAT-OFFENCE TEST — two separate .08% convictions drew four years’ probation with seven obligations. Single convictions in the same corpus drew letters of reprimand imposing nothing." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-02-23-A62927", "name": "WETTERAU, LAWRENCE ALLEN, M.D.", "license": "A 62927", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Arcadia, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240129%5cDMRAAAJD5%5c&did=AAAJD240130011804378.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more with a sentencing enhancement for having a blood alcohol content of .15% or greater", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 48, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 11, "costs": 5758, "effective_date": "2024-02-23", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "education course", "ethics course", "psychiatric evaluation", "psychotherapy", "practice monitor", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor" ], "notes": "COSTS DO NOT TRACK SEVERITY — eleven obligations and four years’ probation on $5,758 in costs, against $22,406 for a public reprimand with none." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-03-13-A67730", "name": "WHITFIELD, JONATHAN JUDE, M.D.", "license": "A 67730", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Encino, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240212%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD240212233541130.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 48, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 9, "costs": 14400.5, "effective_date": "2024-03-13", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "waived the right to seek early termination of probation", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "psychotherapy", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "The only record in which the physician is printed as having WAIVED the right to seek early termination — a term the register shows nowhere else." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-03-21-A163151", "name": "FARRELL, DEACON EMMET, M.D.", "license": "A 163151", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Culver City, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240220%5cDMRAAAJD7%5c&did=AAAJD240220222050221.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of reckless driving involving alcohol or drugs, or both", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 11, "costs": 18305.25, "effective_date": "2024-03-21", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from alcohol", "abstain from controlled substances", "clinical diagnostic evaluation", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "40 hours community service", "education course", "ethics course", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "DESTROYS THE WET-RECKLESS PATTERN — a reckless-driving-involving-alcohol conviction here drew five years’ probation with eleven obligations. In Vol. 169 the same class of conviction drew letters of reprimand imposing nothing." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-02-16-G60544", "name": "MARTEL, JAMES BENJAMIN, M.D.", "license": "G 60544", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Fair Oaks, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240118%5cDMRAAAJD6%5c&did=AAAJD240119011509889.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving a vehicle while under the influence of any drug and concurrently doing any act forbidden by law which proximately causes BODILY INJURY to a person other than the driver", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "violating statutes regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 9, "costs": 21077.25, "effective_date": "2024-02-16", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "controlled substances" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "ethics course", "clinical diagnostic evaluation", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "BODILY INJURY, MISDEMEANOR — pairs against Danishwar, whose bodily-injury matter was charged as a FELONY and drew eight years plus a sixty-day suspension. Martel drew five years and no suspension." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-03-15-A42891", "name": "BOUTROS, JASON K, M.D.", "license": "A 42891", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Pasadena, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240215%5cDMRAAAJD7%5c&did=AAAJD240215184239433.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "prescribing without an appropriate prior medical examination or indication", "failing to consult the CURES database", "gross negligence, repeated negligent acts and failure to maintain adequate and accurate medical records", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 48, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 8, "costs": 33400.5, "effective_date": "2024-03-15", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice", "prescribing", "quality of care" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "biological fluid testing", "prescribing practices course", "medical record keeping course", "ethics course", "practice monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-01-12-A146802", "name": "KWITTKEN, BENJAMIN, M.D.", "license": "A 146802", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Ventura, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231218%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD231219003942754.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 12, "costs": 23453.4, "effective_date": "2024-01-12", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "controlled substances restricted to the perioperative anaesthesia setting", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "education course", "ethics course", "psychotherapy", "no solo practice", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "notification to patients of probation status" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-01-26-C166709", "name": "OCHELLO, CHARLES THOMAS JR, M.D.", "license": "C 166709", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Houma, LA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231229%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD231229181808216.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 12, "costs": 13972, "effective_date": "2024-01-26", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "notification to patients of probation status", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "education course", "ethics course", "psychotherapy", "no solo practice", "clinical diagnostic evaluation", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-03-08-A140558", "name": "BOWLING, ANNA MICHELLE, M.D.", "license": "A 140558", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Carlsbad, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240208%5cDMRAAAJD9%5c&did=AAAJD240209012551364.