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Summary information of disciplinary actions taken against licensees, professional practice business entities, and pharmacy establishments by the Board of Regents in New York State since January 1, 1994, can be searched below by year, month, and profession. You may also search for an individual’s, entity’s or establishment’s status, and any applicable enforcement actions, with our Online Verification Search. Applicable disciplinary information will be listed under the Enforcement Actions tab within the search results.
In New York State, professional misconduct in all the professions (except that by physicians, physician assistants and specialist assistants, which is investigated and prosecuted by the Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) of the Department of Health) is investigated and prosecuted by the New York State Education Department's Office of the Professions. The Board of Regents, which also has responsibility for licensure in all the professions, is responsible for the final disposition of all disciplinary matters except those handled by OPMC.
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November 2010
Chiropractic
CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH GREEN; MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 007096; Cal. No. 25278
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of 1 count of Health Care Fraud, 1 count of Mail Fraud, and 1 count of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Mail Fraud.
Clinical Laboratory Technology
MAURICIO MIGUEL MARTINEZ; DELMAR, NY
Profession: Certified Clinical Laboratory Technician; Lic. No. 001004; Cal. No. 25354
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that he lied on his license application and that he had been convicted of Petit Larceny.
Dentistry
TATIANA BASSIN; CEDARHURST, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 045318; Cal. No. 25106
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge that she failed to remove the palatal root and tooth fragments from the extraction site after extracting Tooth 14 failed to recognize that the root remained at the site of the extraction utilized a post-operative x-ray with poor diagnostic qualities to determine if the extraction site of Tooth 14 was clean failed to make a notation on patient's treatment record that Tooth 14 had been extracted and failed to give the patient her treatment records upon her request.
TATIANA BASSIN; CEDARHURST, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 045318; Cal. No. 25106
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge that she failed to remove the palatal root and tooth fragments from the extraction site after extracting Tooth 14 failed to recognize that the root remained at the site of the extraction utilized a post-operative x-ray with poor diagnostic qualities to determine if the extraction site of Tooth 14 was clean failed to make a notation on patient's treatment record that Tooth 14 had been extracted and failed to give the patient her treatment records upon her request.
TERRY EDWARD GRANT; HEMPSTEAD, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042150; Cal. No. 25115
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Falsifying Business Records in the 1st Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
TERRY EDWARD GRANT; HEMPSTEAD, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042150; Cal. No. 25115
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Falsifying Business Records in the 1st Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
MELISSA L HANERFELD (A/K/A PEAT-VAN LOAN MELISSA L, HULETT MELISSA L, SCHMIDT MELISSA LYNNE); SELKIRK, NY
Profession: Dental Hygienist; Lic. No. 021187; Cal. No. 25256
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having been convicted of Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree, Driving While Intoxicated, and Driving While Intoxicated as a felony, and of failure to notify of criminal conviction.
MELISSA L HANERFELD (A/K/A PEAT-VAN LOAN MELISSA L, HULETT MELISSA L, SCHMIDT MELISSA LYNNE); SELKIRK, NY
Profession: Dental Hygienist; Lic. No. 021187; Cal. No. 25256
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having been convicted of Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree, Driving While Intoxicated, and Driving While Intoxicated as a felony, and of failure to notify of criminal conviction.
FRANK IZZO; SCHENECTADY, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042826; Cal. No. 25410
Action: Application for summary suspension granted.
Summary: Probable cause was found to believe that licensee committed professional misconduct, and it was determined that the public health, safety and welfare imperatively required emergency action to suspend his license.
FRANK IZZO; SCHENECTADY, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042826; Cal. No. 25410
Action: Application for summary suspension granted.
Summary: Probable cause was found to believe that licensee committed professional misconduct, and it was determined that the public health, safety and welfare imperatively required emergency action to suspend his license.
WILLIAM D MOODY; WHITE PLAINS, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 030878; Cal. No. 25014
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine payable within 1 month.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 3rd Degree and Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree, both misdemeanors.
WILLIAM D MOODY; WHITE PLAINS, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 030878; Cal. No. 25014
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine payable within 1 month.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 3rd Degree and Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree, both misdemeanors.
