Most Disciplinary Actions Against Texas Doctors in History
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A news release on August 31, 2006 states:
"Since its last Board meeting in June, the Texas Medical Board has taken disciplinary action against 99 licensed physicians. The largest number of actions taken at any single time in the board's history."
The following doctors in San Antonio were disciplined for the following reasons:
German Benavides, M.D. was disciplined for a quality of care violation. It states Dr. Benavides failed to meet the standard of car in treating patients in 1997 and 1998. Additionally, he failed to maintain an adequate medical record on a patient in 1999.
Clarence Milton Porter, M.D. was disciplined for quality of care violation. It states Dr. Porter failed to meet the standard of care because he did not follow through on abnormal laboratory results by contacting the patient's surgeon directly or sending the patient to the surgeon's office.
Ronald Lynn Bear, M.D. was disciplined for unprofessional conduct violation. It states only that Dr. Bear was suspended from his residency program and later resigned.
Charles Arthur Coltman, M.D. was disciplined for unprofessional conduct violation. It states Dr. Coltman self prescribed various non-narcotic medications without maintaining a medical record.
Emily Arlene Eilers, M.D. was disciplined for unprofessional conduct violation. It states Dr. Eilers failed to report on her 2004 annual registration application that she had been arrested in 2003 for assault and driving while intoxicated and had pled guilty to disorderly conduct in relation to that incident.
Patrick Henry Wilson, M.D. was disciplined for inappropriate conduct involving physician-patient relationship. Texas Medical Board states Dr. Wilson violated the standard of care by performing a breast examination without a documented chaperone present and without having the consent of the patient to perform the examination.
Phillip H. Hare, M.D. was disciplined for inadequate medical records violation. It states Dr. Hare failed to meet the standard of care in treating a patient because of inadequate documentation of her symptoms, the rationale for stopping certain medications and her mental status on discharge.
Douglas Ted Cromack, M.D., Courtney Nicole Lawrence, M.D., and Federico Pasudag Padua, M.D. were given minimal statutory violations.
If you need any more information regarding a Texas doctor, you can order an open records request at openrecords@tmb.state.tx.us. or contact Jill Wiggins at (512) 305-7018.