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting her ability to practice medicine safely", "practicing under the influence of a narcotic drug", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "using drugs and/or alcohol to an extent that such use impaired her ability to practice medicine safely", "self-administered controlled substances", "dishonest or corrupt acts", "violating statutes regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 84, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 15, "costs": 56508.2, "effective_date": "2024-03-08", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "substance self-administration", "practising under the influence", "dishonesty", "controlled substances", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "controlled substances permitted only as an anaesthesiologist in a hospital or ASC during peri-operative or peri-partum care", "controlled substance log", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "prescribing practices course", "ethics course", "psychotherapy", "practice monitor", "no solo practice", "notification to patients of probation status", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-03-15-A78457", "name": "VREEKE, MARY ANNE, M.D.", "license": "A 78457", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Camarillo, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240216%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD240216221838782.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "practicing under the influence of a narcotic drug", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "using drugs and/or alcohol to an extent that such use impaired her ability to practice medicine safely", "self-administering controlled substances to herself", "dishonest or corrupt acts", "violating statutes regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances", "violating provisions of the Medical Practice Act", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation with 180 days actual suspension", "probation_months": 120, "actual_suspension_days": 180, "obligations_count": 20, "costs": 55040.75, "effective_date": "2024-03-15", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "substance self-administration", "practising under the influence", "dishonesty", "controlled substances" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "180 DAYS ACTUAL SUSPENSION", "notification to patients of probation status", "controlled substances permitted only as a hospital anaesthesiologist in peri-operative care", "controlled substance log", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "prescribing practices course", "medical record keeping course", "ethics course", "psychiatric evaluation", "psychotherapy", "medical evaluation and treatment", "practice monitor", "no solo practice", "clinical diagnostic evaluation before practising", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "THE CEILING OF THE DATASET — ten years’ probation, 180 days’ actual suspension, twenty-one obligations, $55,041. Practising under the influence, admitted. This is what the top of the ladder looks like, and it is why the letters of reprimand at the bottom are the finding rather than an outrage." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-01-12-A53396", "name": "AMINI, MASSOUD SIAHKALROUDI", "license": "A 53396", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Winnetka, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231215%5cDMRAAAJD3%5c&did=AAAJD231215221210604.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "has a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Decision with findings (\"Has a condition\")", "outcome": "REVOKED (outright)", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-01-12", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "No substance count printed. Included as a boundary case for the condition category; excluded from alcohol comparisons." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-03-19-A194799", "name": "MEZA, JAMES MICHAEL, M.D.", "license": "A 194799", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Los Angeles, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240320%5cDMRAAAJD4%5c&did=AAAJD240320200414023.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "has a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "used drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "INITIAL APPLICANT — probationary licence", "outcome": "Probationary license issued; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 11, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-03-19", "comparison_class": "APPLICANT — NOT COMPARABLE TO EXISTING-LICENCE DISCIPLINE", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "ethics course", "professional boundaries program", "psychotherapy", "notification of employer", "no solo practice", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-01-04-G80721", "name": "HAGSTROM, MATS FREDRIK, M.D.", "license": "G 80721", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "San Francisco, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231206%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD231206205247145.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "failing to comply with the terms and conditions of his Board-ordered probation by failing to submit to biological fluid testing" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; existing seven-year probation extended two years", "probation_months": 24, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 1, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-01-04", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "probation violation — missed biological fluid testing" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "existing probation extended" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-01-05-A121792", "name": "ALTAMIRANO, HUGO ESTEFANO", "license": "A 121792", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "San Francisco, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231207%5cDMRAAAJD4%5c&did=AAAJD231207214641292.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "not stated — reinstatement following prior discipline" ], "route": "Reinstatement petition disposition", "outcome": "Reinstated; revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 8, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-01-05", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "underlying conduct not stated on a reinstatement petition", "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "reinstatement with substance terms" ], "sustained_as_printed": "n/a", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "clinical competence assessment before resuming practice", "clinical diagnostic evaluation", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "Linked object, not an original alcohol disposition. Recorded because it shows what reinstatement after a substance matter costs." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-01-12-PTGL602", "name": "CABRERA, MARIA IVANA (Polysomnographic Technologist)", "license": "PTGL 602", "profession": "Polysomnographic Technologist", "city": "Watsonville, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231215%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD231215163640625.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more with a sentencing enhancement for having a blood alcohol content of .20% or greater and refusing to take a chemical test" ], "route": "Decision with findings", "outcome": "REVOKED (outright)", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-01-12", "comparison_class": "COMPARATOR — NOT INCLUDED IN PHYSICIAN PRIMARY ANALYSIS", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "refusal of chemical test" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "CROSS-PROFESSION COMPARATOR — the Board revoked a technologist’s licence outright for a .20% refusal DUI in the same window it gave physicians probation. Different licence class, different statutory scheme; recorded for programme item 015 and kept out of the physician set." