Groping Case Ends in Suspension
A Pasco County internist accused of sexually touching women at his office will be suspended from practice for at least six months and must undergo a full psychiatric evaluation to determine his future.
View ArticlePornography Conviction May End Doctor’s Career
A Tampa Bay anesthesiologist convicted of possessing child pornography, Dr. James D. Murphy Jr., escaped a jail sentence. He hoped to keep his medical license and eventually return to...
View ArticleState Toughens Rules for Expert Witnesses
New rules for physicians and others who testify in medical malpractice cases will kick in July 1, but the Florida Board of Medicine is already showing zero tolerance for “experts” who may not measure...
View ArticleNew Members Selected for Board of Medicine
Gov. Rick Scott has announced the appointments of three new members of the Florida Board of Medicine. They are:
View ArticleEMS Doctor Fights License Revocation
The medical director of the Hollywood and Pembroke Pines fire-rescue departments who had his license yanked by the Florida Board of Medicine for misrepresenting himself as an expert witness is fighting...
View ArticleFMA Backs $1/Page Copy Fee
The Florida Medical Association and other physician groups said Thursday that doctors' offices should be allowed to charge patients up to $1 a page for medical records – even if the records are...
View ArticleBoard Fines 'Flagrant Over-Prescriber'
Four years after becoming a national symbol of reckless overprescribing, a Miami psychiatrist received a reprimand and $15,000 fine from the Florida Board of Medicine on Friday.The board, meeting in...
View ArticleDoctors in Trouble Keep Practicing
Medical professionals in Florida hang onto their licenses and continue practicing as the state grapples with a lengthy disciplinary process that can take years, according to an analysis by the Florida...
View ArticleDoctor Who Lost License Arrested
Leonard Rubinstein, 59, whose license to practice medicine was permanently revoked a year ago, has been arrested on charges of practicing without a license, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports (paywall...
View ArticleHCG Clinics Beyond Board's Control
An effort to rein in a weight-loss fad that the FDA calls risky ran into a wall Thursday night at a Florida Board of Medicine hearing in Deerfield Beach.
View ArticleDoctors to Get 1-Time Fee Cut
Florida’s 61,000 medical doctors will get a 31-percent cut on their license renewal fee under a proposal adopted by the Florida Board of Medicine.The renewal fee for MDs who have active licenses will...
View ArticleBoard Disciplines Doctor in Fatal Overdose
During its meeting Friday in Tampa, the Florida Board of Medicine issued fines and penalties against Hillsborough County physician Betty Jo Carter, for her role in a friend's death.She was accused of...
View ArticleMiami VA Chief Gave Up N.Y. License
Miami VA Healthcare System Chief of Staff Vincent A. DeGennaro gave up his medical license in New York in 2009, responding to allegations involving a Florida patient who died under his care, the Miami...
View ArticleDoc Accused of Groping Can’t Treat Women
The Florida Department of Health has barred a South Daytona doctor accused of groping patients from treating female patients, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. Five women have accused Dr....
View ArticleAfter Prison, Surgeon Returns to Practice
A 71-year-old Sebring surgeon who completed his prison sentence on an embezzlement conviction will be allowed to resume practice on probation, the Florida Board of Medicine agreed Friday.
View ArticleDoctor Accused of More Overdose Deaths
A federal indictment blames Dr. Edward Neil Feldman for three prescription drug-related deaths, but medical examiners records link to him to more than a dozen drug overdose deaths, according to the...
View ArticleOD Deaths Just Latest Trouble for Pain Doc
A federal indictment unsealed in January blames Tampa physician Dr. Edward Neil Feldman for the overdose death of three patients.
View ArticleFormer Lawmaker Faces Medical Board Discipline
Orthopedic surgeon Edward Homan, who served eight years in the Florida House of Representatives, is the latest high-profile physician to be publicly embarrassed after operating on the wrong side of a...
View ArticleMedical Board: Fines for Former Lawmaker
Orthopedic surgeon Edward Homan, who served eight years in the Florida House of Representatives, is the latest high-profile physician to be publicly embarrassed after operating on the wrong side of a...
View ArticleJudge Rejects Challenge To Medical Record Charges
An administrative law judge Tuesday rejected a challenge to a state Board of Medicine proposal that would increase the cost of copies of patient medical records.
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