The New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners (the “Board”) has taken the following actions in October 2009. This information is a summary prepared by the Board Administrative Office staff. Copies of the Orders can be found at www.njmedicalboard.gov under the right-hand pull down menu, “Board Activities,” “Monthly Summaries.” Requests for certified, true copies should be made in writing directed to William V. Roeder, Executive Director, P.O. Box 183, Trenton, New Jersey 08625.

CAMPBELL, Peter, L., M.D.
License #MA085460
Springfield, VA 22152|
Univ of Toronto, 1965

CONSENT ORDER OF REPRIMAND filed October 15, 2009. This matter was opened to the New Jersey Board upon receipt of information that on or about May 22, 2009, the Virginia Board entered into a “Consent Order” with Dr. Campbell which provided for a reprimand for violating Virginia laws in connection with his care and treatment of Patients A-K from approximately 1998-2008. The Consent Order also permanently restricted Dr. Campbell from prescribing Schedule II, III and IV controlled substances. The New Jersey Board determined that Dr. Campbell’s acts giving rise to the Virginia Consent Order provided a basis for disciplinary action. The New Jersey Board ordered, and Dr. Campbell agreed, that his New Jersey license be reprimanded, and he will be permanently restricted from prescribing Schedule II, III and IV controlled substances in New Jersey. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 2009.

CROWDER, Claxton Lee, M.D.
License #MA067155
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
Temple Univ Sch of Med, 1977
National Boards

*****NON-DISCIPLINARY ORDER*****

INTERIM CONSENT ORDER OF VOLUNTARY SURRENDER filed October 15, 2009. This matter was opened to the Board upon information that on or about June 24, 2009, Dr. Crowder was arrested for providing a false driver’s identification to authorities and for hindering his apprehension on or about June 19, 2009 for driving without a license. Further investigation revealed that on March 26, 2002, Dr. Crowder pled guilty to refusing to submit to a Breathalyzer test; that on July 21, 2005, Dr. Crowder pled guilty to driving while intoxicated; that on January 10, 2006, Dr. Crowder pled guilty to driving while intoxicated; and that on May 13, 2008, Dr.
Crowder pled guilty to driving while intoxicated. Dr. Crowder failed to notify the Board of any of the aforementioned arrests or convictions. The Board ordered and Dr. Crowder agreed to surrender his license to practice medicine and surgery in New Jersey immediately, voluntarily and until further Order of the Board. Dr. Crowder must enroll in the Professional Assistance Program of New Jersey (“PAP”), submit to the PAP determined evaluations, and abide by the recommendations. PAP must evaluate Dr. Crowder’s fitness to practice medicine with a particular focus upon his alcohol usage and submit reports to the Board. Dr. Crowder can recommence the practice of medicine upon the successful completion of the terms entailed in his Order, following an appearance before a Committee of the Board at which time he is to demonstrate a fitness to practice medicine, and such application is supported by the PAP. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 2009.

DOLGOFF, Steven, D.P.M.
License #MD001516
Manalapan, NJ 07726
N.Y. Col of Podiatric Medicine, 1983
National Boards

