Recent Board Actions
NCMB provides a chronological listing of all public actions, both disciplinary and non-disciplinary. Actions are archived monthly. If no actions are displayed, it generally means that no actions have yet been taken in that month. Please contact the Board’s .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with questions.
| Name | Locations | Actions | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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| James Dasher, MD | Kernersville, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 12/30/22 |
| Christopher Stephen Midtling, MD | Chapel Hill, NC | Reprimand | 12/28/22 |
| John Matthew Smith, MD | New Bern, NC | License reinstated with terms and conditions; MD shall not treat any female patients | 12/20/22 |
| David Arthur Tatum, DO | Charlotte, NC | Amended Interim Non-Practice Agreement; DO will not practice medicine until given permission by Board President | 12/20/22 |
| Adrian Anthony Morris, MD | Troy, NY | Revocation of NC medical license | 12/20/22 |
| Robert Andrew Ayers, PA-C | Fayetteville, NC | Consent Order; PA shall engage CPEP to develop an Educational Intervention Plan | 12/12/22 |
| Phillip Barton Land, PA-C | Greensboro, NC | Suspension, stayed with terms and conditions; PA shall not prescribe any controlled substance in Schedule II, III, IV, and V. | 12/12/22 |
| Ashutosh Virmani, MD | Charlotte, NC | Relief of Consent Order Obligations | 12/12/22 |
| Rhonda Lynn Pena, MD | Hershey, PA | Public Letter of Concern | 12/9/22 |
| Oscar Alberto Cornelio Flores, MD | Indefinite Suspension | 12/9/22 | |
| Granada Stephens Neil, MD | Winston Salem, NC | Suspension; Stayed except for sixty-days active suspension from December 5, 2022 through February 2, 2023 | 12/8/22 |
| George Richard Scott, Sr., MD | Lynchburg, VA | License issued with reentry agreement | 12/7/22 |
| Timothy Devin Kallam, PA-C | Greensboro, NC | License reinstated with terms and conditions | 12/2/22 |
| Saurav Pokharel, MD | Hickory, NC | Relief of Consent Order Obligations | 12/1/22 |
| Kunal Kapoor, MD | Special Purpose License Agreement | 12/1/22 | |
| Charles Wayne Plummer, MD | Jamestown, NC | Reprimand; MD shall close his practice at Restoration of Lexington within thirty days | 11/21/22 |
| Benedict Onwukwe Okwara, MD | Monroe, NC | Amended Consent Order; MD shall employ a medical transcriptionist and utilize an outside healthcare consulting organization | 11/14/22 |
| Arthur Reeves Crowley, MD | Erie, PA | Public Letter of Concern | 11/14/22 |
| James Michael Isernia, MD | Hickory, NC | License issued with Public Letter of Concern | 11/10/22 |
| Kent Seitz, MD | Charlotte, NC | Amended Order; MD shall be allowed to prescribe Schedule III, IV, and V controlled substances, but not Schedule II | 11/8/22 |
| Charles Edward Walton, II, PA-C | Wilmington, NC | Reprimand; PA shall maintain his current contract with NCPHP and abide by its terms | 11/7/22 |
| Ricardo Luis Valdivia, MD | Rocky Point, NC | Reprimand; MD to complete CME | 10/31/22 |
| Hans Christian Hansen, MD | Conover, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 10/25/22 |
| Yildiz Sengul, MD | Chapel Hill, NC | Special Purpose License Issued | 10/25/22 |
| Scott Sherlock Emerson, DO | Asheville, NC | Relief of Consent Order Obligations | 10/24/22 |
| William Dale Franks, Jr, MD | Fort Mill, SC | Indefinite Suspension; MD shall serve active suspension from Nov.1, 2022, to May 1, 2023- suspension then stayed with conditions | 10/21/22 |
| Ibrahim Naim Oudeh, MD | Dunn, NC | Non-Practice Agreement; MD agrees not to practice medicine until given written permission to do so by the Board | 10/21/22 |
| Jong Whan Kim, MD | Brookfield, WI | Revocation of NC medical license | 10/20/22 |
