Author: Patsy Newitt

California physician Sarwa Aldoori, MD, had her license suspended after failing to comply with her probation requirements which were imposed following a patient death, The Bakersfield Californian reported Aug. 10.

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Arash Padidar, MD, has been arrested and charged with illegally prescribing opioids to patients. 

Extracapsular cataract removal without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation is the most common procedure performed at ASCs, according to recent data from Definitive Healthcare. 

Here are five factors making ASC leaders nervous about the future:

Bellingham, Wash.-based osteopathic physician and surgeon Gregory Sharp, DO, has had his license suspended after allegations of improper management of pain medication, KGMI reported Aug. 11. 

Daniel Castro, MD, will be sentenced in October for his role in a scheme to defraud benefit programs by performing medically unnecessary sinus surgeries, the Justice Department said Aug. 10. 

Here's what three orthopedic leaders have to say about the state of outpatient spine surgery:

Here are three anesthesiologist-related stories Becker's has reported on since Aug. 3. 

Todd Harburn, DO, orthopedic sports medicine surgery specialist in Mackinaw City, Mich., joined Becker's to discuss the dangers of declining physician pay. 

The New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners permanently revoked the license of internist and hematologist Jashvant Amin, MD, who had sexual relations with a cognitively impaired patient who bore his child in 1986.