ORDER OF REINSTATEMENT OF LIMITED LICENSURE filed October 5, 2009. This matter was opened to the Board by Dr. Dolgoff’s May 20, 2008, petition for reinstatement of his license to practice podiatric medicine in New Jersey. Dr. Dolgoff’s license was suspended for five years, three years of active suspension and the remaining two years stayed and served as probation, effective by way of a Consent Order filed on June 8, 2005. Dr. Dolgoff’s suspension was based upon the filing of an Administrative Complaint against him alleging that, on or about September 18, 2003, Dr. Dolgoff was criminally charged with two counts of Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance (“CDS”) and Possession of a CDS with intent to manufacture. Dr. Dolgoff was admitted into a Pre-Trial Intervention Program. Dr. Dolgoff appeared before a Committee of the Board on July 16, 2008, to discuss his petition for reinstatement, to testify regarding his successful rehabilitation, and his remorse for his previous actions. Thereafter, the Board found Dr. Dolgoff to be sufficiently rehabilitated and remorseful regarding his previous actions and that he was ready to begin his two years of probation. The Board ordered, and Dr. Dolgoff agreed, that his license to practice podiatric medicine in New Jersey be reinstated with limitations. Dr. Dolgoff will be permitted to practice podiatric medicine limited to invasive procedures generally considered to be the non-surgical practice of podiatry and further limited to those that only require use of a local anesthetic. Dr. Dolgoff is prohibited from performing any other invasive procedures, including but not limited to, deeper soft tissue or osseous surgical procedures or procedures generally considered the surgical practice of podiatry. He can apply to the Board to perform deeper soft tissue and osseous surgical procedures of the digits after six months. Additionally, his surgical practice will be limited solely to observing procedures by a Board, pre-approved surgical preceptor at a licensed facility until such time he has performed at a minimum fifty observed procedures and the surgical preceptor receives written notice from the Board that direct observation may cease. He also is prohibited from engaging in surgery of the mid-foot, tarsus or ankle until further Order of the Board. He must maintain absolute abstinence from alcohol, all psychoactive and potentially addictive substances, except as duly prescribed by a treating health care practitioner; and he is to continue to participate with the Professional Assistance Program (“PAP”). EFFECTIVE DATE: October 5, 2009.

GAUDIO, Joseph R., M.D.
License #MA066927
New York, NY 10013
Auton Univ of Guad, 1989
FLEX Endorsement

FINAL CONSENT ORDER filed October 19, 2009. This matter was opened to the Board upon receipt of information concerning a Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) investigation into Dr. Gaudio’s affiliation with an internet pharmacy. Based upon letters received from Dr. Gaudio’s former employer and an investigative report received from the DEA, Dr. Gaudio appeared at a Preliminary Evaluation Committee (“PEC”) of the Board on December 17, 2008. Following that appearance, the Board received copies of the Interim and Final Orders of the DEA resulting from Dr. Gaudio’s administrative hearing before them. Based upon the findings and conclusions contained in the DEA Orders from Dr. Gaudio’s administrative hearing, the transcript of Dr. Gaudio’s appearance before the PEC and documents produced therein, the Board found that from 2004 to 2005, Dr. Gaudio was affiliated with an internet pharmacy operations and electronically authorized prescriptions for drugs, including controlled dangerous substances (“CDS”), to patients over the internet for whom he performed no physical examination and for whom he kept inadequate records of treatment. Dr. Gaudio failed to disclose the fact of the investigation and subsequent 2006 DEA administrative proceedings to the Board and the New Jersey Drug Control Unit when required to do so on his license renewal forms. The Board found that Dr. Gaudio engaged in professional misconduct for failing to make proper disclosures to the Board; because his authority to prescribe CDS was suspended by the DEA; for prescribing CDS indiscriminately or without good cause; and for prescribing Schedule II CDS not in accordance with applicable Board regulations. The Board further found Dr. Gaudio failed to prepare and maintain patient records; failed to observe limitations on prescribing of CDS; and failed to comply with the provisions of the regulations administered by the Board. The Board ordered, and Dr. Gaudio agreed, that his license to practice medicine and surgery in New Jersey be suspended for two years effective November 1, 2009. The first three months (beginning November 1, 2009) will be a period of active suspension and the remaining months will be stayed and served as probation. Dr. Gaudio is to pay a penalty in the amount of $5,000.00, and costs in the amount of $6,500.02. Prior to the reinstatement of his license, Dr. Gaudio will have to demonstrate successful completion of Board-approved courses in Ethics and in CDS prescribing, and appear before the PEC to demonstrate full compliance with the terms of this Order. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 19, 2009.

