by Linda Cheek, MD | Aug, Tue, 2019 | Convicted physician |
Sanjay Kumar, MD, 53, a PM&R and Sports Medicine physician in New Bern, NC, was convicted this week of five counts of unlawful distribution of oxycodone outside the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose, five counts of money...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jun, Fri, 2017 | Plea agreement |
Jerrold Rosenberg, MD, 62, a board-certified physiatrist in North Providence, RI is another physician who has been charged with a crime where there is no crime. Physiatry, or physical medicine and rehabilitation is a specialized branch of medicine treating pain from...
by Linda Cheek, MD | May, Wed, 2017 | Plea agreement |
Can we ever believe anything the government charges a pain management physician with? I don’t think so. Here is a case of a doctor being charged with schemes involving kickbacks for patient referrals and tax evasion. Manoj Patharkar, MD 45, was a Physiatrist (Physical...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Fri, 2016 | Acquitted |
Joseph P. Zolot, MD, a physiatrist in Needham, Massachusetts, and his nurse practitioner Lisa M. Pliner, were acquitted May 15, 2015 in a re-trial of their federal case. This case shows the importance of publicity and public outrage over the attacks on good,...