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-02-09-PTGL26", "name": "ROCHA, RYAN JOSEPH (Polysomnographic Technologist)", "license": "PTGL 26", "profession": "Polysomnographic Technologist", "city": "San Jose, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240118%5cDMRAAAJD3%5c&did=AAAJD240118215306703.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "driving with a blood alcohol content greater than .20%", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions", "outcome": "SURRENDER OF LICENSE", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2024-02-09", "comparison_class": "COMPARATOR — NOT INCLUDED IN PHYSICIAN PRIMARY ANALYSIS", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2024-03-15-E4434", "name": "BROWN, JAMES FRANCIS, D.P.M. (Podiatric)", "license": "E 4434", "profession": "Doctor of Podiatric Medicine", "city": "Long Beach, CA", "volume": "168", "window": "January 2024 – March 2024", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol168.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20240216%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD240216165813503.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice his profession safely", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of drugs and one misdemeanor count of driving with a suspended or revoked license", "being convicted of violating statutes regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 16, "costs": 80000, "effective_date": "2024-03-15", "comparison_class": "COMPARATOR — NOT INCLUDED IN PHYSICIAN PRIMARY ANALYSIS", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "controlled substances", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "prohibited from ordering, prescribing, dispensing, administering or possessing controlled substances", "controlled substance log", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "ethics course", "psychiatric evaluation", "psychotherapy", "medical evaluation and treatment", "practice monitor", "no solo practice", "notification to patients of probation status", "clinical diagnostic evaluation", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor" ], "notes": "HIGHEST COSTS IN THE DATASET — $80,000 against a physician maximum of $56,508." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-12-20-A87285", "name": "REDDY, VISWANATHA JUVVALA, M.D.", "license": "A 87285", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Patton, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231221%5cDMRAAAJD5%5c&did=AAAJD231221200402239.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of Vehicle Code 23103/23103.5 — wet reckless" ], "route": "Public letter of reprimand under BPC 2233", "outcome": "PUBLIC LETTER OF REPRIMAND (BPC 2233)", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2023-12-20", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Basis as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 2233" ], "obligations": [], "notes": "PAIRS WITH GILCHRIST IN THE SAME REGISTER — the same wet-reckless conviction. Reddy: letter of reprimand, nothing imposed. Gilchrist: SURRENDER OF LICENCE. Twenty-nine days apart." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-11-21-A118353", "name": "GILCHRIST, HEIDI MARIE", "license": "A 118353", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Encinitas, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231115%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD231115214230504.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of \"wet\" reckless driving", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "SURRENDER OF LICENSE", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2023-11-21", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None — surrender without admissions", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "THE SHARPEST PAIR IN THE CORPUS — same conviction class as Reddy, same register, one month apart, and the opposite end of the ladder." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-08-09-A110631", "name": "DOKUKIN, ANDREI NIKOLA, M.D.", "license": "A 110631", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Orange, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20230807%5cDMRAAAJD10%5c&did=AAAJD230807230634138.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol AND one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 84, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 12, "costs": 13000, "effective_date": "2023-08-09", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "ethics course", "psychiatric evaluation", "psychotherapy", "medical evaluation and treatment", "clinical diagnostic evaluation", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "SEVEN YEARS on a single-event DUI with no patient and no injury — the longest probation in the corpus for a driving-only matter, and $13,000 in costs against $22,406 for a public reprimand." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-08-04-A85044", "name": "BACON, CARRIE WYNN, M.D.", "license": "A 85044", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Temecula, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20230707%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD230707204441153.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 6, "costs": 7680, "effective_date": "2023-08-04", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "ethics course", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings" ], "notes": "FIFTH MEMBER OF THE THREE-COUNT SET — conviction, dangerous use, unprofessional conduct. Chatha: reprimand. Ammerman: surrender. Alvarez: 3yr. Diamond: 5yr. Bacon: 5yr." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-10-20-A138820", "name": "GABRIEL, VIKTOR, M.D.", "license": "A 138820", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Chico, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20230922%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD230922200341134.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using drugs or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol AND one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 48, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 8, "costs": 12000, "effective_date": "2023-10-20", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from alcohol", "clinical diagnostic evaluation", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "education course", "ethics course" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-12-15-G75727", "name": "MORTON, BRYCE ANDREW, M.D.", "license": "G 75727", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Temecula, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231120%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD231120215738290.