| Charles Daniel Graham, DO | Valdese, NC | Voluntary Surrender of License | 10/7/22 |
| Andrew James Lodge, MD | Durham, NC | Reprimand; MD shall maintain his current agreement with NCPHP and abide by its terms | 10/3/22 |
| John David Hamel, MD | Nebo, NC | Relief of Consent Order Obligations | 9/30/22 |
| Hatem Marwan Dajani, MD | Durham, NC | License issued with Public Letter of Concern | 9/28/22 |
| Jamila Irene Schwartz, MD | New York, NY | Public Letter of Concern | 9/28/22 |
| William Thompson Sither, MD | Franklin, NC | Consent order: MD to maintain his monitoring agreement with NCPHP and abide by all of its terms and conditions | 9/27/22 |
| Devin Mark Ciliberti, MD | Hurricane, WV | Reprimand | 9/19/22 |
| Broadus Zane Atkins, MD | Greensboro, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 9/15/22 |
| James Seaborn Blair, III, MD | Hampstead, NC | Consent order: MD to maintain his monitoring agreement with NCPHP and abide by all of its terms and conditions | 9/14/22 |
| Jay Lalit Patel, MD | Cary, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 9/13/22 |
| Yaw Otchere-Boateng, MD | Public Letter of Concern | 9/9/22 | |
| Stewart Alan Stancil, MD | Johnson City, TN | Reprimand | 9/9/22 |
| John Michael St.Angelo, III, MD | Winston Salem, NC | License issued with reentry agreement and conditions | 9/6/22 |
| Natalie Ann Doyle, MD | Jacksonville, FL | Reprimand; MD must close her practice in Wilson, NC on or before November 21, 2022. | 9/6/22 |
| Shoukath Ansari, MD | Hamlet, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 8/29/22 |
| Paul Dwayne Collins, MD | Lumberton, NC | Revocation of NC medical license | 8/29/22 |
| Jon Wesley Thompson, MD | Wilkesboro, NC | Indefinite suspension effective August 1 - September 30, 2022; Effective October 1, 2022 suspension is stayed with conditions | 8/26/22 |
| Diana Andreea Gliga, MD | Waianae, HI | Indefinite Suspension | 8/25/22 |
| Bradford Winton Lawrence, PA-C | Hickory, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 8/24/22 |
| Jon Christopher Carter, MD | Charleston, SC | Public Letter of Concern | 8/19/22 |
| Kenneth Fortgang, MD | Orchid, FL | Public Letter of Concern | 8/19/22 |
| Charles Lee Seehorn, III, MD | Indian Trail, NC | Suspension; stayed with terms and conditions | 8/17/22 |
| Stefanie Ann DiCea, PA-C | Public Letter of Concern | 8/11/22 | |
| Craig Steven Hayek, MD | Roper, NC | License issued via non-disciplinary consent order; MD agrees not to apply for registration as a dispensing physician | 8/11/22 |
| Marchi Vor Lopez-Linus, MD | Cary, NC | Conditioned; Required to have female chaperone for any examination of sensitive areas of female patients older than 10 years old | 8/10/22 |
| La Tania Michelle Akers-White, MD | Reprimand | 8/8/22 | |
| Oscar Francisco Quintana, MD | Chapel Hill, NC | License issued with conditions; Medical practice limited to addiction medicine; practice site limited | 8/5/22 |
| Crystal Monique Mackie, MD | Norfolk, VA | License issued with conditions; MD must obtain practice site approval prior to practicing | 8/4/22 |
| Kanthi Rekha Vemuri, MD | Chapel Hill, NC | Special Purpose License Agreement | 8/4/22 |
| Jerimiah Edward Mason, MD | Chattanooga, TN | Public Letter of Concern | 8/2/22 |
| Paul Christopher Tobin, MD | Indefinite Suspension | 7/27/22 | |
| Anthony Hallock Wheeler, MD | High Point, NC | Non-Disciplinary Consent Order; MD shall maintain his agreement with NCPHP and abide by all of its terms | 7/25/22 |
| Ogochukwu Okpala, MD | Tarboro, NC | Indefinite Suspension effective September 30, 2022 | 7/25/22 |
| Edwin Frederick Slott, Jr., MD | Mount Pleasant, SC | Reprimand | 7/25/22 |
| Stephen Andrew Lasher, Jr., MD | Brentwood, TN | Reprimand | 7/20/22 |
| David Ari Lapides, MD | Fort Myers, FL | Revocation of NC medical license | 7/18/22 |