GOLDBERG, Mark D., M.D.
License #MA048277
Mesa, AZ 85205
Univ Central Del Este, 1983
FLEX Endorsement

CONSENT ORDER OF REPRIMAND AND PROBATION filed October 15, 2009. This matter was opened to the Board upon receipt of information that on or about April 2, 2009, the Arizona Board entered into a Consent Agreement for Degree of Censure and Probation with Dr. Goldberg. The Consent Agreement provided for the issuance of a Degree of Censure for Dr. Goldberg’s professional conduct in connection with his care and treatment of SE, together with his failure to maintain adequate medical records. Additionally, Dr. Goldberg was placed on probation for five years with certain terms and conditions. As a result, the New Jersey Board determined that Dr. Goldberg’s acts in Arizona provided a basis for disciplinary action in New Jersey. The Board ordered, and Dr. Goldberg agreed, that his license to practice medicine and surgery in New Jersey be reprimanded and placed on probation for five years commencing retroactively and to run concurrently with the probationary period in the Arizona Consent Agreement, but which probationary period will not terminate until Dr. Goldberg demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Board that he holds an active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in Arizona. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 2009.

POZNER, Jason N., M.D.
License #MA058640
Boca Raton, FL 33431-5177
Mount Sinai Sch of Med, 1987
National Boards

ORDER REINSTATING LICENSE filed October 27, 2009. This matter was reopened before the Board upon the receipt of a petition from Dr. Pozner seeking reinstatement of his license to practice medicine and surgery in New Jersey. On September 2, 2009, Dr. Pozner appeared before a Preliminary Evaluation Committee (“PEC”) of the Board and offered testimony in support of his petition for reinstatement. Dr. Pozner’s license was suspended when he failed to renew his license in 2003. An Order of Summary Suspension was thereafter filed by the Board on January 13, 2005. That Order was based not only upon Dr. Pozner’s failure to renew his New Jersey license in 2003, but also upon the subsequent entry of a Final Order by the Florida Board of Medicine on August 26, 2004, to which Dr. Pozner was reprimanded, required to complete one hundred hours of community service, assessed a fine of $20,000.00 and costs of $5,240.89. He also was required to complete a record-keeping course. Dr. Pozner neither admitted nor denied the allegations made within the Complaint when settling the Florida action. The Board reviewed documentation submitted in support of Dr. Pozner’s petition for reinstatement and considered the testimony that he offered when appearing before a Committee of the Board on September 2, 2009. The Board determined that it was satisfied that good cause existed to unconditionally reinstate Dr. Pozner’s New Jersey License. The Board ordered the license of Dr. Pozner to practice medicine and surgery in New Jersey reinstated without conditions. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27, 2009.

QURTOM, H elmy, A., M.D.
License #MA059805
Beltsville, MD 20705-2800
Univ of Cairo, 1970
FLEX Endorsement

CONSENT ORDER OF REPRIMAND filed October 15, 2009. This matter was opened to the Board upon receipt of information that on or about February 26, 2009, the Maryland Board entered into a Consent Order with Dr. Qurtom which provided for a reprimand. Dr. Qurtom was also placed on probation for one year with certain terms, including the successful completion of an individual Board-approved comprehensive course or tutorial in medical ethics focusing on boundary violations. The Maryland Board found that Dr. Qurtom’s touching of Victim A’s (a co-worker) left breast constituted unprofessional misconduct in the practice of medicine. As a result of the foregoing, the New Jersey Board determined that Dr. Qurtom’s acts giving rise to the Maryland Order provided a basis for disciplinary action in New Jersey. The New Jersey Board ordered, and Dr. Qurtom agreed, that he be reprimanded for engaging in professional or occupational misconduct. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 2009.

