For close to three decades, I have been representing physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers in disciplinary actions. In the past few years, I have noticed an increase in my caseload _for physicians with alcohol related incidents or arrests. A common theme...
Medical Licensing
Additional employment obstacles for CRNA’s with drug and alcohol issues
If you are a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) and are accused of having a drug or alcohol problem, you can face serious consequences with your employment. If an RN is found to have an alcohol problem, and opts to go into the Voluntary Recovery Program...
Can you protect yourself against malpractice claims?
Your job centers on helping people and providing compassionate medical care that will hopefully relieve their symptoms and allow them to live a more comfortable life. However, as with any career you could choose to pursue in Pennsylvania, being a medical professional...
Appealing Pennsylvania nursing license denial
Are you in remission for substance use disorder after successfully completing treatment? If a health care licensing board in Pennsylvania denied you for a nursing license based on past drug or alcohol addiction, you may be able to successfully appeal this decision. ...
Philadelphia doctor suspended over “problematic use” of cannabis
The Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine suspended the license of a popular physician who held himself out as "America's Medical Marijuana Doctor." As reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer, the 34-year-old doctor received a three-year suspension over concerns...