| Jeffrey Dale Hoffman, MD | Atlanta, GA | Revocation of NC medical license | 7/18/22 |
| Stephen Joseph Muehlenbein, MD | Naples, FL | Reprimand | 7/18/22 |
| Michael Tyrone Lewis, PA-C | Public Letter of Concern | 7/18/22 | |
| Patrick Desmond Kavanagh, MD | Isabela, PR | Public Letter of Concern | 7/14/22 |
| Timothy Devin Kallam, PA-C | Greensboro, NC | Indefinite Suspension | 7/14/22 |
| Oussama Ahmad Saleh, MD | Relief of Consent Order Obligations | 7/7/22 | |
| Hugh Lee Preas, II, MD | Rockville, MD | License issued with Public Letter of Concern | 7/5/22 |
| David Arthur Tatum, DO | Charlotte, NC | Interim Non Practice Agreement | 7/1/22 |
| Virgil Waid McMillion, DO | Morgantown, WV | Medical license annulled | 6/29/22 |
| Noam Eliashiv Bartuv, MD | Chapel Hill, NC | Amended Special Purpose License Agreement | 6/28/22 |
| Fatimah Omar Jah, MD | Orlando, FL | Reprimand | 6/27/22 |
| Glenn Russell Yank, MD | Chapel Hill, NC | Denial of Licensure | 6/24/22 |
| David Michael Pilati, MD | Cary, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 6/21/22 |
| Benedict Onwukwe Okwara, MD | Monroe, NC | Consent Order; MD shall ensure that a PA or NP work with and assist him with all clinical patient encounters | 6/17/22 |
| James Wesley Heroman, MD | Reprimand | 6/17/22 | |
| Kristine Renee Lewis, PA-C | Public Letter of Concern | 6/17/22 | |
| Patricia Colon-Garcia, MD | Fort Myers, FL | Public Letter of Concern | 6/16/22 |
| David William Andrews, PA-C | Charlotte, NC | Public Letter of Concern; $2,500 fine | 6/16/22 |
| Timothy John McGrath, MD | Burlington, NC | License reinstated via consent order; MD shall maintain his current agreement with NCPHP | 6/13/22 |
| Amir Hossein Khandani, MD | Chapel Hill, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 6/13/22 |
| Jawanza Nyahuma Jabari, MD | Whiteville, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 6/13/22 |
| Paul Dwayne Collins, MD | Lumberton, NC | Voluntary surrender of license | 6/9/22 |
| Sherry Leigh Hill, MD | Asheville, NC | License reinstated; MD to maintain her current agreement with NCPHP | 6/3/22 |
| Shelton Philip Hager, MD | Kingsport, TN | Public Letter of Concern | 6/2/22 |
| Ramesh Loganathan Krishnaraj, MD | Lenoir, NC | License reinstated with terms and conditions | 6/1/22 |
| James Edwin Rice, MD | Southern Pines, NC | Indefinite Suspension | 5/26/22 |
| Ronald Lee Washburn, MD | Virginia Beach, VA | Public Letter of Concern | 5/24/22 |
| Joseph Donald Spennetta, MD | McComb, IL | Public Letter of Concern | 5/24/22 |
| Patricia Kimberly Boyer, MD | Charlotte, NC | Revocation of NC medical license | 5/23/22 |
| Alfred Kwasi Foluke, MD | Indefinite Suspension | 5/20/22 | |
| Joel Larry Sebastien, MD | Lenoir, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 5/18/22 |
| Richard Douglas Ulstad , PA-C | Wilmington, NC | Indefinite suspension; immediately stayed with conditions | 5/13/22 |
| Maricelina Doreley Caro, MD | Chapel Hill, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 5/12/22 |
| Wesley Hsu, MD | Winston-Salem, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 5/5/22 |
| Lindsay Megan Thorn, PA-C | Fuquay Varina, NC | License issued with reentry agreement; PA to undertake a two-phase reentry plan | 4/28/22 |
| Peter Anton Zeman, MD | Wilmington, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 4/28/22 |
| Celso Benedito Lobao, MD | Raleigh, NC | Public Letter of Concern; MD to complete six hours Category I continuing medical education in the subject of polypharmacy | 4/27/22 |
| Cynthia Cecil Mercer, MD | Hayesville, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 4/22/22 |
| Jennifer Jeanne Parker, PA-C | Fletcher, NC | Indefinite Suspension | 4/20/22 |