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving a vehicle while under the influence of any drug", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of having in his possession a controlled substance", "being convicted of violating statutes regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances", "violating statutes regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 48, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 7, "costs": 20000, "effective_date": "2023-12-15", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "controlled substances", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "psychotherapy", "worksite monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-12-14-A116624", "name": "FETTMAN, NICHOLAS AARON, M.D.", "license": "A 116624", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Thousand Oaks, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231115%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD231115213832679.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 10, "costs": 17889, "effective_date": "2023-12-14", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "written examination before practising", "psychotherapy", "practice monitor", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-10-27-A128235", "name": "LUZ, JAMES JEFFREY, M.D.", "license": "A 128235", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Sacramento, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20230928%5cDMRAAAJD4%5c&did=AAAJD230928211132891.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "using drugs or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 48, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 8, "costs": 12617.26, "effective_date": "2023-10-27", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "notification to patients of probation status", "abstain from alcohol", "ethics course", "psychotherapy", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-12-20-A70543", "name": "MEYER, ALEXANDER BRIAN", "license": "A 70543", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Santa Paula, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231213%5cDMRAAAJD3%5c&did=AAAJD231213215603775.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "SURRENDER OF LICENSE", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2023-12-20", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None — surrender without admissions", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "Identical printed counts to Fettman and Luz — who received five and four years’ probation. Meyer surrendered." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-09-25-A61636", "name": "MCNUTT, JOHN GILBERT, M.D.", "license": "A 61636", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Ladera Ranch, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20230828%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD230828204657484.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "has a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Decision with findings (\"Has a condition\")", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 9, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2023-09-25", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice", "substance-related terms imposed" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "biological fluid testing", "psychiatric evaluation", "psychotherapy", "medical evaluation and treatment", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "Condition charge only; substance nexus inferred from the terms, not the charge." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-08-18-A103644", "name": "BEZEMA, ERIK MARTIN, M.D.", "license": "A 103644", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Moorpark, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20230721%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD230721200532630.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "self-prescribing drugs", "knowingly making or signing a document directly related to the practice of medicine that falsely represented an existence of a statement of facts", "forging prescriptions for self-use", "obtaining or procuring prescription for controlled substances by fraud or deceit", "prescribing without an appropriate prior medical examination or indication", "violating statutes regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances", "dishonest or corrupt acts" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 13, "costs": 14796, "effective_date": "2023-08-18", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "substance self-administration", "dishonesty", "controlled substances", "prescription forgery" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "education course", "prescribing practices course", "medical record keeping course", "ethics course", "psychotherapy", "clinical diagnostic evaluation", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-10-17-A191634", "name": "CHARLES, JOAQUIN RENE, M.D.", "license": "A 191634", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "King City, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231004%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD231004180819826.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "has a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "used drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "committed acts of unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "INITIAL APPLICANT — probationary licence", "outcome": "Probationary license issued; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 8, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2023-10-17", "comparison_class": "APPLICANT — NOT COMPARABLE TO EXISTING-LICENCE DISCIPLINE", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "psychotherapy", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": null }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2023-11-27-A82312", "name": "ABRIKOSOVA, NATALIA ALEXIS, M.D.", "license": "A 82312", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "San Jose, CA", "volume": "167", "window": "August 2023 – December 2023", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2024-Vol167.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20231027%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD231027203758310.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "repeated negligent acts, incompetence and prescribing without an appropriate prior medical examination or indication", "failing to maintain adequate and accurate medical records", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 10, "costs": 31509.25, "effective_date": "2023-11-27", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "quality of care", "substance-related terms imposed" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "controlled substance log", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "biological fluid testing", "education course", "prescribing practices course", "medical record keeping course", "ethics course", "practice monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "A quality-of-care matter carrying full alcohol abstention and biological testing with no substance count charged — the fourth such record in the corpus." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2022-07-15-A140545", "name": "MATTISON, GENNAYA LYNN, M.D.", "license": "A 140545", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Salem, OR", "volume": "163", "window": "1 May 2022 – 31 July 2022", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2022-Vol163.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20220718%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD220718151128908.