SUMMARY This case involves a physician assistant who was disciplined by the New York State Department of Health following prior disciplinary action taken by the Ohio State Medical Board. The licensee accepted responsibility for being unable to practice medicine according to acceptable standards of care due to alcohol abuse. The New York disposition resulted in …
CASE SUMMARY A physician’s license was suspended effective February 8, 2010, following a hearing in which the Hearing Committee sustained charges of habitual alcohol abuse and psychiatric impairment. The suspension requires completion of an inpatient residential treatment program for substance dependence and behavioral issues, along with neurological and neuropsychological evaluations to assess cognitive deficits. Upon …