| Heidi Worth, M.D. | Sneads Ferry, NC | License issued with reentry agreement | 4/18/22 |
| Edward Roddy Mogabgab, MD | Charlotte, NC | Relief of Consent Order Obligations | 4/4/22 |
| John Anthony Johnson, MD | Mooresville, NC | Indefinite suspension; immediately stayed with conditions | 3/30/22 |
| Quratulain Shabbir, MD | Chesapeake, VA | License issued with reentry agreement | 3/28/22 |
| Michael Allen Evans, MD | Wilson, NC | Amended Consent Order; MD no longer restricted to working a maximum of fifteen shifts per month | 3/28/22 |
| Robert Edgar Houston - MD | Chesapeake, VA | Indefinite Suspension, retroactive to June 15, 2021 | 3/22/22 |
| Thomas Page McGee, Jr., M.D. | Indefinite Suspension | 3/22/22 | |
| Benjamin Carl Miles, MD | Mooresville, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 3/21/22 |
| Gregory Eugene Smith, PA-C | Hope Mills, NC | Indefinite Suspension | 3/21/22 |
| Anne Litton White, MD | Winston-Salem, NC | Indefinite Suspension | 3/17/22 |
| Dowzell Medford Swayngim, Jr., MD | Sandusky, OH | Revocation of NC medical license | 3/9/22 |
| Mark Calverley Gibbons, DO | Goldsboro, NC | Reprimand | 3/9/22 |
| Scott Sherlock Emerson , DO | Asheville, NC | Reprimand | 3/9/22 |
| Bridget Alaire David Williamson, PA-C | Southport, NC | Reprimand | 3/7/22 |
| Dorothy Ejinkonye Agbafe-Mosley, MD | Wilmington, NC | Amended Consent Order; Schedules 1 and 2/2N controlled substances restriction lifted; MD to begin Phase II of Compliance Plan | 3/4/22 |
| Gregory James Hall, MD | Houston, TX | Public Letter of Concern | 3/4/22 |
| Glenn Russell Yank, MD | Denial of Licensure | 3/4/22 | |
| Brian Joseph O’Connor, PA-C | Charlotte, NC | License reinstated; PA required to successfully complete ProBE course | 2/10/22 |
| Jawad Ahmed Salim, MD | Charlotte, NC | License issued with reprimand | 2/9/22 |
| Byron Christopher Leak, MD | Charlotte, NC | Revocation of NC medical license | 2/9/22 |
| Brian James Budzyn, MD | Huntersville, NC | License reinstated with conditions; MD to maintain current agreement with NCPHP | 2/3/22 |
| Karlus Cornelius Artis, MD | Roanoke Rapids | Indefinite Suspension; immediately stayed except for three months with term and conditions. | 1/31/22 |
| Albert Augustine Meyer, MD | Wilmington, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 1/31/22 |
| Ronald Wyman Digby, MD | Gastonia, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 1/28/22 |
| Michael Edward Gauthier, MD | Virginia Beach, VA | Reprimand | 1/21/22 |
| Atif Abdel-Moneam Atyia, MD | Johnson City, TN | Reprimand | 1/19/22 |
| Manoj Kumar Dhariwal, MD | Port Charlotte, FL | Public Letter of Concern | 1/14/22 |
| Wrenn Shoulars Brotzman, PA-C | Goldsboro, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 1/14/22 |
| Israel Landa, MD | Goldsboro, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 1/14/22 |
| Anthony Kent Gordon, MD | Houston, TX | Public Letter of Concern | 1/14/22 |
| Rafael Nieto, MD | Charlotte, NC | Indefinite suspension; immediately stayed with conditions | 1/13/22 |
| Dwight Morrison Williams, MD | Asheboro, NC | Consent Order; Within 30 days MD to engage CPEP to develop an Educational Intervention plan | 1/7/22 |
| Suresh Aravinth Koneswaran - MD | Greensboro, NC | Indefinite Suspension | 1/6/22 |
| John Sunghoon Won, MD | Elizabeth City, NC | Amended Consent Order; MD may perform oral surgery; Restrictions placed on medical license | 1/6/22 |
| Kent Seitz, MD | Charlotte, NC | Partial relief of consent Order obligations; Number of patients to whom MD may prescribe buprenorphine increased from 50 to 150 | 1/4/22 |
| Thomas Andrew Kelly, MD | Greensboro, NC | Public Letter of Concern | 1/4/22 |
| Molly Ann Finley, DO | San Tan Valley, AZ | Reprimand | 1/3/22 |
| Crystal Monique Mackie, MD | Norfolk, VA | Indefinite Suspension | 1/3/22 |