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "ARRESTED for a misdemeanor violation of Vehicle Code 23152(a) — DUI alcohol" ], "route": "Public letter of reprimand under BPC 2233", "outcome": "PUBLIC LETTER OF REPRIMAND (BPC 2233)", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 1, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2022-07-15", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Basis as printed — an arrest, not a conviction", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 2233" ], "obligations": [ "professionalism programme (ethics course)" ], "notes": "THE ABSOLUTE FLOOR OF THE CORPUS — and the only record whose printed basis is an ARREST rather than a conviction. The register says \"arrested for,\" not \"convicted of.\" One ethics course, no probation, no costs. Every heavier outcome in the dataset must be read against this." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2022-05-02-G69219", "name": "SULLIVAN, LESLIE ANDREA", "license": "G 69219", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Cupertino, CA", "volume": "163", "window": "1 May 2022 – 31 July 2022", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2022-Vol163.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20220406%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD220406201511884.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "criminal conviction for driving with a blood alcohol content of .25%", "battery on a police officer" ], "route": "Stipulated — surrender", "outcome": "SURRENDER OF LICENSE", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2022-05-02", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "criminal conviction (battery on a peace officer)" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None — surrender", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "THE HIGHEST MEASURED LEVEL IN THE CORPUS at .25%, with a battery count, and the licence was surrendered. Sits directly opposite Mattison, whose arrest at an unstated level drew a letter of reprimand — the two extremes of the same conduct category, ten weeks apart in one register." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2022-06-17-A63373", "name": "FRISOLI, JOAN KATHERINE, M.D.", "license": "A 63373", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Carmel, CA", "volume": "163", "window": "1 May 2022 – 31 July 2022", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2022-Vol163.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20220518%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD220518201427429.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "unprofessional conduct: convicted of a crime / dangerous use of alcohol", "impaired ability to safely practice medicine", "dangerous use of alcohol" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 8, "costs": 3600, "effective_date": "2022-06-17", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "impairment of ability to practise" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2027-06-17", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "ethics course", "abstain from alcohol and controlled substances", "biological fluid testing", "psychiatric and/or substance abuse evaluation", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "notification of employer", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "IMPAIRMENT CHARGED, and still $3,600 in costs — the lowest cost figure attached to any multi-year probation in the corpus, against $22,406 for a public reprimand with no probation." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2022-07-01-A67175", "name": "SAXENA, ANJALI BHATT, M.D.", "license": "A 67175", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "San Jose, CA", "volume": "163", "window": "1 May 2022 – 31 July 2022", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2022-Vol163.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20220601%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD220601201828885.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of violating Penal Code section 273a(a) — child endangerment", "convicted of Vehicle Code section 23103(a) — reckless driving", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "dishonest or corrupt acts", "having a condition affecting her ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Decision with findings", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 11, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2022-07-01", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "child endangerment", "dishonesty", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "ethics course", "psychiatric and/or substance abuse evaluation", "psychotherapy", "no solo practice", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "A CHILD-ENDANGERMENT COUNT alongside reckless driving, and the outcome is five years’ probation — the same nominal term as Verhoeve’s plain .08% conviction in the same register." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2022-06-15-A45358", "name": "VERHOEVE, PAUL EDWARD, M.D.", "license": "A 45358", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "El Cajon, CA", "volume": "163", "window": "1 May 2022 – 31 July 2022", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2022-Vol163.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20220615%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD220615214813680.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "general unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Decision with findings", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 7, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2022-06-15", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from alcohol", "ethics course", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "FIVE YEARS on a plain .08% conviction with no dangerous-use count — while four physicians with the identical VC 23152(b) conviction received letters of reprimand imposing nothing." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2022-05-22-A48811", "name": "MONTENEGRO, CARLOS HUMBERTO", "license": "A 48811", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Pasadena, CA", "volume": "163", "window": "1 May 2022 – 31 July 2022", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2022-Vol163.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20200424%5cDMRAAAHL5%5c&did=AAAHL200424194404559.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "failed to comply with probation term 6, biological fluid testing — failed to submit a sample when requested", "failed to comply with probation term 9, violation of probation condition for substance abusing licensees" ], "route": "DEFAULT — revoked by default (the register says so expressly)", "outcome": "REVOKED (by default)", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2022-05-22", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "probation violation — missed biological fluid testing" ], "sustained_as_printed": "By default", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "THE ONLY RECORD IN THE CORPUS WHERE THE REGISTER PRINTS THE WORD \"DEFAULT\" — confirming that revocation by default is a real route the Board uses, and supporting the flag on Reeves, whose outright revocation the register does not explain." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2022-06-03-A179293", "name": "ESPINOZA, GABRIEL STANLEY, M.D.", "license": "A 179293", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Loma Linda, CA", "volume": "163", "window": "1 May 2022 – 31 July 2022", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2022-Vol163.