DEEPIKA REDDY; FAYETTEVILLE, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 049645; Cal. No. 25407
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Partial actual suspension in certain stated areas until completion of course of retraining in each such certain stated area, 3 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest charges of committing errors in the treatment of 7 patients, including extractions and root canals.
DEEPIKA REDDY; FAYETTEVILLE, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 049645; Cal. No. 25407
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Partial actual suspension in certain stated areas until completion of course of retraining in each such certain stated area, 3 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest charges of committing errors in the treatment of 7 patients, including extractions and root canals.
DOLLY ROSEN; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 045867; Cal. No. 25124
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class D felony based on her submission of false claims to the Medicaid program by performing procedures on patients and then noting in their charts that the procedures had been performed over multiple days.
DOLLY ROSEN; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 045867; Cal. No. 25124
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class D felony based on her submission of false claims to the Medicaid program by performing procedures on patients and then noting in their charts that the procedures had been performed over multiple days.
Engineering
MICHAEL A ANGELONE; OYSTER BAY, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 053676; Cal. No. 25249
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges that, between January and November 2007, he signed and affixed his professional engineering seal to renovation plans which neither he nor an employee under his direct supervision prepared, and failed to prepare a thorough written evaluation of the design services and he received a fee of $500 from a third party in connection with the performance of professional engineering services.
MICHAEL A ANGELONE; OYSTER BAY, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 053676; Cal. No. 25249
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges that, between January and November 2007, he signed and affixed his professional engineering seal to renovation plans which neither he nor an employee under his direct supervision prepared, and failed to prepare a thorough written evaluation of the design services and he received a fee of $500 from a third party in connection with the performance of professional engineering services.
Massage Therapy
KARL PHILLIP BRAUN; LATHAM, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 007194; Cal. No. 25184
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 1 year and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 3 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of moral unfitness.
KARL PHILLIP BRAUN; LATHAM, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 007194; Cal. No. 25184
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 1 year and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 3 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of moral unfitness.
ISADORA GUGGENHEIM; NYACK, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 003813; Cal. No. 25206
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 6 month actual suspension to be terminated earlier upon submission of certain sufficient satisfactory documentation, upon service of or upon early termination of suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine payable within 5 months.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having an internet advertisement which constituted (1) an offer to practice beyond the scope permitted by law in that she was offering colonics and nutrition and offering to treat other ailments and (2) advertising or soliciting for patronage that is not in the public interest in that it pictured her in a lab coat with a stethoscope which was misleading because she is not licensed to practice as a physician in New York.
ISADORA GUGGENHEIM; NYACK, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 003813; Cal. No. 25206
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 6 month actual suspension to be terminated earlier upon submission of certain sufficient satisfactory documentation, upon service of or upon early termination of suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine payable within 5 months.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having an internet advertisement which constituted (1) an offer to practice beyond the scope permitted by law in that she was offering colonics and nutrition and offering to treat other ailments and (2) advertising or soliciting for patronage that is not in the public interest in that it pictured her in a lab coat with a stethoscope which was misleading because she is not licensed to practice as a physician in New York.
ANNE E PAPE; BABYLON, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 019699; Cal. No. 25205
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree, a class E felony.
ANNE E PAPE; BABYLON, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 019699; Cal. No. 25205
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree, a class E felony.
JENNIFER ANN PATITUCE; CHEMUNG, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 017255; Cal. No. 25230
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Committing a Fraudulent Practice.
JENNIFER ANN PATITUCE; CHEMUNG, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 017255; Cal. No. 25230
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Committing a Fraudulent Practice.
PAUL M WRISLEY; CHURCHVILLE, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 017677; Cal. No. 25056
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that he failed to properly drape the breast and buttocks areas of a patient and performed a massage of the breast area of a patient without first obtaining her written consent.
PAUL M WRISLEY; CHURCHVILLE, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 017677; Cal. No. 25056
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that he failed to properly drape the breast and buttocks areas of a patient and performed a massage of the breast area of a patient without first obtaining her written consent.
Nursing
BARBARA J ACKER; MIDDLEBURGH, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 471954; Cal. No. 24790
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of committing documentation errors.
BARBARA J ACKER; MIDDLEBURGH, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 471954; Cal. No. 24790
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of committing documentation errors.