VUYYURU, Lokesh Babu., M.D.
License # MA054880
Brooklyn, New York 11237
UMDNJ-School of Osteo Med, 1995
FLEX Endorsement

FINAL ORDER OF DISCIPLINE filed October 26, 2009. This matter was opened to the Board upon receipt of information which the Board has reviewed. Dr. Vuyyuru held a New Jersey license from 1990 to 1991, after which he permitted his license to lapse. On or about May 19, 2006, the Virginia Board entered an Order revoking Dr. Vuyyuru’s license to practice medicine for engaging in professional misconduct. The Virginia Board specifically found that the death of Patient A was the result of Dr. Vuyyuru’s failure to act within the standard of care; that the complications Patient A experienced were the result of Dr. Vuyyuru’s failure to act within the standard of care; and that the complications patient A experienced were the result of Dr. Vuyyuru’s decision for prolonged and unnecessary intubation. The Virginia Board further found that the record did not support the need for additional administration of Versed and Demerol during Patient B’s endoscopic retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (“ERCP”); that Dr. Vuyyuru did not ensure that Patient B was adequately monitored during the procedure and suffered hypoxia, developed anoxic encephalopathy and was discharged in a vegetative state; that Dr. Vuyyuru’s treatment of Patient D, a 104 year old female who suffered a cardiac arrest and died following an ERCP procedure was contrary to sound medical judgment and a violation of the applicable standard of care; that his treatment of Patients E, I and K demonstrated a pattern of faulty clinical judgment with respect to ERCPs; that he administered conscious sedation to his patients without the assistance of and monitoring by a licensed nurse, physician assistant, or licensed intern/resident; that he did not have the required written protocols, policies, and procedures for physicians who administer office-based anesthesia; that his medical records of controlled substances failed to satisfy statutory requirements; and that he refused to immediately supply copies of requested records during the investigation of his practice. On or about October 15, 2008, the Illinois Board adopted the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of an Administrative Law Judge and entered an Order recommending that Dr. Vuyyuru’s medical license be revoked. On or about March 12, 2009, the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation adopted the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Recommendation of the Illinois Board to revoke Dr. Vuyyuru’s medical license. On or about October 13, 2006, the New York Board entered an Order summarily suspending Dr. Vuyyuru’s medical license. The disciplinary actions taken by the sister states of Virginia, Illinois, and New York provided grounds to take disciplinary action against Dr. Vuyyuru’s license to practice medicine and surgery in New Jersey insofar as his license to practice medicine was revoked or suspended in other states; he engaged in repeated acts of negligence; he engaged in professional misconduct; failed to comply with the provisions of regulations administered by the Board; and that he failed to submit his biennial renewal in 1991 resulting in a lapsed license status. The New Jersey Board entered a Provisional Order of Discipline on August 17, 2006, seeking to revoke Dr. Vuyyuru’s license and Dr. Vuyyuru submitted a response on September 26, 2006. After consideration of all submissions, the New Jersey Board entered a Final Order of Discipline (“FOD”) on June 22, 2007. Thereafter, Dr. Vuyyuru, through his attorney, filed a Notice of Appeal. In accordance with an Interim Consent Order entered by the Board on February 19, 2008, Dr. Vuyyuru withdrew the appeal, the Board filed an Interim Consent Order which rescinded the FOD and Dr. Vuyyuru agreed to place his medical license in its prior status, a lapsed license automatically suspended by operation of law, and not to seek reinstatement until the Virginia appeal process was exhausted. The Board scheduled a Mitigation Hearing as outlined by the Interim Consent Order on June 10, 2009. After being adjourned twice upon the request of Dr. Vuyyuru, the hearing was scheduled, although Dr. Vuyyuru failed to appear. The Board found Dr. Vuyyuru was properly notified of the hearing and was clearly informed that June 10, 2009 was a firm date and that no further adjournments would be granted. The Board granted the State’s Motion to proceed with a Default Hearing. The Board found that the State provided substantial, uncontroverted evidence that Dr. Vuyyuru’s license to practice medicine had been revoked or suspended in at least three other States based upon findings of negligence and misconduct; and that he failed to avail himself of the opportunity to appear before the Board and present testimony in mitigation and that again Dr. Vuyyuru sought to protract and delay this matter which has been pending since 2006. Therefore, after careful review of the evidence, the New Jersey Board determined that further proceedings were not necessary and ordered the license of Dr. Vuyyuru to practice medicine and surgery in New Jersey revoked. EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 2009.

THE NEW JERSEY STATE
BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS

William V. Roeder
WVR/jj Executive Director