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20220603%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD220603230955743.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "postgraduate training issues involving unprofessional conduct, resulting in a contract not being renewed", "reported recent completion of a substance abuse recovery program and continued participation in follow-up care" ], "route": "INITIAL APPLICANT — probationary licence", "outcome": "Probationary license issued; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 11, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2022-06-03", "comparison_class": "APPLICANT — NOT COMPARABLE TO EXISTING-LICENCE DISCIPLINE", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "substance recovery disclosed", "professionalism in training" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Stipulated — not an admission of guilt", "anticipated_end": "2027-07-22", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "clinical diagnostic evaluation — may not practise until 30 days of negative tests and a fitness finding", "worksite monitor", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "psychotherapy", "no solo practice", "practice monitor", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "SELF-DISCLOSED RECOVERY, NO CONVICTION, NO PATIENT — and the applicant drew five years with eleven obligations plus a bar on practising until 30 days of negative tests. Heavier than every reprimand in the corpus, and heavier than several licensee probations for actual DUI convictions." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2022-07-19-A180618", "name": "HORNER, PAUL NICHOLAS, M.D.", "license": "A 180618", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Atlanta, GA", "volume": "163", "window": "1 May 2022 – 31 July 2022", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2022-Vol163.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20220719%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD220719211623365.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "committed acts of unprofessional conduct", "has a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "INITIAL APPLICANT — probationary licence", "outcome": "Probationary license issued; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 4, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2022-07-19", "comparison_class": "APPLICANT — NOT COMPARABLE TO EXISTING-LICENCE DISCIPLINE", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Not an admission of guilt", "anticipated_end": "2025-07-06", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "psychiatric evaluation", "psychotherapy", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "No substance count and no substance terms. Boundary case for the condition category; excluded from alcohol comparisons. Later appears in Vol. 169 surrendering for inability to satisfy probation." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2022-05-04-G77332", "name": "PEREZ, PETER JAMES, M.D.", "license": "G 77332", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "San Leandro, CA", "volume": "163", "window": "1 May 2022 – 31 July 2022", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2022-Vol163.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20220404%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD220404154748295.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "engaged in unprofessional conduct and physical violence when he assaulted a man outside of his medical office building" ], "route": "Public reprimand", "outcome": "PUBLIC REPRIMAND", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 1, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2022-05-04", "comparison_class": "NON-ALCOHOL COMPARATOR — off-duty conviction benchmark", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "off-duty violence" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "professionalism programme (ethics course)" ], "notes": "OFF-DUTY VIOLENCE COMPARATOR — a physician who assaulted a man outside his office received a public reprimand and an ethics course. Retained for programme item 042 (off-duty conduct) as the benchmark against which alcohol outcomes should be read." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2022-06-17-G77153", "name": "HUDSON, LISA ANNE, M.D.", "license": "G 77153", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Danville, CA", "volume": "163", "window": "1 May 2022 – 31 July 2022", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2022-Vol163.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20220518%5cDMRAAAJD3%5c&did=AAAJD220518230009414.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "convicted for battery" ], "route": "Public reprimand", "outcome": "PUBLIC REPRIMAND", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 2, "costs": 935, "effective_date": "2022-06-17", "comparison_class": "NON-ALCOHOL COMPARATOR — off-duty conviction benchmark", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "criminal conviction (battery)" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "25 hours of community service", "ethics course" ], "notes": "OFF-DUTY CONVICTION COMPARATOR — a battery conviction drew a public reprimand and $935. Retained for programme items 037 and 042." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-04-11-A35772", "name": "FARAH, BIJAN, M.D.", "license": "A 35772", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Encino, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250313%5cDMRAAAJD3%5c&did=AAAJD250313210205340.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "failing to comply with the terms and conditions of her Board-ordered probation", "false representations", "general unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions", "outcome": "PUBLIC REPRIMAND", "probation_months": 0, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-04-11", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "probation violation", "dishonesty" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "A PUBLIC REPRIMAND FOR A PROBATION VIOLATION WITH FALSE REPRESENTATIONS. Elsewhere in the corpus, probation violations for a single positive alcohol test drew twelve and twenty-four months of consecutive probation with testing (Gupta, Hou, Dehkordi). This one, with an added dishonesty count admitted, drew a reprimand and nothing else." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-06-23-A140183", "name": "KHWARG, JUEWON WILLIAM, M.D.", "license": "A 140183", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Los Angeles, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250527%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD250527145727985.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more", "unprofessional conduct" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 12, "costs": 17513, "effective_date": "2025-06-23", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2028-06-22", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "biological fluid testing", "education course", "psychiatric evaluation", "medical evaluation and treatment", "clinical diagnostic evaluation before practising", "notification of employer", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "SIXTH MEMBER OF THE THREE-COUNT SET — conviction, dangerous use, unprofessional conduct. Chatha: reprimand. Ammerman: surrender. Alvarez 3yr, Diamond 5yr, Bacon 5yr, Khwarg 3yr with twelve obligations." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-05-27-A106286", "name": "JAMARAI, GURLEEN SINGH, M.D.", "license": "A 106286", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Corona, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250425%5cDMRAAAJD2%5c&did=AAAJD250425205503297.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious", "convicted of one misdemeanor count of willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another", "unprofessional conduct", "violating provisions or terms of the Medical Practice Act", "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 84, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 15, "costs": 54788.75, "effective_date": "2025-05-27", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "criminal conviction (battery)", "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": "2032-05-26", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "notification to patients of probation status", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "ethics course", "clinical competence assessment", "psychiatric evaluation", "psychotherapy", "practice monitor", "no solo practice", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "ALCOHOL PLUS VIOLENCE, ADMITTED — seven years, fifteen obligations, $54,789. Sullivan’s .25% conviction with battery on a peace officer produced a surrender instead. Jamarai then surrendered anyway eleven weeks later." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-08-12-A106286-2", "name": "JAMARAI, GURLEEN SINGH (subsequent disposition)", "license": "A 106286", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Corona, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250812%5cDMRAAAJD8%5c&did=AAAJD250812214528708.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "unable to comply with the terms and conditions of his Board-ordered probation" ], "route": "Surrender — unable to comply with probation", "outcome": "SURRENDER OF LICENSE", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-08-12", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "probation non-compliance" ], "sustained_as_printed": "n/a", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": null, "obligations": [], "notes": "THE SEVEN-YEAR ORDER LASTED ELEVEN WEEKS. A linked disposition, not a separate matter — and direct evidence that a long probation with fifteen obligations can function as a route to surrender rather than an alternative to it." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-06-23-A138910", "name": "DEHKORDI, BEHRANG HOSSEINI, M.D.", "license": "A 138910", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Irvine, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250523%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD250523144117024.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "failing to comply with terms and conditions of his Board-ordered probation by testing positive for alcohol" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; one year probation consecutive to Case No. 800-2020-064289", "probation_months": 12, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 11, "costs": 19396, "effective_date": "2025-06-23", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "probation violation — positive alcohol test" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2027-05-16", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "ethics course", "psychiatric evaluation", "psychotherapy", "medical evaluation and treatment", "clinical diagnostic evaluation (satisfied)", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "notification to required parties" ], "notes": "PAIRS DIRECTLY WITH FARAH IN THE SAME REGISTER — both probation violations. Dehkordi: twelve months consecutive, eleven obligations, $19,396. Farah: public reprimand, nothing." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-06-09-A138370", "name": "DOBSON, CHRISTOPHER ROBERT, M.D.", "license": "A 138370", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "San Diego, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250512%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD250512144843188.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "failing to comply with terms and conditions of his Board-ordered probation by testing positive for methamphetamine and metabolites of methamphetamine", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation superseding the prior order", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 9, "costs": 13797, "effective_date": "2025-06-09", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "probation violation — positive methamphetamine", "controlled substances" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": "2030-06-08", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "biological fluid testing", "clinical diagnostic evaluation before practising", "notification of employer", "education course", "practice monitor", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "A POSITIVE METHAMPHETAMINE TEST ON PROBATION, ADMITTED — five years, and the order supersedes rather than extends. Against Farah’s reprimand for a probation violation, this is the widest probation-violation spread in the corpus." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-09-22-C205133", "name": "CLARK, KENNETH HOWARD, M.D.", "license": "C 205133", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Los Angeles, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250922%5cDMRAAAJD3%5c&did=AAAJD250922215257674.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely", "unprofessional conduct", "violating statutes regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances", "using drugs and/or alcohol in a manner as to be dangerous or injurious" ], "route": "INITIAL APPLICANT — probationary licence", "outcome": "Probationary license issued; probation", "probation_months": 84, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 13, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-09-22", "comparison_class": "APPLICANT — NOT COMPARABLE TO EXISTING-LICENCE DISCIPLINE", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "substance not identified — register prints \"drugs and/or alcohol\"", "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "alcohol", "condition affecting ability to practice", "controlled substances" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Agreed — probationary licence", "anticipated_end": "2032-09-21", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "clinical diagnostic evaluation before practising", "SIX MONTHS of concurrent proctoring covering one hundred per cent of practice", "biological fluid testing", "notification of employer", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "psychotherapy", "no solo practice", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs", "no practice in a residence except licensed facilities" ], "notes": "THE HEAVIEST APPLICANT ORDER IN THE CORPUS — seven years with one hundred per cent proctoring for six months, on no conviction. Heavier than every licensee reprimand and most licensee probations for actual DUI convictions." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-07-11-A71611", "name": "DUGGAL, ASHWANI, M.D.", "license": "A 71611", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Stockton, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250612%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD250612151146869.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "not stated — reinstatement of a previously revoked licence" ], "route": "Reinstatement petition disposition", "outcome": "Reinstated; revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 60, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 13, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-07-11", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "underlying conduct not stated on a reinstatement petition", "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "reinstatement with substance terms" ], "sustained_as_printed": "n/a", "anticipated_end": "2030-07-10", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "clinical diagnostic evaluation before practising", "notification of employer", "biological fluid testing", "substance abuse support group meetings", "worksite monitor", "abstain from controlled substances", "abstain from alcohol", "clinical competence assessment before practising", "psychiatric evaluation", "no solo practice", "third-party chaperone for female patients", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "Linked object. Shows the cost of reinstatement after a substance matter: thirteen obligations including a chaperone requirement." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-04-22-A137806", "name": "ABDEL-RAHIM, MOHAMMED ALI", "license": "A 137806", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Huntington Beach, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250410%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD250410221252042.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "general unprofessional conduct", "failing to comply with Board-ordered examination", "cause for action under B&P Code section 822 for having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Decision with findings", "outcome": "REVOKED (outright)", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-04-22", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice", "failure to comply with Board examination" ], "sustained_as_printed": "As printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 822" ], "obligations": [], "notes": "REFUSING THE BOARD’S EXAMINATION produced outright revocation — the same outcome Reeves received for a single .08% conviction. Worth reading alongside Julian, revoked in the same register on the examination ground alone." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-09-24-C37462", "name": "CHEN, JONG LIANG", "license": "C 37462", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Sacramento, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250917%5cDMRAAAJD9%5c&did=AAAJD250917213608630.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "cause for action exists pursuant to B&P Code section 822 for having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "SURRENDER OF LICENSE", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-09-24", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None — surrender", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 822" ], "obligations": [], "notes": "§822 boundary case, no substance count; excluded from alcohol comparisons." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-08-05-A29113", "name": "CHOW, THICK GONG WING", "license": "A 29113", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Los Angeles, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250729%5cDMRAAAJD8%5c&did=AAAJD250729220223575.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "cause for action exists pursuant to B&P Code section 822 for having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "SURRENDER OF LICENSE", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-08-05", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None — surrender", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 822" ], "obligations": [], "notes": "§822 boundary case; excluded from alcohol comparisons." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-04-02-A37047", "name": "HOWEN, ROBERT GLENN", "license": "A 37047", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Lodi, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250327%5cDMRAAAJD6%5c&did=AAAJD250327215809327.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "general unprofessional conduct in the care and treatment of one patient", "cause for action exists pursuant to B&P Code section 822 for having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "SURRENDER OF LICENSE", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-04-02", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None — surrender", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 822" ], "obligations": [], "notes": "§822 boundary case; excluded from alcohol comparisons." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-09-09-A85547", "name": "KWONG, ELIZABETH MING-SUM", "license": "A 85547", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Glendale, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250902%5cDMRAAAJD3%5c&did=AAAJD250903002437970.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "admitted to having a condition affecting her ability to practice medicine safely pursuant to B&P Code section 822" ], "route": "Stipulated — with admissions", "outcome": "SURRENDER OF LICENSE", "probation_months": null, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 0, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-09-09", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "Admitted as printed", "anticipated_end": null, "code_sections": [ "BPC 822" ], "obligations": [], "notes": "§822 boundary case, admitted; excluded from alcohol comparisons." }, { "id": "CA-MBC-2025-06-11-A91355", "name": "BIR, ARVINDER SINGH, M.D.", "license": "A 91355", "profession": "Physician and Surgeon", "city": "Rancho Mirage, CA", "volume": "172", "window": "April – September 2025", "source_url": "https://www.mbc.ca.gov/News/Newsletter/2025-Vol172.aspx", "decision_url": "https://www2.mbc.ca.gov/BreezePDL/document.aspx?path=%5cDIDOCS%5c20250513%5cDMRAAAJD1%5c&did=AAAJD250513150334894.DID", "printed_conduct": [ "having a condition affecting his ability to practice medicine safely" ], "route": "Stipulated — no admissions", "outcome": "Revoked, stayed; probation", "probation_months": 36, "actual_suspension_days": 0, "obligations_count": 6, "costs": null, "effective_date": "2025-06-11", "comparison_class": "PHYSICIAN PRIMARY", "register_verified": true, "decision_verified": false, "decision_read_status": "DECISION-READ-PENDING — automated second read blocked by source server", "ambiguities": [ "cost recovery not stated", "measured alcohol level not stated" ], "exclusion_reason": null, "conduct_category": [ "condition affecting ability to practice" ], "sustained_as_printed": "None as findings", "anticipated_end": "2028-06-10", "code_sections": null, "obligations": [ "psychiatric evaluation", "psychiatric treatment", "practice monitor", "no solo practice", "notification to required parties", "prohibited from supervising PAs and APNs" ], "notes": "Condition charge with PSYCHIATRIC rather than substance terms — no abstention, no biological fluid testing. The contrast with Abdou, Fuller, Bareng and McNutt shows the Board distinguishes psychiatric from substance conditions in the terms it imposes, even though the charge language is identical." } ] }